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WHY DO (SOME) SCIENTISTS CHEAT?

L ast year the Karolinska Institute fired a surgeon who had been forced to retract at

least six papers containing falsified data. He claimed an artificial trachea seeded with stem cells regenerated a functional organ. The great majority of patients on whom he practiced his p rocedure d ied . This yea r a re spec ted cardiologist at Sloan Kettering who claimed to have regenerated heart muscle from bone marrow stem cells was dismissed, again for falsified data. These are just two examples; the phenomenon is not restricted to physicians or stem cells. So at least some scientists cheat. One can ask why did they do it? What made them think they could get away with falsifying data when the gold standard of scientific work is the ability of others to replicate their experiments? I should make clear what I mean by cheating. Science is an attempt to describe things as they are. A scientist cheats when she or he willfully states things that are not so. Willfully is critical. One can make mistakes or be incompetent, but that’s different. How it is even possible to cheat? After all, surely the cheater would quickly be shown to be

mistaken. In fact, that doesn’t always happen. When performing an experiment, we often don’t know precisely what we are doing. An example: I have a procedure that works perfectly in a particular city. I move to a different city. Nothing works. After several frantic months things work again. Maybe it’s the water (no kidding). Often, we don’t know just why, suddenly things work again. Matters are even worse when the experiments involve people. People differ widely in their response to drugs and treatments. If I claim that a particular procedure cures 7 of 10 patients and you can’t reproduce my results, I have at least two different answers. The first is that your patients came from a different population: I may have studied Ashkenazi Jews and you a Native Peruvian population. A second answer is that you didn’t follow my protocols exactly. I may hint that is because of sheer ineptitude on your part, but in truth reproducing someone else’s technique exactly is hard. Then there is statistics. A small sample will give what looks like a positive result more often than we like to think. If you can’t reproduce my results, or even if several people can’t, that doesn’t mean that I didn’t obtain them or that there isn’t something in what I say.

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Given all that uncertainty there is plenty of opportunity to cheat. Why risk it? There are financial reasons. Promotion may depend on publication. Funding for research depends on a successful record. But I suggest that the most successful frauds have a different origin. To begin with, a really successful fraud is harder to imagine than a straightforward but pedestrian discovery. As Nobel laureate George Beadle pointed out, theory is harder than experiment. Theory has to make sense. I suggest that the really successful scientific frauds begin with an idea that really makes sense. The initial experiments seem encouraging but there are a few experimental points that don’t fit. It’s simpler to remove them. Even Gregor Mendel has been accused of a little fudging: statistically his data are just too good. With the adjusted data, funding becomes easier and now you are a sought-after speaker. Each lecture requires new, exciting results but somehow n a t u r e i s n ’ t cooperat ing. But y o u k n o w d e e p d o w n t h a t y o u r theory is correct and all you need is to f i n d t h e r i g h t conditions. You have research a s s o c i a t e s a n d technicians working with you, but you are charismatic and after all, your theory makes sense. They bring you the results you want. Suddenly there is no way out. That ’s scient i f ic fraud.

Bernard Strauss

HOLIDAY FUND REPORT

W e are making great progress on the

H o l i d a y Fund 2018. A s t h e December Messenger g o e s t o press, this y e a r ’ s collection is up to $89,000. Adding in the holdover from the 2017 fund, gives us a balance to date of more than $90,500. Thanks to all who’ve already contributed to Holiday Fund 2018! We’re sti l l expecting some additional gifts. We have learned that the staff holiday party this year is not until the third week of December. So—we can continue to accept donations until December 10!

Our once-a-year chance to say, materially, “Thanks!” to the hourly-wage staff at Montgomery Place has been extended for another 12 days. Cheers! Please make checks out to M o n t g o m e r y P l a c e Residents’ Association, with Holiday Fund on the memo line. The red box will remain in the lobby through our new deadline of December 10.

Jan Moore, Treasurer,

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OUT AND ABOUT

Editor: Paula Givan

Contributors: Bernice Auslander, Laurieann

Chutis, Susan Hamburger, Nancy Harlan, Neva

Hefner, Phil Hefner, Kyoko Inoue, Marion Krentz,

Evi Levin, Shantha Monippallil, Jan Moore, Stan

Moore, Muriel Rogers, Dorothy Scheff, Bernard

Strauss, Joyce Swedlund, Ida Watanabe, Mary

Williams, Lucille Wolf, Anne Zeidman

Staff Contributors: Deborah Hart,

Chaplain Laura Gottardi-Littell

Seasonal Drawings: Nate Kalichman

Layout: Carolyn Allen

Production: Creshanna Henry

Calendars: Barbara Wilson

Editor Next Month: Barbara Wilson

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to hear glit tering top notes sail into the stratosphere, there’s the vocally high-flying fairy godmother. It’s truly magical! Tickets required. ♦ Thursday, December 6, noon. Lunch outing at the Grand Lux Cafe, where international cuisine is served in an elegant but relaxed setting that blends the grandeur and luxury of European cafés with the sensibilities and spirit of an all-American restaurant. It is located near the Water Tower, so lunch may be followed by some shopping time. ♦ Friday, December 7, 12:30 p.m. Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Series B. The program will include music by Wagner and R. Strauss, as well as the Danish composer Carl Nielsen, whose Fourth Symphony, The Indistinguishable, was written during the early years of World War I. Edward Gardner conducts. Tickets required.

♦ Saturday, December 8, 1 p.m. Joffrey Ballet, The Nutcracker. Journey to Chicago’s 1893 World’s Fair with Christopher Wheeldon’s holiday masterpiece. Magic is on the horizon for young Marie and her mother, a sculptress creating the iconic Statue of the Republic. As they prepare for their annual holiday celebration, a visit from the charming but mysterious Great Impresario sets off a Christmas Eve dream of whirlwind romance and adventure. Wheeldon’s N u t c r a c k e r i s a m u s t - s e e t r a d i t i o n boldly reimagined for a new generation. Tickets required. ♦ Sunday, December 9, 2:30 p.m. Rockefeller Chapel, UChicago Presents Early Music. The British a cappella ensemble The Tallis Scholars presents A Renaissance Christmas. The ten voices of the ensemble’s touring contingent create glistening harmonies and delicate, perfectly balanced melodies that will lift and warm in the holiday season. Tickets required. ♦ Thursday, December 13, 1 p.m. Fourth Presbyterian Church, All-Chicago Encore Chorale, Season of Light holiday concert. Free.

