Program Meeting
The Dragon from Chicago by Pamela Toler
Armed with a PhD in history and a well-thumbed deck of library cards, Pamela Toler writes unexpected history for smart adults and curious kids - and vice versa. She is the author of ten books of popular history for children and adults, including Heroines of Mercy Street: Real Nurses of the Civil War, Women Warriors: An Unexpected History, and, The Dragon from Chicago: the Untold Story of an American Reporter in Nazi Germany, to be released in August, 2024. Her work has appeared in American Scholar, Aramco World, History Channel Magazine, MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History, Ms., Time.com and The Washington Post and has been featured in National Geographic.
Wednesday, March 20, 1:30 p.m.
Augustana Lutheran Church
5500 South Woodlawn Avenue
Special Interest Groups
Book Group
Time: Tuesday, March 5, 7:00 p.m.
Book: The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
Location: Zoom
Chair: Laura Kracke (lkracke@earthlink.net)
Click HERE for book list
Next meeting: April 2 - The Soul of America by Jon Meacham
Walking Group
Time: Tuesdays and Fridays at 9:30 a.m.
Wednesdays at 2:00. p.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: Tuesday, March 19, 2:00 p.m.
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, March. 4 & 18, 1:30 p.m.
Location: Zoom
Chair: Dorothy Patton (dep712@att.net) - contact two weekdays before the posted event date to register
Cercle Français
Time: Tuesday, March 12, 2:30 p.m.
Location: Zoom
Chair: Roberta Bernstein (bernsteinroberta@gmail.com) - contact to confirm meeting times and for log-in information
The Trashy Ladies
Time: Fridays at 2:00 p.m., weather dependent
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: Monday, March 11, 7:00 p.m.
Location: Susan van der Meulen's home
Chair: Lucy Lester (lucy.lester@sbcglobal.net) - contact for more information
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: email for April event information
Time:
Location:
Chairs: Kathy Huff (kathy@rogerhuff.com, 773-241-7141) and Elizabeth Sonnenschein
Monarch Butterflies Group
Chair: Marilyn Caviccchia (marilyn.cavicchia@gmail.com)