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2024 Holiday Benefit and Bazaar

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2024 Fall Benefit Logo
Saturday, November 9
9:30 a.m. - 12 noon
Augustana Lutheran Church
5500 South Woodlawn Avenue
Help make this fundraiser a success:

All proceeds help support Chicago Commons, HP Kenwood Hunger Programs, HP Neighborhood Club, HP Refugee Project and Southside Center of Hope

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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.

Dorothy Lazard
Dorothy Lazard
Sarah Wright
Sarah Wright
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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, photo by Joe Mazza
Charles Newell, photo by Joe Mazza

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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Peggy Garrett and Barbara Wagner
Peggy Garrett and Barbara Wagner

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

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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

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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
Margaretha Talerman and Lucy Lester

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:
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Chairs: Kathy Huff (kathy@rogerhuff.com, 773-241-7141) and Elizabeth Sonnenschein

Monarch Butterflies Group

Chair: Marilyn Caviccchia (marilyn.cavicchia@gmail.com)