CONTRIBUTORS THIS ISSUE

H ere is the list of outings scheduled for December. Don’t forget to sign up in the

Trip Book for any event you wish to attend, and arrive promptly for the bus. Times listed are when the bus leaves. “Tickets required” means that you are responsible for getting your own ticket. Ask the concierge if you need help. ♦ Tuesday, December 4, 11:50 a.m. Organ recital at LSTC. The organist will be David Jonies, Associate Director of Music, Holy Name Cathedral. Free. ♦ Wednesday, December 5, noon. Lyric Opera, Cendrillon. Jules Massenet adapted Cinderella with an irresistible blend of wit, sensitivity, and elegance. The love duets in Cendrillon are the very essence of romance, but there’s hilarity, too, thanks to the most outrageous of all stepmothers. And if you want

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♦ Friday, December 14, 12:30 p.m. Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Series A. Michael Tilson Thomas returns to conduct seminal Russian works including Tchaikovsky’s profound and beloved Sixth Symphony (Pathetique). Nicola Benedetti is the violin soloist in Prokofiev’s Second Violin Concerto. Tickets required. ♦ Saturday, December 15, 11 a.m. Met Live in HD, La Traviata (The Fallen Woman). This opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi is based on La Dame aux Camélias (1852), a play adapted from the contemporary novel by Alexandre Dumas fils. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Michael Mayer’s new production, featuring a dazzling set that changes with the seasons. Soprano Diana Damrau plays the tragic heroine, Violetta, and tenor Juan Diego Flórez sings the role of Alfredo, Violetta’s hapless lover. Baritone Quinn Kelsey is Alfredo’s father, Germont, who destroys their love. Tickets required. ♦ Sunday, December 16, 2:30 p.m. University Church, Hyde Park Encore Chorale. Some of our own residents will be singing with the Hyde Park Encore Chorale, directed by choral conductor Jonathan Miller. Perhaps you will be inspired to join the group. Free. ♦ Friday, December 21, 12:30 p.m. Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Series B. Matthew Halls will conduct Handel’s Messiah, with Amanda Forsythe, soprano, Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano, Nicholas Phan, tenor, Joshua Hopkins, baritone, and the Chicago Symphony Chorus under the direction of Duain Wolfe. Tickets required. ♦ Wednesday, December 26, 11:30 a.m. DuSable Museum of African American History and the Bolozi Wazee Council of Elders host their annual Kwanzaa celebration. Festivities include a traditional drum call and procession, Thunder Sky Drummers, Najwa Dance Corps, Maggie Brown, Amen Rah, and others. Free.

♦ We d n e sd a y , D e c e m b e r 2 6 , 1 p . m . Steppenwolf Theatre, Familiar. It’s winter in Minnesota, and a Zimbabwean-American family is preparing for the wedding of their eldest daughter. When an unexpected guest arrives and the bride surprises the family by insisting on a traditional African ceremony, pre-wedding stress explodes into a full-on family feud. Fiercely funny, fast-paced, and filled with love, Familiar is a brilliant portrayal of a tight-knit family searching to preserve their past while building a new future. Tickets required.

Bernice Auslander

KALICHMAN ART EXHIBIT

T he new Game Room exhibit will begin December 11 with a retrospective of our

own Nate Kalichman. All of us are familiar with Nate’s illustrations for the Messenger, and they will be sorely missed. On page 1 of this issue, you will see one more original: colorful trees blowing through the year. Nate did this drawing last August, especially for the December Messenger. Many have known and loved his egg-carton sculptures, including the Plagues of the Exodus. You may not know that Nate also worked in oils, watercolors, pastels, house paint, charcoal, clay, ceramics, and found objects. The show will be curated by Paula Givan. The opening will be on Tuesday, December 11, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Come to wine and cheese, enjoy some of Nate’s favorite foods, and join us in the Game Room for this special retrospective.

Art Committee

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NEW ARRIVALS

Charles E . Jackson m o ve d i n t o apartment 708 (phone 4344) on July 13, 2018. After exploring opportunities in other cities, he settled in Chicago in the 1950s and has lived here ever since. Always seeking better positions in education and advanced degrees, he was highly motivated and resourceful. Charles is a friendly and outgoing man who worked hard to achieve his goals. A World War II veteran, he took advantage of the GI Bill to get his university degrees and advance his career. He became a faculty member at Proviso High School and taught there for 38 years. He met his wife, a school administrator, through a church association and they moved to the Jackson Park area. They raised a son and a daughter, both college graduates with successful careers. He takes pride in his granddaughter, who is now preparing to attend college. Charles was quite athletic. He enjoyed tennis and golf and tried to stay in shape. He says he is satisfied with life at Montgomery Place and hopes to get involved in activities as soon as he is able. Welcome, Charles, we are happy to have you here with us.

Dorothy Scheff

FRIDAY NIGHT SPEAKERS

T he Friday Night Speakers programs start at 7:15 p.m. Everyone is invited to

attend. The schedule for December includes A l e x E l w yn ’ s p r e se n t a t i o n o f h i s photographs, in addition to three films, shown in the Lounge. ♦ December 7, Alex Elwyn, showing his photographs. ♦ December 14, North Country is a 2005 American drama starring Charlize Theron, Jeremy Renner, Woody Harrelson, and Sissy Spacek. A mineworker who faces discrimination and harassment in her job wages a successful court battle for redress. 2 hours. ♦ December 21, Topkapi, 1964, stars Melina Mercouri, Maximilian Schell, Peter Ustinov, and Akim Tamiroff. A heist film about an attempt to steal a precious emerald dagger from the Topkapi museum in Istanbul. 2 hours. ♦ D e c e m b e r 2 8 , L a u r a , 1 9 4 4 . American film noir produced and directed by Otto Preminger. Named one of the ten best mystery films of all time. 1 hour 28 minutes. The speakers committee welcomes new members. Come and share your ideas! The committee meets irregularly on Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. Check the weekly calendar. Alex Vel iko i s ac t ing cha i r o f the committee. Phil Hefner for the Friday Night Speakers Committee

