Dear Friends, Neighbors and Members,

Are you sitting in your reading chair ignoring stories about “AI” because “that’s for young people”? Perhaps it is, but how about showing up to an intergenerational event to show what sixty, seventy or eighty-somethings look like, think like, talk like? Articles keep saying we’re wise. How about giving some of that wisdom away? Oh, and take a scoop of curiosity with you, for good measure!

The Netroots Nation organizers value citizen elders and have offered Skyline Village Chicago a greatly reduced discount. Register under the “Youth Ticket” for this special rate. Use ‘Skyline Village Chicago’ as your organization. For more information on the group, and to register, click here: Netroots Nation Chicago 2023

There’s lots more summer fun on the horizon from the Beatles Sing Along July 30, to Movies in the Park, to free concerts to Skyline Village lunches. We hope to see you around the neighborhood this summer. Let us know if there’s a particular kind of event you’d like us to highlight.

Skyline Village Chicago Board of Directors: Sandy Herman, Evelyn Shaevel, President Phyllis MItzen, Regan Burke and D. Clancy

Friday Forum Lunch

Nancy & Tom Hanson

Friday, July 28, 2023

1:00-2:30 pm

Eggs Cafe, 680 N. Lake Shore Drive

RSVP & Register HERE

Dutch Treat. Order from the Menu

The Healing Art of Gardening at The Boulevard—Restoring Health and Rebuilding Lives

The Boulevard is a residential place of healing for ill and injured homeless men and women who have come from the hospital and have nowhere to go. It is located on the west side of Chicago near The Garfield Park Conservatory. The Boulevard offers residents a warm, safe and caring place to live while they regain their health and rebuild their lives. Residents receive medical care from the onsite health clinic, behavioral health services from a licensed clinical social worker, and a substance abuse evaluation and referral to treatment if needed. Each resident has their own case manager who helps them rebuild their lives and obtain stable housing. Not one resident is discharged back to the street and 72% leave The Boulevard with stable housing.

Nancy & Tom Hanson have been marred for 62 years and have always been involved in volunteer work. Nancy began gardening at the Boulevard over 20 years ago when she retired. She was a founding member of The Boulevard, formerly Interfaith House. She still serves ion the Board and the Advisory Council. Eight years agoNancy & Tom moved from the suburbs to a downtown high rise and Tom joined Nancy gardening at The Boulevard. Nancy, a retired social worker, worked in adoption services, as an Executive Director for a hospice program, and finally as a jack of all trades at the Illinois Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers. Tom had his own manufacture’s rep business in commercial heating and air conditioning products. They have two adult sons—one in North Hollywood, California. The other lives in Evanston with his wife and two children.

Nancy Hanson and Mayor Brandon Johnson, June 2023

Women's Salon

Music Music Music!

Sounds Good Choir is launching a research study with Northwestern Medicine on music and the brain and the the impact of group singing on older adults. Want to participate? Find out more HERE 

There are many FREE musical events this summer near you. Here are just a few.

Come to listen or sing along to “Who Put the Bomp?”, “People”, “Monday, Monday”, “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”, “Hey Jude”, “Scarborough Fair”, “Stairway to Heaven”



Dame Myra Hess Memorial

Rush Hour Concerts

St. James Cathedral

65 E. Huron Street Chicago

Free Rush Hour Concerts - 2023 Season

Tuesdays 5:45-6:30

July 11 - Scenes and Souvenirs - Flute, Horn, Piano

July 18 - Impressions - String Quartet, Tchaikovsky

July 25 - Ars Musica Chicago, Handel, Teleman, Caldera

August 1 - Deborah Sobol Memorial, Esmall, Schumann, Piano Quintet

August 8 - Ceremonies and Celebrations, Amazing Grace, Madrigals, TeDeum

August 15 - Violins of Hope and FilAm Foundation, String Quartet, Piano Quintet

August 22 - Season Finale: Song and Dance

Lake Shore Park

Every Tuesday at 5:15 - 6:00 pm — Join anytime 

April - end of September, 2023

Meet at the Tennis Courts 

Pearson and DeWitt!

Meet us in the Park for Walk with a Future Doc!

Join fellow walkers in the movement of “parks as good medicine”. Medical students from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine lead walks and give short talks on health-related topics. Participants walk the track at their own pace following with a Future Doc. 

Center for Life & Learning

Fourth Presbyterian Church

126 East Chestnut Street, Chicago

Special Topic classes for summer 2023; for descriptions and registration information please check out Special Topic web page. 

Cognitive Wellness, Tuesday, July 11

Improv, Tuesdays, July 11–August 15

Landscape Drawing, Wednesdays, July 12–26

Senior Living Options, Thursday, July 13

Brainercise!, Thursday, July 13

Emotional Guesthouse, Thursday, July 13

Brown Bag Lunch with 18th Precinct Police Department, Wednesday, July 19

Hat Party, Wednesday, July 26

Neurographic Art, Friday, July 28

Art Exchange and Make-It Day, Tuesday, August 1

Setting Boundaries with Adult Children, Thursday, August 10

Dance for Hunger, Wednesday, August 16

Ice Cream Social, Friday, August 18

Click HERE for more information.

We love sharing our members' expeditions and photos and we want to hear from more of you. Remember...whether you go to some faraway place or just have a nearby experience, let us know. You may discover something right around the corner that nobody else knows about. Or maybe your travels take you to another state or country. Write all about it and send a photo or two. Please send anytime to: KRoss850@gmail.com and please include "SVC News" in the subject line. Karen Ross.

Long-time SVC member, Anna Rappaport, displays her urban sketching skills both here in Chicago and Florida. Catch these great views from Wolf Point at the Chicago River that she sketched with other artist friends at the Blue Bottle Coffee Shop on Orleans across from the Merchandise Mart. On a windy, rainy day, Anna said that from here one can see the part of the river where it makes a "T" and the east-west part of the river flows into the north-south part. Sounds like a good outing to catch this same vision. Thanks, Anna

Many of our friends are back to in-person as well as hybrid and

online classes and events.

Click into their newsletters and websites for information

• Beth Finke Memoir Writing Classes: 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 

Thank you to our Donors:

We are grateful to all of our members and donors for your on-going support.