Message from the
Skyline Village Chicago Board
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From the President
"A healthy community is one in which the elderly protect, care for, love and assist the younger ones to provide continuity and hope." Maggie Kuhn
On September 28th the Friday Forum will focus our attention on what it takes to make our community livable for all ages. Intergenerational programs and opportunities to share our lives and wisdom with people of all ages is a start, but it is so much more than that. Our speaker Brad Winick, urban planner, primary author of "Planning Aging-Supportive Communities", and a member of the Mayor's Commission on Age Friendly Chicago and the Chicago Aging Collaborative will share his ideas and invite our questions about what the Coalition hopes to accomplish. He will invite us to think about what we can do to move our own community forward.
The Chicago Aging Collaborative, representing organizations from across the Chicago region, including Skyline Village Chicago, Chicago Hyde Park Village, Forward Chicago and Off the Pews, recently launched a series of public lectures to introduce people to livable community concepts and to invite conversation. The next public lecture at Rush Medical Center is Thursday, October 4th at 4pm (see calendar and watch for an update for more details).
Enjoy the rest of the summer, and hope to see you at the Friday Forum, and out and about in our community.
Phyllis Mitzen
If you haven't joined or renewed your membership yet, please do. Skyline Village Chicago needs your support to keep doing what we do.
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Editor's Note:
If you can't see this newsletter all the way down to the Skyline Mission Statement, that means that your email server doesn't automatically download longer emails. When you read to the bottom, you should see a message to 'Download all'. Click on it to get all the information about the latest in SVC, news from our members and goings on in our vibrant neighborhood. We don't want you to miss anything!
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Good Times with Skyline Village Chicago
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July Friday Forum
SVC Member Anna Rappaport, FSA, MAAA, gave an update on her research at our July Friday Forum. Her research over the past few years has focused on the lives and financial management of people 85 and older. See below for her article and links to her research. We want to thank Anna both for her insightful research and for sharing it with our members and friends.
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Encore ROCKS!
From Rockin' Robin to Let the Sun Shine in, Encore brought the audience to its feet at its summer concert in July.
If you missed or would like to revisit the Encore Rocks performance, you can watch the whole thing or just your favorite songs here.
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.
Be sure to include the event you attended and the names of the folks in the photos.
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Skyliner Expeditions
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Fall color leaf peepers, grandchild-visitors, football game cheerers: As you return from your fall expeditions in late October, please share them with us.
Send to jkarlov@alliancecost.com.
Madison and Michigan
By Judy Karlov
This past summer I enjoyed three short trips. The first, in June, was to Madison, Wisconsin, where my son and daughter-in-law recently moved. They moved because they have become empty nesters and wanted more stimulation than Appleton, Wisconsin, where they lived for 10 years and finished raising their children, could provide. They love living in Madison and I loved the weekend. They have a beautiful mid-century modern home in a wonderful neighborhood adjacent to the entrance to the Madison Arboretum. We dined well at home, compliments of their brand new kitchen and my daughter-in-law, who is an excellent cook, as well as at a wonderful restaurant whose name I have, of course, forgotten. We did lots of walking around town and a bit of boating on the smallest of Madison's five lakes.
My second trip, in July, was to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lake Shore in northern Michigan. I was the guest of a friend in her beautiful home, whose foundation was grandfathered when this gorgeous area became a national park. She and her husband were able to replace the existing family cottage with a much larger home whose lakeside footprint stayed the same. Although my apartment has lovely sunsets in summer, they really don't compare with the ones you can see there, sitting on an Adirondack chair with glass in hand, oohing and aahing about the magnificent multi-colored vista. I have become very fond of that area, enjoying the book group in Empire, the stores and restaurants in Glen Arbor, and the many attractions in Traverse City. This year we explored a tiny peninsula, parallel to and just west of the larger Leelanau peninsula. It is only 18 miles long and so narrow that as you ride along the main road, sometimes you see water on your left, sometimes on your right.
My third trip, in August, involved both Madison and Michigan - the street and avenue, that is. By late summer my two younger grandchildren, who live in Chicago - much to my delight - were through with all their camps and we could enjoy adventures together. Although they are athletes (figure skating and karate, respectively, and running-bicycling-swimming for both) I am not. So our adventures were in Millennium Park, at the Art Institute, and at the Cultural Center. In the park we picnicked to a wonderful rehearsal of Tchaikovsky, enjoyed a few other concerts, and ate ice cream. At the Art Institute we saw all the current exhibits, particularly enjoying Helen Frankenthaler and Charles White. We also enjoyed jazz in the courtyard. At the Cultural Center we discovered the wonderful daily tour that I highly recommend.
All in all, I had a spectacular summer centered in and around Madison and Michigan.
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Parade for the First Annual Block Party at the Art Institute
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Spain
By Michael and Phyllis Mitzen
Where do you start planning when you have 10 days to visit Spain? We decided to focus on Madrid, which we had missed the first time we were there in 2000, and on Granada, where we had fallen in love with Alhambra.
Madrid is a stunning city, in our eyes rivaling Paris with its parks, palaces, and public art. The Prado is filled with extensive collections that connected us not only to the art and artists, but to the history of Europe. But we were overwhelmed and spent almost an hour viewing Picasso's Guernica at the Reina Sofia. We could have spent all day there. The Madrid City hop-on hop-off bus was a great way to visit all the essential areas of the city, and is half price for people 65 and over. The same was true for the museums.