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GARDENING AWARD

O n October 13, 2018, a Chicago Excellence in Gardening Award, Honorable Mention

category, was presented to “Rev. Linda Wygant—Montgomery Place” in recognition of our Tower Garden. These awards result from a citywide gardening competition created to acknowledge the many gardeners who help to make Chicago a beautiful, sustainable, and welcoming place to live and work. This year’s competition featured gardens from 33 wards and 60 neighborhoods, and inc luded homes , schoo l s , un ive rs i t ie s , associations, businesses, and other gardens. Especially appreciated by the CEGA are the community gardens, which are amazing places where people of all ages, creeds, backgrounds, and abilities learn about the earth while learning about their neighbors. Master Gardener Nick Janakas entered Montgomery Place Towers in the competition, a member of the CEGA committee visited us for an evaluation, and we won an award! Master Gardener Linda Wygant noted it is for “the collaboration of Montgomery Place with Universi ty of Il l inois Extension Master Gardeners and Grace Seeds Ministry.” Our towers (you know—the white structures at the east end of our garden that sprout beautiful

DECEMBER

BIRTHDAYS

12/10 Phil Hefner

12/13 Beata Boodell

12/13 Susan Hamburger

12/13 Lois Livezey

12/18 Anna Mary Wallace

12/27 Nina Dicken

green vegetables all summer for donation to food pantries) are supported by Linda and Nick. Two other helpers, Helen and Crystaline Charity, complete the staff. Montgomery Place volunteers are essential: Paula Givan, Gene Gressley, Ruthie Herman, Mariel Stitzel, Joyce Swedlund, Suzi Terranova, and Mae Wygant . Two additional residents, Nate Kalichman and Sylvia Steen, also contributed well into 2018, but sadly passed away recently; we will miss their spirit and their presence greatly. The towers are now stored for the winter, but they’ll return in the spring to house many more vegetables to be nurtured by Montgomery Place (which provides electric power and constantly circulating water), and by the volunteers and staff. We would love to have more volunteers—it’s not hard, and the rewards are tremendous. Come check us out in the spring!

Joyce Swedlund

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American publ i sher Wiley and Putnam demanded revisions of the passages involving the na r ra to r ’ s r e l a t ion s wi th h i s sen suo us companions Kory-Kory (male) and Fayaway (female). The English publisher John Murray questioned the authenticity of the tale until

companion Toby surfaced in Buffalo, confirming the account, with his own sequel coöpted by Melvi l le after a reunion in Rochester. A third novel, Mardi,

a sea romance, deepened as he wrote a speculative voyage into metaphysics, mythology, politics, and the c raft of wr i t ing, a harbinger of Moby-Dick.

A discussion group on Moby-

Dick will meet in the LLLC on eight Wednesday mornings, 10 to 11 a.m., in January and February. Any complete edition will do; it’s available at the Seminary Co-op, the public library’s Blackstone branch, or (cheaply) from Amazon.com. If you are intrigued, please sign up on the bulletin board opposite the mailboxes. Read chapters 1-16 for the first session on January 9: chapters are as short as one paragraph.

Stan Moore, Facilitator

MOBY-DICK: A DISCUSSION GROUP

H erschel Parker begins his two-volume biography of Melville with the 1830 flight of

father and 11-year-old son from Manhattan to Albany up the Hudson River. Herman’s father Allan, in the fanc y d r y- go ods bu s ine ss dependent on shipments from France , wa s in dan ge r o f debtors’ p r i son where h is brother Thomas was currently languishing. Maria Gansevoort, Herman’s mother, was soon left w i t h f o u r s o n s a n d f o u r daughters when Allan died in 1832. Herman, like his character Ishmael, ever longing for freedom and adventure, went to sea first on a merchant ship, the Saint Laurence, as a common sailor, leaving from the house in Lansingburgh, north of Albany, now a museum. Young novice Wel l ingborough Redburn and hi s exot i c companion Harry Bolton are cast in Melville’s fourth novel, Redburn, as sea adventurers and visitors on a mysterious pleasure errand to London upon landing in Liverpool. In 1840 Melville traveled with his friend James Murdock Fly to visit his uncle Thomas in Galena, Illinois. The literary result of this trip was his last novel, The Confidence Man, whose character in nine successive disguises tricks Mississippi boat passengers into contributing to fake charities. A trio of sea stories launched Melville’s literary career in 1846 with the publication of Typee, his account of Polynesian adventures in the South Seas. Melville was at sea for more than three years, from 1841 to 1844, on whaling ships and on the naval frigate USS United States. Melville and his friend Richard Tobias Greene jumped ship in Nukuheva harbor in the Marquesas Islands and spent time in friendly confinement among the Typee natives. Escape, however, was taboo and dangerous.

Herman Melville

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS

T here will be no December meeting of the Lea gue . Members a re

f o c u s i n g o n t h e c o m i n g elections. We will see multiple races on the ballot and there is much to be done. Would you like to register voters? Help plan a forum for aldermanic candidates in our ward? Would you like to learn about aldermen, their roles and activities, and which activities are underway? Let me know. Do have a wonderful, happy holiday. Our next meeting will be on Thursday, January 17, 2019.

Dorothy Scheff, Chair, League of Women Voters

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forgotten until after the end of World War II, when a plaque with the names of the POWs who had died while in the camp was discovered by chance. The woman who found it had been temporarily housed there. She and her husband, and the

residents of Naruto, took care of it until 1960, when a German consul heard about i t and publicized the story of the POWs. Today, the city of N a r u t o h a s a s i s t e r c i t y relationship with Lüneburg, a town in northern Germany near Hamburg. The ci t izens of Naruto and Lüneburg now have lively annual festivities.

The first December performance took place in 1943, when the students and faculty of the Tokyo School of Fine Arts performed it at a send-off concert for the young music students who were deployed to the Pacific. It was a requiem for most of them, who perished in the waters of the Pacific. After the end of WWII, the music students revived the performance of Beethoven’s Ninth. Eventually, the Ninth Symphony developed into an essential part of the end-of-the year festivities. On June 2-3, 2018, to commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of the Symphony, Naruto City, in cooperation with its sister city, held a massive performance with 3000 singers, not only from Germany, but also from the US and China. Toshihide Koroyasu, a tenor who had been a member of the Bavarian Radio Choir, sang the soprano solo to recreate the POW performance one hundred years before. The latest Japanese connection with the symphony concerns the development of compact discs in 1982. When the first commercially available CD was being created jointly by Sony and Phillips, Akio Morita, the cofounder of Sony, insisted that its capacity had to be large enough to hold the Ninth Symphony. All CDs today have a capacity of 80 minutes of music, rather than 60.

