MONTGOMERY MESSENGER The Newsletter of the Residents of Montgomery Place Retirement Community 5550 South Shore Drive, , , 60637 December 2016, Vol. 26, No. 12 www.montgomeryplace.org

A K ING ’S C OLLEGE C HRISTMAS any other church in Britain—truly a fitting place ur daughters, Sarah and Martha, then in high for this great service. A huge ebony-colored O school, count December 24, 1977, as a high wooden screen divides the chancel and choir point of our pews from the year in rest of the Cambridge, chapel. In the England, center of the because it was choir is a huge their chance to lectern, of attend the wrought iron celebrated and brass. The King’s College reader mounts Christmas Eve the step to read Festival of the large lectern Nine Lessons Bible, which is and Carols. held in metal King’s College brackets, lighted boys’ choir is a by a candle on musical piece either side. The de resistance in first lesson Cambridge being finished, (although there King’s College Cambridge quad the lectern is are those who rotated until it count the Saint moves a full John’s boys’ half circle, and choir to be superior). The choir is three-fourths in front of the reader stands another Bible, open boys from the choir school (which is a regular to the second lesson. private school) and one-fourth undergraduate men from the college. The Christmas Eve service is a major event in Cambridge. (It is broadcast every year in Everything in King’s College chapel is Chicago on WFMT.) Since it is intended to be a monumental in size. Its imposing interior community event, only a fraction of the seats are contains more square feet of stained glass than reserved for college dignitaries and their guests. continued on p. 2 page 2 DECEMBER 2016

King’s College, from p. 1 ANOTHER N EW Y EAR BEGINS … he new Christian church year began on People stand in line (they “queue up” as the T November 27 with the season of Advent. English say) to get their seats on a first-come, This is the season of preparation for the first-served basis. Our daughter’s classmates celebration of Christmas and includes the four suggested that they begin queuing at 3:30 a.m. Sundays before December 25 and is usually three for the 3:30 p.m. service. full weeks and part of a fourth. But this year we get the greatest possible number of days in the We bundled them up with sleeping bags, a season, because Christmas Day falls on a thermos bottle of hot drink, sandwiches, blankets Sunday. Because I am a liturgy nerd whose and other gear for their wait in the 30-degree favorite season is Advent, I am thrilled ! weather. They had originally intended to ride their bicycles the three miles from our house to Liturgically, Christmas begins on December 25 King’s Chapel, but a terrible windstorm had and continues for twelve days until the Feast of arisen during the night, so father had the the Epiphany on January 6. Alas, the liturgical privilege of driving them into town. At that hour, Christmas has no influence whatsoever on the they were only 15th or 16th in line ! Christmas carols that were sung, and the decorations that went up before the Halloween At noon the rest of the family drove back to the candy was eaten this year—both will be no more chapel to bring the girls more to drink and eat, on December 26. and to collect the sleeping equipment. To my surprise, by that time the college quadrangle was We will have our Community Christmas Eve filled with people. Around the periphery of the Service followed by refreshments, at 7 p.m. in huge quad, on all four sides, were the people the East Room on December 24. In St. Anna’s waiting for the doors of the chapel to open. There Chapel, we will hold services of Holy Eucharist were others there, however—friends and on December 24 at 4 p.m., and on Christmas relatives who had come, as we had, to bring fresh (Sun)Day at 11 a.m. All are welcome to join us, supplies to the queuers and to chat. and we will be singing Christmas carols well into January. My first thought was that this might be a typical tourist gambit, but as I looked around, I saw The other somewhat rare religious observance familiar faces of university dons and other scheduling this year is that Jewish holiday of families that I recognized as Cambridge Hanukkah starts on the evening of December 24. residents. This was a community custom! Even There will be candle lighting and singing, those like my wife and I, who had no intention of hopefully timed between the going to the service ourselves, could be part of Christmas Eve services, so the festivities. The rituals have changed since we that those who wish to attend were there—for example, now singers in the both can do so. (I count quadrangle entertain the queuers while they wait. myself among that number!)

The music was grand. Sarah and Martha confess May the holiday season be that they dozed only a few times. That might be a filled with warmth and light good measure for judging any choir: Can it keep and blessings for everyone at its audience awake, when they have been Montgomery Place! May each standing (lying down, sleeping) in line for 12 of us continue to bear the light hours? of justice, compassion, and Phil Hefner peace in our world. Chaplain Julianne Buenting DECEMBER 2016 page 3