After four days in Madrid, we took the bullet train to Granada and spent six days there. We walked up to the Alhambra for an extensive tour of the magnificent palaces, mosques, and gardens, rediscovering the history of the Moslems who created the breathtaking edifices, and the Christians who took it over as they consolidated their power in Europe. We stayed in an AirB&B in the heart of Granada surrounded by cafes and ice cream shops (there was at least one on every block). We went to a Flamenco show in a cave of the Sacromonte section of Granada, where Michael was invited to dance.
We took a day trip from Granada to Cordoba to visit the magnificent Mezquita de Cordoba. Nothing we read prior to our visit could prepare us for its vastness and beauty. After spending hours there we wandered the surrounding streets to find the statue of Maimonides which symbolizes the golden age when Moslems, Christians and Jews lived, studied, and collaborated side by side.
It was hot there in July, but we were delighted to sit in outdoor cafes, occasionally misted by overhead umbrellas as we enjoyed delightful meals - dinners at 10pm surrounded by three and four generation families celebrating life. It was a glorious trip.
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Been on any great trips lately? We are eager to hear about it. 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.
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Skyline Village Chicago
Our Favorite Things
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Polk Brothers Performance Lawn in Polk Brothers Park at Navy Pier
by Marcia Slater Johnston
When I'm looking to escape the hurly-burly of Big City life on a balmy late summer or early autumn day, I often head over to Navy Pier.
Just before the entrance I veer to the right and stroll past the blue umbrellas outside of Bubba Gump's, sauntering along the lake until I arrive at The Polk Brothers Park Performance Lawn, a surprisingly tranquil urban oasis.
Sometimes I sit at one of the half dozen picnic tables scattered among plantings of prairie grasses and wildflowers, watching monarch butterflies flit soundlessly among the blossoms.
Other times, I opt to perch on the long wooden ledge at the top of an incline and take in the scene - to the west, the skyline casting shadows across Ogden Slip; to the east, water taxis, tour boats and sailing vessels gliding over the water.
During July and August, the Performance Lawn is a setting for free live music performances. I enjoyed chilling out one hot July Friday evening, listening to cool jazz at sunset courtesy of The Water Colors Music Series and Chicago jazzman Victor Goines and his Quartet.
However, my favorite musical interlude on the Performance Lawn took place one sunny Sunday afternoon, when musicians from the Old Town School of Folk Music strummed banjos and led all of us on the Lawn in a rousing rendition of "Take Me Home, Country Road."
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Memoir Writing
By Regan Burke
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 Thoughts
From Our
Members
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Siren Noise Limitation Bill Becomes Law
Way to go Kathlyn Maguire!
Alderman Brian Hopkins announced that HB5632, a bill to reduce the use of loud sirens on ambulance and rescue vehicles, has become law. Municipal emergency vehicles shall operate a siren only when it is reasonably necessary to warn pedestrians and other drivers of the approach, while responding to an emergency call or transporting a patient who presents a need for immediate medical intervention that is beyond the capabilities of the emergency responders using the available supplies and equipment." This new law is a good start to curbing the excessively loud siren noise in our community; however, efforts continue to advocate for further decibel reductions of emergency sirens.
Click here to read Alderman Hopkins' Newsletter Article.
Click here to read a more detailed information on street and siren noise.
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Materials from Anna Rapaport's presentation at the July Friday Forum
Insights into the Lives of Individuals Aged 85 and Over
By Anna M. Rappaport
The Society of Actuaries(S)OA) has conducted a series of studies and published some papers providing insights into the situation later in life, generally age 85 and over. All of this work can be downloaded from the SOA website.
The work is summarized in a presentation prepared in July 2018.
A consolidated report on this work is expected later in 2018.
Major findings include:
- Family is a primary source of help when help is needed, but usually such help is not planned for.
- A majority of the respondents aged 85 and over need some sort of help.
- Family is the predominant source of help with going places and shopping, but paid help is much more common when people need help with the activities of daily living.
- The retirees generally seem satisfied and relatively confident about their financial future.
- Cognitive change can change everything.
- Few of the people planned for a major long-term care event, and few have long-term care insurance. They tend to deal with it when it happens.
- Few people who did not use advisors before hire them at these ages.
The report on preliminary phase of the work is at:
Detailed results of in-depth interviews and two surveys can be found at:
Note that the participants in the special surveys and interviews are resource limited, with an asset limit of $400,000.
Three related papers provide additional information of interest on this topic:
- Improving Retirement by Integrating Family, Friends, Housing and Support: Lessons Learned from Personal Experience
- The 65 Plus Age Wave and the Caregiving Conundrum: The Often Forgotten Piece of the Long-Term Care Puzzle
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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.
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Skyline Village Chicago
News We Can Use
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Your new Medicare card should have arrived in the mail. Remember it will come in a plain white envelope from the Department of Health and Human Services. If you did not receive our card, call 1.800.MEDICARE. Call center representatives can check the status and help you get a new card.
The Latest on New Medicare Cards
Evaluating Medigap Insurance Options
Long-Term Care Insurance. The Basics
9 Signs You Should Fire Your Doctor
What Not to Say to Someone Having a Health Crisis
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.
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Handy Tips
A healthy heart is vital to overall well-being, and living a heart-healthy lifestyle can greatly reduce your risk of cognitive impairment. See your score and how you can improve by taking the American Heart Association's Simple 7 survey at
www.heart.org/MyLifeCheck.
