2024 Holiday Benefit and Bazaar
Saturday, November 9
9:30 a.m. - 12 noon
Augustana Lutheran Church
5500 South Woodlawn Avenue
Help make this fundraiser a success:
Donate Gift Cards or Tickets - Contact Debbie Franczek (debbiefranczek1971@gmail.com) or Caroline Harney (harneyc@att.net)
Donate Jewelry for sale at the Silent Auction - Contact Susan van der Meulen (sjvandermeulen@yahoo.com)
Create a Basket to be sold by Silent Auction - Contact Peggy Garrett (edwpeggy@ameritech.net)
Crafters can consider donating creations to be sold at the Handmades Table - Contact Cheryl Miller (cammil@att.net)
Bakers can donate baked goods, jams, jellies or preserves - Contact Grace Dodier (gracemariedodier@gmail.com)
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All proceeds help support Chicago Commons, HP Kenwood Hunger Programs, HP Neighborhood Club, HP Refugee Project and Southside Center of Hope
Tree image from vecteezy.com
Special Program Meeting
Wednesday, October 9, 1:30 p.m.
Hosptitality Suite - 1700East 56th Street
RSVP Barbara Wagner, wagner36@sbcglobal.net
After a long career as a librarian and public historian, Dorothy Lazard turned her attention to her own family history, which is a rich story of migration, dependence, youthful curiosity, and self-determination. She will discuss her memoir, "What You Don't Know Will Make a Whole New World," and the influential role her older sister, Sarah Wright, played in her life as a reader, scholar and educator. The memoir, called by The Chicago Review of Books a "beautifully written memoir full of heart and soul," was published by Heyday Books in 2023.
Remembering My Sister Sarah Wright
What You Don't Know...
The role of memory, education, and mentorship in one Black family
Books are available for purchase after the program. $20 cash preferred.
Program Meeting
A Hyde Park Salute to the Remarkable Charles Newell
Wednesday, October 30, 1:30 p.m.
Augustana Lutheran Church
Charles Newell, Senior Artistic Counsultant for Court Theatre, in conversation with Mark Larson, author of Ensemble
Photo on the left is of Mr. Newell, courtesy of Joe Mazza
Photo on the right is of Mr. Larson, courtesy of Sarah Larson
In an extraordinary career, Charles Newell led Court Theatre, the professional theater of the University of Chicago, as the Marilyn F. Vitale Artistic Director for thirty years; he is now the theater's Senior Artistic Consultant.
Mark Larson, author of Ensemble: An Oral History of Chicago Theater and Working in the 21st Century will lead a lively celebratory discussion of Mr. Newell's myriad accomplishments, particularly in audience development and Court's engagement with the local South Side community. With full recognition, Court Theatre was bestowed the 2022 Regional Theater Tony Award, which is given annually to a regional theater company in the United States.
A Q & A will follow their conversation.
Refreshments will be served following the discussion.
Free and open to the public.
REGISTER HERE (suggested but not required)
Movie Feature
Wednesday, October 2, 1:30 p.m.
Hyde Park Art Center - 50th Place& Cornell
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Barbara Wagner passes the gavel to incoming Service League Co-President Peggy Garrett at the Sit Down Cafe in May
Click HERE to see the 2024-2025 board
Special Interest Groups
Book Group
Time: Tuesday, October 1, 7:00 p.m.
Book: Prequel by Rachel Maddow
Location: Zoom
Chair: Laura Kracke (lhkracke@earthlink.net)
Click HERE for book list
Next meeting: November 6 - Lessons from the Edge by Marie Yovanovich
Walking Group
Time: Tuesdays and Fridays at 9:30 a.m.
Location: Meet at the Shopping Center near the Post Office
Chair: Peggy Garrett (edwpeggy@ameritch.net) - contact to let her know if you will be joining a walk
Time: Third Tuesday
Location: Zoom
Chair: Janet Surkin (janet.surkin@gmail.com) - contact to confirm meeting times and for log-in information
Book Friends
Contemporary Civics
Time: Mondays at 1:30 p.m. - October 14 & 28
Location: Zoom or in-person
Chair: Dorothy Patton (dep712@att.net) - contact two weekdays before the posted event date to register
Cercle Français
Time: Second Tuesdays, 2:30 p.m.
Location: Zoom
Chair: Roberta Bernstein (bernsteinroberta@gmail.com) - contact to confirm meeting times and for log-in information
Dining Out
Location: Pizza Capri, 53rd and Harper
Time: Tuesday, October 29 at 12:30 p.m.
Chair: Jan O'Malley (claddagh5471@gmail.com) - contact to be added to their mailing list
Save the Date: December 10 - The Sit Down Cafe
Trashy Ladies
Time: Fridays, weather permitting
Location: 58th and Woodlawn, on the bench across from the Robie House
Chair: Lesley Bloch (lesley_bloch@yahoo.com) - contact to be added to their mailing list
Needlework
Time: Second Mondays at 7 p.m.
Location: Contact Lucy for meeting info
Chair: Lucy Lester (lucy.lester@sbcglobal.net) - contact for more information
Margaretha Talerman and Lucy Lester at the June meeting. Photo by Renate Hernandez
Spanish Group
Time: Alternate Tuesdays at 2:00 p.m.
Location: TBD
Chair: Agnes Zellner (azellner@gmail.com) - contact for meeting times and locations
Music Group
Event:
Time:
Location:
Chairs: Kathy Huff (kathy@rogerhuff.com, 773-241-7141) and Elizabeth Sonnenschein
Monarch Butterflies Group
Chair: Marilyn Caviccchia (marilyn.cavicchia@gmail.com)