♦ Tuesday, December 6, 11:50 a.m. The OUT AND A BOUT Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago offers a recital by Patricia Spencer, organist of the First he Out and About column tells you about the Congregational Church of La Grange, Illinois. T upcoming bus trips for theater, music, Free. museum visits, lectures, discussions, shopping, ♦ Wednesday, December 7, noon. We will lunch, and other special events. Times are when see King Charles III at Chicago Shakespeare the bus leaves Montgomery Place; please be Theater. One family holds Great Britain’s future prompt. “Tickets required” means you are in its hands. Defying centuries of tradition, responsible for getting your own ticket. See Charles boldly attempts to reassert the Crown’s Concierge Dino if you need help getting tickets. power, landing himself—and his country—in a royal mess. Tickets required. ♦ Thursday, December 1, 11 a.m. We will ♦ Wednesday, December 7, 5:45 p.m. Our visit Christkindlmarket downtown in Daley bus will take us to for an All- Plaza. This is an annual open-air event during the Access concert with the CSO Chamber Orchestra holiday season. Vendors offer toys, jewelry, performing three Old English carols, a Hummel clothes, ornaments, and wooden handicrafts, as quintet, and a Haydn string quartet. Free, but well as food, drink, and entertainment. Free tickets required. Sign up and tickets will be entry. Dress warmly! distributed on the bus. ♦ Saturday, December 3, 1 p.m. We will go ♦ Friday, December 9, 12:30 p.m. A CSO to ShawChicago to see Margaret Raether’s Series B concert at Symphony Center. Conductor adaptation of P.G. Wodehouse’s stories in the Neeme Jarve returns with a program including play Jeeves Intervenes. 1920s high-society Glazunov, Prokofiev, and Sibelius. Tickets London is once again thrown into chaos by required. hapless playboy Bertie Wooster. Tickets ♦ Saturday, December 10, 11 a.m. We will required. go to the Met Live in HD for L’Amour de Loin . Composed by Kaija Saarriatio with libretto by Amin Maalouf, the opera tells the story of 12th century Jaure, who, weary of the pleasures of CONTRIBUTORS THIS I SSUE life, seeks his ideal woman. A pilgrim tells him of such a woman, Clemence, whom he has met Editor: Kyoko Inoue on his travels. She is reluctant to get together in Contributors: Bernice Auslander, Laurieann person and when they finally meet, Jaure is Chutis, Paula Givan, Nancy Harlan, Neva Hefner, dying. She blames herself and becomes a nun. Phil Hefner, Leah Kadden, Marion Krentz, Evi Tickets required. Levin, McKim Marriott, Richard Muller, Muriel ♦ Sunday, December 11, 1 p.m. Our outing Rogers, Dorothy Scheff, Marilyn Weigensberg, will take us to the Eclipse Theatre to see Little Chuck West, Barbara Wilson, Anne Zeidman Flower of East Orange. Danny, the play’s Staff Contributors: Chaplain Julianne Buenting, sensitive, rebellious narrator, cannot get his Deborah Hart mother out of his mind. He directly addresses the Artwork : Nate Kalichman audience with his story of Therese Marie’s Layout: Carolyn Allen hospitalization after she was found unconscious Production: Dino Celik in a wheelchair near the Cloisters in Manhattan. Proofreader: Phil Hefner Tickets required. Calendars: Barbara Wilson ♦ Wednesday, December 14, 11 a.m. The Editor Next Month: Barbara Wilson Encore Chorale will perform at the Chicago

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Out & About, from p. 3 NEW Y ORKER R EADERS Hyde Park Village “Holiday Drop-In” at he New Yorker Readers will meet on Augustana Lutheran Church. Free. (See page 9.) T Saturday, December 17, ♦ Wednesday, December 14, 1 p.m. We will at 2 p.m. in the LLLC. The go to Steppenwolf Theatre to see The article to be discussed is Fundamentals, a scathing look at corporate “The Secret Lives of Plants” culture. Tickets required. by Ariel Levy. It appears in ♦ Thursday, December 15, 1 p.m. We will the Septemmber 12, 2016 take a first-time visit to the Stony Island Arts issue. Bob Uretz will lead Bank, a hybrid gallery, media archive, library the discussion. Please call and community center. Free. me at 4647 if you need a ♦ Friday, December 16, 12:30 p.m. A CSO copy of the article. Series A concert at Symphony Center. Michael Dorothy Scheff, Chair, New Yorker Readers Tilson Thomas conducts Romeo and Juliet. Gautier Capucon, cellist, performs Saint-Saens Cello Concerto No. 1. Tickets required. ♦ Saturday, December 17, 7:30 p.m. Chicago PLAYREADERS a capella will be performing a holiday concert at oin us on Tuesday, December 13, at 7 p.m. in Rockefeller Chapel. Tickets required. J the East Room. The Long Christmas Dinner , ♦ Wednesday, December 21, noon. The by Thornton Wilder, who also wrote Our Town Shakespeare Theater will present a new and The Skin of Our Teeth , will be presented. The production of A Winter’s Tale. A delusional and play takes place over nine decades and showcases paranoid king tears his family apart, but the the lives of several generations of the Bayard struggle for redemption yields flickers of hope. family and some of their Christmas dinners. As Darkness gives way to joy as time leads the generations appear, have children, wither and characters to a shattering conclusion. Tickets depart, only the audience appreciates what required. changes and what remains the same. ♦ Thursday, December 22, 1 p.m. The Encore Anne Zeidman, Chair, Playreaders Chorale will perform its holiday concert at 4th Presbyterian Church. Free. (See page 9.) Bernice Auslander

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THANKSGIVING F OOD S HARE 12/6 Walter Levin earty thanks to our residents for responding 12/10 Phil Hefner H so generously! 2016 marks the eleventh 12/10 Susan Hamburger anniversary of this drive. In the beginning, Suzi 12/13 Lois Livezey Terranova and Marj Benson did the collecting. 12/13 Joan Forsythe 12/18 Anna Mary Wallace This year we were able to deliver $2317 in 12/24 David Wallace checks and 34 bags of food to the Midwest 12/27 Nina Dicken Workers Association for the holiday food baskets. We are grateful to all who helped. Nancy Harlan, Neva Hefner, and Marion Krentz DECEMBER 2016 page 5

