January/February 2018 Newsletter
In This Issue
MessageFromBoard
Message from the
Skyline Village Chicago Board

Happy New Year to the Skyline Village Chicago Community and Your families!!

The C.S. Lewis quote seems most appropriate for us in 2018; 

"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream." 

This goes for both our personal lives and for things we want to do for our community.  Skyline Village Chicago is setting goals and working toward changes that make lives better for everyone in our community. Starting with ourselves and our concern for our personal well-being, we are collaborating with CLL, CJE Senior Life and The Village Chicago to offer Matter of Balance - a program to reduce our risk of falling.  See below for details. As you are setting goals for yourselves, participate with us as we set and move toward goals in our amazing Skyline Community. 

 
From the Skyline Village Chicago Board of Directors, we wish you and yours a very happy, healthy and peaceful New Year. 

SVC Board

PS-
If you haven't joined or renewed your membership yet, please do. Skylne Village Chicago needs your support to keep doing what we do.
Editor's Note:

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Good Times with Skyline Village Chicago
Ex/Change Between The In/Visible
Artistic Collaboration with Kevin Coval, Lookingglass Theatre and SVC 
 
Parents, grandparents, grandchildren, siblings and many Skyliners were in the audience on a cold, snowy Monday in December as members of Skyline, friends, and the Lookingglass Young Ensemble took to the stage to recite their poetry. Introduced by Kevin Coval and accompanied by music selected by the incredible DJ Cashera. 

It all started at a Friday Forum featuring Kevin Coval, poet and community builder par excellence, who thought of bringing together two communities whose voices are often overlooked - the young and the old.  Kevin, author of A People's History of Chicago, artistic director of Young Chicago Authors, and founder of Louder Than A
Bomb; The Chicago Youth Poetry Festival, led an intergenerational workshop at Dreihaus Museum to help us all write meaningful poetry.  At the Lookingglass Theatre performance, we shared our poetry on stage with our very appreciative audience. The video is divided into four parts. Click the links with the pictures below to hear the voices of young and old as we share our stories. 

Andy White introduces the evening's performers.

Kevin Coval, Regan Burke
Bing Cady

Janice Lewis

Llani O'Connor
Judy Karlov

DJ Cashera, Phyllis Mitzen, Kevin Coval
Taking a picture of the audience before her performance

Hellooooo everyone!

Kevin Shandling performs wife Deborah Darr's composition

Michael Mitzen

 

Special thanks to Andy White, outreach Director at Lookingglass, Lizzie Perkins, Director of Education and Sam Kaser, Education Coordinator at Lookingglass, and to Tammy Job, Director of School and Community Resources at Young Chicago Authors, and to Amy Andres from The Dreihaus Museum for hosting our Nov. 27th workshop. 
 
PS  Watch for information in our March issue about an original play produced by the Lookingglass Young Ensemble.  These are extremely talented kids who have a lot to say. 
 
Workshop at the Driehaus Museum



D. Clancy, Michael Mitzen, Sammy Ortega, Co-Facilitator, Young Chicago Authors

Judy Karlov, Kevin Coval
 
At our November Friday Forum,  Julie Hamos spoke about her childhood immigration from Hungry, her experiences in the Illinois legislature, as Director of Health and Human Services in the Quinn administration, and recent changes in Medicare and Medicaid.  
 
 



If you want to help plan events or have an idea for programs, please contact  info@skylinevillagechicago.org, or better yet -- join the Events Committee, which meets the first Monday of every month. 

Did you enjoy one of SVC's events and want to tell us about it? Do you have some pictures to share? We'd love to have your reviews and your photos for the newsletter and website.  

Email to:

Be sure to include the event you attended and the names of the folks in the photos


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Skyliner Expeditions
Skyliners like to travel. In this issue, four members have been on wonderful trips they have shared with us. Thanks to all four!
 - Judy Karlov

 
Uganda and Cape Town
By Barbara Dillard
 
Did you know that the source of the Nile is in Uganda? I didn't until just shortly before I got there. I made this discovery and many more on my recent trip to Uganda and South Africa through Friendship Force of Northern Illinois. The absolute best part was staying with two different families, each for a week, while we were there. The trip ended with a four-day safari in Kruger National Park, but even the incredible rhinos, giraffes and lions didn't upstage the hospitality of our host families and the experience of sharing their daily lives.  This was my first foreign exchange through the organization although previously I hosted women from Japan and Russia in my home.
 

My travel buddy and me in native dress attending an "introduction ceremony" in Uganda in which the family of the groom-to-be showers presents on the family of the bride in a modern version of the ancient setting of the bride price.
 
Our host family in Cape Town, South Africa.


Lavender Fields
By Janice Nazar
 
I was a high school French teacher and took my students to Paris and Montreal.  I spent many summers exploring various areas of France and taught for a year at a university in northern France; however, the lavender fields remained a mystery. I tried to see them several times but something always went wrong. Either they were not in bloom or I was in the area at the wrong time of year. 
 
This past July I was lucky and they were beautiful. I took tons of photos and bought everything lavender: room fragrances, night creme, under eye cream. The clerk in the gift shop told me the most popular item is a leg cream for those that have leg cramps.  Of course I bought some, just in case. 
 
The other area of France I wanted to see was Marseilles. I always loved bouillabaisse and ordered it whenever I saw it on a menu. Sometimes it was good, but since I had never visited the city I couldn't compare what I was tasting to the authentic dish. I researched and found a great restaurant with outdoor seating by the water and had a fabulous dinner and was surprised at how different the presentation was from what I experienced in the States. I loved Marseilles.  There is a lot to see and do.  The photo of me by the water gives you an idea of the beauty of the port.
 


 




 
Cats in Israel
By Sydney Feuchtwanger

Israel is a beautiful country, very hilly and desert-y and hotter than the hinges of hell. They're reforesting the country. The food is grown in Kibbutzim and is very fresh and delicious. We stayed in the magnificent King David hotel in Jerusalem and at a fabulous Hilton in Tel Aviv. 

There are cats everywhere in Israel.  Everybody feeds them and cares for them so even though they live on the street, they are sleek, healthy and super friendly. They rub up against you and want to be petted. Of course, I didn't miss an opportunity. 
 
The thrill of the trip for me happened in Tel Aviv when I saw a cat wedged between a tree and stairs, nursing her litter. When little ones had enough, they went to play, with mama cat standing sentry. One little black one wouldn't leave mom. She actually scolded and pushed him away. Time to grow up, kitten!  I was thrilled when mama cat allowed me to pet her. 
 