Kyoko Inoue

BEETHOVEN’S NINTH SYMPHONY AND END OF THE YEAR IN JAPAN

T he end of the year holiday traditions in Japan today include concerts of Beethoven’s Ninth

Symphony. The story of this tradition dates back one hundred years to World War I. In World War I, Japan sided with the allies and dec lared war aga inst German y. J apan and Britain together booted Germany out of Tsingtao, China, and nearly 5000 German prisoners were s e n t t o J a p a n . O n e thousand of them were placed in a prison camp in Naruto, a small town on Shikoku, one of the four main islands of Japan. Toyohisa Matsue, the head of the prison camp, gave the prisoners freedom to build a community of their own, because many of the prisoners were not soldiers. Matsue and his family had been on the losing side during the Meiji Restoration and, having a sense of what it meant to be defeated, he was deeply sympathetic toward the Germans. More than half of the prisoners were civilians, engineers, craftsmen, and artists, so they worked with the townspeople, who called them “Doitsu-san (Mr. German).” The prisoners helped them with carpentry, built barns, bridges, and other structures, taught them how to bake bread and make cakes, led them in sports and artistic activities, and even published a weekly newspaper. As part of their cultural activities, the POWs created two orchestras and two choirs and put on performances in the camp. On June 1, 1918, a POW orchestra and choir conducted by Hermann Hansen performed Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in i ts fi rst performance in Asia. The chorus had no females, so men with higher voices sang the roles of sopranos and altos. At the war’s end, the POWs left, and on April 1, 1920, the camp was officially closed. The story of these German POWs was

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ENCORE CHORALE CONCERTS

T hursday, December 13, 2 p.m. (bus at 1 p.m.). Fourth Presbyterian Church, 126 E. Chestnut.

All seven Chicago Encore groups, almost 300 singers. An amazing experience! Sunday, December 16, 3 p.m. (bus at 2:30 p.m.). University Church, 5655 S. University Avenue. Our own Hyde Park Chorale, including four Montgomery Place residents. The program is based on holiday songs on the theme of light, such as “Keep Your Lamps,” “Calypso Christmas,” “Ocho Kandelikas,” and “Do You Hear What I Hear?” Both concerts are free. Sign up in the trip book for a ride on our bus. You will be glad you did!

Marion Krentz

BOOKLOVERS GROUP

I n December, we are going to explore one of the finest novels of the twentieth century,

which was transformed into an Academy Award-winning film, A Passage to India by E. M. Forster.

The author (1879-1970) was born in London and g r a d u a t e d f r o m Cambridge University in 1901. He traveled in Greece, Italy, Egypt, and India, which he visited for the first time in 1912. After serving as a Red Cross volunteer in Egypt during World War I, F o r s t e r r e t u r n e d t o

England, where he devoted his time to writing and lecturing. A New York Times reviewer in 1996 stated, “A

Passage to India is one of the saddest, keenest, most beautifully written novels of the time. The crystal clear portraiture, the delicate conveying of nuances of thought and li fe , and the astonishing command of his medium show Forster at the height of his powers.” We are fortunate to have Shantha Monippallil as our discussion leader. When you are finished with the book, please return it to me so that I may share it with our growing group of Booklovers. Our selection is available on audio through the Talking Book Center in Springfield, Illinois, funded through the National Library Service. If you are having difficulty reading regular print or holding a book, this service is for you! Call me at 4638 if you want to sign up for this service or if you want to get the book. Our next meeting, to discuss this book and get the next book, will be on Monday, December 17, at 3:30 p.m. in LLLC. All are welcome!

Laurieann Chutis, Chair, Booklovers Group

HEWSON SWIFT CONCERTS

E very Wednesday at 7:15 p.m. we have a concert in the Lounge on CD

or DVD as follows: ♦ December 5, Alban Berg’s t we n t i e t h - c e n t u r y o p e r a Wozzeck (97 minutes long) will be presented on DVD, performed by the Vienna State Opera, Claudio Abbado conducting. Evi Levin will introduce the opera. ♦ December 12, Ed Krentz will present Anna Russell, singer and comedian, in a CD called Encore, featuring “The French Horn,” “Poetry in the Cellar,” “How to Enjoy Your Bagpipe,” and other tracks. ♦ December 19, Leah Kadden will present Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 on CD, performed by the Chicago Symphony conducted by Pierre Boulez. ♦ December 26, David Lubell will present another showing of his DVD “Orchestra of Exiles,” featuring the creation of the Palestine Symphony Orchestra with musicians, most of whom were Jews, saved from Nazi Germany.

Evi Levin, Chair, Hewson Swift Concerts

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“TIME WITNESSES” IN GERMANY Sisters Susan Hamburger and Lucille Wolf spent a

week in Berlin and Potsdam in October. Part I of

this article, in the November issue, explained how

they worked with teenagers at the Jewish Museum

Berlin to educate them about the Holocaust. Then

they went sightseeing. —ed.

Part II

On Tour in Berlin and Potsdam

W e were expected to “work” at the museum only for two

d a ys , so we h a d made quite extensive plans for the rest of the time. Lucille’s d a u g h t e r - i n - l a w C i n d y a n d g r a n d d a u g h t e r Lauren came along as our companions and tour planners. They announced that the program for the first day was a four-hour gu ided c i ty t o u r . W e n e v e r be l ieved tha t we could survive even half of it, but we did, and that gave us the confidence to tackle the full four hours. Among the sights that impressed all of us was the outdoor sculpture, “Helplessness,” in front of the cemetery and between the former Jewish orphanage and the old people’s home. We were not able to enter the cemetery because of a Jewish holiday, but would have liked to see the grave of Moses Mendelssohn, the famous Jewish philosopher who lived in Berlin between 1729 and1786. One of his descendants was the composer Felix Mendelssohn. Our guide managed to show us many interesting sights in that “short” walk, such as the memorial

stepping stones placed in front of houses to depict the people who had lived there. They were made of brass and we were supposed to step on them as we walked past, to keep their memory bright. Since the breakfasts at the hotel were enormous, we never stopped for lunch but kept going until nap time. Our guides, Cindy and Lauren, kept right on going until we met them for dinner.

