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Get involved in the meetings of the HPKCC Schools Committee! Chair Camille Hamilton-Doyle, Co-Chair Nancy Baum.
 Camille at 773 373-6944.
March 6 9:45 United Church 53rd Blackstone, Blackstone entry

By Date.

February 3, Friday, 7:30 m. Scout Troop 512 at United Church, 1448 E. 53rd St.

February 4 , Saturday, 10 am. Rainbow PUSH weekly forum, 930 E. 50th St.

February 4, Saturday, 1 pm. OWL Hyde Park at First Unitarian north entry, 5650 S. Woodlawn: Celebrating Competent Caring-Peer Relationships in Later Life. In this season of valentines and love, we will focus on how we deal with changes in our close relationships with our age peers. We know, from experience and from research, that intimate relationships are crucial to well being in later life. Ill health, dementia, and distance are among the challenges we encounter in our friendships and other sustaining relationships.
Lorie Rosenblum and Margaret Huyck are the program leaders.
On Saturday, February 4 our program will focus on friendship networks in later life. Margaret Huyck, Ph.D. and Lorie Rosenblum, Ph.D., LCSW, will lead a discussion on how we can nurture friendships to contribute to our health and well-being in later life. February is the traditional time to celebrate loving relationships. Such relationships can come in many varieties. However, one of the best predictors of feeling that life is good is having at least a couple of close peer relationships. Family members are important, but most of them are not of our choosing; we have more choice in those we accept as close friends.
Developing and maintaining friendships is part of “relational competence”; we can enhance this competence just as we develop other competencies with age and experience. We especially realize how crucial the support of our friends is when close peers “disappear” into illness, dementia, depression, or death. We will share our experiences and what we have learned about dealing with such transitions whenever they occur. We can
learn from each other how to enhance our own relational competence for this phase of life.

?? February 6, Monday, 6:30 pm. Toastmasters at Blackstone Library, 4904 S. Lake Park. 312 747-0511.

February 7, Tuesday, 12 pm. Hyde Park Kiwanis luncheon meeting at Ramada Inn south building restaurant, 4900 S. Lake Shore Drive. Suggested small white elephant gift.

February 7 , Tuesday, 6 pm. Canter Middle School Local School Council meets at 4959 S. Blackstone. 773 535-1410. 1st Tuesdays. DATE MAY CHANGE.

February 7 , Tuesday, Tuesday, 7 pm. Campaign to End the Death Penalty meets 1st and 3rd Tuesdays at University Church, 5655 . University. Julian Ball at 773 955-4841. http://www.nodeathpenalty.org. Confirmed. Prep for annual convention.

??February 7, Tuesday, 7 pm. Hyde Park La Leche League at St. Paul and Redeemer, 4945 S. Dorchester. Cheryl at 773 538-6128.

February 7, Tuesday, 7:30 pm. Pathfinders Toastmasters Club meets on UC campus 1st and 3rd Tuesdays. For more info use website http://pathfinders.freetoasthost.org (must sign up).

February 8, Wednesday, 6:30 pm. CAPS beat 2132 (East Hyde Park and west to Dorchester south of 51st) meets 2nd Wednesdays 6:30 pm at Treasure Island Lower Level, 1526 E. 55th St. TIF BEATS WILL BE CHANGING due to district merger.

February 9, Thursday, 7 pm. Cafe Society moderated discussion at Valois Cafeteria, 1518 E. 53rd St.

February 9, Thursday, 7 pm. Nichols Park Advisory Council meets in the field house, 1355 E. 53rd St.

February 10, Friday, 7:30 pm. Scout Troop 512 at United Church, 1448 E. 53rd St.

February 11, Saturday, 9-11 am. RainbowPUSH weekly forum and 40th Anniversary- Breadbasket and PUSH reunion and Energy Fair. 930 E. 50th St.

February 11, Saturday, 10:30 am. South Shore Cultural Center Advisory Council meets in the Oak Room, 7059 S. South Shore Dr. Elections.

February 13, 7:30 pm. Jackson Park Advisory Council. THIS MONTH MEETS AT LA RABIDA HOSPITAL, 65th and the Lake - Promontory Circle off Marquette Dr. Includes tour of facilities and planned outpatient area, plans.

February 13 , Monday, 7:30 pm. Cub Scouts at United Church, 1448 E. 53rd St.

Caution on meetings- Feb. 14 is Valentine's Day.

February 14, Tuesday, 6 pm. Canter Middle School LSC meets at 4959 S. Blackstone, 73 535-1410.

February 14, Tuesday, 6 pm. Dyett High School LSC meets the second Tuesday of the month at 6:00 pm, room 139. 555 E. 51st St. 773 535-1825.