Searching for Roots
By Martha Holstein
 
I was born in New York City on March 11, 1941 to Ruth and Isidore Beller, who came as refugees to the U.S. in July 1938. I was their American child and they too became almost quintessentially American:  never missing an election, speaking only English at home and not seeking the company of other disrupted and displaced people. Unlike other friends and neighbors, they never bought a home. Scattered stories, a sentence here and there, a memory brought about by the scent of hay, then books, starting with John Hersey's The Wall and then more stories told me that my parents came to America because Hitler and his anti-Jewish policies were becoming ever more threatening. They lived in the Free City of Danzig, under the titular control of the United Nations High Commission, but, since 1938, ruled locally by the Nazi-controlled senate.
 
When my mother died in 1977 (my father had died many years before that), my sister and I found, among her carefully folded sheets, a hatbox containing about 200 letters written to her from her parents, who desperately sought to emigrate to the US but never made it, in large measure because of the anti-Semitism in the US State Department. From those letters, my sister and I became acquainted with family members we never knew - in most cases, family who, like our grandparents, became victims of the Nazi effort to rid the world of Jews.
 
In the fall of 2017, using the letters as our guide, my sister Judy and I and Viv, a cousin from Australia, whose grandmother was our grandfather's youngest sister, went to Poland to connect with our history prior to 1938.  My sister, using the letters, identified every place where we had a family connection.  Those data points became the lodestars of our three weeks in Poland.  Working with guides, we went to Krakow, where my mother's beloved brother (disappeared in 1939 and never heard from again) went to university and where he met and married his wife.
 
From there we branched out, not only to experience Auschwitz, but also to Rzeszow and other small communities in southeastern Poland where our maternal grandparents' families lived and owned land. We met with town historians and the mayor of one town; we sat in living rooms as strangers shared memories and photographs with us and we made a nearly silent pilgrimage to places among the birch trees where mass executions took place, which are now commemorated by markers and mass graves. A very disorienting feeling-the beauty of the spot and the tragic happenings there.
 
We then moved north to Warsaw, with stops in the small cities in Galicia (then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, where our father's family lived.  Once in Warsaw, at the home of the granddaughter of the woman who hid our cousin's family, we walked within the boundaries of the Warsaw Ghetto where my grandparents went when the Nazi's made Danzig Judenrein and where my grandmother died and from where my grandfather was probably deported to Treblinka or Majdanek, both extermination camps that we visited. Treblinka was the most moving.
Treblinka Memorial. Hundreds of these stone obelisks on a vast field

In brief, the last part of our trip took us to Gdansk, the now Polish city that once was Danzig, where our parents met and married. We saw where they lived, where our grandparents lived and had a store selling (we think)  imported food items. We saw the port in Gydnia (the "twin" city to Danzig) where our father and uncle both worked and from which our parents left to come to America.
Danzig now Gdansk where the first shots were fired by Germany on Sept 1 1939

 
All in all, a remarkable trip. I can now envision the land from which that hay was gathered, see the buildings where our uncle studied, walk in the courtyard of the apartment building where my uncle lived and see where my parents were newlyweds. This is the beginning of a much longer story that I will be writing. Finding our roots, for us, was not about DNA but about real places at certain moments in time.
 

 
Where have you traveled? Do you have a story to share? Tell us about it. Where did you go? Did you have a favorite place? Favorite experience? Favorite piece of art? Memorable meal?  Did something surprise you? Best experience?  Or even the worst - because sometimes those make the best stories, don't they?

It doesn't have to be long. Send a photo or three and maybe write a paragraph. If you have a great story to tell, it can be longer. It's your trip, your story and we can't wait to share the adventure. 


 Send to editor@skylinevillagechicago.org or to Judy Karlov at jkarlov@alliancecost.com for the next newsletter.

FromOurMembers
From Our  Members
Ode to Sammy & Max
By Deborah Darr
 
Eyes wide open
didn't expect that
Asleep...forever
Never
to come back
It is best, I Know
NOOOOO!!
Paws on my pause
Heart to my heart
Caves of body protecting body
My Sammy
I miss that joyful motor inside
I miss YOUUUUUUU
I miss YOUUUUUUU
I keep waiting for the indentation of your pads on the blanket
slowly settling
turning,
master of the pillow
Just so
just so
just right.
 
Then there is Max
He could have stayed
with medications
fluids under the skin
But sweet puppy-kitty Max
with the big furtive eyes
We decided
We decided FOR you
We decided you should go with Sam
your bosom brother
Bumping up against each other
butt to butt
that last week on the new purple blanket
that now I cannot bear to wash
You have never been apart
Even when you were abandoned in that lobby as babes
We decided you should go
together
Sophie's choice
I never had children
Is that why I ache for you so?
 


Rocketing into the Fourth Dimension
Willmette, Illinois 1950's
By Regan Burke
 
All the girls and all the boys 
All ages all sizes oh! the noise
Came to slide down Suicide Hill
At the Great Lake
Out my window 
In Midwestern chill.
Firemen hosed it
For faster downhills
Cardboard sleds for maniac thrills 
On our butts then on our feet
Shredding and shedding to a beat
Open coats and pigtails flapping
Off the daredevil flyers' heat
Till medics came and bandaged 
Limbs of the first snowboarders.
 
Climbing up the slippery stairs
Never waiting, pushing, dares
No guards no rules no stupid fights
Girls and boys in equal flight
Racing each other for no prize
Bumping and falling into old snowpiles
Overparked cars on Michigan Street
Smoke pouring from all the pipes
Winter stuck in our noses
Parents gathering, yelling, let's go!
Stars led to No Man's Land chocolates
We soared like heavenly rockets


Ode to Ozzie
Llani O'Connor

Opening the door to Regan's
Scratching nails on the floor
Running around
Barking
Barking
More Barking
 
Slowly opening the door
Putting out my hand
Letting him sniff it
He runs to the sofa
He jumps up 
He barks out the window
 
Where is your ball?
Your green ball?
There it is 
Over there
Now over here
Scratching sounds on the floor
Running to the ball 
Walking away
I pick up the ball...throw it
We repeat
& repeat
& repeat
Until Regan is tired of watching
Ozzy & I aren't tired.
 
What a playmate he was
Scratching Regan's door in the morning
Coming out to check to see if all is well 
Is all well with you, Ozzy?
I hope so
I miss you .
 
 
Ode to Michigan Avenue 
By Janice Lewis

Oh, Michigan Avenue, I say Hello. 
Why are you here? 
You are here to bring reality to others. 
How? Reality? 
How can the Tiffany store be reality? 
Reality? Really? 
How can the Tiffany store be real to most people? 
Ode to Michigan Avenue... 
Michigan Avenue is not just the Loop 
Michigan Avenue goes and goes... 
Where does Michigan Avenue go? 
It goes into our psyche, our being, and our sense of being. 
Michigan Avenue is not just the Loop 
Michigan Avenue goes and goes... 
until it stops, like this Ode. 
Stops


Harvard on the Rocks
By Michael Mitzen
 
Scotch on the Rocks
Bourbon on the Rocks
Harvard on the Rocks
 
No, No, fit....
 