Mather Lifeways
If you have a tip or favorite quote to share, please send to
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SVC Community Partner Announcements
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Chicago Park District
Lake Shore Park
808 N. Lake Shore Drive
Advisory Council Meetings
Normally Meets Second Monday of the Month
September 11 ( Tuesday due to Jewish Holiday)
October 8
5:30pm
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.
Wednesday, September 12
6:00pm
Lake Shore Advisory/SOAR Community Meeting
SOAR and the Lake Shore Park Advisory Council and SOAR or an update and discussion on upcoming initiatives regarding Lake Shore Park.
Upon Alderman Brian Hopkins' request, the Chicago Park District will begin the installation of a new irrigation system for the entire field next week, weather permitting. Park District engineers will present their plan to restore all depleted areas of the field and a long-term maintenance and sustainability program.
Programs
Fall fitness classes begin Monday, September 10 and run through Sunday, December 9. Registration is still available if there are open slots.
Events
Midnight Circus at Lake Shore Park
Friday, September 21
7:00pm
Saturday, September 22
2:00pm and 5:00pm
Sunday, September 22
808 N. Lake Shore Drive, between Chicago Avenue, Pearson and inner Lake Shore Drive
Cost: $22.00 for adults. Children under 2 free
For Tickets
Last year was the first ever appearance of the Midnight Circus on the Lakefront. After a successful 4 shows that brought over 2,000 neighbors and guests to Lake Shore Park we have been awarded the opportunity to host the Midnight Circus, a family event, for 5 shows in September.
Midnight Circus in the Parks is an eclectic ensemble of artists with a shared vision that live performance has the power to engage and inspire our audience, our community, and our world. We bring world-class contemporary circus performances to communities throughout Chicago and raise money for Chicago parks with the proceeds.
RSVP/ Registration:
Volunteers Needed!
Each show requires volunteers from the community. At each show help is needed with assignments from check-in, gate check, program hand-out, concessions, and audience seating. Volunteers must be able to help at least one show or can volunteer for more. Volunteers should go to
Sponsored By:
Lake Shore Park Advisory Council,
Chicago Park District
Mayor's Nights Out in the Park
For further information call Lake Shore Park at 312-742-7891.
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Washington Square Park
901 N. Clark Street
Advisory Council
Meets Second Wednesday of the Month
September 12
October 10
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Newberry Library, Room B-91
60 W. Walton, Elm Street entrance
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Seneca Park
220 E. Chicago Avenue
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Public Safety Note
You may have seen one of these broken sign post bases around the neighborhood, there are several. Recently Craig Kaiser of the Streeterville Neighborhood Association received two reports of people tripping on them and has volunteered to help. There is no code for these in the 311 system so it takes a little more effort to get them removed. If a number of these are identified, CDOT will have more reason to send someone out to do the repairs than if we just report one post.
Mind your feet and keep an eye out for tripping hazards like these. If you see them, you can report on the SeeClickFix app.
You can also send the exact location, street number and any other information like the name of the nearest business and Craig will create a list and work with 311 to get them repaired.
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The State of Care: Disrupting Alzheimers
Tuesday, September 25
8:00am - 10:45am
Chez
247 E. Ontario, 2nd floor
The State of Care: Disrupting Alzheimers gathers researchers, doctors, policymakers, advocates and other key stakeholders for a series of panels on the future of Alzheimers' research and treatment.
The Atlantic
magazine has confirmed an amazing line-up of speakers including the President and CEO of Alzheimer's Association, the Co-Founder of MemoryWell and the chairman of UsAgainstAlzheimer's. For more information or to register, go to
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Chicago Aging Collaborative Lecture Series
Thursday, October 4
4:00pm
RUSH Medical Center
The Chicago Aging Collaborative, representing organizations from across the Chicago region, including Skyline Village Chicago, Chicago Hyde Park Village, Forward Chicago and Off the Pews, recently launched a series of public lectures to introduce people to livable community concepts and to invite conversation. The next public lecture at Rush Medical Center is Thursday, October 4th at 4pm.
We will post more details on the Skyline Village calendar and send an update to our mailing list when we have more details.
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Millennium Park
201 E. Randolph Street
Events
Chicago Unites
A Celebration of Diversity and Equity with Chicago Sinfonietta & Chicago United
Wednesday, September 5
6:30-8:30pm
Instagreeter Service
May 25th 2018 to October 7th
Daily, 11:30am and 1pm
Guided walks are approximately an hour long
First-come first-serve
Limited to 10 people per walk
No reservations required
Stars of the Lyric
Friday, September 7
7:30pm
Fruit Bats & More
Saturday, September 8
Lurie Garden
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Baroque in the Park
Wednesday, September 12
6:30pm
Senior Fest
Thursday, September 13
9:00am - 2:00pm
Friendship Lasts Forever
Great Lakes Music Festival
Sunday, September 16
2:30pm - 5:30pm
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Maggie Daley Park
337 E. Randolph
Maggie Daley Park offers a children's playground, a climbing wall, mini golf, picnic groves, a skating ribbon, tennis courts and a formal garden.The Maggie Daley fieldhouse hosts Chicago Park District programming, including the Park District's popular Summer Day Camp.
Summer programs have started but are accepting late registration if space is available.