A f t e r t h i s b i g venture we decided to have a relatively easy day and board a “hop on/hop off” sightseeing bus. We e l i m i n a t e d t h e hopping. The third day was an a l l - d a y t o u r t o Potsdam, which is both a suburb of B e r l i n a n d t h e c a p i t a l o f t h e German federal state of Brandenburg. It was a residence of the Prussian kings a n d t h e G e r m a n Kaiser until 1918. We were picked up a t our ho te l a nd

driven to this scenic and historic city by private car. On the way, our guide asked the driver to let us off at places that we could visit on foot. We passed through the Grunewald section of Berlin, a beautiful, wooded area with large homes owned by wealthy people who never saw what was happening before their very eyes, because the actions against Jews took place at night. We walked on some metal grating that turned out to be covered with dates and numbers of people who boarded trains here to take them east to the death camps. These people were

Susan and Lucille with Aubrey Pomerance,

director of the “Time Witnesses” program at

the Jewish Museum Berlin, October 2018

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marched to Grunewald, more than six miles from a gathering point in Berlin. In Potsdam, we toured Sanssouci (“without cares or worries”) Palace, built by Frederick the Great of Prussia to rival Versailles. We also toured Cecilienhof Palace, where the Potsdam Conference took place. At this conference, held in July 1945, the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union laid plans for the future of post-World War II Germany. Almost all our plans for the Berlin visit worked out exactly as planned, except that the boat tour on the River Spree was canceled on account of a boat race on the river. We greatly enjoyed the trip and found it stimulating and interesting.

Lucille Wolf and Susan Hamburger

GOOD MEDICINE Good medicine does not only come from the shelves of Walgreens or CVS—dispensed by white-shrouded strangers behind glass enclosures. For me, good medicine is: A day of warm sunshine Azure blue sky, dotted with popcorn clouds With gentle lake breezes caressing the body— And me on bended knees pulling crabgrass digging, planting—feeling the warm earth crumble in my fingers as I uncover secret hiding places of fat earthworms and watch them furrow deeper, away from the light. I marvel at the intricate work of the ants as they construct their mounds in cracks of the sidewalk— They are not easily discouraged— swept away from one spot they quickly find another and continue their work. I wonder if there isn’t a lesson for us humans here.

Ida Watanabe

MUSIC IN THE EAST ROOM

D ecember at Montgomery Place will be rich in festive seasonal music.

♦ Sunday, December 2 through Sunday, December 9 , 4 :30 p .m. Hanukkah candlelighting and singing. ♦ Tuesday, December 4, 7:15 p.m. Montgomery Singers singalong. ♦ Sunday, December 9, 11 a .m. W u n d e r k i n d e r s t u d e n t r e c i t a l welcoming the season with holiday songs. ♦ Wednesday, December 12, 1:30 p.m. U of C Service League Holiday Music Program. ♦ Wednesday, December 12, 4 p.m. Lab School Bel Canto Singers. ♦ Sunday, December 16, 2 p.m. Frank Showers in a jazzy Christmas concert. ♦ Tuesday, December 18, 7 p.m. The Augustana Lutheran Church carolers will lift our spirits. ♦ Saturday, December 22, 2 p.m. Calvert House Christmas carolers will come to share an hour of caroling.

Muriel Rogers, Chair, Music Committee

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south, children dress up like baby Krishna and go from house to house for treats. Durga Puja, in October; a celebration of Durga, a powerful goddess who killed a demon that could not be killed by any man or animal. If she gets mad, she will destroy anything that interferes on her way. Nava Rathri, in October; nine nights of worship of Saraswathi, the goddess of education.

Diwali , in November ; the f e s t i v a l o f l i g h t s . T h i s celebrates destruction of a demon by a goddess at the time when it is not dayt ime or nighttime, since the demon could not be killed during day

or night. There are oil lamps on porches and driveways, fireworks, good food, new clothes, and family time. Christmas, in December; good food, going to church with family. We do not exchange gifts. Children get new clothes. New Year; we do not make a big deal of the new year; no parties, but it is a holiday. In big cities in India young people go to parties.

Shantha Monippallil

INDIAN FESTIVALS

I ndia is a land where people from different religions—Hindus, Muslims, Jews, and

Christans—coexist harmoniously. The wide variety of festivals celebrated in India is a true manifestation of its rich culture and traditions. Pongal, in January; the festival of the harvest, celebrated in South India. Thanking the land, the weather, bulls, and tractors used for farming and harvesting. There is special food, dance, and music. Easte r , in March or Apr i l ; a Chr is t ian celebration, but everyone celebrates with good food and the family together. Eid, in June; a Muslim festival celebrated after several weeks of fasting for Ramadan. Raksha Bandhan, in August; celebrated only in North India. This celebration started in time of war. When brothers went to fight the war, sisters tied holy thread on their brothers’ wrists to ensure safety and long life. It is still done to ensure brothers a long life.

Ganesh Chaturthi, i n S e p t e m b e r ; observed all over India to celebrate the birth of Lord G a n e s h , t h e elephant god, the god of prosperity and wisdom. In the sou th , t h i s h o l i d a y i s celebrated with Bhajans (prayer

songs praising the Lord), followed by good food and family togetherness. In the North, statues of the deity are immersed in the river, symbolizing sending him back to his parents in Kailas in the Himalayas where the Ganges River originates. Janmashtami, in October; celebration of the birth of Lord Krishna, observed all over India. In the

BEST-EVER FOOD DRIVE

O n ce a ga i n Mon t go me r y P lace residents made significant donations

to the Midwest Workers Association for the Thanksgiving Food Drive. This year we set a new record. In addition to the food items, we gave a total of $3947! Thanks to all of you for your generosity to those in need.

Nancy Harlan, Neva Hefner,

Marion Krentz, Mary Williams

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IN MEMORIAM

The seduct ive Dark Lady encountered by the Speaker reflects his concern with the d e c l i n e i n E l i z a b e t h a n aesthetics toward mere fashion. The Dark Lady and her beauty are a contrast to the fair ( b l o n d e ) , c o s m e t i c a l l y enhanced beauties of lofty Petrarchan tradition. In the trope relying on the figure of synecdoche (a part standing in for the whole) and elaborated in Sonnet 128, sexual rivalry is given a comic mode: the wooden keys (“jacks”) of an E l i z a b e t h a n s t r i n g e d ins t rument (a vi rgina l? ) ,

fingered by the Rival contrasts with the lips of the Speaker-lover which invite a living kiss:

“Since saucy jacks so happy are in this, Give them thy fingers, me thy lips to kiss.”

Within a tightly controlled form, each sonnet is a dynamic machine of the imagination with its own unique mix of love, poesy, and the search for patronage. In the process, many a convention is overthrown.