University of Chicago on the Midway
Northwestern University on the shores of Lake Michigan
DePaul in Lincoln Park
 
No, No, fit....
 
Campus ¾ mile long, ¾ block wide,
Surrounded by water on three sides,  (Lake Michigan)
Tuition $90 a semester, 2 year school
 
Railroad tracks down the middle
Semi trucks backed up to outside walls of the classrooms
Ships handling freight and unloading noisily outside of lecture halls
 
That fits Harvard on the Rocks
 
Classrooms the size of walk-in closets, no windows
Wear your coats in the winter
See your breath
Skin on arms stick to desks in summer
 
The Long narrow hall, filled by earnest students marching toward their futures
And committed, competent professors
Dr. Shuly Bell
Dr. Robert Corley
Dr. Bernard Kogen
Dr. Milton Rakov
 
4 minutes between classes....look out for engineering students racing to the East End, slide rules (Google it) hanging from their belts.
 
One coffee shop, cafeteria halfway down the hall, and one for the engineers
 
Two years at the "Pier" with credit accepted at virtually all US colleges and universities.
Best place to study was on the floor, sharing space with future academic leaders at Duke, London School of Economics, University of Chicago, Fulbright scholarship winners
 
Governor Jim Thompson, Senator Carol Mosely Braun, Bobby Rush, Jack Mabley, Shel Silverstien
 
SATs and ACTs took 2nd place the importance of the CTA
 
It had phrases of "Call me Ishmael."  "This is the Best of Times, " Now replaced by "This is your Big Mac", "Chips not fries", "two T-shirts from $15"
 
Odors of gasoline, diesel fuel, cigarettes, dead fish and pigeons, replaced by Harry Carey's Marinara, French fries, beer, pizza and fried chicken, Starbucks and the smell of Garrett's Pop Corn.
 
Two years of the Pier got this Pier-ite no undergraduate degrees,
but two law degrees.
 
The University of Illinois at Navy Pier Chicago 1945-1965, gone, but not forgotten, although I think back to how we would have enjoyed the Ferris Wheel.  


The Meaning in Memories
By Phyllis Mitzen

I walk through the splendid dark oak door into our home at 2811 Girard to the bright sound of our children and our many pets.
 
How I loved to fill the house with the sweet smell of baking bread, chocolate chip cookies and snicker doodles.
 
The colors of a spring day filled my heart with gladness, seeing the blossoming trees and forsythia bushes as they rebirth each year, and hearing the gleeful terrified shouts of "Ghosts in the Graveyard" that echoed down the alley and between the houses in the early evening
 
I see images of the mother duck leading her brood of ducklings across the road - stopping traffic on Isabella.  Just like the story we loved to read to the children, first Matt, then Jennifer, then Josh
 
Or the blueberries and chocolate cake that our beagle/basset hound named Buttons loved.  Buttons who lost himself in the weeds along the canal, only to resurrect himself a week later with a jingle at the door and a little bark to say "I'm home"
 
The richness of our lives, our friendships, a sense of belonging to that beautiful Tudor house on a cul-de-sac overlooking the golf course
 
Now I go to the old secretary in the hall of our condo, that oak piece I so proudly bargained for at the Kane County Fairgrounds that held our stamps, birth certificates, passports and memories.
 
The house was a retreat, full of secret places and spaces for each of us to grow up and grow out.  


Ode to Bughouse Square
By Judy Karlov

Bughouse Square has been the park out my window for the last 2 years.  It is also the park I walk through to get to the Farmer's Market on summer Saturdays.

Bughouse Square, the oldest small park in Chicago, is a famous park that has been around since the 19th century, and has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1991.

Its formal name is Washington Square Park, but people who have been in Chicago since the 1930s, 40s or 50s prefer to call it Bughouse Square. There's a bronze plaque at the western fence to honor that name.  The land for Bughouse Square was donated to the city in 1842, and improved to its current configuration of diagonal walks and perimeter fences little by little until 1890.

People who were not the most conventional in town, soapbox orators, would give speeches in Bughouse Square. Political speeches, pretty radical. It was the most celebrated open-air free speech center in the US.

Now, the Newberry Library across the street has a celebration of the speechmaking in Bughouse Square every summer. Little children from the neighborhood as well as the nearby nursery school come there to play along with neighborhood dogs and their owners.

When my grandson was little I took him to Bughouse Square to blow bubbles, touting it as, "Let's go to the park."  When we arrived he said. "This isn't a park; it has no swings."

Right in the center of Bughouse Square there is a fountain surrounded by seasonal plantings. The original fountain was removed in the 1970s, but restored in the 90s. Beyond the fountain is a pathway for walkers and kiddie 4-wheel bikes, followed by a rectangular arrangement of benches. People of all ages sit on those benches in Bughouse Square.

Beyond the benches are the trees, which look very different from my 26th floor window than they do when I walk through Bughouse Square at ground level.

Labor Day weekend the leaves all still looked green from my window, but I noticed a small tree that was bright orange as I walked next to it down below.  "The trees will turn to fall colors early this year," I predicted.  They almost did, until we had a very hot week in late September that slowed them down.

Now many trees still have leaves, though they are brown and no longer look their best.  The trees of Bughouse Square are very confused by the unusual weather we've had. They don't like global warming any better than I do. 
 
Do you have something you'd like to share with your Skyline Village friends in the next newsletter? A news story, a poem, blog, piece of art, photo, a Favorite thing, a quote?  We'd love to include you in upcoming newsletter and the website.

Please send to editor@skylinevillagechicago.org
 
 
"Youth can not know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young." 

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Skyline Village Chicago
News We Can Use

How We Treat the Elderly and the Disabled by SVC's Martha Holstein


5 Things Every Adult Should Know About Shingles
Note: there is a new shingles vaccine coming out in 2018. It is
said to be more than 90% effective while the current vaccine is
about 70% effective in preventing shingles.  You can get the new
vaccine if you have already had the old one. Talk to your doctor and check your coverage. This may not be covered under Medicare.

 


New Medicare Cards
To help protect your identity,  new Medicare cards will be sent 
between April 2018 and April 2019. Your new card will have a 
new Medicare Number that's unique to you, instead of your 
Social Security Number.
 
Here's what you need to know about your new Medicare card:
  • You don't have to do anything to get your new Medicare card
  • The new card won't change your Medicare coverage or benefits
  • Medicare won't call you and ask for private information to get your new Medicare Number or card
  • There's no charge for your new card 
Visit  www.Medicare.gov  to find out more about your new 
Medicare card.


Leech Alert! (from Colby Krouse)
Be careful of phone calls promising you discounts 
and asking for information
I got a phone call from a man calling himself 'Tom' 
allegedly from Blue Cross Blue Shield. When I told him I 
couldn't talk he hung up on me. I called the number back. 
Turned out to be was the Florida Dept of Health. An operator 
there who said that somehow scammers have gained access 
to their phones. Last week, suspicious folks were calling back 
from Texas.  