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Encore Illinois
Encore Illinois
Gold Coast Chorale
Fall Session
September 17 - December 3
Rehearsals at The Clare
55 E. Pearson, 19th Floor
Mondays, 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Encore Illinois Fall session starts Monday, September 17 at The Clare, 55 E Pearson St, Chicago, 60611.
The fall session runs until December, concluding with a concert on Monday, December 3 at 2:00pm at The Clare. There will also be a free all-Encore performance on Thursday, December 13 at Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago. Registration also includes the opportunity to sing in several other Encore performances.
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 are distributed at the first rehearsal. Practice tracks are also online for easy download to your mobile device.
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Good Memories Encore Chorale (Alzheimer's Choir)
The Good Memories Encore Chorale is Encore Illinois's newest program. Good Memories targets persons with early- to mid-stage dementia who live outside of care facilities, a population for which the need for social contact and extended community is great. People with Alzheimer's and related dementias
sing and perform, together with their care partners.
Rehearsals will begin on Tuesday, September 4th from 10:00-11:30am at Fourth Presbyterian Church, in the Gratz Center, Room 5G, 126 E. Chestnut, Chicago.
For more information or if you are interested in joining or supporting the any of the Encore Illinois Chorales go to
www.encoreillinois.org
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Fall Fitness Sessions start the week of October 1.
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.
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Streeterville Neighborhood Walks
The Paula Cooper Gallery has graciously extended their loan of the "Architect's Handkerchief" for another year.
"Handkerchief" was created by artists Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen.
If you have not seen this, take a walk along Lakeshore Drive to the 860 Building. Viewing the four Mies van der Rohe buildings alone is worth the trip but check out this piece of Streeterville's public art collection. This is a residential building so please respect their property and stay on the sidewalk.
The piece offers a strong contextual link to Mies van der Rohe by paying homage to him 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. Well worth the visit.
Also notice, the Mies-influenced Hancock stands guard in the background.
The art was installed thanks to the Chicago Park District, the Paula Cooper Gallery and the folks at 860/880 in Sept. 2017. If you want to learn more about this piece of art and how we are working to bring more Public Art to Streeterville, write us, Streeterville Public Art Project at
sna60611@gmail.com
The Architect's Hankerchief
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SOAR Chicago Farmer's Market
Every Tuesday through October 30th
7am to 2pm
Museum of Contemporary Art Plaza
220 E. Chicago Avenue
The programs are free and open to the public. For complete information, visit the SOAR website at
www.soarchicago.org.
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Community Safety - CAPS and Beat Meetings
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
For a full list of 18th District Events,
click here.
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Contact Skyline Village Chicago
Phyllis Mitzen, President
Nancie Thompson, Administrative Manager
Colby Krouse, Newsletter Editor
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12 Best Balance Exercises for Seniors
One in three seniors is injured in a fall each year. Learn how balance works and improve strength and stability with these 12 exercises, including video demonstrations.
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"Invention, my dear friends, is 93% perspiration, 6% electricity,
4% evaporation, and 2% butterscotch ripple."
- Willy Wonka
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Life Tip:
If someone can't hear you, try speaking more deeply rather than more loudly. Higher frequencies are generally the first to go with hearing loss.
If you have a tip or favorite quote to share, please send to
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Safety Tips Using Pool Noodles
- Tired of stubbing your toes on your bed frame? Cover the legs with cut pool noodles.
- Spare your back! Use a pool noodle to funnel water to a bucket
- Child proof furniture when grandchildren visit. Fit slices of pool noodle over sharp edges to protect toddlers
- A pool noodle under the mattress pad or fitted sheet makes a great impromptu bedrail for young grandchildren. Anchor with duct tape if necessary.
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Skyline Village Chicago
SVC Events and Partner Events
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SVC Friday Forum
(Normally meets last Friday of the month)
Friday, September 28
Brad Winick
Do We Live in Livable City for All Ages?
Mity Nice, 835 N. Michigan
Brad Winick is an urban planner who focuses on the intersection of planning and aging with his consultancy Planning/Aging. He speaks, teaches, consults and writes on this topic and was the primary author of "Planning Aging-Supportive Communities" for the American Planning Association in 2015. Brad is also an Adjunct Professor at UIC's College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, where he has taught a graduate course on planning healthy communities for an aging population, a Board Director of AgeOptions (the Area Agency on Aging of Suburban Cook County) and H.O.M.E. (Housing Opportunities & Maintenance for the Elderly), and a member of the Age-Friendly Chicago Commission. He is also a founding member of the Chicago Aging Collaborative.
Lunch is Dutch Treat, plus $5 to cover the cost of our private room.
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Skyline Village Chicago
Social Groups
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Normally meets 2nd Tuesday of the month
Wednesday, September 12
3:30pm - 5:00pm
2
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Host: Jan Linn
Tuesday October 9
3:30pm - 5:00pm
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 ...
SVC members and their guests only
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SVC's Sticks & Strings
Thursday, September 27
3:30pm - 5:00pm
200 E. Delaware
Host: Phyllis Mitzen
Join us as we show off our latest projects, share patterns and enjoy conversation over a glass of wine. In addition, S&S has a tradition of making an annual contribution of our hand made items and saved-up toiletries to Between Friends Chicago. Between Friends Chicago is dedicated to breaking the cycle of domestic violence and building a community free of abuse.
