Agenda
Posterboard 
Month 
Week 
Day May 2013
Annual International House Festival of Nations. 2 p.m., International House, Assembly Hall, 1414 E. 59th St., 773-753-2274, free.
Book Discussion. “The Warmth of Other Suns. 2-5 p.m., DuSable Museum of African American History, 740 E. 56th St., 773-947-0600, $5. Visitors will discuss Isabel Wilkerson’s book by the same title. The book can be downloaded for free at goo.gl/wue5s. Call 773-947-0600, ext. 290, for more information or to R.S.V.P.
Film Screening and Discussion: Beneath the Blindfold. 2-4:30 p.m., Hyde Park Art Center, 5020 S. Cornell Ave., 773-324-5520, hydeparkart.org. Featuring the 2012 film on torture, “Beneath the Blindfold,” followed by a Q and A with filmmakers Kathy Berger and Ines Sommer, as well as Maria Venegas, a torture survivor who appears in the film.
Concert. “Light and Shadows.” 4-5 p.m., Logan Center, Performance Hall 074, 915 E. 60th St., 773-702-8484, free. The University Wind Ensemble performs.
Sunday Evening Jazz. 7:30-11:30 p.m., Hyde Park Jazz Society, Room 43, 1043 E. 43rd St., hydeparkjazzsociety.com, $10 for adults, $5 for university students with ID. The “DOT” Dillar Organ Trio performs.
Tot Lot. 9 a.m.-noon, Hyde Park Neighborhood Club, 5480 S. Kenwood Ave., info@babyphd.com, classes are $9 drop-in, $45 for a 10-session pass or $65 for a monthly pass. This class is intended for children 0-4 and their caregivers or parents to get together on a regular basis to learn, play and benefit from one another’s company.
Tot Lot and Outdoor Playground. 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Hyde Park Neighborhood Club, 5480 S. Kenwood Ave., 773-643-4062, hpnclub.org, $9 drop-in, $45 for a 10-session pass or $65 for a monthly pass.
Infant Sign Language. 10:45 a.m., Hyde Park Neighborhood Club, 5480 S. Kenwood Ave., 773-643-4062, hpnclub.org, sdiwan@hpnclub.org, $9 drop-in, $45 for a 10-session pass. Caregivers learn basic signs through the use of familiar children’s music, stories, and games. To maximize children’s learning only a few new signs are presented each week. Signs are in American Sign Language.
Lecture. 7-8:30 p.m., 773-753-4821. Logan Center, 915 E. 60th St. Los Angeles-based artist Frances Stark presents.
Mindfulness Meditation. 1-2 p.m., Rockefeller Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn Ave., 773-834-5143, free.
Become a Financial Scholar with EverFi. 4-5 p.m., Blackstone Library, 4904 S. Lake Park Ave., 312-747-0511. An introduction to financial literacy resources. For children grades 3 through 12.
Lecture. “Amiable with Big Teeth: The Discovery and Authentication of Claude McKay’s Long Lost Novel.” 4:30-6 p.m., Regenstein Library, The Special Collections Research Center, 1100 E. 57th St., 773-834-3404. Brent Edwards, of Columbia University, and his former student Jean-Cristophe Cloutier, who received a PhD from Columbia University, present.
Lecture. “Can Christian Ecological Ethics Learn from Free Market Environmentalism?” 4:30-6 p.m., Swift Hall, Third Floor Lecture Room, 1025 E. 58th St., 773-702-8200. Kevin J. O’Brien, of Pacific Lutheran University, presents.
Lecture. “The Politics of Debt and the Deficit of Trust in Washington.” 4:30-6 p.m., Institute of Politics, 5707 S. Woodlawn Ave., 773-834-4671, free. Former Ohio Rep. Steve LaTourette presents.