Couple tips to foil leeches:  If an email seems suspicions, look at the address it came from, not just the name. If it's nonsense or seems incongruous, it's junk. If you get a suspicious sounding/feeling call from someone representing themselves as an agency, call the agency directly. 




New trials need people with Alzheimer's and MCI, caregivers, and 
healthy volunteers.
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USNIHNIA/bulletins/1c4fad2 



If you find something you think would be beneficial or interesting to
fellow members, please email it with News We Can Use in the subject line.
"The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been." 
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  Skyline Village Chicago 
Our Favorite Things

Stick Figure Books
By Phyllis Mitzen

Ready to clear your book shelves to make room for more?  Don't want to box and carry them out yourself?  I went on-line and found Stick Figure Books,   https://www.stickfigurebooks.com/shop/stickfigure/sell-your-books.html?id=NnTqWRPz.   They sell and buy books.  True to their word, they came on time, boxed up and carted off all my books.  They value them and if the value to them is over $50 they send you a check within a couple of weeks.    


Starbucks at Uniqlo
By Beth Najberg
I don't know that many people are aware of the view from the Starbucks at Uniqlo, the old I Magnin building.
 
On the top floor of Uniqlo is a Starbucks that looks straight south on Michigan Avenue. Magnificent view and great price! I think you can just sit there for free!


Lurie Garden
By Anna Rappaport
I love the Lurie Garden.   https://www.luriegarden.org .  The prairie plants in the middle of the big city, and the flowers that change throughout the seasons make it an exciting place for me to to and draw.
 
 
Stance App, Transit App
By Regan Burke

Stance App: I click this App on my phone, record a voice message about a national issue and it automatically sends that message to my congressman Danny Davis and Senators Richard Durbin and Tammy Duckworth. 
 
Transit App: This App is the best CTA bus and train tracker out there. It's synched to your location so all the buses near you pop up on the screen. You swipe the screen to change a bus from north to south. So easy. Also, it's good for any city in the US. For instance, if you go to New Orleans, it will give you the trolley schedules near you. 


Streeterville Public Art Project
Recommended Marcia Slater Johnston, Written by Craig Kaiser

The mission of The Streeterville Public Art Project is to advance the appreciation of and investment in Public Art. During our Streeterville Walks, we have identified over sixty pieces of outdoor art and we are researching each piece to be included in a new Public Art Walk. If you are interested in doing online research of the art and artist or want to join our Walk, contact us at  sna60611@gmail.com

If you have not seen this masterpiece, take a walk along Lakeshore Drive to the 860 Building. Viewing the four Mies van der Rohe buildings alone is worth the trip but now we have one of Streeterville's newest pieces of Public Art, The Architect's Handkerchief by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen. 

The piece pays homage to Mies van der Rohe and his trademark handkerchief. The stunning contrast of the black linear buildings and the pristine white, flowing curves of the piece evoke comparisons to the contrasts between the Flamingo and Mies's Federal Plaza but without the tension.  The art was installed thanks to the Chicago Park District, the Paula Cooper Gallery and the folks at 860/880. It will only be there until Sept 2018.

The Artist's Handkerchief  by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen

Viking Cruses
By Janice Nazar

I like to take cruises as well as land trips, and I am a big fan of the Viking cruise line. I'll be going on my 11th or 12th Viking trip in 2018.  (I lost count.)  If you would like more info or need a referral discount just call me or use my name and you will save $100 per person on a booked trip if you never traveled with Viking before.  If you take a Grand Circle or Gate 1 trip and use my name, they offer the same discount. Sorry for the sales pitch, but it helps both ways. You get a discount and your referral will allow me to buy more lavender night creme!   

           

Do you have a Favorite Thing you'd like to share with your fellow Skyliners?  Send it to us at editor@skylinevillagechicago.org.


Please Note: The favorite things are the personal favorite things of the contributors.  They are not endorsed or recommended by Skyline Village Chicago in any way.  


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Skyline Village Chicago
Social Groups
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Skyline Diners
First Monday of the Month

Monday January 8
5:30pm
Pierrot Gourmet at the Peninsula
108 E. Superior Street


Monday February 5
5:30pm
Restaurant TBD

Click link to register for Skyline Diners on our website
  February 5
or register by email at
diningclub@skylinevillagechicago.org
 
 
 
 
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Skylners BG is looking for a new leader. Interested parties write to info@skylinevillagechicago.org

Though Skyliners BG meetings are currently on hiatus, recommendations for good reads are always welcome. Email s at editor@skylinevillagechicago.org.


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Skyliner Sticks & Strings
  
Beth Najberg delivered our annual donation to Yesinia Maldonaldo, Executive Director of Between Friends Chicago.
Between Friends Chiacago is dedicated to breaking the cycle of domestic violence and building a community free of abuse. To learn more, visit www.betweenfriendschicago.org


MahJongg
Thursdays
11:30am - 3:00pm
Prentice Women's Hospital Cafeteria
250 E. Superior, 2nd floor 

If you are interested in joining this group or creating another Mah Jongg Group, please contact Carol Koenig at   ckoenig943@gmail.com
 
What Groups or Bulletin Boards Would You Like
to Have?

Would you like to start a Bridge group? Or maybe your bridge game needs a substitute. Looking for fellow aficionados of movies, poetry, board games, walking or other activities? Would Skyline members like to have a bulletin board for finding friends to share activities?

Tell us what groups or bulletin boards you would like to see and if you would like to manage one .


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SVC Community Partner Announcements
Lake Shore Park 

Advisory Council Meetings
Meets Second Monday of the Month
January 8
February 12
5:30pm
808 N. Lake Shore Drive

SVC plans to work with the park district to advocate for older adults and people with disabilities as they redesign our playgrounds and play fields, encouraging them to incorporate things like PickleBall and adult playground equipment as is found all over Asia, Europe and South America. Please consider joining us as we attend park district advisory council meetings.    
 
Winter Fitness Classes
Winter fitness classes begin January 8 at Lake Shore Park, 808
N. Lake Shore Drive. The schedule is posted at
www.chicagoparkdistrict.com. Registration opened in December, and
you may register online or in person at the field house.
There are 11 different class periods per week; the activities
include yoga, cardio, strength and conditioning, low impact
aerobics, abs and core, and tone stretch balance. 
Try them out during Free Fitness Week January 8-14

For further information call Lake Shore Park at 312-742-7891.

We Still Need Signatures
Submitted by Pam Woodward
 
Chicago Park District: Don't Cancel Wellness Classes;
Fund them through the regular budget.   

The classmates in my adult fitness classes at Lake Shore Park and other Chicago Park District locations ask you to support their concern about the announced cancellation of Wellness Classes after the Coca Cola grant isdiscontinued at the end of this year. 
 
