Calendar of events with civic, social, lifestyle, citizen or political interest
This page is a service of Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference and its website, www.hydepark.org. Won't you join the Conference and help support our mission.
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Calendar of events with civic, social, lifestyle, citizen or political interestThis page is a service of Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference and its website, www.hydepark.org. Won't you join the Conference and help support our mission. |
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Flags, detail descriptions, periodic events .
Don't forget
CAPS, Local School Councils, Park Advisory Councils, TIF and CCC councils--see
in Community
Meetings.
School Local School Councils are having their biennial organization meetings
in July
See in Meetings page- "more distant" for meetings on transportation, parks, city capital improvement and Action plans hearings.
Open August 15- October 5. "Looks Like Freedom: art, politics, urban space / around 1968 / Chicago," an exhibition of art and documents from the late 1960s in Chicago at DOVA Temporary Gallery, 5228 S. Harper Ave. Artworks by Barbara Jones-Hogu, Bob Crawford, The Hairy Who, the Chicago Women's Graphics Collective, and more. . Schedule of events at www.looks-like-freedom.com. For more information, contact Maggie Taft (mtaft@uchicago.edu) or Rebecca Zorach (312) 259 4393.
Coming up in the next election: vote on whether to hold an Illinois constitututional convention. For information on the state website, visit http://www.ilga.gov/commission/lru/welcome.html.
Smart Home: Green + Wired open at MSI
Partnership for
Advancement of Refugee Rights has several subcommittees and meets Thursdays,
7 pm at 5710 S. Woodlawn. For more information or questions please contact Aruj
at aruj@uchicago.edu OR Tsion at tgurmu@uchicago.edu.
You may also direct your inquiries to Parr@listhost.uchicago.edu.
Farmers Markets with events at Experimental Station Saturdays. 9-2 61st and Dorchester and in Bronzeville 4400 bl. S. Cottage Grove 10-3 Sundays. Open now Thursdays at Harper Court through Oct. 30- 5200 block of Harper. And ones at Gary Comer Center 74th and Ellis and South Shore at bank lot 71st Jeffery.
Tuesdays, 7 pm.
Hyde
Park Comm. Against War and Racism at University Church, 5655 S. University.
773 955-7072.
4th Ward
Report every Monday 9 pm on CANTV Channel 19.
4th Ward meeting 4th Sat. 10:30 at the ward service office, 5th Ward 4th Tuesday 6 pm moves around.
Thursdays at 7 pm. Hyde Park LaLeche League meets at Hyde Park Union Church, 5600 S. Woodlawn. 773 538-6128.
U of C Library Society lectures are often on public affairs matters. For information and RSVP: Barbara Palmer-Bostick at 773 702-7695 or bbostick@uchicago. edu. http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/alumnifriends/libsoc/programs.html. Ditto the Chicago Society.
U of C Graduate School of Business Roundtables are often groundbreaking. http://www.chicagogsb.edu/alumni/.
Blue Gargoyle is again seeking volunteers and tutors--it uses 85 in morning and evening classes and in one-on-one with students. Headquarters, 5638 S. Woodlawn. 773 955-4108.
Thursday, 7 pm. Every Thursday Cafe Society meets to discuss a civic or cultural topic. Professionally moderated. Valois Cafeteria, 15?? E. 53rd St.
Contact Chicago Bar Association Public Affairs at 312 554-2010 or Chicago Public Library 312 747-4050 chipublib.org re Law at the Library series--at Harold Washington, Woodson, or Sulzer. For current lineup see "Legal" in our Helpline page.
DuSable Museum presents exhibits on for example African Americans and the Vietnam War.
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August 20, Wednesday, Hyde Park Neighborhood Club. 6:15 am Mysore yoga. 9:10 am Led primary yoga. 10:30 am Knitting. 11:30 am Golden Diners. 5480 S. Kenwood, 773 643-4062.
August 20, Wednesday, from 9:15 am. Free Iyengar yoga at Lotus Living, 1715 E. 55th St. RDanda, 773 857-1081.
August 20, Wednesday, 6 pm. Free Workshop, "Keep Your Money Safe" by John Mazur, CFP. Reserve at 800 697-5774. Hyde Park Neighborhood Club, 5480 S. Kenwood.
August 20, Wednesday, 7 pm. HPKCC Hyde Park Schools Committee meets at United Church of Hyde Park, 1448 E. 53rd St. Blackstone entrance. Planning for the fall networking event is at top of the agenda. Nancy Baum.
