Coming in February

Feb 10, 9:00 am-1:00 pm
Interfaith Skill Building Session:
“Hallmarks of an Interfaith Leader and Dialogue Facilitation”
led by Cassie Meyer of Interfaith Youth Core
LSTC Classroom 201, lunch provided
RSVP to strumm@lstc.edu or ccme@lstc.edu by Feb 6.

 

True Stories of ‘The Underground Railroad’ Celebrated
at Dramatic Play Reading February 11 at SHoP

The struggles, fears and ultimate triumphs of the Underground Railroad will be celebrated at a dramatic reading for Black History Month to be held on Saturday, February 11 at 1 PM at Southside Hub of Production (SHoP), 5638 S. Woodlawn.  The event is free and is intended for mature audiences. Light refreshments will be served at the end of the reading and guests can view a table display in the next room on the Underground Railroad in Illinois, courtesy of Sherry Williams and the Bronzeville Historical Society.  

The Underground Railroad, written by Hyde Parker Osa Buchner, tells the true stories of the heroic people who helped enslaved African Americans escape to freedom. Featured characters include Harriet Tubman, Thomas Garrett and Henry Box Brown. The parts will be read by Hyde Park residents Richard Buchner, Marcus-David Brown, Judith Heineman, Brian Phillips and Brenda and Rod Sawyer; and by South Sider Alma Washington.

“The Underground Railroad is our way of observing Black History Month,” says playwright Osa Buchner. “Many of our cast members are non-professional actors, but they have all graciously volunteered to play these great Americans – black and white – who helped in the struggle for freedom.”

Winter Quarterly Meeting

Date:  Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, 6:00 to 9 p.m.
Where: Augustana Lutheran Church
5500 S. Woodlawn Ave., Chicago

Schedule:

6:00 to 6:40 p.m. Dinner (free will offering to help cover cost), with opening prayer, with dinner continuing during the program

6:40 to 8 p.m. Program:  Panel presentation on  
The Religious Response to the Occupy Movement 

8:00 to about 8:45 p.m.  Business meeting

Click here to see a flier about this event