Chicago Park District is offering more than 600 Wellness 
classes all over the city. Currently none are scheduled for Winter. 
The grants which funded these classes ended and new grants are 
insufficient to fund the program. These classes need to be included in the Park District's regular budget so they continue without disruption. 
They offer Chicagoans of all ages important opportunities for exercise and community at little or no cost.  
 
A sample of the classes 
includes Teen Fit Box, Special Education Cardio Conditioning, Senior 
Chair Exercise, Adult Circuit training, Yoga, Mommy & Me, Nutrition 
and Pilates. The Wellness program also funds fitness centers in many parks. 
 
Petition to be delivered to:
Jesse H. Ruiz, President, Chicago Park District Board of Commissioners
Avis LaVelle, Vice President, CPD Board of Commissioners,  
Michael P. Kelly, CPD General Superintendent & CEO 
Steve Lux, CPD, CFO  
Patrick J. Levar, CPD, COO  
Alonzo Williams, CPD, Chief Program Officer
 
 

Washington Square Park Advisory Council

Wednesday, January 10
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Newberry Library, Room B-91
60 W. Walton, Elm Street entrance


Agenda includes elections for Washington Square Park Advisory Council's President and Vice President, plus updates on coming events and plans. All welcome to attend.  For more information on election, candidates, and committee updates.

Northwestern Medicine

Winter Class Registration
Monday, October 30 - Friday,  February 5th. 
Fitness classes run Monday, January 8, - March 23rd, 2018
Please check the schedule for the wellness classes.  Participants who register late will be prorated for missed classes for fitness classes.  We offer classes each quarter throughout the year.
 
In Streeterville, we have a full line of fitness classes appropriate for Mature Adults including:
Gentle Yoga, Yoga for Osteoporosis, Zumba Gold {R}, Pilates, Line Dancing, Low-Impact Aerobics, Nia, Tai Chi, and Strength and Balance.  Our classes are small and our instructors are well trained.  We are able to offer individual modifications for a variety of physical and medical conditions as needed.
 
We also offer Wellness Classes on a rotating basis, including Fasting Diets, What's It All about; Detox, Cleansing and Rejuvenation; Food as Medicine; Going Gluten Free; Guided Mindful Meditation; and Meditation: Through Mindful Movement.
  
F or information on our classes or to register, please go to:
 
 
To register by phone, please call 312.926.8400.   
Call and ask about registering for a free trial fitness class today.
 
SOAR Chicago  Gubernatorial Candidate Speaker Series

Among the highlights of SOAR's January programming are three Meet the Candidates sessions, featuring leading Democratic gubernatorial candidates running in the March 20 primary election. Reporter Charlie Wojciechowski, a streeterville resident and SOAR member will give a short presentation in advance of an extended Q&A session, which he will moderate. Questions may be submitted in advance when you register. Some questions will come from the floor during the event. 

Monday, January 8
Chris Kennedy
Registraton: 6:30pm
Program 7:00pm
Sheraton Grand Chicago
301 E. North Waters Street
Click here to register

Monday, January 22
Daniel Biss
Registraton: 6:00pm
Program 6:30pm
The Drake Hotel
140 E. Walton Place
  Click here to register

Sunday, January 28
JB Pritzker
Registraton: 4:30pm
Program 5:00pm
Sheraton Grand Chicago
301 E. North Waters Street
Click here to register


The programs are free and open to the public. For complete information, visit the SOAR website at www.soarchicago.org.

Advance registration will guarantee seating. 
Community Safety - CAPS and Beat Meetings

For further information call 18th District Community Relations at 312.742.5778

You can take an active role in helping the Chicago Police Department prevent crime in your neighborhood by attending your police district's Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy (CAPS) meetings. If you need assistance from the Police Department, Fire Department, or an ambulance please call 911 immediately. 
 
The 18th District  serves residents east of the River and south of Fullerton Lincoln Park, Old Town, River North, Gold Coast and Streeterville.

Contact info: 312-742-5870 or email at 
Beats in our area are 1831, 1832, 1833 and 1834
To confirm/identify your District and Beat, use this map.

For a full list of 18th District Events, click here.

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Skyline Village Chicago 
Event Calendar
Skyline Village Event Calendar
January, 2018
SVC events are in green
Click underline to jump to event details
(Note: Internal links don't always work on mobile devices.)

1-7
Final Week
Navy Pier
2
MCA
Free Tuesdays

3
Jan 4-23
Daily ( except January 15)
11:30am - 12:30pm
126 E. Chestnut
4
Free Evening
5:00pm - 8:00pm
5

12:10pm
Buchanan Chapel
5
Maggie Daly Park Skating Ribbon
4:00pm - 7:00pm
8
5:30pm
Pierrot Gourmet at the Peninsula
108 E. Superior

8
5:30pm
808 N. Lake Shore Drive
8-14
Lake Shore Park
Free Fitness Week

8
DCASE: Chamber Mondays
12:15pm
Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington, 3rd Fl. South
8
6:00pm
Sheraton Grand Chicago
301 E. North Water Street

9
MCA
Free Tuesdays

10
12:15pm

10
4:00pm
Townes Fellowes Lounge
10
5:30pm - 7:30pm
Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington, 3rd Fl. South

10
Washington Square Park Advisory Council
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Newberry Library
60 E. WaltonRoom B-91

11
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Daley Center, 50 W. Washington
Courtroom 2005 

11
Free Evening
5:00pm - 8:00pm

12
Fourth Presbyterian Friday Concerts
12:10pm

Buchanan Chapel

13
Ruggles Hall
16
3:30pm 
200 E. Delaware*
16
MCA
Free Tuesdays

17
17
CLL: Winter Film Series
1:45pm - 3:34pm
Dunkirk
126 E. Chestnut

17
5:30pm - 7:30pm
Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington, 3rd Fl. South

18
Free Evening
5:00pm - 8:00pm

19
12:10pm

22
DCASE: Chamber Mondays
12:15pm
Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington, 3rd Fl. South

22
6:30pm
The Drake
140 E. Walton

23
MCA
Free Tuesdays

24
1:45pm - 3:34pm
Stronger
126 E. Chestnut
24
24
6:00pm
Ruggles Hall

24
25
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Daley Center, 50 W. Washington
Courtroom 2005 
25
12:30pm
Chicago Sinai, 15 W. Delaware
26
12:10pm
Sanctuary
25
Free Evening
5:00pm - 8:00pm

27
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Mity Nice, 835 N. Michigan

29
12:00pm - 1:30pm
The Clare, 55 E. Pearson

29
12:15pm
Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington, 3rd Fl. South

29
4:30pm
Sheraton Grand Chicago
301 E. North Water Street

30
MCA
Free Tuesdays

30
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Ruggles Hall

30
Chicago Ensemble
7:30pm
Buchanan Chapel

31
31
1:45pm - 3:34pm
The Big Sick
126 E. Chestnut

31
5:30pm - 7:30pm

 
 
Skyline Village Event Calendar
February 2018
SVC events are in green

Click link to jump to event details
(Note: Internal links don't always work on mobile devices.)