February 14, Tuesday, 6:30 pm. CAPS community alternative policing Beat 2123 (North Kenwood) 2nd Tuesday, Kennicott Park field house, 4434 S. Lake Park Avenue, 312 747-2930. 7 pm. TIF BEATS WILL BE CHANGING due to district merger.

February 14, Tuesday, 7 pm. CAPS community alternative policing Beat 213 (Grand Blvd.) 2nd Tuesday, 7 pm. McKella's Hair Salon, 450 E. 53rd St. 773 747-5109. TIF BEATS WILL BE CHANGING due to district merger.

??February 14, Tuesday, 7 pm. Hyde Park Committee Against War and Racism. University Church, 5655 S. University. CHECK FIRST WITH JULIAN BALL AT 773 955-4841.

??February 14, Tuesday, 7 pm. Hyde Park LaLeche League meets at St. Paul and Redeemer, 4945 S. Dorchester. Cheryl at 773 538-6128.

February 14, Tuesday, time? Carnegie School Local School Council meets 2nd Tuesdays alternating between morning and evening.1414 E. 61st St. 773 535-0530. ALT. morning and evening. MIGHT CHANGE.

February 14, Tuesday, 7:30 pm. Arts and Fitness Schools Committee meets at Fenn House (SHoP), 5638 S. Woodlawn. May become 2nd Tuesdays.

February 15, Wednesday, 8 am East Hyde Park Committee meets in Montgomery Place East Room. 5550 S. South Shore Drive. Find out from police, ward offices and more what's happening, bring up issues.

February 15, Wednesday, 11:30 pm. Third Wednesday Chamber of Commerce Networking Brunch at Chant. $11 members, $15 non. 1509 E. 53rd St.

WILL HAVE TO CLARIFY IF STAYS ON 3RD WEDNESDAY. February 15, Wednesday, 5:30 pm. Murray Local School Council meets at 5335 S. Kenwood. 773 535-0585.

February 15, Wednesday, 6 pm. Jackie Robinson Local School Council meets 3rd Wednesdays at 4225 S. Lake Park. 773 535-1777. MIGHT CHANGE.

February 15, Wednesday, 6:30 pm. CAPS beats 2131 (north half of central and west Hyde Park) and 2133 (south half of central and west Hyde Park including 60th-61st Metra to Ellis) meet jointly 3rd Wednesdays 6:30 at Hyde Park Neighborhood Club, 5480 S. Kenwood. NOTE- CAPS ARE CHANGING DUE TO DISTRICT MERGER.

February 16, Thursday, 7 pm. Cafe Society moderated discussion at Valois Cafeteria, 1518 E. 53rd St.

February 17, Friday, 7:30 pm. Scout Troop 512 at United Church, 1448 E. 53rd St.

February 18, Saturday, 9-11 am. RainbowPUSH weekly forum and 40th Anniversary- Founders Day width Rev. Al Sharpton. 930 E. 50th St.

February 20, Monday, 6 pm. Probable: 4th Ward Monthly meeting with Ald. Will Burns. Call for location 773 536-8103.

February 20, Monday, 6 pm . Kenwood Academy LSC- New regular meeting date 3rd Monday. Meets in the media center.

February 20, Monday, 6:30 pm. Toastmasters at Blackstone Library? LIBRARY NO LONGER OPEN MONDAYS- ASK ABOUT TOASTMASTERS.

February 20, Monday, time? Cub Scouts at United Church, 1448 E. 53rd St.

February 20, Monday, 7 pm. CAPS beat 331, which serves Jackson Park, meets 3rd Mondays 7:30 pm at South Shore Cultural Center, 7059 South Shore Drive.

February 21. Voter registration ends.

February 21, Tuesday, 12 pm. Hyde Park Kiwanis bi-monthly meeting at Ramada Inn cafe, 4900 S. Lake Shore Drive.

February 21, Tuesday, 6:30 pm. CAPS beat 2124, northwest Hyde Park-Kenwood meets 3rd Tuesdays at 4829 S. Cottage Grove MAY BE CHANGED DUE TO MERGER OF DISTRICTS. 312-747-2930.

February 21, Tuesday, 7:30 pm. Board of the Hyde Park Historical Society meets at 5529 S. Lake Park.

February 21, Tuesday, 7:30 pm. Pathfinders Toastmasters Club meets on UC campus 1st and 3rd Tuesdays. For more info use website http://pathfinders.freetoasthost.org (must sign up).

February 22, Wednesday(PROBABLY NOT?), Wednesday, 7 pm. Kenwood Park Advisory Council meets 4th or last Wednesdays. St. Paul and the Redeemer east entry educ. wing. http://web.me.com/kenwoodpark/Site/About_KPAC.html.

February 23, Thursday, 7 pm. Cafe Society moderated discussions at Valois Cafeteria, 1518 E. 53rd St. Topic: http://www.prairie.org.

February 24 , Friday, 7:30 pm. Scout Troop 512 at United Church, 1448 E. 53rd St.

