CLL Special Topic/ Classes
All Special Topics classes are open to both CLL members and non-members!
May 2024
Mary Oliver: The Essays
Mondays, May 6–May 20 (3 Sessions)
11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. (Hybrid)
Cost: Free for CLL Members, $25 for Nonmembers
Course details | Registration
Writing from the Heart
Mondays, May 6–June 17 (7 sessions; no class on May 27)
1:00–2:30 p.m. (In person)
Pauline Kochanski, Instructor
Cost: $45 for CLL Members; $60 for non-members
Course details | Register
Mid-Week Meditation
Wednesdays through June 20
11:00–11:30 a.m. (In person)
Cost: FREE
CLL Director Annette Mileski invites all who are interested to join her on Wednesdays for 30 minutes of mindful restoration, meditation, and gentle movement. All are welcome.
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Film Series
2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month
2:00-4:00 pm (in-person)
Cost: FREE for CLL Members
Join us to enjoy a current film!
Matters of Health
Thursdays through June 20
11:30–12:30 (Hybrid)
Cost: Free for CLL Members, Free for Nonmembers
This is a weekly series featuring a variety of topics and presenters. Each week offers information, discussion, and resources for different aspects of healthy aging – physical, mental, social, financial, or spiritual.
Registrants will receive a weekly email with topic and presenter information as well as the link for the Zoom room. Participants may pick and choose which weeks they attend.
Grief Support Workshop
Fridays, May 10–May 24 (3 Sessions)
11:30–1:00 p.m. (in-person)
Cost: $25 for CLL Members, $45 for Nonmembers
CLL Art Show Opening
In the Loggia Gallery on the ground floor
Friday, May 17
1:30–3:30 (In-Person)
Free • No registration needed
We are very excited to invite you to this year’s CLL Art Show Reception showcasing the talent and creativity of our CLL artists. This exposition will highlight the work of our Watercolor Painting, Memoir Writing, and Drawing classes. This event is free and all are welcome. Light refreshments will be served.
New! Book Discussion Group
Tuesdays, May 21 and 28
1:00-2:00 p.m. (In person)
Cost: Free for CLL Members
We are trying something a bit new: CLL director Annette Mileski will be facilitating a book-study discussion for CLL members and their guests. We will meet in person on two consecutive Tuesdays in May to discuss one book, and then again on two Tuesdays in June to discuss a second book.
Read about the May and June books | Register
CLL May Night Out
Tuesday, May 21 (rescheduled from April)
5:00 p.m.
Join us for a night out at Gemini Grill (748 N. State St., across from Holy Name Cathedral)!
Gemini Grill is modeled after Gemini in Lincoln Park, one of Chicago's most beloved restaurants and a trusted staple in the community since 2009. Guests will enjoy delicious meals and cocktails, including the restaurant's signature Squirtsky!
Explorations with Jane Hunt
May 22, 29, and June 5 (3 Sessions)
10:30–11:30 (Hybrid)
Cost: Free for CLL Members, $25 for Nonmembers
May 22
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Anna Karenina is considered the best novel ever written. In his remarkable work Tolstoy invites you into the joy of family and of relationships. Let’s go there.
May 29
World War II – The Liberation and Afterwards
This class will explore the immediate and violent postwar years in Europe (1945–1948). Americans thought the war was over and ignored the postwar chaos. Historians are currently examining what happened to collaborators, to displaced persons, to Germans, and what happened in the areas appropriated by the Russians after the war (parts of Poland, East Berlin, the Balkans, Czechoslovakia, etc.).
June 5
World War II – The Story of the Survival of Women
How did women survive in the concentration camps? How did comfort women survive? How did women survive the German assault on Ukraine and Russia? What happened to the children of German soldiers? What happened to the children after the war?
Jane Hunt is a retired College of DuPage English and humanities instructor and has been teaching at the CLL since 1990. She is a graduate of DePauw University and Indiana University, and she enjoys formulating questions on diverse topics and then looking for answers with her classes.
June 2024
Mannerism
Late Renaissance Art In Italy
Instructor: Jeff Nigro
Mondays, June 3, June 17, and June 24 (No class on June 10)
2:00–3:00 p.m. (Hybrid)
Cost: Free for CLL Members, $30 for Nonmembers
Ancient Maya and Olmec Mesoamerica Art
Instructor: Hugh Leeman
Tuesdays, June 4–25
2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. (on Zoom)
Cost: $25 for CLL Members; $40 for non-members
Spring Fling Luncheon and Entertainment
Friday, June 7
12:00–1:30 • Borwell Dining Room (In-Person)
Cost: $25 for CLL Members, $35 for Non-members
Super-Ager Cabaret is an entertaining musical revue based on studies of folks in their 80s who appear to be decades younger, mentally and physically. What habits do these super-agers share? Find out in an upbeat recital of great songs performed by award-winning cabaret artist Pam Peterson. We will also be enjoying a delicious lunch catered by Signature Taste by Jelian.
Summer Olympics 2024
What to Know Before You Watch
Wednesday, June 12
3:00–4:00 p.m. (Hybrid)
Cost: Free for CLL Members, and $10 for Nonmembers
The Summer Games kick off on July 26. One Olympic outcome is certain: Paris 2024 is putting on a winning show!
The city has quite a few tricks up its sleeve: An Opening Ceremony that doesn’t take place in a stadium. A swimming event in the Seine. A gold medal embedded with a piece of Paris history.
Before you watch, find out what Paris has in store for the athletes and the viewing audience. Learn about the new sports, the hotly anticipated competitions, and the unique French touches.
It’s Paris’ third time hosting and the class will look back to the 1900 and 1924 Games. Chicago’s connections to the Olympics will also be explored.
Join Jean Klingle in person or from home for an enjoyable and informative look at what to expect from the Summer Games.
Book Discussion Group
Tuesdays, June 18 and 25
1:00-2:00 p.m. (In person)
Cost: Free for CLL Members
We are trying something a bit new: CLL director Annette Mileski will be facilitating a book-study discussion for CLL members and their guests. Having met in person on two consecutive Tuesdays in May to discuss one book, we will meet again on June 18 and 25 to discuss a second book.
Read about the June book | Register
July 2024
Trip to Lake Geneva
Trip to Lake Geneva
Wednesday, July 17
9:30 a.m.–6:30 p.m. (In Person)
Cost: $75 for CLL Members, $100 for Non-CLL Members
Join us for the perfect summer day trip! We will travel by coach bus to downtown Lake Geneva for shopping, strolling by the lake, or whatever you’d like! Lunch will be on your own at one of their many restaurants or bring your own. Then we’ll board the Grand Belle of Geneva for a guided ice cream social boat cruise. We’ll learn all about how many wealthy and famous Chicagoans spent their summers. Guests must be able to travel on their own or bring someone to assist them.
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