1
11:30am - 12:30pm
126 E. Chestnut

1
Free Evening
5:00pm - 8:00pm
2
12:10pm
Buchanan Chapel
 
2
7:30pm
Buchanan Chapel

5
5:30pm
Restaurant TBD
5
12:00pm - 1:30pm
The Clare, 55 E. Pearson

5
DCASE: Chamber Mondays
12:15pm
Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington, 3rd Fl. South

6
MCA
Free Tuesdays
6
12:00pm - 2:00pm
CLL 126 E. Chestnut
7 DCASE: Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts
12:15pm
Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington
7
1:45pm - 3:34pm
The Florida Project
126 E. Chestnut

7
Newberry: Two Books on Poetry and Geopolitics: Harris Feinsod, Rachel Galvin
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Ruggles Hall
60 W. Walton
7 DCASE: Jazz Links Jam
5:30pm - 7:30pm
Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington, 3rd Fl. South

8
Elder Justice Center Free Seminar
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Daley Center, 50 W. Washington
Courtroom 2005  

8
11:30am - 12:30pm
126 E. Chestnut
8
Free Evening
5:00pm - 8:00pm

9
12:10pm
Sanctuary
10  Navy Pier: Global Connections: International
Carnivale Celebration
1:00pm - 5:00pm
AON Grand Ballroom
10

DCASE: Jazz Links Jam
5:30pm - 7:30pm
Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington, 3rd Fl. South
 12
12:00pm - 1:30pm
The Clare, 55 E. Pearson

12
12:15pm
Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington, 3rd Fl. South

12
5:30pm
808 N. Lake Shore Drive

13
MCA
Free Tuesdays

13
12:00pm - 2:00pm
CLL 126 E. Chestnut

13
3:30 - 5:00pm
200 E. Delaware 
14
Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington
14
1:45pm - 3:34pm
Battle of the Sexes
126 E. Chestnut

14
DCASE: Jazz Links Jam
5:30pm - 7:30pm
Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington, 3rd Fl. South

15
Free Evening
5:00pm - 8:00pm

Feb 16 - April 15
 Navy Pier: Prismatica
Navy Pier, Polk Brothers Park
16
12:10pm
Buchanan Chapel

17
DCASE: Jazz Links Jam
5:30pm - 7:30pm
Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington, 3rd Fl. South

19
12:00pm - 1:30pm
The Clare, 55 E. Pearson

19
12:15pm
Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington, 3rd Fl. South

20
MCA
Free Tuesdays

20
12:00pm - 2:00pm
CLL 126 E. Chestnut

21
12:15pm
Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington
21
David L. Carlson, Landis Blair
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Ruggles Hall
21
DCASE: Jazz Links Jam
5:30pm - 7:30pm
Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington, 3rd Fl. South

22
Elder Justice Center Free Seminar
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Daley Center, 50 W. Washington
Courtroom 2005  

22
Free Evening
5:00pm - 8:00pm

23
12:10pm
Buchanan Chapel

24
 Navy Pier: Global Connections:
Chinese New Year

1:00pm - 5:00pm
AON Grand Ballroom
24
Newberry: Shakespeare Project of Chicago: Women Beware Women, Thomas Middleton
10:00am - 12:30pm
Ruggles Hall
24 DCASE: Jazz Links Jam
5:30pm - 7:30pm
Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington, 3rd Fl. South

26
12:00pm - 1:30pm
The Clare, 55 E. Pearson

26
DCASE: Chamber Mondays
12:15pm
Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington, 3rd Fl. South

27
MCA
Free Tuesdays

27
12:00pm - 2:00pm
CLL 126 E. Chestnut

28
DCASE: Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts
12:15pm
Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington
28
5:30pm - 7:30pm
Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington, 3rd Fl. South


         

Events 
Skyline Village Chicago
Event Details
SVC Events are in Green
ElderJustice
Elder Justice Center 
Free Seminar Series
Alternate Thursdays
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Daley Center, 50 W. Washington
Courtroom 2005
Registration: 312.603.9233

Alternate Thursdays
 
January 11
Powers of Attorney and Advance Directives:  When, What and Why?"
Topics to include:
  • Power of Attorney for Healthcare
  • Power of Attorney for Property
  • Illinois Living Will Declaration
  • Do Not Resuscitate Order / POLST
  • Healthcare Surrogate Act

January 25
"Reverse Mortgages: What You Should Know To Make An Informed Decision"
Topics to include:
  • Mechanics of a  reverse mortgage
  • Program requirements of the federally-insured Home Equity Conversion Mortgag (HECM) reverse mortgage loan
  • The "pros" and "cons" of a reverse mortgage versus various financial alternatives
February 8
Topic TBD

February 22
Topic TBD


Click here for the seminar series.
 
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Encore Illinois
 
Spring Session: Registration Open 
Rehearsals:  
Mondays, January 29 - May 7
12:00pm - 1:30pm
The Clare, 55 E Pearson
 
Spring Performance:  
Thursday, May 10
2:00pm
Buchanan Chapel
Fourth Presbyterian 
 
Come sing with Encore on the Gold Coast this spring!
15-week Spring session starts Monday, January 29, 2018 at The Clare, 55 E Pearson, Chicago, and runs until May 7, concluding with a performance at The Clare for residents (date TBA). The all-Encore performance for combined choirs will be at at Buchanan Chapel at Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago on Thursday, May 10 (12:00pm singer call, 2:00pm show).  
 
Our repertoire will feature American folk songs, including "Goodnight, Irene," "Poor Wayfaring Stranger," "This Little Light of Mine," "My Old Kentucky Home," Aaron Copland's famous setting of "At The River," and many more.
When you order, you'll receive e-mail confirmation, and you'll also receive a reminder e-mail before the first rehearsal. Sheet music (to keep) and practice CD will be distributed at the first rehearsal.
 
For more information or if you are interested in joining the Gold Coast Chorale go to  www.encoreillinois.org  

Encore Illinois - Combined Chorale performance


WomensSalon
Skyline Perennials
(formerly Women's Salon)
Normally meets 2nd Tuesday of the month 

Tuesday, January 16
Tuesday February 13
3:30pm - 5:00pm
200 E. Delaware

Presented by: Skyline Village Chicago,
Host: Phyllis Mitzen
 
Join fellow members for a lively discussion about what it means and how it feels to be an Aging Woman -- our hair, our outspokenness, our invisibility, our wisdom, our ... 

To register on our website RSVP click the link
  January 15
February 13
or register by email at RSVP@skylinevillage.org with Skyline Perennials in the subject line or click
 
SVC members and their guests only   

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Newberry Library  
60 West Walton

The Newberry organizes and hosts programs illuminating topics in the humanities, through a variety of formats tailored to the subject at hand: lectures, staged readings, music and dance performances, panel discussions, workshops, and more. 
   
