OCTOBER
Saturday 27
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The University of Chicago’s Humanities Open House is a yearly cultural lagniappe for the community; it’s a day filled with lectures and tours designed to give folks an idea of what the heck goes on behind those Gothic facades–on the humanities side, anyway (the sciences remain a mystery). This year’s principal address is by Sheldon Pollock, an expert on ancient Indian intellectual history; he speaks on “Sanskrit and Civilization: On Studying a Premodern Language in a Postmodern World.” That’s at 11 AM; nearly 50 other lectures and tours go on during the course of the day, with sessions starting at 10 AM, and 1:30, 2:30, and 3:30 PM. Notable: “The Mother in the Cross: Gertrude Stein and Spiritual Feminism” (Professor Lisa Ruddick, at 10:30); and “Vintage Hype and Noble Rot: The Sociolinguistics of Wine Talk” (Professor Michael Silverstein, at 2:30). It’s all free, but you have to register, which you can do beginning at 9 AM at the Reynolds Club, 5706 S. University. Details? Call 702-3206.
If “Route 66” were rewritten as “Lincoln Avenue,” the enterprising cover artist would have to find rhymes for the communities of Lincoln Park, Northcenter, Lincoln-Belmont-Ashland, Lincoln Square, and Budlong Woods. Mighty Lincoln, stretching from just above North Avenue to the city limits at Lincolnwood, is the focus of a guided tour by the Ravenswood-Lake View Historical Association. The three-hour trip, beginning at 1 PM, will be led by Pat Butler and Richard Bjorklund. The same affair last year was a sellout, so make reservations now; it’s $12.50 per person. For more information or reservations, call Becky Tousey at 728-8652.
A bunch of tall people playing wallyball is what the Paramount Tall Club is offering tonight. The club is for Taller (their cap) than average people–at least six-foot-two for guys, five-foot-ten for gals; wallyball is like volleyball, only on a raquetball court. That’s 7 PM at 1203 N. 24th, in Melrose Park. Call 708-853-0183 for more information.
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