Skyline Village Chicago July-August 2022 Newsletter

Note From Skyline Village Chicago Board

What's Our Legacy?

Dear Friends,

We thought 2021 was a terrible year but so far, 2022 is worse! Pesky questions about our legacy are raising their ugly heads. What are we leaving behind?

In the great democracy experiment, our freedoms in the United States have always been secure. Our rights protected. We now face an erosion of hard-fought women’s rights. No matter how you look at it, that alone is destabilizing for families and communities. Gun policies have further eroded our faith in government and for that matter, our protections under the law.

Climate change policies are under attack by the Supreme Court. Freedom of religion is twisting in the wind. And there are signs that more freedoms and protections are in jeopardy.

Our legacy, the future we hoped to leave for the people we care about—children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews, friends and neighbors—seems to be melting like ice cream off a soggy cone.

it’s easy to say ‘well, we tried’, but that doesn’t feel right. We can’t let go of the idea that

we as individuals, and collectively, can make a difference. We at Skyline continue to advocate for issues important to us as older adults. At this stage of our lives, we commit to where we are, to what’s at hand. We hope our legacy will be a softening of ageism, which is as rampant and insidious as any “ism”, so that those who approach the second half of life do not experience the stark discrimination we have. We commit to speaking out still. We commit to voting. We commit to making the world safer and saner in our own small ways.

Thank you for joining us.

Skyline Village Board of Directors

Phyllis Mitzen, President; D. Clancy, Sandy Herman, Evelyn Shaevel, Regan Burke

Thank you for supporting Skyline Village Chicago

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Mail check: Skyline Village Chicago, PO Box 11606, Chicago, IL 60611

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Crime & Safety? The Casino? Redefining the Drive?

Alderman Brian Hopkins

Tuesday, July 19, 4:00PM

Brian Hopkins introducing the equipment at the new Adult Wellness Park at Pearson and DeWitt.

One of Chicago’s most active aldermen, Brian Hopkins, will join us via Zoom for updates on Crime & Safety, the Casino and Redefining DuSable/Lake Shore Drive.

What happened to the "temporary" casino at the Medina Temple? What are the police doing about carjackings and shootings in our neighborhood? Are you bothered by the motorcycle noise? Are there plans to change Lake Shore /DuSable Drive? Join us for a lively update from Alderman Hopkins on these and other topics. Bring your questions!

Dr. Michael Ison Covid Update

Wednesday, July 20, 5:00PM

Are you afraid that mosquito bite is monkey pox? Do your seasonal allergies seem like long covid? Why are the home tests negative one day and positive the next? And what about the next booster?

Dr, Michael Ison, Northwestern University, joins us for another lively and informative session on the latest in COVID news. All invited.

“Best Event of the Summer” says anyone who has ever been!

Skyline Village Chicago & Lake Shore Park Advisory Council

Beatles Sing Along

Lake Shore Park, Chicago Avenue & Lake Shore Drive

Sunday July 24, 2022, 5:00 PM

Rain or Shine

Limited Seating

Bring a Chair

Songbooks Provided by Amada Senior Care

Choirmasters: Curt & Chris Powell (Father & Son)

5:00-6:00: Sing Along - 22 Beatles Tunes!

6:00-6:30: Curt Powell Sneak Peak of Coming Events

All Invited! Neighbors, Friends, Families, Singers, Non-Singers, Show-offs & Introverts; Ukuleles, Accordions,Tambourines, Marimbas and Singing Dogs

Contact regan.burke@gmail.com if you’d like to play along with an instrument, or for a practice song list.

Women’s Salon Zoom

Second Tuesday of Every Month, 3:30-5:00 PM

SVC members gather in conversation

monthly to increase their awareness

of cultural and societal notions on aging. If you’re interested in joining us and are not already on the Zoom list, contact info@SkylineVillageChicago.org and write SALON on the subject line.

Free Meditation

Monday and Friday 11:30 AM

All Invited - No Experience

Want to meditate with us? A partnership with Skyline Village and the Center for Life and Learning offers free meditation via Zoom. Interested? We meet virtually every Monday and Friday from 11:30 am-12:00 noon. There is a guided meditation followed by a 20 minute silence, then a brief check-in. Email Regan Burke at regan.burke@gmail.com for the Zoom link. All are invited. No meditation experience necessary.

Free Classes

Lakeview Presbyterian Church In-Person: There is a theory in sociology that everyone needs three places to live a full and fulfilled life: a home, a workplace, and a third space. Third Space is inclusive and welcoming to all. Their goal is to connect neighbors in friendship; breaking down social, economic, identity-based, and generational barriers that isolate people. A place to belong and be oneself. 716. W Addison Street Contact betsy@third-space.org

Seniors in Motion

Tuesdays (In-Person)

10:00 A.M.

Fridays (ZOOM)

10:00 A.M.

Storytelling

Thursdays, after Lunch Bunch

12:30 PM - 2 PM

Many of our friends are conducting online classes and events. Click into their newsletters and websites for information.

Forward Chicago Website
Beth Finke MasterTeachers™: Website
Center for Life and Learning 4th Presbyterian Church: Website
Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s Disease: website
Rush Generations Center for Excellence in Aging: Website
Streeterville Organization for Active Residents: Website
AARP Chicago Newsletter

Sounds Good/Good Memories Choirs

Join the Choir! Summer session has begun, rocking to Surfing USA, Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow, Do Wah Diddy, Do You Love Me, Tribute to the Everly Brothers, Imagine and Sweet Home Chicago!

Flexible rehearsal options. No audition.

Click here for Information & Registration

Contact: Jonathan Miller at (630) 441-5157.

Watch Sounds Good Choir on TV. Click HERE.

SKYLINER EXPEDITIONS

Happy summer everyone! We predicted in the last newsletter that some of us would be complaining about the heat by now. Sure enough, I have enjoyed three lovely concerts by the Grant Park Music Festival, despite the heat, and haven’t run into any of you in the pavilion. Please photograph and write up what you have done instead, in summer or before. Send it to judy.karlov@gmail.com in mid to late August for the September-October newsletter.

Flowers

By Sydney Feuchtwanger

You can tell by the many lush, blooming flowers that summer has arrived in Streeterville, where I live. I photographed these beauties with my iPhone as I wandered around the neighborhood.