For a full list of events, programs and exhibitions at the Newberry Library or to go to www.newberry.org.  
Events in Ruggles Hall unless otherwise noted.

Wednesday, January 10
4:00pm
Townes Fellowes Hall
 
Saturday, January 13
10:00am - 12:30pm
Free and open to the public; no registration required

Wednesday, January 24
6:00pm reception / 6:30pm program
Free and open to the public. No registration required.

Tuesday, January 30
To register for one of the events above, click here.   


FridayForums
SVC Friday Forum 
(Normally meets last Friday of the month)            
 
Friday, January 26
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Mity Nice, 835 N. Michigan


Heather Steans
Illinois Senator, 7th District
The ERA is back in Illinois


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February 23
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Mity Nice, 835 N. Michigan

Speaker TBD

 
Click the link below to register on our website
 January 26
 

Or register by email to  
rsvp@skylinevillagechicago.org  

Lunch is Dutch Treat, plus $5 to cover the cost of our private room. 

 CLL
Center for Life & Learning
Fourth Presbyterian Church
126 E. Chestnut

Fitness Membership

Mondays
10:30am - 11:15am - Toning Balls
2:30pm - 3:30pm - Yoga
T uesdays
10:30am - 11:15am - Pilates Resistance Band
2:45pm - 3:30pm - Intermediate Tai Chi
Wednesdays 
10:30am - 11:15am -  Zing! Total Fitness
Thursdays
10:30am - 11:15am - Range of Motion

Classes are $45
Call 312.878.4570 to register

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Free Lectures & Groups
Open to 60 and older

Calvin College January Series

January 4-23  (except Monday, January 15)  
11:30am - 12:30pm each day
Free and open to all  

The award-winning January Series of Calvin College is again coming to downtown Chicago. From January 4 through January 23, Fourth Church will be one of 50 remote webcast locations worldwide to broadcast one of the nation's leading lecture and cultural arts series.
  
In collaboration with the Fourth Church Academy for Faith and Life adult education program, the January Series lectures will be video streamed live weekdays from January 4 through January 23 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Please note, however, that there will be no showing on January 15, closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
 
For a full list of speakers and topics, visit https://calvin.edu/january-series/speakers/



Hospital Admission Preparedness
Thursday, February 1, 
11:30am - 12:30pm

This presentation will highlight ways in which you can prepare for a potential hospital admission such as which documents to bring with you or have ready in case of emergency. We will also discuss pertinent information regarding discharge planning and next levels of care, such as qualifications for a skilled nursing facility and more.

  Click here to register

Winter Film Series
Wednesdays, January 17-February 14
1:45pm - 3:45 pm
Room 4G
Free, open to all 60 and older, no RSVP necessary

To make those dark days of winter a little more bearable, come check out some 2017 films in the awards season circuit!
January 17 
Dunkirk (2017)
Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire and France are surrounded by the German Army, and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II.

January 24
Stronger (2017)
Stronger is the inspiring real life story of Jeff Bauman, an ordinary man who captured the hearts of his city and the world to become a symbol of hope after surviving the 2017 Boston Marathon bombing.

January 31
The Big Sick (2017)
Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash. When Emily contracts a mysterious illness, Kumail finds himself forced to face her feisty parents, his family's expectations, and his true feelings.

February 7
The Florida Project (2017)
Set over one summer, the film follows precocious 6-year-old Moonee as she courts mischief and adventure with her ragtag playmates and bonds with her rebellious but caring mother, all while living in the shadows of Disney World. 

February 14
Battle of the Sexes (2017)
The true story of the 1973 tennis match between world number one Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs. 


For more information call 312.981.3386.

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SVC's Second Annual Groundhog Day
Party & Fundraiser
 
Thursday, February 1
5:00pm - 7:00pm ( to be confirmed)
Mity Nice
835 North Michigan Avenue

SVC will celebrate Groundhog Day Eve on February 1 at the Mity Nice Grill.  Why? Because an excuse for a winter party is what Groundhog Day is all about! Come celebrate with us in anticipation of  Punxsutawney Phil's 132nd prognostication. 

Watch your email for details - coming soon.

Party Time!



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SVC, CLL, CJE Senior Life and The Village Lincoln Park Present
A Matter of Balance
 
Tuesdays, February 6 - March 27
12:30pm - 2:00pm
Center for Life & Learning 
126 E. Chestnut

Brown bag lunch at noon

A Matter of Balance is a eight-week program that emphasizes practical strategies in order to reduce the fear of falling, in addition to increasing activity levels of older adults. Participants learn to set realistic goals to increase activity, change their environment to reduce fall risk factors, and learn simple exercises to increase strength and balance. Each week, the class features an exercise component and discussion.

Instructor: Sarah Squires-Doyle, B.S., C.H.E.S.CJE SeniorLife
Class fee: $40 includes all class materials

Registration is limited to 18 participants - 6 from SVC so register now !



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SVC and CLL Present
Identity Theft and Senior Scams
 
Thursday, February 8
11:30am - 12:30pm
Center for Life & Learning

Join the Illinois Attorney General's Office as they discuss tips to help curb senior identity theft. The speaker will provide a list of different programs and services offered to help consumer protection as well as hotline numbers for those who should be victims of theft and/or those who may need one-on-one assistance in reporting to local law enforcement and preventing future problems.  

 
Click here to register


 LUMA2
Loyola University Museum of Art
820 North Michigan Ave

LUMA is pleased to offer free admission Tuesdays, with Sketching in the galleries from 4:30pm - 7:30pm



 MCA2
MCA   

MCA is pleased to offer free admission on Tuesdays

We Are Here
In honor of the MCA's 50th anniversary, the museum presents We Are Here, a major three-part exhibition drawn from the MCA's significant collection of twentieth- and twenty-first-century art. The multigenerational artists featured in the exhibition have lived and worked around the world and create works in a broad range of media, including painting, sculpture, installation, sound, film, and video. We Are Here reexamines these works from the vantage point of our present moment, declaring that art and culture have the power to change the way that we see and act in the world.

The exhibition overturns the traditional model of the anniversary exhibition, focusing instead on the relationship between artist and viewer. Museums' collections and the knowledge and ideas they represent are not static. They are assembled over time, encapsulating the momentary interests of their curators, donors, and publics. The meaning of a work may shift based on a viewer's perspective or the passage of time. To demonstrate this idea, three of the museum's curators mined our collection to develop We Are Here in three sections based on themes that resonate with our time and relate to our inner, outer, and social lives.


Visit  https://mcachicago.org/Calendar for the roster of performers and other MCA events.

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Music at Fourth Presbyterian

Ongoing schedule of concerts. 
Concerts are free unless otherwise noted.
   