NEW A RRIVALS association. Her son was once housed at Montgomery Place while his apartment at Jackson Tower was readied for him. When she Maude McGee and her cat, Elliott, moved into decided to move, he recommended Montgomery apartment 1210 (phone 4620) on August 8, 2016. Place, and she is glad she took his advice. Maude was born in Sunflower, Mississippi; later Welcome, Maude! her family moved to Indianola, hometown of Paula Givan “king of the blues” B.B. King and site of the B.B. King Museum, where Maude’s sister-in-law works. Maude grew up on a farm with four brothers. Following in her mother’s footsteps, FREE TO C ELEBRATE she attended Mississippi Valley State College hristmas and Hanukkah both fall on and became an elementary schoolteacher. C December 25 this year. We know that Christmas always falls on the 25th in the Maude married a military police officer. The Gregorian calendar, while Hanukkah’s dates are couple lived in California and then at the based on a lunar calendar. Hanukkah, which Grafenwohr army base in Germany. Maude always falls on the 24th day of the month of returned to Mississippi before the birth of her son Kislev, wanders all about the Gregorian calendar. Pat. When her husband came home from This year the first candle of Hanukkah is lit on Germany, the family moved to Chicago, where Christmas Eve. Maude worked as a public aid caseworker. This year, as our family lights the first of eight Maude’s first teaching job in Chicago was at St. candles, we remember the battle for freedom of Angela School in Austin. In the Chicago Public religion from the Hellenistic Greeks and the Schools, she taught at Mason Elementary School miracle of the oil in the Temple. Then, because in North Lawndale and Leif Ericson Elementary we are a blended family and celebrate both School in East Garfield Park, from which she holidays, we stuff stockings with goodies and retired. place presents under the tree, in memory of the gifts of the Magi. We will sing Hanukkah songs Maude has two daughters, Adrienne and Angela. and Christmas carols and discuss whether we They and Pat all live in Chicago. Maude’s oldest should call this year’s celebration Hanukkamas grandchild, Pat’s son Christian, attended or Christmaskah. Kenwood Academy and Stanford University, and works for a law firm in San Francisco and This is a most blessed time and we are all so Seattle. Pat also has daughters Yazmin and 4- thankful that we live in a free country and can year-old twins Maya and Nia. worship in any way we please. May it always be so. Adrienne is the mother of Addison, whom many Marilyn Weigensberg of us have met and enjoyed on her frequent visits to Montgomery Place. Addison goes to McDade Classical School for academically talented students and is on the basketball team. Angela is the mother of youngest grandchild Joshua.

Before coming to Montgomery Place, Maude lived in a condo on Prairie Avenue and was secretary and a board member of the condo page 6 DECEMBER 2016

FIRST A MENDMENT II criminal offense. Clearly the slave states were Fourteenth Amendment, Section 1: more of a problem than the federal government. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or The North’s victory in the Civil War led to a immunities of citizens of the United resolution of the problem, as Congress adopted States; nor shall any State deprive any the so-called slavery amendments, including the person of life, liberty or property, without Fourteenth Amendment. Beginning with Gitlow due process of law; nor deny to any person v. New York ( 1923), the Supreme Court has cited within its jurisdiction of the equal “privileges or immunities” language cited above protection of the law. to incorporate most of the provisions of the first eight amendments into the Fourteenth Today, we think of the First Amendment as Amendment. Thus these provisions now apply to protecting civil rights, particularly the rights of the states as well as the federal government. The unpopular minorities. At the time the Fourteenth Amendment has thereby transformed Constitution was drafted, however, the the Bill of Rights from a set of provisions opponents of the document (antifederalists) limiting only the federal government into one feared abusive federal government officials protecting the civil rights of individuals from any rather than popular majorities. A primary governmental interference. concern was the lack of a bill of rights, and the Richard Muller first ten amendments were designed to placate the antifederalists.

The language of these amendments, particularly the First Amendment, restricted only the federal government, and not state governments. The MUSIC IN THE E AST R OOM Supreme Court confirmed this reading of the ♦ Thursday, December 1, 7 p.m. Sara Su amendments in Barron v. Baltimore ( 1833). The Jones, violinist, and Dennis Moore, pianist, in Bill of Rights thus gave no general protection to recital. civil rights of individuals insofar as the states ♦ Monday, December 5, 4 p.m. University of were concerned. Before the Civil War, though, Chicago Lab School Bel Canto Singers. no case involving the First Amendment reached ♦ Wednesday, December 7, 4 to 7 p.m. the Supreme Court. Holiday party and buffet with Doug Bistro and band playing old favorites for your listening and Slave issues, however, began to affect the dancing enjoyment. Court’s reading of the Bill of Rights. Slavery had ♦ Sunday, December 11, 2 p.m. Concert for been seen as an exclusively state issue, but the Walter Levin’s birthday. Evelyn Chan will rise of the abolitionist movements put the South discuss and musically illustrate the fascinating under increasing pressure. book, Forbidden Music: The Jewish Composers Banned by the Nazis, by Michael Haas. In addition to the horrendous treatment of slaves, ♦ Wednesday, December 14, 1 p.m. U of C the slave states routinely violated virtually all of Service League Program: recorder concert. the provisions of the First Amendment to protect ♦ Saturday, December 17, 2 p.m. Phyllis their “peculiar institution,” including banning all Booth and her Endeavor String Trio. speech and writing critical of slavery. Mail was ♦ Friday, December 23, 2 p.m. Amber Sherer, censored to prevent the circulation of abolitionist pianist, in recital. tracts; petitioning legislators to abolish slavery Muriel Rogers, Chair, Music Committee was prohibited; and teaching slaves to read was a DECEMBER 2016 page 7