Stan Moore

SHAKESPEARE’S SONNETS

T h e Poe t r y Gr o u p recently met four

c h a r a c t e r s i n e i g h t Shakespeare sonnets, randomly selected. The Speaker appears in jealous contention with other poet-lovers. In the f i r s t two sonnet s he regrets that the beloved is “contracted to thine own bright eyes,” too inward-looking, to reciprocate the poet’s affections or to immortalize the beauty of eye and cheek that the poet is drawn to. Get married, enjoins the Speaker, so that thine heir can preserve that beauty “new made when thou art old.” The handsome, pleasure-seeking Young Man, “sweet churl,” is gluttonous toward himself, niggardly toward others. Antitheses, like famine and abundance, thrift and prodigality, and their working out, are key to the poetic dynamics. Decline, old age, and death dissipate beauty; hence the injunction to get married and sire an heir, “proving his beauty in succession thine.” The amorous, poetical Rival is highly educated (Oxford, Cambridge), but his sophistication has led to a merely ornamental, decorative, artificial, frivolous, showy poetry. His (Sydney? Marlowe? Jonson?) amorous borrowings and theft “have added feathers to the learnèd’s wing.” By contrast, the Speaker’s poetry is mundane (including mundane metaphors of banking: borrowing and repaying), and unadorned. But the S p e a k e r , w h o p o s e s a s i g n o r a n t , “dumb,” (Shakespeare never went to university) owes everything to the beloved and can laud “thine eyes, that taught the dumb on high to sing.”

Dorothy Gans

Alberta Jackson

Eugenie Ormiste

Sylvia Steen

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WI-FI. WIRELESS INTERNET.

F o r s e v e r a l months, I have

been hearing of the failures of our current s ys t e m . We h a ve

taken a few remedial steps toward improvement, but they have not fully resolved the issues. The system we have is old, outdated technology. In fact, it is no longer supported by our vendors, so if equipment fails, we cannot repair it. Because of this, we have been securing bids for newer technology that will far exceed today’s wireless demand. We are looking for a solution that will survive expected demand for the next 7 to 10 years. The new system will be based on fiber optic technology. Each vendor bidding on this project knows that we are seeking higher speeds, individual network capacity so you can use wireless printers securely, and the capacity to support wireless televisions and voice-over-internet-protocol telephones. These last two items are enhancements that will meet our future needs, but are not available today. It is totally amazing how many wires are needed for a “wireless” solution. Wires will have to be brought into the building, interconnected to routers, switches, and access points on every floor, and possibly brought into each apartment. All of these details will follow as we get closer to announcing a solution. This project is being viewed as an enhancement to the overall infrastructure of Montgomery Place. We are committed to bringing you wireless technology that works, doesn’t drop, and is fast enough to meet your needs. We are committed to having a wireless package that remains free of extra charge to all residents. This no-extra-charge service package will provide you with at least the same level of function offered today, with improved reliability.

We will also offer enhanced packages for a subscription price. Just as if you purchased your package from AT&T or Comcast, you will be able to subscribe to packages based on speed and volume needs. Once we reach final agreement with a vendor, we will announce more details. I am pushing for a solution announcement in January.

Deborah Hart, Executive Director/CEO

THE BOY Recently in the Montgomery Place café. Mama smiles from ear to ear, presents him all around. Two months old—the boy is cradled in her arms. What do we see? A babe secure in mother’s arms? Ourselves when we were there? New day—he’ll carry on what we began? Peace, new life born of old.

Phil Hefner

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FROM THE CHAPLAIN

I hope you will be celebrating a memorable Hanukkah, winter solstice, Christmas,

Kwanzaa, Pancha Ganapati, Yule, Newtonmas, or other holiday. I would like to remark on a few aspects of being an interfaith community. Montgomery Place was founded by the Episcopal Church in 1888. We now coexist and thrive as a community of Christians, Jews, secular humanists, Buddhists, Hindus, and others. We gather together for memorial services and interfaith observances of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday, Thanksgiving, Lessons and Carols on Christmas Eve, and other occasions. It

PLAYREADERS

F or Playreaders on Tuesday, December 11, at 7:15 p.m. in the East Room, we

invite you to view scenes from Waiting

For Godot by Samuel Beckett. There i s not much in the way o f explanation that we can provide. Beckett was very evasive when asked about the meaning of the play. For instance, when asked if Godot was God, he said no, not God; Godot was related to the French word for boot. Why is this play, written during the postwar period of French existentialism and Theatre of the Absurd, still performed today? We hoped by reading it aloud we would develop some idea for ourselves. Please come and share the results of our efforts.

Anne Zeidman, Chair, Playreaders

delights me that Jewish residents attend the Christmas Eve service, and that the chaplain leads Hanukkah music on guitar at one of the Hanukkah observances. Sometimes Christian residents attend Shabbat services; at times Jewish and Hindu residents attend Christian services. We continue to have worship services, open to all, that reflect our heritages: Shabbat services on Fridays; Episcopal services Sunday and Wednesday mornings; Roman Catholic services Thursday afternoons; and interdenominational Christian services Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays on the second and third floors. It’s important that we continue to gather in our own specific religious contexts, while remaining open to what we can learn and experience from other traditions. In recognition of our religious and spiritual diversity, some ideas have emerged that I will be working on over the next few months: A conversation, or series of conversations, on comparative religions and/or interfaith ministry; and a possible interfaith prayer group that would combine silent contemplation with intercessory prayer (praying for others as well as oneself.) I welcome your thoughts. Please know that Rev. Lin and I are eager to be in conversation and to ass is t you regardless of your re l igious perspective. Also, we now have a Buddhist chaplain intern. Nicole Yan, from Shanghai, joined us last month. She is a second-year student at the University of Chicago Divinity School. Please welcome her when you see her on Friday afternoons. In peace, Laura

The Rev. Laura Gottardi-Littell, M.Div.

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DECEMBER MOVIES

C ome down to the Lounge at 7:15 p.m. every Monday and selected

Thursdays for films on the big screen, introduced by members of the Film Discussion Committee. This month features foreign films from Italy and Austria, a Michael Moore documentary, and Henry Fonda’s final movie performance. If you prefer, watch them on your TV, Channel 4. Popcorn and lemonade are served in the Lounge on Monday nights. Monday Films:

♦ December 3, The Little Foxes. 1941. Southern aristocrat Bette Davis struggles for wealth and freedom within the confines of an early 20th-century society where a father considered only sons as legal heirs. Also starring Teresa Wright and Herbert Marshall. Screenplay by Lillian Hellman. Nominated for eight Oscars. 1 hour 55 minutes. Presented by Evi Levin.