Friday, January 5
Madeline Wood, flute, Kyle Dzapo, flute, Megan Clewell, piano
12:10 p.m. in Buchanan Chapel

Friday, January 12
Robert Chen, violinist
12:10 p.m. in Buchanan Chapel

Friday, January 19
David Pedraza, viola 
12:10 p.m. in Buchanan Chapel

Friday, January 26
John W. W. Sherer, organist
12:10 p.m. in the Sanctuary

Tuesday, January 30 
Chicago Ensemble 
7:30 p.m. in Buchanan Chapel
Music by Mozart, Martinu, Dvorak 
Tickets available at 
  www.thechicagoensemble.org or the door

  
Friday, February 2
Chicago Recorder Quartet
12:10 p.m. in Buchanan Chapel

Friday, February 2
Fourth Church Handbell Choir 
7:30 p.m. in Buchanan Chapel

Friday, February 9
Thomas E. Gouwens, organist
12:10 p.m. in the Sanctuary

Friday, February 16
Kangwon Kim, string trio
12:10 p.m. in Buchanan Chapel

Friday, February 23
John W. W. Sherer, organist
12:10 p.m. in the Sanctuary

 
For a full list of concerts at Fourth Presbyterian,  click here

MillenniumPark2
Millennium Park

November 17 - March 5
Hours Vary
McCormick Tribune Ice Rink
Skating is free and open to the public. Skate Rentals available.

Click here for more details


Maggie Daly Park
Friday, January 5, 
4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Fire & Ice, presented by Bank of America  
Come and experience amazing activities with Fire and Ice. Bring your ice skates, or rent them at the fieldhouse, experience frozen art activities and fire crafts, enjoy s'mores and fun! Event is free, unless you need to rent skates.

Skating Ribbon at Maggie Daley Park 
337 E. Randolph St.



DCASE
DCASE Events,
Performances & Exhibitions

1st & 4th Mondays
12:15pm 
Chamber Mondays
Preston Bradley Hall
3rd Floor South

Wednesdays
Dame Myra Hess Concerts
12:15pm
Preston Bradley Hall
3rd Floor South

Jazz Links Jam
5:30pm - 7:30pm
Preston Bradley Hall
3rd Floor South

The Chicago Cultural Center offers performances and exhibitions, free and open to the public.
For the monthly schedule  click here.

Statue Stories
Statue Stories Chicago is a city-wide public arts initiative that brings 30 of Chicago's statues to life. Chicago's most celebrated writers, actors and comedians were commissioned to create monologues for some of the city's famous statues. Pass a talking statue, look for the nearby sign, and use your smartphone to scan the sign's QR Code or type the text in your web browser, and presto-you get a call back from John C. Reilly as Abraham Lincoln, Shonda Rhymes as Miró's Chicago or Steve Carell as a man clutching a giant fish by the Shedd Aquarium. Each has a story to tell. Together they tell Chicago's story.    www.statuestorieschicago.com/


StoryCorps
StoryCorps is pleased to partner with the Chicago Cultural Center and WBEZ 91.5 FM to record, share, and preserve the stories of communities in Chicago.


StoryCorps is an independent nonprofit whose mission is to provide people  of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share, and preserve the stories of our lives.
Since 2003, tens of thousands of everyday people have shared stories and life experiences in a StoryCorps recording session. Each conversation is recorded on a free CD to share, and is preserved at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. StoryCorps is one of the largest oral history projects of its kind, and millions listen to our weekly broadcasts on NPR's Morning Edition, local public radio stations and at  www.storycorps.org/chicago
 
Do you have a story to tell?  Record an interview:
1 . Make a reservation and prepare for your interview on chicago.storycorps.org
2. Bring your interview partner to the StoryBooth. The interview is a chance to ask the questions that matter.
3. At the end of your session, you'll take home a broadcast-quality CD of your interview. With your permission, a copy will be archived at the Library of Congress.

Local stories will air on WBEZ 91.5 FM.
 

ArtInstitute 
Art Institute of Chicago

The Art Institute is pleased to offer free admission Thursday evenings from 5:00pm - 8:00pm

Click here for a full calendar of events at the Art Institute of Chicago


NavyPier
Navy Pier

Tickets $25
 
Experience the city's biggest and best indoor winter playground and join the millions of families who have made it a part of their annual holiday tradition!


February 10
1:00pm - 5:00pm

Celebrate Carnivale with food, music and arts from Italy, Trinidad and Tobago, Brazil, New Orleans and more.

February 16 - April 15

Experience Prismatica, a new interactive art installation at Navy Pier presented in partnership with the Quartier des Spectacle and RAW Design.

February 24
1:00pm - 5:00pm

Celebrate Chinese New Year with traditional food, music and arts.

Click here for a full schedule of Navy Pier events and tickets as needed

ChicagoSinai
Chicago Sinai Congregation
Sinai Forum Lunch Series
15 W. Delaware Pl.

Thursday January 25
12:30pm
RSVP by Tuesday, January 23

Making News: The Why and How Behind the New Ownership of the Sun-Times

Edwin Eisendrath, CEO, Chicago Sun-Times
A life-long Chicagoan, Edwin is a creative leader who gets things done. He led the effort to save the Chicago Sun-Times, and as its CEO brings a lifetime of civic engagement, a deep understanding of the city and a passion for delivering news that matters to the people of Chicago. 



Thursday, February 22
12:30pm
RSVP by Tuesday, February 20

Civic Engagement and Pubic/Private Partnerships in Chicago

Shelley Stern-Gratch is the Director-Civic Engagement for the TCE grou at Microsoft Corporation. Based in Chicago, Shelley focuses on supporting long-term economic development and STEM and STEAM programs that accelerate the mayor's plan for Chicago.

 

Click here for more information.

Members $15 / Non-members of Sinai $20
 Register at rsvp@chicagosinai.org or 312.867.7000


Every month
Register:    Call 888.600.2560
or email   teltopics@matherlifeways.com

Presented by: Mather Lifeways

To register online or download the current schedule of Telephone Topics, go to http://matherlifewaysinyourneighborhood.com/telephone-topics/

All calls are free.

Replogle Center for Counseling and Wellness

Grief Support Group
 Monday evenings
 7:00-8:15 p.m.
 Boyle Conference Room
No charge, but preregistration is required 

The Grief Support Group is professionally led by two experienced counselors--Maureen Garvey, L.C.P.C., and Mary Jo Hubick, L.C.P.C.--and offers support and education. It meets on Monday evenings for four to six consecutive weekly sessions and is offered--free of charge--approximately five times a year (based on interest, as a minimum of six people is needed to start a group). 


For more information or to express interest in adding your name to the list for the next group, please call 312.787.8425.


More Great Cultural, Education and Social Opportunities?

We know we didn't get them all in our calendar and newsletter! 

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Down the Road

Our friends from the Lookingglass Young Ensemble are working on two small productions to be performed in the black box theatre.  They will create the pieces completely.

Stay tuned for April and May performances


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