We will choose a date for October at our September gathering.
or call or email
Mary Schulatz
SVC members and their guests only
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Skyline Diners
First Monday of the Month
The Dining Club continues to be on hiatus
for September and October
We hope to start up again in if there is enough interest. Contact Charlene Conarty to let her know if you are interested in getting together with old and new friends over a good meal.
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Thursdays
11:30am - 3:00pm
If you are interested in joining this group or creating another Mah Jongg Group, please contact Carol Koenig at
ckoenig943@gmail.com
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Skyline Bulletin Board
Needed: Roommate for Cruise
Janice Nazar is looking for a roommate on a Viking cruise to Egypt with 3 days in Jerusalem April 28 to May 14, 2019. For details contact Janice at 312 593-4322 jvache@aol.com.
Skyline Village Chicago, Inc is not responsible for the information contained in any bulletin announcements nor is SVC, Inc. in any way responsible for the accuracy of such announcements.
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What Groups or Bulletin Boards Would You Like
to Have?
Do you miss Skyline Diners and Skyline BG? Maybe you would 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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Skyline Village Chicago
Join Us!
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SVC New & Renewing Members
Welcome New Members!
Jeri Sirt
Renewing Members
Nina Appel
Barbara Dillard
Patricia Fine
Jack Herman
Sandra Herman
Ruth Hoberman
Mary Houston
Jim Houston
Angela Kolettis
Richard Sylvia
Thank you to all of our new and renewing members. You are the core of our Village.
If you haven't joined or renewed your membership yet, please do. Skylne Village Chicago needs your support to keep doing what we do.
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Join Skyline Village
Chicago
Annual Dues
$75 Individual
$100 Couple
Send a check to:
Skyline Village Chicago
P.O. Box 81334
Chicago, IL 60681
Call us: 312.957.6060
Join online
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401 North Michigan Avenue
Hey Apple Owners
Apple stores have events every day to teach you how to do all kinds of things with your Apple devices and software. Take advantage of the free classes and learn what your device can do for you.
Different classes and events daily
Beginner through advanced
Click here for the schedule for the Michigan Avenue store
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Art Institute of Chicago
Reflections
Celebrate lifelong learning at the Art Institute's free Reflections Festival. Reflections is the annual kick-off day held in September to celebrate
Art Insights, a program that brings free slide talks to older adult community groups and retirement communities.
Reflections is free to all older adults and accompanying adult partners and group leaders. Please use the museum's Modern Wing entrance (159 E. Monroe) beginning at 9:30 a.m. Tickets to
John Singer Sargent and Chicago's Gilded Age will be available for purchase for $7 at the entrance to the exhibition.
Start the day with a keynote lecture; then explore the Art Institute's global collection. Engage in interactive gallery discussions, exercise your creative side with an open studio and drop-in drawing activities, enjoy a musical performance, and give dancing a spin with teaching artists from Hubbard Street Dance Chicago's Parkinson's Project. Souvenir postcards enhance the experience as a free educational keepsake.
Lifelong Learning
Lifelong Learning at the Art Institute of Chicago offers a variety of entertaining and educational opportunities for older adults throughout the year, from short slideshow presentations at your local senior center to weeklong immersive explorations of the museum.
Free Admission Thursday Evenings
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
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Center for Life & Learning
Fourth Presbyterian Church
126 E. Chestnut
Fitness Membership
September 3
Mondays
10:30am - 11:15am - Toning Balls
2:30pm - 3:30pm - Yoga
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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
2:45pm - 3:30pm - Intermediate Tai Chi
Classes are $55
Call 312.878.4570 to register or click here to register online
Lectures
The Genetics of Cancer
In 1971, President Nixon declared a War on Cancer. In the 46 years since, we have learned more about the causes and progressions of the disease than in the preceding 3,000 years. With the recently announced Cancer Moonshot, cancer research is back in the spotlight. How does genetics play a role and how have a collection of small, lowly creatures been instrumental in helping scientist understand the genetic origins of cancer? Prof. Carthew has designed this lecture for lay audiences whose members are interested in learning more about advances in genetics without having an academic background in the field. This talk is of special relevance to members of the fall study groups: The Gene(CH), and The Gene Blueprint (EV).
Richard Carthew is Professor of Molecular Bioscience and Owen L Coon Professor in Molecular Biology at Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern University. He leads a research group at Northwestern that studies how complex cell and tissue behaviors are elicited within the context of the organism. Collaborating with theorists in applied mathematics, physics, and engineering, Richard's group applies systematic and quantitative approaches to biological problems.
$5 for CLL members
$10 for CLL guests
Red Cross CPR Training
Red Cross will be with us providing instruction on when and how to perform hands only CPR after witnessing the sudden collapse of an adult. This session will be geared specifically for senior citizens.
Why Mental Illnesses Are Not Diseases
and What to Do About It
Can a blood test show a propensity for depression? This lecture will address depression throughout history and how thinking about its causes has changed. Exploring the alarming statistics showing that more people are depressed today than in the past, we will discuss who is particularly vulnerable to depression and why. The need for objective diagnosis, and its effect on subsequent treatment, will be presented.
