Friday 18
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Tensions in the Middle East continue to dominate the late night newscasts (not to mention our letters page), but better debate than silence. The current crisis will get another airing when Amira Dotan, the first female general in the Israeli armed forces, and Dr. Mariam Mar’i, a leading Palestinian Israeli scholar, take a look at problems in their homeland. Among other things, they’ll touch on the special role played by Israeli women in bettering Jewish-Arab relations. These leading Israeli women will be appearing together in a free lecture tonight at 8 at the Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation, 303 Dodge in Evanston. Tomorrow the two will be at Columbia College, 600 S. Michigan, at 3; Sunday, at Chicago Sinai Congregation, 5350 S. Shore Drive, at 11 and at North Shore Congregation Israel, 1185 N. Sheridan in Glencoe at 4. For more details, call 944-5394.
Gardening in the city is a perverse joy, but some of us are more deranged than others. That’s why we’ll be at the Chicago Botanic Garden’s spring gardening programs–“Choosing and Planting Trees and Shrubs,” “Using Annuals Effectively,” and “Growing Perennials.” All three are offered from 10 to noon and again from 1 to 3 today, at the CBG, I located on Lake Cook Road in Glencoe, a half mile east of the Edens. Programs cost $10 each, admission to the garden is free, parking is $2. For more information, call 835-5440.
Monday 21
Olympic Gold Medalists Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean are listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the only skating team awarded nine perfect scores in world competition. That’s even more impressive because Torvill and Dean have a penchant for stretching, if not breaking, the rules. Ice dancers, as opposed to figure skaters, Torvill and Dean perform a complex, athletic art. Although they attended the Calgary games only as commentators for Australian television, they still managed to cause a stir with the choreography Dean developed for the French skating team. They’ll be live and in person tonight with the Ice Capades in “Salute to Hollywood”–7:30 at the Rosemont Horizon, 6920 N. Mannheim Road in Rosemont. Tickets are $12.50, $10.50, and $8.50. Call 635-6600 for more information.
Northwest Divorced Catholics say, “Themes of forgiveness can be found in the Bible, in prayers, even in the media.” Pat Dolan, a nurse at the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children, will try to explain how the unholy media ended up in the same breath as the Bible and prayers when she leads a Forgiveness Workshop at 7:30 tonight. If she can’t come up with a good one, we’ll gladly forgive her. The seminar is at Our Lady of Victory Parish, 5211 W. Sunnyside and it’s free. Call 763-8228 for more information.