ANTHROPOLOGISTS AS S PIES ? BOOKLOVERS G ROUP here was a time when anthropologists were he book for December, The Boys in the Boat T considered irrelevant to world politics because T by Daniel James Brown, tells the story of the they dealt only with small minorities or “primitive” University of Washington’s 1936 eight-oar crew people in remote places. But with the 20th and their epic quest for an Olympic gold medal. century’s wars and ethnic nationalisms, they often This book is a fine-grained portrait of the found themselves entangled in headlines. Depression era with its economic horrors set against youthful dreams. The author digs into his Bengali, the language of poet Rabindranath material with impressive energy, trying to Tagore, who lived in Calcutta, was well taught at understand the dynamics of the sport of rowing, the University of Chicago and attracted which he conveys with enthusiasm. anthropology students like Marvin Davis, but Calcutta, having many Marxist parties, became a When you are finished with the book, please center of anti-American suspicion. When US return it to me, so that I may loan it to our policy helped Pakistan to arm and retain East growing group of Booklovers. Bengali, students from Chicago were greeted in Calcutta by cries of “CIA!”—their suspected Our book selection is available on audio! If you sender. Marvin responded by settling in a Bengali- have a visual or physical handicap (too difficult speaking village as far as possible from the city, to hold a book), the Talking Book Center close to the border of Orissa, where the CIA was affiliated with the Chicago Public Library will unheard of. His book, Rank and Rivalry: The provide an audio machine, books, and magazines Politics of Inequality in Rural West Bengal , later through the mail. It is federally funded through published by Cambridge University Press, is rich the National Library Service. Call me at 4638 if in political details—quarrels between brothers, you are interested in applying for this service or between mothers and their sons’ wives, between want to get our featured book. village factions—but nothing about the CIA. Our next meeting to discuss The Boys in the Boat A very different political situation developed for a and get the next book will be on Monday, would-be anthropologist, Bob Pearson of December 19, at 3:30 p.m. in the LLLC. Mariel Manitowoc. Bob wanted to study the Lapp reindeer Stitziel will be the discussion leader. All are herders in Sweden’s arctic region, but he lacked welcome! funds, so he got himself hired as a crew member Laurieann Chutis on a boatload of Wisconsin cattle being sent to Sweden.

After extensive Lappish fieldwork, he became a University of Chicago student. The Lapps were reputed to shelter their herds in secret caves adjacent to the northernmost Soviet territories of much interest to the CIA. During the Cold War, Bob would not tell the Lapps’ secrets, nor were other Chicago anthropologists ready to betray the field hosts on whom their dissertations often depended. Nevertheless, CIA agents thereafter regularly looked for students whose fieldwork might reveal places of strategic value. McKim Marriott page 8 DECEMBER 2016

Q&A poetry, travelogs, and essays are welcome, and Residents are invited to submit questions for this we’d love to have more writers and editors. See column to Box 704 of the in-house mailboxes pages 1-16 for examples of what we do.

Q: Are the Montgomery Place committees ♦ Library Committee meets on the second elected or appointed? What do they do? Wednesday of the month in the Library at 11 a.m. to decide what books to buy, approve plans, A: The Montgomery Place committees are and discuss any needed housekeeping in the neither elected nor appointed. They are open to Library. any interested independent living resident. Just come to the place listed on the appointed day and ♦ Friday Night Speakers Committee meets on time and give us the benefit of your ideas and alternate Wednesdays at 1 p.m. in the Game suggestions. Room to decide whom to invite for our lecture series. Ideas and suggestions for this popular Traditionally, from the very beginning, all activity are welcome. See this month’s lineup of programs and activities at Montgomery Place speakers on page 11. have been suggested and developed by the residents and facilitated by our staff. That’s what ♦ Art Committee meets on the second makes us unique among retirement communities. Thursday of the month at 9:30 a.m. in the Studio We value your participation. Come and get to to plan art exhibits for the Game Room, know your neighbors. It’s fun! encourage studio use, and oversee art installations throughout the building and Here is a list of committees and their purposes: grounds.

♦ Dining Committee meets on alternate ♦ Film Discussion Committee meets on the Mondays (when there is not a Town Meeting) at first Thursday of the month at 2:30 p.m. in the 2:15 p.m. in the LLLC to discuss menus and East Room to choose the movies (5 years or waitstaff service and make recommendations to older) that are shown every week on Mondays the dining staff. The Dining Services Director and the documentaries and foreign language attends as well as the Executive Chef and the films for Thursdays. Join and share what movies Dining Room Manager. you would like to see. Read about December movies on page 11. ♦ Activities Committee meets on the first Tuesday of the month in the LLLC at 10 a.m. to ♦ Maintenance & Housekeeping Committee plan what we will do in the following month; meets on the second Thursday of the month at where to go, what to see, what to change on the 2:30 p.m. in the LLLC with the Manager of schedule. Our Concierge/Activity Director and Environmental Services and the Maintenance Transportation Staff meet with us. Suggestions Supervisor to talk about conditions, operations, for activities are welcomed.