August 21, Thursday, 7 am-2 pm. Hyde Park Farmer's Market, 5200 block of S. Harper, Harper Court.
August 21, Thursday, 3-7 pm. Open house in its new hq for Kumon Math and Reading of Hyde Park. 1525 E. 55th St.
August 22, Thursday, 6 pm. City of Chicago budget hearing, one of 3, at South Shore Cultural Center, 7059 S. South Shore Drive. Be prompt to sign up to speak (3 min. limit).
August 22, Friday, 6:30 pm. Artist talk with Barbara Jones-Hogu, facilitated by Edna Togba. Jones-Hogu was in AfriCOBRA c1968 artists commune and produced multicolor silkscreen prints, some on exhibiiton tonight. DOVA Temporary Space, 5228 S. Harper.
August 23, Saturday, 2-4 pm. Listening Party roundtable discussion of University-community relations that was broadcast in 1968, followed by discussion comparing present. Moderated by Theaster Gates. At DOVA Temporary Space in conj. with Looks Like Freedom.. 1968. 5228 S. Harper.
August 24, Sunday, 10 am. Hyde Park Union Church The Ten Sayings series. "Honoring Mother and Father." Deborah Weaver, Therapist, Genesis Center. 5600 S. Woodlawn. http://www.hpuc.org.
August 31, Sunday, 4? pm. From Backstory Cafe, 6100 S. Blackstone, take a Walk around Woodlawn and have a potluck, followed by film "Saul Alinsky Went to War." In conjunction with exhibit "Looks Like Freedom .1968"
September 3, Wednesday, 6 pm. East Hyde Park Action Committee meets in Treasure Island Lower Level, 1526 E. 55th St. Topic Sewers and Street Cleaning. EHPACOMM@yahoo.com. Howard Niden.
September 3, Wednesday, 7-9 pm. Archiving 68. Representatives of archiving projects and institutions discuss some of their 68-related collections and their strategies for preservation and dissemination.
September 5, Friday, 2-4 pm. School of Social Service Adminitration, Field Instructors' Centennial Event: The Art and Science of Teaching Direct Practice in Social Work. A new model of practitioners and faculty partners with computer-based technologies. Ann McCann Oakley of Columbia is keynote. $45. Register at http://ssacentennial.uchicago.edu. At International House, 1414 E. 59th St.
September 8, Monday, 7 pm. 53rd St. TIF Advisory Council meets at Kenwood Academy, 5015 S. Blackstone Little Theater.
September 8, Monday, 7:30 pm. 5th Ward public meeting on sports done proposed for 63rd-Cornell tennis courts in Jackson Park. Meets with Jackson Park Advisory Council (its regular meeting day). At South Shore Cultural Center, 7059 South Shore Dr.
September 9, Tuesday, 6 pm. Park District South Side budget hearing. Avalon Park, 1215 E. 83rd St.
September 10, Wednesday, 7 pm. Kenwood Park Usage Committee (commissioned by Ald. Preckwinkle and open to all) meets in the Hyde Park Bank Bldg. 4th floor conference room, 1525 E. 53rd St. George Rumsey.
September 14, Sunday, 2:30-4 pm. Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference Annual Meeting and election. Hyde Park Neighborhood Club, 5480 S. Kenwood. hpkcc@aol.com.
Save the date September 20, Saturday, 9-noon. Beach Sweep and Clean at Jackson Park. Alliance for the Great Lakes. Volunteers and team leaders will be needed. Until registration and details site is up, contact Julia at jkelso@greatlakes.org.
September 27, Saturday, time? Bronzeville bus tour with Timuel Black Sept. 27. http://grahamschool.uchicago.edu/php/ckp or 773 834-3929 x1.
September 27, Saturday, noon- 2 or am. Hyde Park Jazz Festival. Multi-venue.
October 23, 5:30 pm. Hyde Park Chamber of Commerce holds its Annual Dinner Meeing and Awards/networking event. Honored this year are community organizations including Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference. $. Location tba, usually Quadrangle Club, 1155 E. 57th St. 773 288-0124. http://www.hydeparkchamberchicago.org.
Mission of the Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference
The purpose of the Conference is to attend to the civic needs of the community; work toward an attractive, secure, diverse, and caring community; and to promote participation of residents, businesses, institutions, and organizations in programs and activities that advance the interests and concerns of the community. It serves the community as a watchdog, independent voice, and clearing house in the community's ongoing conversation and decisions about those matters which affect and define community life.