February 25, Saturday, 10 am. RainbowPUSH weekly forum. Maybe. 930 E. 50th St.

February 25 , Saturday, 10 am. 4th Ward Democratic Pres./Committeewoman Preckwinkle monthly meeting. Monumental Baptist, 929 E. Oakland.

February 25, Saturday, 9 am-noon. Friends of the Parks-Chicago Park District PACs Annual Conference. South Shore Cultural Center, 7059 South Shore Drive. Contact your park council and Maria Stone at FOTP.

February 25, Saturday, 10 am-noon. Coalition for Equitable Community Development Annual Meeting and Forum: What's Happening to Rental Housing in Hyde Park-Kenwood: Who Can Afford to Live Here Anymore? Augustana Lutheran Church, 5500 S. Woodlawn.
Speaker Geoff Smith of the Depaul Housing Institute (which has recently issued a report on rental housing in Cook County); panel of local rental real estate management; questions may be submitted on cards at the start. Free, with refreshments.

February 25, Saturday, 10 am. RainbowPUSH weekly forum, 930 E. 50thSt.

February 25, Saturday, 5;30 pm reception, 6;30 dinner. Hyde Park Historical Society Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner. Speaker Lee Bey, architecture commentator and photographer, on Hidden Treasures of Hyde Park. Cornell Awards, Leon and Marian Despres Preservation Awards. Quadrangle Club, 1155 E. 57th St. For information and/or invitation contact Janice A. Knox, 773 317-1520 or janice.a.knox@gmail.com. $55, $65 after Feb. 20.

February 27-March 15. Early voting.

February 27, Monday, time? Cub Scouts at United Church of Hyde Park, 1448 E. 53rd St.

February 27, Monday, 6:30 pm. ?? LIBRARY MAY OR MAY NOT BE OPEN MONDAY EVENINGS- ASK ABOUT TOASTMASTERS. Toastmasters at Blackstone Library, 4904 S. Lake Park. 312 747-0511.

February 28, Tuesday, 6 pm. CAPS beat 2124 west Hyde Park at 4829 S. Cottage Grove. 4th Tuesdays.

February 28, Tuesday, 6 pm. 5th Ward Monthly meeting this month at Original Mouth Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church, 6614 S. Blackstone.

February 28, Tuesday, 6:30 pm. CAPS beats 211, 212, 213 meet at Monumental Baptist Church, 729 E. Oakwood. 312 747-5109. 4th Tuesdays.

February 28,Tuesday, 6:30 pm. Elm Park Advisory Council meets 4th Tuesdays in Nichols Fieldhouse, 1355 E. 53rd St. Piotr Gornicki.

March 15, Thursday. Last day for early voting.

March 20, Tuesday. Primary election.

March 27 , Tuesday, 6 pm. 5th Ward Monthly meeting this month at Carey Temple African Methodist Episcopal Church, 7157 S. Greenwood Ave.

April 17, Tuesday, all day. Urban Health Initiative of the University of Chicago Annual Summit. At Bridgeport Art Center, 1200 W. 35th St.

April 24, Tuesday, 6 pm. 5th Ward Monthly meeting this month at Bryn Mawr Curch, 7000 S. Jeffery.

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More Distant Meetings/hearings/opportunities

Standing Meetings

The Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference Board of Directors meets on the first Thursday of the month, 7:00 p.m., at the Hyde Park Bank Bldg., 4th Floor Conf. room, 7 pm. 1526 E. 53rd St.

Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference Environmental Sustainability Committee is temporarily suspended. Vicky Suchovsky.

Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference Schools Committee meets 4th Wednesdays at United Church, 1448 E. 53rd St. Next June 15. Nancy Baum.

TIF Advisory Council-53rd St. Tax Increment Financing District. Meets on the second Monday of September, November, January, March, May, and July. 7 p.m. at the Hyde Park Neighborhood Club, 5480 S. Kenwood.

CAPS (Community Alternative Policing Strategy) meetings for beat 2124 only have moved to 6 pm! (general calendar- call 21st District community policing office for exceptions, especially for summer and holiday seasons-- 312 747-8340 or 2930). Usual meeting time is 7 p.m. Sgt. Scott Oberg is the District overseer of CAPS and HPKCC liaison for CAPS information. Learn about community policing in the City of Chicago/Police Department website. See also in hydepark.org Neighborhood--Elected Officials and city/county services. Check locations of 2131 and 2133 as they have been changing. Note: "21" means District 021, the next digit series: "2" is North Kenwood-Oakland and meets on various TUESDAYS, "3" is Hyde Park and South Kenwood and meets on various THURSDAYS. No OR CHANGED meetings in December. Check first! CAPS021district@chicagopolice.org.

Monthly open meeting at Police Headquarters 7:30 pm 3rd Thursdays.

