Calendar

Gallery Tour. Noon-1 p.m. Renaissance Society, Cobb Lecture Hall, room 418, 5811 S. Ellis Ave., 773-702-8670, free. Artist and educator Doug Ischar, associate professor off photography at the University of Illinois at Chicago, leads a walk-through tour of photographer John Neff’s exhibit there.

Family Program: The Secret of the Mummies. 1:30-3:30 p.m., Oriental Institute, 1155 E. 58th Street, Chicago, 773-702-9514, 773-702-9507, oi.uchicago.edu, free. Visitors take a gallery tour, get near a reproduction mummy and see “Mummies Made in Egypt,” a film from PBS’ Reading Rainbow series.

Performance. Bach St. John Passion with the Chicago Chorale. 3-5 p.m., Rockefeller Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn Ave., 773-702-2100, $35 reserved tickets, $25 general admission, $20 advance student, $5 extra at the door. Tickets may be purchased at chicagochorale.com. Preceded by a free 2 p.m. lecture by by U. of C. Divinity School professor Martin Marty at Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 E. 59th St.

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. Saxophonist Geof Bradfield 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.

Infant Sign Language. 10:45 a.m., Hyde Park Neighborhood Club, 5480 S.
Kenwood Ave., 773-643-4062, hpnclub.org, sdiwan@hpnclub.org, classes are $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.

Dhikr: Meditation Techniques from the Islamic Tradition to Promote Wellbeing. 12:30-1:30 p.m., Biological Sciences Learning Center, room 313, 924 E. 57th St., 773-702-2100. The U. of C.’s assistant director of spiritual life and advisor for Muslim affairs, Tahir Abdullah, provides meditation instruction followed by food and discussion.

Fantasy and Science Fiction Book Club. 6:30 p.m., Blackstone Library, 4904 S. Lake Park Ave., 312-747-0511. Participants discuss Seth Grahame-Smith’s “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.”

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.

The Lakeside Quilting Guild. 6:30-9 p.m., Treasure Island, basement, 1526 E.
55th St., lakesidequiltingguild.weebly.com.

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.

Infant Playgroup. 10 a.m.-noon, Hyde Park Neighborhood Club, 5480 S. Kenwood Ave., 773-643-4062, hpnclub.org, sdiwan@hpnclub.org, classes are $9 drop-in, $45 for a 10-session pass. Playtime along with infant-oriented music time toward the end of class. Intended for infants and toddlers 0 to 18-months-old.

Infant Playgroup. 10 a.m.-noon, Hyde Park Neighborhood Club, 5480 S. Kenwood
Ave., 773-643-4062, hpnclub.org, sdiwan@hpnclub.org, classes are $9 drop-in,
$45 for a 10-session pass. Playtime along with infant-oriented music time
toward the end of class. Intended for infants and toddlers birth to
18-months-old.

Zen Meditation. 5-6:30 p.m., Rockefeller Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn Ave., 773-702-2100, free.