♦ Montgomery Messenger Planning Meeting meets with the editors on the first Wednesday of the month in the LLLC at 3 p.m. unless there is a theater outing. Then the meeting is at 11 a.m.— same day, same place. Articles, themes, artwork, interviews, and announcements are planned. Original resident-written material such as stories, DECEMBER 2016 page 9 and safety in our building and to recommend HYDE P ARK E NCORE C HORALE necessary changes. ontgomery Place residents, together with M Hyde Park neighbors who are age 55 and ♦ Garden Committee meets as needed to talk older, have been rehearsing with Jonathan Miller with landscapers regarding their plantings, to for 15 weeks to get ready for two performances assign garden pots, boxes, and plots for summer in December. beauty, and to discuss necessary business. Marilyn Weigensberg (4616) is the contact On Wednesday, December 14, the Hyde Park person. Read this month’s article on page 12. Encore Chorale will perform at the Chicago Hyde Park Village “Holiday Drop-In” at ♦ Hewson Swift Music Committee sets up the Augustana Lutheran Church, 5500 South schedule of presenters and programming for Woodlawn. Our bus will leave at 11 a.m. for the Wednesday evenings. Speak to Evi Levin (4378) 11:30 performance. The bus will pick us up at to be part of this group. See the December 12:15 p.m. after the performance. concert list below. On Thursday, December 22, we will join the five ♦ Music Committee arranges and hosts recitals other Encore Illinois Chorales to perform the and concerts in the East Room. If you’d like to same program at 2 p.m. at Buchanan Chapel of help, talk to Muriel Rogers (4676). See page 6. Fourth Presbyterian Church, 126 E. Chestnut. The bus will leave at 1 p.m. ♦ New Yorker Readers (p. 4) , Booklovers (p, 7) , Poetry, and Short Story groups choose their The program offers familiar carols, spirituals, the presenters at their regularly scheduled meetings. world premiere of a Hanukkah piece composed by our artistic director, Jonathan Miller, and a Come to the committee that intrigues you. We rollicking Puerto Rican holiday favorite. Join us need your input and fresh ideas. for an enjoyable time! Barbara Wilson Laurieann Chutis, Encore Chorale

HEWSON S WIFT WEDNESDAY C ONCERTS ur holiday month of December features two evenings of music on CD, and at O the end of the month an opera on DVD. Our Wednesday performances start at 7 p.m. and take place in the Lounge. Everyone is invited and very welcome to join us for these presentations.

♦ December 7, Ed Krentz has chosen from his CD collection the Four Seasons by Vivaldi performed by the Vienna Philharmonic. ♦ On December 14, Joyce Swedlund is making up for the Wednesday in November when she had to cancel her CD so that everyone could watch the Chicago Cubs win the World Series late into the night. On December 14, we will hear Wynton Marsalis, world famous trumpeter, play concertos by Haydn, Mozart, and Hummel. ♦ The last two Wednesdays, December 21 and 28, ring out the year when Elsa Charlston shares her English-subtitled DVD of the popular opera Carmen by Bizet. Jonas Kaufman appears as Don José and Anna Caterina Antonacci as the fiery Carmen. Antonio Pappano conducts the Royal Opera Chorus and Orchestra. Evi Levin, Chair, Hewson Swift Concerts page 10 DECEMBER 2016

WALKING IN A WINTER fountains, restrooms, plenty of benches for rest WONDERLAND (REVISITED) breaks (or you could try a seat on the Boeing 727 ell! Wasn’t it the most glorious fall season that hangs from the balcony, surprisingly W ever? But into each life some snow must comfortable compared to today’s planes). As you fall. As the poet Shelley once wrote: “If Autumn amble, you’ll find fascinating exhibits to relieve comes, can freezing, icy, wind-chilly, slushy, boredom. You can try to memorize the Periodic miserable, winter be far behind?” (I think I’ve got Table of the Elements (or push a button and Tom that right . . .) According to the meteorologists it Lehrer will sing it to you); demonstrate is now officially winter, no matter what it says on Newton’s Third Law of Motion; hold a lightning your calendar so, given all the new residents who bolt in the palm of your hand; or walk within ten have joined our community recently, it seems feet of an actual tornado. appropriate to reprise an article that was first published in the Messenger four years ago: As a bonus, with no extra effort you’ll lower your blood pressure, increase your energy, By now the frost is well and truly on the pumpkin relieve your stress, reduce your chances of a and soon the earth will be covered in deep snow stroke, sleep better, be happier, and grow old a and slippery ice—a perfect opportunity for a little slower (I personally guarantee it). The relaxing walk. Yes, a stroll around the Point is Mayo Clinic says “walking is a gentle, low- heavenly on a warm summer’s day, but it leaves impact exercise that is accessible to just about everybody.” It’s safe, simple, and good for you. What’s not to like about that?

So come take a walk with us. Just ask Dino for a short form you can fill out and he’ll fax it over to the University of Chicago’s Community Fitness Program, which sponsors the walks. In short order you’ll receive an official museum-pass badge and a free walkers’ t-shirt. Then just appear in our lobby any Monday, Wednesday, or Friday at 7:55 a.m. and we’ll show you how easy it is. Pleasant perambulating! Chuck West

Montgomery Place residents attempting to cross 56th Street in winter something to be desired when the temperature IN M EMORIAM falls below zero and a gale-force wind whistles down the lake. That’s when, three mornings a Charles Bidwell week, a handful of us are chauffeured a few blocks to the entrance of the Museum of Science Shirley Carter and Industry to walk for 40 minutes in climate- controlled comfort. And you’re invited! Janellen Huttenlocher

Henrietta Schultz You can circle the museum’s third floor at whatever pace you prefer, even if you use a walker or a cane. Along the way are drinking DECEMBER 2016 page 11