♦ December 10, The Talented Mr. Ripley. 1999. Psychological thriller starring Matt Damon, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Cate Blanchett, and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Highly acclaimed, nominated for five Oscars. 2 hours 20 minutes. Presented by Nina Dicken. ♦ December 17, Catch-22. 1970. American black comedy antiwar film adapted from the novel of the same name by Joseph Heller. Director Mike Nichols and screenwriter Buck Henry (also in the cast) worked on the complex film script for two years. 2 hours. Presented by Alex Elwyn. ♦ December 24, no film; Christmas Eve. ♦ December 31, no film; New Year’s Eve. Thursday Documentary:

♦ December 6, Fahrenheit 11/9. 2018. American political documentary by filmmaker Michael Moore about the 2016 United States presidential election and the subsequent presidency of Donald Trump. 2 hours. Presented by Renée Lubell.

Thursday Foreign Language Films:

♦ December 13, Golden Door. 2006. Italy. Based on a family's migration from Italy to New York City, U.S.A. at the beginning of the 20th century. 2 hours. Presented by Nina Dicken. ♦ December 27, Funny Games. Austria. Psychological thriller written and directed by Michael Haneke. The plot involves two young men who hold a family hostage and torture them. 1 hour 49 minutes. Presented by Evi Levin.

Movie Fan for the Film Discussion Committee

NEW YORKER READERS

T he New Yorker Readers will meet on Saturday, December

15 in the LLLC at 2 p.m. We will discuss “The E l e v e n t h H o u r ” b y Adam Hochschild, from the November 5 issue. Copies will be available in the Library. I n o u r N o v e m b e r session, we spent time considering the future of the group. There was general agreement that more material is needed to enrich our discussions. Some felt the New Yorker material did not meet our needs and interests. The Atlantic, a monthly magazine, was suggested as a good addition. So we will try this in the new year. All were urged to make suggestions. If you have questions about the new plan, or ideas, please call me at 4647.

Dorothy Scheff, Chair, New Yorker Readers

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SPECIAL EVENTS IN DECEMBER SUNDAY 2 NOON-3:30 PM DINING ROOM FIRST SUNDAY BRUNCH

4:30 PM EAST ROOM FIRST OF EIGHT DAYS OF HANUKKAH CANDLELIGHTING

TUESDAY 4 11:50 AM BUS TRIP ORGAN RECITAL AT LSTC (P. 3)

WEDNESDAY 5 NOON BUS TRIP LYRIC OPERA, CENDRILLON (P. 3)

THURSDAY 6 NOON BUS TRIP GRAND LUX CAFE AND SHOPPING (P. 3)

FRIDAY 7 12:30 PM BUS TRIP CSO SERIES B, WAGNER (P. 3)

7:15-8:15 PM EAST ROOM FRIDAY NIGHT SPEAKER ~ ALEX ELWYN (P. 5)

SATURDAY 8 1:00 PM BUS TRIP JOFFREY BALLET THE NUTCRACKER (P. 3)

SUNDAY 9 11:00 AM EAST ROOM WUNDERKINDER STUDENT RECITAL (P. 11)

2:30 PM BUS TRIP UCHICAGO PRESENTS EARLY MUSIC TALLIS SCHOLARS (P. 3)

TUESDAY 11 3:30-5:00 PM GAME ROOM OPENING OF KALICHMAN RETROSPECTIVE ART EXHIBIT (P. 4)

WEDNESDAY 12 1:30 PM EAST ROOM U OF C SERVICE LEAGUE HOLIDAY MUSIC (P. 11)

4:00 PM EAST ROOM LAB SCHOOL BEL CANTO SINGERS

THURSDAY 13 1:00 PM BUS TRIP ALL-CHICAGO ENCORE CHORALE (PP. 3, 9)

FRIDAY 14 12:30 PM BUS TRIP CSO SERIES A, TCHAIKOVSKY (P. 3)

7:15 PM EAST ROOM FRIDAY NIGHT FILM, NORTH COUNTRY (P. 5)

SATURDAY 15 11:00 AM BUS TRIP MET LIVE IN HD, LA TRAVIATA (P. 4)

SUNDAY 16 2:30 PM BUS TRIP HP ENCORE CHORALE, UNIVERSITY CHURCH (PP. 4, 9)

2:00 PM EAST ROOM FRANK SHOWERS CHRISTMAS CONCERT (P. 11)

TUESDAY 18 2:00-5:00 PM DINING ROOM RESIDENT HOLIDAY PARTY WITH DOUG BISTROW BAND

7:00-8:30 PM EAST ROOM AUGUSTANA LUTHERAN CHURCH CHOIR (P. 11)

FRIDAY 21 12:30 PM BUS TRIP CSO SERIES B, HANDEL (P. 4)

7:15 PM EAST ROOM FRIDAY NIGHT FILM, TOPKAPI (P. 5)

SATURDAY 22 2:00 PM EAST ROOM CALVERT HOUSE CHRISTMAS CAROLERS (P. 11)

MONDAY 24 7:15 PM EAST ROOM COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS EVE LESSONS AND CAROLS

TUESDAY 25 11:00 AM CHAPEL CHRISTMAS DAY HOLY COMMUNION

NOON-3:30 PM DINING ROOM CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY BUFFET

WEDNESDAY 26 11:00 AM CHAPEL FEAST OF ST. STEPHEN SERVICE

11:30 AM BUS TRIP DUSABLE MUSEUM KWANZAA CELEBRATION (P. 4)

1:00 PM BUS TRIP STEPPENWOLF THEATRE, FAMILIAR (P. 4)

THURSDAY 27 11:00 AM CHAPEL ST. JOHN, APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST SERVICE

FRIDAY 28 7:15 PM EAST ROOM FRIDAY NIGHT FILM, LAURA (P. 5)

MONDAY 31 7:00-10:30 PM DINING ROOM NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY WITH DOUG BISTROW BAND

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REGULAR EVENTS IN DECEMBER MONDAY

8:00–9:00 AM BUS TRIP FITNESS WALK, MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY

9:30-10:30 AM THERAPY ROOM WELLNESS CLINIC WITH WELLNESS STAFF

17 9:30 AM BUS TRIP HYDE PARK PRODUCE

10:15-11:15 AM LLLC POETRY GROUP

11:30 AM-NOON EAST ROOM PHYSICAL FITNESS

NOON BUS TRIP HYDE PARK ERRANDS

1:30 PM BUS TRIP MARIANO’S GROCERY STORE

1:30-3:00 PM STUDIO ELECTRONIC GADGETS Q&A

17 2:00 -3:00 PM LLLC DINING COMMITTEE

10, 24 3:00-4:00 PM EAST ROOM TOWN MEETING

17 3:30-4:30 PM LLLC BOOKLOVERS GROUP (P. 9)

3 5:20 PM PRIVATE DR FRENCH SPEAKERS’ DINNER TABLE

10 5:20 PM PRIVATE DR GERMAN SPEAKERS’ DINNER TABLE

17 5:20 PM PRIVATE DR RUSSIAN SPEAKERS’ DINNER TABLE

24 5:20 PM PRIVATE DR SPANISH SPEAKERS’ DINNER TABLE

3, 10, 17 7:15 PM LOUNGE/CH 4 FILM DISCUSSION GROUP MOVIE (P. 16)

TUESDAY

11, 18 10:00-11:00 AM BUS TRIP JEWEL GROCERY SHOPPING

4, 11, 18 10:00-11:00 AM LOUNGE SIT AND BE FIT

4 10:00-11:00 AM STUDIO ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE

4, 11, 18 10:15 AM-NOON GAME ROOM HYDE PARK BANK

4, 11, 18 10:45 AM-NOON EAST ROOM MEDITATION

4 1:00 PM BUS TRIP FIRST TUESDAY WALGREENS 20% SENIOR DISCOUNT

18 1:00 PM BUS TRIP TRADER JOE’S

4, 11, 18 1:30-2:00 PM POOL WATER AEROBICS WITH KELLY

4, 11, 18 2:00-3:00 PM EAST ROOM CURRENT EVENTS

4, 11, 18 3:30-5:00 PM CAFÉ WINE AND CHEESE

4 7:15-8:15 PM EAST ROOM MONTGOMERY SINGERS SINGALONG (P. 11)

11 7:15-8:15 PM EAST ROOM PLAYREADERS (P. 15)

18 7:15-8:15 LLLC SHORT STORY GROUP

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PLEASE NOTE: Any event listed without a specific date or dates occurs on that day of the

week every week. Events listed with specific dates occur on those dates only.

8:00-9:00 AM BUS TRIP FITNESS WALK, MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY

9:30-10:30 AM LOUNGE TAI CHI

12 10:30-11:30 AM LIBRARY LIBRARY COMMITTEE

10:45-11:30 AM CHAPEL MIDWEEK EUCHARIST

11:30 AM-NOON EAST ROOM PHYSICAL FITNESS

5, 19 1:00-2:00 PM LOUNGE HEALTHPRO BALANCE CLASS

26 1:00-2:00 PM LOUNGE HEALTHPRO LECTURE

1:00-2:00 PM EAST ROOM RACE SEMINAR

TBA 1:30-2:30 PM GAME ROOM FRIDAY NIGHT SPEAKERS COMMITTEE

1:30-2:30 PM THERAPY ROOM WELLNESS CLINIC WITH WELLNESS STAFF

1:30-2:30 PM STUDIO KNIT AND CROCHET GROUP

3:00-4:00 PM STUDIO ELECTRONIC GADGETS Q&A

3:00-4:15 PM SM. CONF. ROOM BEREAVEMENT GROUP

7:15-8:15 PM LOUNGE HEWSON SWIFT MUSIC SERIES (P. 9)

THURSDAY 9:30-10:15 AM BUS TRIP HYDE PARK SHOPPING CENTER

10:00-11:00 AM LOUNGE SIT AND BE FIT

20 10:00-11:00 AM STUDIO ART COMMITTEE

10:30-11:30 AM BUS TRIP MARIANO’S GROCERY STORE

6 11:00 AM-NOON STUDIO MONTGOMERY MESSENGER MEETING

27 NOON-1:00 PM DINING ROOM DECEMBER RESIDENTS’ BIRTHDAY LUNCH

1:30-2:00 PM POOL WATER AEROBICS WITH KELLY

CANCELED THIS MONTH EAST ROOM LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS (P 7)

6, 13, 27 2:00-3:00 PM CHAPEL ROMAN CATHOLIC COMMUNION

20 2:00-3:00 PM CHAPEL ROMAN CATHOLIC MASS

6 2:30-3:30 PM STUDIO FILM DISCUSSION COMMITTEE

13 2:30-3:30 PM LLLC ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES COMMITTEE

13 3:30-5:00 PM EAST ROOM HAPPY HOUR

20 7:15-8:15 PM EAST ROOM RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION

6 7:15 PM LOUNGE/CH 4 DOCUMENTARY FILM (P. 16)

13, 27 7:15 PM LOUNGE/CH 4 FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM (P. 16)

WEDNESDAY

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REGULAR EVENTS IN DECEMBER

FRIDAY 8:00-9:00 AM BUS TRIP FITNESS WALK, MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY

9:15-9:45 AM LOUNGE TAI CHI

9:30-11:00 AM STUDIO DRAWING AND PAINTING CLASS

9:30-10:30 AM THERAPY ROOM WELLNESS CLINIC WITH WELLNESS STAFF

10:00-11:00 AM GAME ROOM RESIDENTS’ SUPPORT GROUP

10:00-11:00 AM LOUNGE/CH 4 DVD SERIES: GREAT ARTISTS OF THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE

7 11:00 AM-3:45 PM THERAPY ROOM PODIATRIST JOANNE DAVIS

11:30 AM-NOON EAST ROOM PHYSICAL FITNESS

1:00-4:00 PM STUDIO OPEN STUDIO

4:45-5:30 PM CHAPEL SHABBAT SERVICE

7:15-8:15 PM EAST ROOM FRIDAY NIGHT SPEAKERS (P. 5)

SATURDAY

8:45-NOON BUS TRIP SYNAGOGUE TRANSPORTATION

15 2:00-3:00 PM LLLC NEW YORKER READERS (P. 16)

7:15 PM LOUNGE/CH 4 WEEKEND MOVIE

SUNDAY

9:00 AM-1:00 PM BUS TRIP CHURCH/SYNAGOGUE TRANSPORTATION

11:00 AM-NOON CHAPEL SERVICE OF HOLY COMMUNION

7:15 PM LOUNGE/CH 4 WEEKEND MOVIE ENCORE PRESENTATION