Dr. Eva Redai is a professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and professor of Physiology at the Feinberg School of Medicine of Northwestern University. Her area of research is the neurobiology and genetics of mood disorders and neurodevelopmental diseases, including depression, fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Events
Architectural Walking Tour of Streeterville
Friday, September 21
10:15am -12:00pm (Meet at 126 E. Chestnut)
Starting at Fourth Presbyterian Church, a Chicago Architecture Center docent will help us to see Streeterville in a new light. Incorporating history, neighborhood lore, and of course architecture, the tour will have us walking for ninety minutes, ending at the river and McClurg Ct.
$30 for CLL members, $40 for guests
LUMA Exhibition Tour
Dave Schanding, CLL member and LUMA Art museum docent will lead us on a private tour of two exhibitions currently at the museum through October 2, 2018: "Following the Box" and "Folded Map." To learn more about these exhibitions, click
here.
Night Out: Franklin Room
Thursday, October 11
5:00pm (Meet at 675 N. Franklin St.)
RSVP by Tuesday, October 9
Register online here
A true Chicago neighborhood tavern, the Franklin Room's menu presents a wide variety of American food that has been perfected over the years.
Payment will be Dutch treat.
Fair Deco: The U.S. World's Fairs of the 1930s Luncheon
Thursday, October 18
11:30am -1:00pm
Borwell Dining Room
RSVP by Tuesday, October 9
During the 1930s, the decade of the Great Depression, six world's fairs were held in the United States, beginning with the 1933 Century of Progress International Exposition in Chicago and continuing through the 1940 season of fairs in San Francisco and New York. These events were intended to stimulate the U.S. economy and at the same time provide a respite from the bleakness of the Depression and offer hope for a brighter tomorrow. This lecture will provide an overview of these six fairs, describe a sampling of their most significant buildings and attractions, and explain some of what remains from these fairs today.
For more information call 312.981.3386.
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Chicago Sinai Congregation
Sinai Forum Lunch Series
15 W. Delaware Pl.
Last Thursday of the month
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Thursday, September 25
Peter Bensinger
Former administrator of the US Drug Enforcement Agency, consultant at BDA Morneau Shepelle
"Making Lemonade Out of Lemons: The Challenge of Overcoming Adverse Events"
October 25
Dana Gordon
CEO and Designer, Dana Rebecca Jewelry Design
Members $15 / Non-members of Sinai $20
Register at
rsvp@chicagosinai.org or 312.867.7000
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Old age is not a disease - it is strength and survivorship, triumph over all kinds of vicissitudes and disappointments, trials and illnesses.
Maggie Kuhn,
founder of the Gray Panthers
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Leave safety behind. Put your body on the line. Stand before the people you fear and speak your mind - even if your voice shakes. When you least expect it, someone may actually listen to what you have to say. Well-aimed slingshots can topple giants.
Maggie Kuhn,
Founder, Gray Panthers movement
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DCASE Events
Performances & Exhibitions
Festivals
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September 5 - 23
20th Annual World Music Festival
The 20th Annual World Music Festival Chicago will take place September 7-23, 2018 and is presented by the City of Chicago and produced by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events. This city-wide, multi-venue, eleven-day festival has attracted over 650,000 concertgoers and has presented more than 650 artists and ensembles from over 80 countries since it began in 1999.
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Chamber Mondays
1st and 4th Mondays
12:15pm
Chicago Cultural Center Preston Bradley Hall
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Wednesdays
Dame Myra Hess Concerts
12:15pm
Preston Bradley Hall
3rd Floor South
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Daley Plaza Under the Picasso
Free Cultural events
Performances begin 12:00pm
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/
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StoryCorps
Continues through December 2018
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:
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. Make a reservation and prepare for your interview on chicago.storycorps.org
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Bring your interview partner to the StoryBooth. The interview is a chance to ask the questions that matter.
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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.
The Chicago Cultural Center offers performances and exhibitions, free and open to the public.
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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
September 9
This Place Seems Nice: Adult Day Care Services
- Types of adult day care services
- How to choose the right service for your needs
- Payment options
Speakers:
Winnie Lam - Education Chair Illinois Adult Day Service Association Chinese American Service League
Carolyn Hicks Executive Director Renaissance Adult Day Services, Inc.
Elizabeth Cagan - Executive Director White Crane Wellness Center
September 20
Empowering Nursing Home Residents
- Nursing home residents' rights
- Common problems residents encounter and resolutions * The Illinois Department of Public Health's role as a regulator
- Investigation and reporting procedures
Speakers:
Bernard Cobbins, Jr. Regional Ombudsman, Chicago Illinois Association of Long Term Care Ombudsmen - President Chicago Department of Family and Support Services
Michelle Millard Special Investigation Unit, Illinois Department of Public Health
October 11
Benefits and Services: Do You Know About This?
Are you 60 and over or have a disability? Did you know that there is help available? You may be eligible for help with your health care costs, Medicare premiums, utility bills, prescription costs and your grocery bills. Come learn about the different public benefit programs that may be available to you, how you can use them and where to apply.
Speakers:
Lindsey Kahney Community Engagement & Benefits Access Specialist Age Options
Dwight Taylor, Aging Programs Specialist Illinois Department on Aging
October 25
Veterans' Benefits: What Am I Entitled To?
- Service - Connected Disability, Medical and Funeral Benefits
- Aid and Attendance Benefit Application Process
- Navigating through the VA System - Federal, State, County
Speaker:
Brian Clauss, Executive Director Veterans Legal Support Center & Clinic The John Marshall Law School Sharon Buchanan Veteran Service Officer Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs
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Fourth Presbyterian Church - Music
Ongoing schedule of concerts.