DECEMBER FILMS Foreign Language Film: n Monday evenings the film ♦ December 22, White , 1994. French. O committee offers films that are Comedy, drama, romance. 1 hour 30 minutes. at least five years old. Documentary Second of a trilogy of films and foreign language films are dealing with contemporary French 7 PM shown on Thursdays. All showings society, showing a Polish are at 7 p.m. in the Lounge and on immigrant who wants to get even TV Channel 4. Popcorn and lemonade are served with his former wife. Director: on Mondays to moviegoers in the Lounge. Krzystof Kieslowski. Starring Zbignew Zamachowski, Julie Monday Films: Delpy, Janusz Gojos. Presenter: Phil Hefner. ♦ December 5, Blow-Up , 1966. Crime, Leah Kadden for the Film Committee mystery. 1 hour 51 minutes. A trendy photographer strolling in a desolate park takes some candid snaps of a couple romancing. As he FRIDAY N IGHT S PEAKERS reviews the film, he finds something very he Friday Night Speakers programs are one- suspicious in the shots he has taken. Director: T hour sessions followed by questions and Michaelangelo Antonioni. Starring David discussion, at 7 p.m. in the East Room. Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles. Presenter: Evi Levin. ♦ December 2, Gary Greenberg, ♦ December 12, The Snake Pit , 1948. Drama, “Mindfulness.” Introduced by Rhoda Harvey. mystery. 1 hour 48 minutes. A young married ♦ December 9, Jim Boehner, “The Docent woman is slowly returned to sanity by following Program at the Art Institute of Chicago: Engaging through flashbacks the drama of her earlier life. Students with Art.” Introduced by Bill Barron. Director: Anatole Litvak. Starring Olivia De ♦ December 16, 23, 30, to be determined. Havilland, Mark Stevens, Leo Genn. Presenter: Rhoda Harvey. The committee welcomes new members. We meet ♦ December 19, Manhattan , 1979. Comedy, twice a month, on Wednesdays at 1 p.m. in the drama, romance. 1 hour 36 minutes. The life of a Game Room. divorced TV writer becomes complicated when Rhoda Harvey, Co-chair, Friday Night Speakers Committee he falls in love with his best friend's mistress. Director: Woody Allen. Starring Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Mariel Hemingway. Presenter: Alex Elwyn. ♦ December 26, October Sky , 1999. Biography, drama. 1 hour 48 minutes. The true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father’s wishes. Director: Joe Johnston. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper, Laura Dern. Presenter: Leah Kadden.

Documentary Film: ♦ December 1, My Architect: a Son’s Journey , 2008. 2 hours. Director Nathaniel Kahn seeks to understand the life of his father, Louis Kahn, a noted architect, who died bankrupt and alone in 1974. Presenter: Anne Cifu. page 12 DECEMBER 2016

OUR O UTDOOR S ANCTUARY f you want to contribute to the NATIVE P LANT G ARDEN I 2016 Holiday Fund, now is the ur outdoor garden is the place for residents time! Thursday, December 1 O to go to relax and unwind. Our garden is the last day for committee is attempting to make it a haven for contributions. native birds as well, a place they can eat, rest, and raise their families. This summer we planted a wildflower garden for the first time. We planted native species that welcome birds and FROM THE CEO encourage sanctuary for nesting and wrote this column on November 11, Veterans overwintering birds. I Day. We were celebrating, remembering, and thanking those who have served our country over More native plants mean more choices of food the years with dedicated military service. Service and shelter for birds and other wildlife. Each that has been selfless and for which many often patch of restored habitat is just that—a patch in feel embarrassed to accept the thanks we offer. the frayed fabric of the ecosystem in which it To them, it is the “right” thing to do. lies. By landscaping with native plants, we join others who do so in creating a green patchwork It is this dedication to service that I personally quilt of restored habitat. applaud. The service given without the expectation of appreciation and thanks. Each day Native birds need native plants to survive. Most many individuals at Montgomery Place give of landscaping plants (from nurseries) are exotic themselves to others. They include nurses, species. Many are prized for qualities that make housekeepers, maintenance staff, dining staff, them poor food sources, such as having leaves janitors, drivers, security staff, laundry workers, that are unpalatable to native insects. With 96% office personnel, CNAs, and caregivers. of all terrestrial bird species in North America feeding insects to their young, planting insect- Our volunteer board also serves Montgomery proof exotic plants makes no sense. It behooves Place. They provide hours of dedication and us to seed appropriate plants for adult birds to energy to guiding the direction and mission of nurture their progeny. our organization. This service is exemplified by our current president, Mike McGarry. On Recent science points to native landscaping as a November 10, 2016, Mr. McGarry was key tool in increasing bird diversity and recognized by the Hyde Park Chamber of abundance. The habitat provided by native plants Commerce as a Volunteer of the Year. He has can help birds adapt to and survive climate served Montgomery Place for more than 10 change by providing the food they need. years. He also serves Hyde Park through the Special Service Area (SSA), , the Yes, our plots are going to the birds, bees, Chamber of Commerce, and Hyde Park Bank. caterpillars (food for all birds), and butterflies. Check us out next year when we hope to bring a So today I want to express my thanks to the men bigger, better natural garden into being. and women of the military, past and present, for their service to country. My thanks also extend to Deepest thanks to Montgomery Place for making the many team members at Montgomery Place as it possible for us to garden, and to the Audubon well as our board of directors, especially Mr. Society for providing the information for this McGarry. Their dedication and continued service article. are true examples of selfless service and doing Marilyn Weigensberg, Chair, Garden Committee the “right” thing. With respect, Deborah Hart, CEO/Executive Director DECEMBER 2016 page 13