The East Hyde Park Committee normally meets on 3rd Wednesdays, 8:00 A.M., at Montgomery Place, 5550 South Shore Drive. Reports and open discussion with officials, agencies, institutions and stakeholder organizations. No summer, Dec. or Jan. meetings. Various months skipped- check this calendar.

East Hyde Park Action Committee is now meeting 1st Wednesdays, 6:30 pm. Treasure Island lower level meeting room.

Fourth Ward Democratic meeting. 4th Saturdays, 10 am, Monumental Baptist Church, 729 E. Oakwood Blvd. Often has informational speakers esp. from government offices. 773 536-8103.

The Fourth Ward holds free legal assistance, 3 lawyers, during Ward Night, every Thursday except first of the month. 4659 S. Cottage Grove until 8:30 pm.

Fifth Ward Meeting, 4th Tuesday, 6-8 pm. Place moves around and some months are skipped; call 773 324-5555. (October 28, Hyde Park Career Academy, 6220 S. Stony Island; no mtgs. November or December).
In addition, the Alderman holds open hours 2nd Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday evenings and 2nd Saturdays 10-2.

Fourth Ward- open hours 2nd, 3rd, 4th Thursday evenings, ward meetings last Saturdays at 10? or 10:30. Monthly meeting 4th Saturday, 10 am, Monumental Baptist Church on Oakwood.

Twentieth Ward Meeting. 2nd Saturdays 11 am-1 pm. St. Edmund's Rectory (but may move?) 6105 S. Michigan. 773 955-5610.

1st and 3rd Tuesdays, 7 pm. Campaign to End the Death Penalty at University Church.

Friends of Blackstone Library. Meets 1st Wednesdays 7pm at Blackstone Branch Library, 4904 S. Lake Park. 312 747-0511.

Hearty Healthy Hyde Park meets 3rd Thursdays in the Hyde Park Co-op lower meeting room. schuttcr@aol.com.

The Hyde Park Chamber of Commerce holds monthly (?) Business To Business meetings, focusing lately on business security--first Wednesday early evenings- watch the regular calendar or call for information. 773 288-0124. Website http://www.hydeparkchamberchicago.org.

Hyde Park Cluster of Interfaith Open Communities meets 2nd Tuesdays at 8 pm at United Church of Hyde Park, 1448 E. 53rd St.

Hyde Park Committee Against War and Racism meets Tuesdays at 7, University Church, 5655 S. University, 773 955-7072

The Hyde Park Historical Society Board meets 3rd Tuesday evenings 7:30 at the Society's headquarters. 773 288-1242.

Hyde Park Kiwanis - 1st (sometimes also 3rd( Tuesdays every month, 12 pm, Ramada Inn (usually) 4900 S. Lake Shore Drive. 773 324-8645. Write to 1507 E. 53rd Street, Box #120, Chicago Illinois, 60615 or call Winston Kennedy, or Dick and Rosemary Snow at 773 324-8645.

Hyde Park (Area 5) League of Women Voters meets in Montgomery Place East Room 4th Thursdays at 1:30 pm. Usually a speaker or topic of discussion.

Hyde Parkers for Peace and Justice. 1st Wednesdays. mel@math.uchicago.edu.

North Kenwood Oakland Conservation Community Council meets on First Thursdays, 6:30 pm, Kennicott Park Community Center, 4434 S. Lake Park.

Older Women's League- Owl Illinois Hyde Park
Meets in open session Alt. (even) 1st Saturdays 2 pm (social earlier) at First Unitarian Church Chris Moore Parlor, 5650 S. Woodlawn. Board meets first Mondays.

Partnership for Advancement of Refuge 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.

Rainbow Push Coalition meets Saturdays at 10 am at 950 E. 50th St.

South Side Parents meets 2nd Tuesdays at 6 pm at Hyde Park Art Center, 5020 S. Cornell.

Southside Solidarity Network meets Mondays at 7, Cobb Hall, 5811 S. Ellis. hjacoby@uchicago.edu.

South Side Stitch and Bitch klatch for women meets every Thursday at 6:30 pm at Third World Cafe, 53rd and Kimbark. Open. Still meets?

Toastmasters moved to 1st and 3rd Tuesdays 7:30 pm at Cobb Hall, 5811 S. Ellis.773 643-8225. But a group does meet at Blackstone Library- ask there 312 747-0511.

Zonta International Hyde Park Chapter meets 2nd Thursdays ? time at Ramada Inn, 4900 S. Lake Shore Drive.

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Park advisory councils meeting schedule is located in the Advisory Council section of Park News web (left bar in that page). Specific and detailed notices are posted in the Park News web page and under individual parks (left bar there). News of Events/programs in the parks is found in Park News or the individual parks. The Chicago Park District Board of Commissioners and committees meet 2nd Wednesdays, board not always at 541 N. Fairbanks.

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