Concerts are free unless otherwise noted.
Fridays, 12:10pm
Buchanan Chapel unless otherwise noted
Friday, September 7
Jacqueline Piccolino, soprano
12:10pm
Friday, September 14
Credo Chicago (instrumental)
12:10pm
Friday, September 21
Constellation (bass clarinet, marimba, violin)
12:10pm
Friday, September 28
John W. W. Sherer, organ
12:10pm in the Sanctuary
Friday, October 5
Wind Energy
featuring Michele McGovern, flute
12:10pm
Friday, October 12
Iain Quinn, organ
12:10pm in the Sanctuary
Friday, October 19
Hans Hielscher, organ
12:10pm in the Sanctuary
Friday, October 26
Nancy Steltmann, cello
Robert Steltmann, piano
12:10pm
For a full list of concerts at Fourth Presbyterian,
click here
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Lookingglass Theatre
Extended through September 9
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Professor Aronnax and crew set out to investigate a terrifying sea creature, but are quickly captured by the mysterious Captain Nemo. As they circle the globe aboard the Nautilus submarine, they must confront the monsters that lurk below...and within. Ensemble Member David Kersnar directs Jules Verne's epic adventure in this World Premiere.
www.lookingglasstheatre.org
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Loyola University Museum of Art
820 North Michigan Ave
LUMA is pleased to offer free admission every day
Sketching in the galleries every Tuesday from 4:30pm - 7:30pm
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220 E. Chicago Avenue
MCA is pleased to offer free admission on Tuesdays
Tuesdays on the Terrace
Through September 25
5:30pm - 8:30pm
September 4
Victor Jesus Garcia
September 11
Greg Ward
September 18
Maggie Brown
September 25
Artifacts
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Navy Pier
AON Summer Fireworks
Wednesdays 9:30pm
Saturdays 10:15pm
select holidays
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EXPO Chicago
September 28, 11:00am - 7:00pm
September 29, 11:00am - 7:00pm
September 30, 11:00am - 6:00am
Each September,
EXPO CHICAGO opens the fall art season at historic Navy Pier. Now entering its seventh edition, EXPO CHICAGO presents artwork from
135 leading galleries, including 3,000 artists representing over 20 countries. The exposition offers a dynamic roster of
programming including panel discussions, uniquely curated site-specific projects, cutting-edge film and new media work, curator-led tours, and special exhibitions by renowned institutions.
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Michael St. Maur Shiel, Fields of Battle - Lands of Peace: The Doughboys 1917-1918
October 5 - November 19
Fields of Battle at Navy Pier is generously supported by the Robert R. McCormick Foundation.
A unique portrait of the First World War battlefields, Fields of Battle - Lands of Peace: The Doughboys 1917-1918 is a powerful outdoor photographic exhibition series, by Michael St Maur Sheil, which tells of the healed scars of the First World War through our only remaining living witness: the fields of battle themselves.
Completely free to view, the exhibition brings us the story of reconciliation across the lands of the warring nations. Once places of devastating violence, we now see landscapes of great beauty, testament to peace and remembrance.
Click here
for a full schedule of Navy Pier events and tickets as needed
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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 go to www.newberry.org
Wednesday, September 5
4:00pm
A Newberry Colloquium
When the Newberry acquired James Francis Driscoll's remarkable collection of American sheet music, it took care to preserve his idiosyncratic but useful system of categories. Among Driscoll's holdings were eight boxes-about 1750 items-of music related to The Great War
Thursday, September 6
6:00pm
Meet the Author: Suzanne Karr Schmidt
Free and open to the public. Registration required.
Interactive and Sculptural Printmaking in the Renaissance
tells the story of a hands-on genre of prints: how innovative paper engineering redefined the relationship of early modern viewers to art, humanism, and science.
Saturday, September 8
10:00am - 11:00am
Reading and Singalong,
Author Valrie Kemp-Davis and Chef Poppa Mikey of the One Love Project
Free and open to the public. Registration recommended.
Valrie Kemp-Davis will introduce children to the Jamaican One Love Project - "The world is smaller, the heart is larger, the love is bigger" ̵
Saturday, September 8
9:00am
The Genealogy and Local History staff will introduce visitors to the Newberry and explain how to use its collections at an informal orientation. Aimed at researchers new to the library and/or new to genealogy research, this session will last approximately an hour followed by a short tour of the library.
Tuesday, September 11
6:00pm - 7:30pm
A Panel with Katherine Hamilton-Smith, Mike Jackson, and Lisa Stone
Free and open to the public. Registration required.
Explore the history of the American postcard!
Saturday, September 15
10:00am - 12:00pm
Performed by the Shakespeare Project of Chicago
Free and open to the public. Registration required.
A moving and powerful dramatization of the remarkable friendship between two presidents of the United States, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams-with the forthright Abigail Adams always playing a major role.
Tuesday, September 18
6:00pm
Indigenous Prosperity and American Conquest
Meet the Author: Susan Sleeper-Smith
Free and open to the public. Registration required.
Indigenous Prosperity and American Conquest: Indian Women of the Ohio River Valley, 1690-1792
, by Susan Sleeper-Smith, recovers the agrarian village world Indian women created in the lush lands of the Ohio Valley.
