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HTML

<input type="text" placeholder="Search" />
<br />
<a href="#" data-department="Admin" data-event-name="Dia De Los Meurtos" data-requester="Andrew" data-submit-date="January 10, 2013" data-submit-time="9:32AM">Dia De Los Meurtos</a>
 <a href="#" data-department="Marketing" data-event-name="Social Media Posters" data-requester="John" data-submit-date="January 15, 2013" data-submit-time="10:22AM">Social Media Posters</a>
 <a href="#" data-department="Women's Resource Center" data-event-name="Self Defense" data-requester="Andrea" data-submit-date="January 23, 2013" data-submit-time="11:42AM">Self Defense</a>
 <a href="#" data-department="Women's Resource Center" data-event-name="Let's Talk About" data-requester="Andrea" data-submit-date="January 23, 2013" data-submit-time="11:42AM">Let's Talk About</a>

CSS

body {
    background:#E2E2E2;
}
a {
    width:200px;
    display:block;
    background: #8D8D8D;
    padding:10px;
    color:white;
    text-decoration:none;
    font: bold 14px helvetica;
    margin-bottom:2px;
}
input[type=text] {
    padding:10px;
    display:block;
    width:220px;
    border:0;
    box-shadow:0px 1px 2px #8D8D8D;
    outline:0;
}

JavaScript

$("input[type=text]").keyup(function () {
    var filter = $(this).val();

    $("a").each(function () {
        if ($(this).attr("data-event-name").search(new RegExp(filter, "i")) < 0) {
            $(this).hide();
        } else {
            $(this).show();
        }
    });
});