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November 2022

Friday, November 4
THE PAST AS MEMORY + FUTURE GOALS
A Writing and Collage Workshop
9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. (in person)
Cost: $40 members / $55 non-members (materials provided)
Monica Brown
Register here | Workshop description

Friday, November 11
LOVELY LUNCH
11:15 a.m.–12:00 p.m. (in person)
(Free concert in church at 12:10 p.m.)
Cost: $15 members / $20 non-members
Register Here

Join us for lunch as we honor those men and women who lost their lives serving in our military forces throughout the world.

Thursday, November 17
THIRD THURSDAY ZING THING!
4:00–5:00 p.m. (In person)
Cost and course description

December 2022

Wednesday, December 7
FIELD’S, WARD’S, AND SANTA
10:00–11:30 a.m.
(On Zoom) – No charge
Jean Klingle | Register Here

Learn how department stores are responsible for many of our shared holiday traditions. We’ll talk about the Walnut Room, Uncle Mistletoe, and Marshall Field’s, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, and Montgomery Ward as well as Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Get your holiday on with this fun history of holiday windows, store Santas, holiday shopping, and Chicago’s important role in our collective December memories.

Friday, December 912/9:
TREMENDOUS THANK-YOU TEA
1:30–2:30 p.m. (in person and on Zoom)
No Charge
CLL Staff | Register Here

Join us in person after the free concert in the church Sanctuary (starts at 12:10 p.m.; ends around 1:00) or via Zoom (1:30 p.m.) to say thank you to our wonderful instructors and CLL volunteers!

Tea-time will feature a presentation and discussion about the many holidays celebrated during the winter months throughout the world, as well as delightful desserts!

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