Saturday, September 22, 2018
10:00am - 12:00pm
A Symposium Organized by Xóchitl Bada and A. K. Sandoval-Strausz
Free and open to the public. Registration required.
Hometown associations, or clubes de oriundos, are organizations created by migrants and immigrants to allow them to assist the people in their communities of origin.
Thursday, September 27 - Friday, September 28
(This program continues for multiple sessions)
This symposium represents the culmination of research activities centered on the discovery at the Newberry Library of a unique Nürnberg manuscript written by Georg Rem (1561-1625) contained within the printed book Emblemata Politica (Nürnberg, 1617). Leading scholars from universities, libraries, and museums in the U.S.
Friday, September 28 - Monday, December 31
Free and open to the public
As the grandest international spectacle in a great age of spectacles, the World's Columbian Exposition held in Chicago in 1893 captured the public's imagination through a dazzling array of visual images.
Wednesday, October 3
6:00pm
A Discussion with Daniel Greene
Free and open to the public. Registration required.
What did Americans know about Nazism during the 1930s and '40s? How did the US government and the American people respond?
Thursday, October 4
6:00pm - 7:00pm
A Lecture by Rebecca Graff
Free and open to the public. Registration required.
Lasting for only six months before its structures "vanished," the 1893 World's Fair's permanent impact on American consumer culture, city planning, questions around citizenry and foreignness was deeply tied to and reinforced by its ephemerality.
Saturday, October 6
9:00am
The Genealogy and Local History staff will introduce visitors to the Newberry and explain how to use its collections at an informal orientation. Aimed at researchers new to the library and/or new to genealogy research, this session will last approximately an hour followed by a short tour of the library.
Thursday, October 11
6:00pm - 7:30pm
A Talk by Gordon S. Wood
Free and open to the public. Registration required.
The great historian of the American Revolution, New York Times-bestselling and Pulitzer-winning Gordon S. Wood, discusses his majestic new dual biography of two of America's most enduringly fascinating figures, whose partnership helped birth a nation, and whose subsequent falling out did much to fix its course.
Saturday, October 13
9:00am - 5:00pm
Tour the Newberry's Newly Renovated Henry Ives Cobb Building
Free and open to the public; no registration required
This year marks the 125th anniversary of the Newberry Library's move to 60 West Walton Street, to the neo-Romanesque building designed by Henry Ives Cobb. We have just completed a transformation of the first floor to expand our community of learning and multiply the public's opportunities for interacting with collections and staff, just steps after entering the Newberry.
Saturday, October 13
10:00am - 11:00am
Music and Stories for Children, with the Lucky Trikes Storytelling Chamber Band
Free and open to the public; registration recommended.
In 1893, people from all over the world came to Chicago for the World's Columbian Exposition-the World's Fair!
Wednesday, October 17
6:00pm - 7:30pm
A Performance with Commentary
Free and open to the public. Registration required.
The Chicago World's Fair of 1893 was celebrated as a key moment in the cultural life of the city and the nation.
Saturday, October 20
10:00am - 11:00am
Shakespeare Project of Chicago
Free and open to the public; registration recommended.
"Tis time to fear when tyrants seem to kiss."
A theatrical reading by professional actors from The Shakespeare Project of Chicago, directed by J. R. Sullivan.
Tuesday, October 23
6:00pm
Meet the Author: Joan Marie Johnson
Free and open to the public. Registration required.
How did a group of affluent white women from the late nineteenth through the mid-twentieth centuries advance the status of all women through acts of philanthropy?
Wednesday, October 24
6:00pm - 7:30pm
A Panel with Paul Durica, Celia Hilliard, and Liesl Olson
Free and open to the public. Registration required.
Explore the proliferation of clubs and small arts organizations in Chicago from the 1890s through the 1920s to consider what clubs and "club-ability" contributed to Chicago art and design in the first decades after the Great Fire.
Thursday, October 25
6:00pm - 8:00pm
A fundraiser to benefit the Newberry's collection
We hope you will join us for this year's Booked for the Evening! Booked for the Evening will give you a one-of-a-kind opportunity to interact with our librarians and curators, learn about the often unseen work they do, and raise important funds to support the growth, processing, and preservation of the Newberry's world-class collection.
Tuesday, October 30
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Haunted Hearts and Household Ghosts: Dead But Not Departed in Victoria's Britain
A Lecture by Debra N. Mancoff
Free and open to the public. Registration required.
When Queen Victoria's beloved husband Prince Albert died in 1861, she swathed herself in black and mourned his loss for the rest of her life. But in her household, Albert was never truly gone.
For more information or to register for one of the events above, click here.
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Replogle Center for Counseling and Wellness
126 E. Chestnut
7:00pm 8:15pm
Grief Support Group
Tuesdays
Sacred Pause
7:45-8:15 a.m.
Stone Chapel
Free and open to all
In the midst of your busy life, take a few minutes on Tuesday mornings to find some stillness and experience silence. Take a break from the relentless pace and stress of daily life.
You don't have to be an experienced meditator to attend, and you're free to use the silence of our Sacred Pause in any way you like. We have resources to help you practice if you need help--poetry, readings, inspirational photography--but the format is simple and open: a greeting, a candle, a bell, twenty minutes of silence.
The latest Tuesday Evenings at Replogle schedule is
posted here.
For a complete schedule of Replogle Center events, click here
For more information or to express interest in adding your name to the list for the next group, please call 312.787.8425.
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