COMMUNITY DAYS
Every Tuesday at 1 pm
Our Tuesday program is brought to you in conjunction with JCC Chicago.
Tuesday, May 5—Community Days: An Introduction to the East Asian Garden. Yvonne Wolf gives a short background on the aesthetics of the Japanese and the Chinese gardens. Discover Confucian symbolism expressed in gardens and how they are used to relieve stress and cultivate inner peace. Learn the cultural history of the East Asian Garden and its carefully composed scenes of ponds, paths, and pavilions. Yvonne will use examples from the Japanese Garden at the Chicago Botanic Garden and Ping Tom Park in Chicago Chinatown, and other East Asian gardens in the US. After attending this presentation, you will have a greater understanding and appreciation of East Asian gardens.
Tuesday, May 12—Community Days: Bob Dylan: The Poetic Voice of Change. Join Kurt Loeffler for an engaging lecture on Bob Dylan, the defining voice of American songwriting. Discover how Robert Zimmerman crafted timeless anthems like “Blowin’ in the Wind,” stunned the folk community with his electric breakout on “Like a Rolling Stone,” and went on to release over 39 genre-spanning studio albums. We’ll explore Dylan’s Nobel Prize–winning lyrics, his bold stylistic reinventions—from folk and rock to blues and gospel—and his enduring influence on generations of songwriters and music lovers.
Tuesday, May 19—Community Days: Mary Anning: History’s Greatest Fossilist. In 1799, Mary Anning was born into a humble family in the medieval port of Lyme Regis on the south shore of England, part of its Jurassic Coast. Little did she know she would go on to develop an unmatched eye for finding the undiscovered creatures embedded in 185 million years of geological history in the notoriously unstable cliffs. Completely self-taught, academia came calling to consult and buy her finds as she continued to make discoveries that changed the scientific world, yet she was unacknowledged and uncredited by the scientific community in her own time. Join Anglophile and former UK resident Claire Evans for a lively talk on “the greatest fossil hunter the world has ever known” and the Jurassic Coast, the UNESCO World Heritage site she was lucky enough to call home.
Tuesday, May 26—Community Days: Cutting the Cord: Using Video Streaming Services. Join Tony LaPalio, owner of Senior Tech Support, and learn how to slash expenses by ditching cable TV and embracing video streaming services. Tony will demystify the complexities of cable bills, decode the differences between live TV, network TV, cable TV, video streaming and more. Take control of your entertainment choices while saving money!
Support for these programs had been graciously provided by The Albert and Lucille Delighter and Marcella Winston Foundation, a Supporting Foundation of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago.
