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Crossing the Bridge

Crossing the Bridge
Zoom Chicago

Location: via Zoom Members & guests: free. Death Cafe has evolved! Crossing the Bridge is a safe space to share personal feelings about death as we support and learn from each other. In addition to exploring our own thoughts, we talk about books, films, legislative developments, organizations, and other topics related to death and dying. […]

Free

CSO Open Rehearsal

Symphony Center 220 S Michigan Ave., Chicago

Members & guests: free Join us for the final open rehearsal of the season! The program will include the following: Joshua Weilerstein conductor Montgomery Banner Martinů The Rock Copland Lincoln Portrait Ives Three Places in New England Ellington Harlem Please note that this is a working rehearsal that may include pauses throughout and no intermission.

Currently full Free

Reading the Rainbow: The Lilac People by Milo Todd

Zoom Chicago

Location: via Zoom Members & guests: free Reading the Rainbow is a bi-monthly book discussion group featuring a lively conversation of LGBTQ+ texts. People of all identities, including allies, are welcome! For June, we will be reading The Lilac People by Milo Todd. This 2025 historical novel is"a moving and deeply humane story about a trans man […]

Sydney Halpern Book Launch at The Book Cellar Lincoln Square

Join the Life 3.0 Committee in supporting our long time member, Sydney Halpern, in the launch of her new book Infected for Science! Around 8PM we will have self-hosted drinks at a pub or bar nearby. During World War II, religious pacifist David Miller and a group of conscientious objectors signed up for government-sponsored medical […]

Great Books, Great Conversations

Great Books, Great Conversations
Zoom Chicago

Location: via Zoom Members and guests – Free! This ongoing Village discussion group meets online the first Wednesday of each month to discuss a selection of short readings from an anthology published by The Great Books Foundation. Although the group has been meeting for years, they are very welcoming to new members! To accommodate all our participants, […]

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