SPECIAL E VENTS IN D ECEMBER

THURSDAY 1 11:00 AM BUS T RIP LOOP T RIP AND C HRISTKINDLMARKET ( P. 3)

7:00 PM EAST R OOM SARA S U J ONES , VIOLINIST & D ENNIS M OORE , PIANIST ( P. 6) FRIDAY 2 7:00 PM EAST R OOM FRIDAY N IGHT S PEAKER ~ G ARY G REENBERG ( P. 11)

SATURDAY 3 1:00 PM BUS T RIP SHAW C HICAGO –JEEVES I NTERVENES ( P. 3)

MONDAY 5 4:00 PM EAST R OOM LAB S CHOOL B EL C ANTO S INGERS ( P. 6)

TUESDAY 6 11:50 AM BUS T RIP LSTC O RGAN R ECITAL ( P. 3)

WEDNESDAY 7 12:00 N OON BUS T RIP SHAKESPEARE T HEATRE – KING C HARLES III (P. 3)

5:45 PM BUS T RIP SYMPHONY C ENTER A LL -ACCESS C ONCERT ( P. 3)

WEDNESDAY 7 4:00-7:00 PM DINING R OOM RESIDENT H OLIDAY P ARTY & B UFFET ( P. 6)

FRIDAY 9 12:30 PM BUS T RIP CSO S ERIES B C ONCERT ( P. 3)

7:00 PM EAST R OOM FRIDAY N IGHT S PEAKER ~ J IM B OEHNER ( P. 11)

SATURDAY 10 11:00 AM BUS T RIP MET L IVE –L’A MOUR DE L OIN ( P. 3)

SUNDAY 11 1:00 PM BUS T RIP ECLIPSE T HEATRE , LITTLE F LOWER OF E AST O RANGE ( P. 3)

2:00 PM EAST R OOM BIRTHDAY C ONCERT WITH E VELYN C HAN ( P. 6)

WEDNESDAY 14 11:00 AM BUS T RIP ENCORE C HORALE , A UGUSTANA C HURCH ( PP . 4, 9)

1:00 PM BUS T RIP STEPPENWOLF T HEATRE , T HE F UNDAMENTALS (P. 4)

1:30 PM EAST R OOM U OF C S ERVICE L EAGUE R ECORDER C ONCERT ( P. 6)

THURSDAY 15 1:00 PM BUS T RIP STONY I SLAND A RTS B ANK ( P. 4) FRIDAY 16 12:30 PM BUS T RIP CSO S ERIES A C ONCERT ( P. 4)

SATURDAY 17 2:00 PM EAST R OOM PHYLLIS B OOTH AND THE E NDEAVOR S TRING T RIO ( P. 6)

7:30 PM BUS T RIP CHICAGO A CAPPELLA /R OCKEFELLER C HAPEL ( P. 4)

WEDNESDAY 21 12:00 N OON BUS T RIP SHAKESPEARE T HEATRE —THE W INTER ’S T ALE ( P. 4)

THURSDAY 22 1:00 PM BUS T RIP ENCORE C HORALE AT 4 TH P RESBYTERIAN C HURCH ( P. 9) FRIDAY 23 2:00 PM EAST R OOM AMBER S HERER , P IANO RECITAL ( P. 6)

SATURDAY 24 4:00 PM CHAPEL CHRISTMAS E VE M ASS ( P. 2)

SATURDAY 24-31 4:30-5:00 PM CAFÉ /L IBRARY HANUKKAH CANDLE LIGHTING AND SINGING ( P. 2) 24 7:00 PM CHAPEL COMMUNITY C HRISTMAS S ERVICE ( P. 2)

SUNDAY 25 11:00 AM CHAPEL FESTIVE H OLY E UCHARIST ( P. 2)

12:00-3:00 PM DINING R OOM CHRISTMAS B UFFET

SATURDAY 31 7:00-10:30 PM DINING R OOM NEW Y EAR ’S E VE P ARTY , WITH D OUG B ISTRO B AND page 14 DECEMBER 2016

REGULAR E VENTS IN D ECEMBER

MONDAY

8:00-9:00 AM BUS T RIP FITNESS W ALK , M USEUM S CIENCE & I NDUSTRY ( P. 10)

9:30-10:30 AM THERAPY R M WELLNESS C LINIC WITH W ELLNESS S TAFF

12 9:30 AM BUS T RIP MARIANO ’S G ROCERY S TORE

19 9:30 AM BUS T RIP HYDE P ARK P RODUCE

10:15-11:15 AM LLLC POETRY G ROUP

11:30 AM -NOON EAST R OOM PHYSICAL F ITNESS

1:00 & 1:30 PM BUS T RIP LIBRARY & E RRANDS /W HOLE F OODS

5, 19 2:15-3:15 PM LLLC DINING C OMMITTEE

12, 26 3:00-4:00 PM EAST R OOM TOWN M EETING

19 3:30-4:30 PM LLLC BOOKLOVERS G ROUP ( P. 7)

12, 26 4:00-4:30 PM EAST R OOM GADGETS Q&A WITH D INO

5 5:20 PM PRIVATE DR FRENCH S PEAKERS ’ D INNER T ABLE

12 5:20 PM PRIVATE DR GERMAN S PEAKERS ’ D INNER T ABLE

7:00 PM LOUNGE /C H 4 FILM D ISCUSSION G ROUP M OVIE ( P. 11)

TUESDAY

9:30-11:00 AM STUDIO PAINTING & D RAWING C LASS

6 10:00-11:00 AM LOUNGE ACTIVITIES C OMMITTEE

10:00 AM -NOON GAME R OOM HYDE P ARK B ANK

11:00 AM -NOON EAST R OOM MEDITATION

6, 20 1:00-3:00 PM THERAPY R M AUDIOLOGIST K ATE H OPKINS

13 1:00-2:00 PM LOUNGE BALANCE C LASS WITH J IGAR

20 1:00 PM BUS T RIP TRADER J OE ’S

27 1:00-3:00 PM THERAPY R M AUDIOLOGIST D R. L ATA J AIN

1:30-2:00 PM POOL WATER F ITNESS

2:00-3:00 PM EAST R OOM CURRENT E VENTS

3:30-5:00 PM CAFÉ / L OUNGE WINE & C HEESE S OCIAL

6 7:00-8:00 PM EAST R OOM MONTGOMERY S INGERS S INGALONG

13 7:00 PM EAST R OOM PLAYREADERS ( P. 4)

27 7:00-8:00 PM LLLC SHORT S TORY D ISCUSSION G ROUP DECEMBER 2016 page 15

PLEASE N OTE : 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.

WEDNESDAY 8:00-9:00 AM BUS T RIP FITNESS W ALK , M USEUM OF S CIENCE & I NDUSTRY ( P. 10)

9:30-10:00 AM LOUNGE TAI C HI

7, 14, 21 9:30-11:00 AM EAST R OOM ENCORE C HORALE R EHEARSAL

14 11:00-NOON LIBRARY LIBRARY C OMMITTEE

7 11:00-NOON LLLC MONTGOMERY M ESSENGER M EETING

11:00-11:45 AM CHAPEL MIDWEEK E UCHARIST

11:00 AM -1:30 PM CAFÉ /L IBRARY MONTGOMERY M ARKET

11:30 AM -NOON EAST R OOM PHYSICAL F ITNESS

7, 21 1:00 PM -2:00 PM GAME R OOM FRIDAY N IGHT S PEAKERS C OMMITTEE

1:30-2:30 PM THERAPY R M WELLNESS C LINIC WITH W ELLNESS S TAFF

14 3:00-4:00 PM LOUNGE TEA WITH THE V ICAR

7:00-8:00 PM LOUNGE HEWSON S WIFT M USIC S ERIES ( P. 9)

THURSDAY

9:30 &10:00 AM BUS T RIP TREASURE I SLAND

8 9:30-10:30 AM STUDIO ART C OMMITTEE

10:00-11:00 AM GAME R OOM RESIDENTS ’ S UPPORT G ROUP

10 AM -5 PM LL A DMIN A REA PING P ONG

22 NOON -1:00 PM DINING R OOM DECEMBER R ESIDENTS ’ B IRTHDAY L UNCH

1:30-2:30 PM EAST R OOM LEAGUE OF W OMEN V OTERS (C ANCELED THIS MONTH )

1:30-2:00 PM POOL WATER F ITNESS

1:30-2:30 PM CAFÉ /L IBRARY COOKIES & C ONVERSATION

1:30-2:30 PM STUDIO KNITTING & C ROCHETING G ROUP

2:00-3:00 PM CHAPEL ROMAN C ATHOLIC C OMMUNION

1 2:30-3:30 PM EAST R OOM FILM D ISCUSSION C OMMITTEE

8 2:30-3:30 PM LLLC MAINTENANCE /H OUSEKEEPING C OMMITTEE

1 7:00 PM LOUNGE /C H 4 DOCUMENTARY F ILM ( P. 11)

8, 29 7:00 PM LOUNGE /C H 4 EVENING M OVIE

15 7:00-8:00 PM EAST R OOM RESIDENTS ’ A SSOCIATION

22 7:00 PM LOUNGE /CH 4 FOREIGN L ANGUAGE F ILM ( P. 11) page 16 DECEMBER 2016

REGULAR E VENTS IN D ECEMBER

FRIDAY 8:00-9:00 AM BUS T RIP FITNESS W ALK , M USEUM OF S CIENCE & I NDUSTRY ( P. 10)

9:30-10:30 AM THERAPY R M WELLNESS C LINIC WITH W ELLNESS S TAFF

10:00-11:00 AM LOUNGE /C H 4 DVD S ERIES : W ORLD ’S G REATEST GEOLOGICAL W ONDERS

2 11 AM -3:45 PM THERAPY R M PODIATRIST D R. J OANNE D AVIS

11:30-NOON EAST R OOM PHYSICAL F ITNESS

1:00-4:00 PM STUDIO OPEN S TUDIO

4:45-5:30 PM CHAPEL SHABBAT S ERVICE

7:00-8:00 PM EAST R OOM FRIDAY N IGHT S PEAKERS ( P. 11)

SATURDAY 8:45-NOON BUS T RIP KAM-II/R ODFEI Z EDEK T RANSPORTATION

10:00-11:00 AM LOUNGE SATURDAY M ORNING R OUNDTABLE

17 2:00-3:00 PM LLLC NEW Y ORKER R EADERS ( P. 4)

3, 10, 17 7:00 PM LOUNGE /C H 4 WEEKEND M OVIE

SUNDAY

4, 11, 18 9:00 AM -1:00 PM BUS T RIP CHURCH /S YNAGOGUE T RANSPORTATION

10:45 AM -1:00 PM BUS T RIP ROCKEFELLER C HAPEL

11:00 AM -NOON CHAPEL SERVICE OF H OLY C OMMUNION

7:00 PM LOUNGE /C H 4 WEEKEND M OVIE /E NCORE P RESENTATION