County: 

Cook

Fee: 

Free. Reservations required.

Introduce personal writing as a form of self-reflection and a healing modality, and demonstrate the power of sharing and witnessing personal yet universal stories. Led by Kathleen C. Nesbitt, MFA.

Program is open to veterans, their family members, artists, and practitioners who work with veterans only. Each requires advance registration. RSVP to 773-301-5366 or 708-715-5488.

Community Grants - 2008

County: 

Cook

Fee: 

Free. Open to the public.

Nancy Ronquillo talks about her family's healing journey and how our community responds to war. Free-writing exercises, too, to help participants process ideas and relate them to their own lives by Lisa Rosenthal.

Free and open to the public. For more information, visit www.vetartproject.com

Community Grants - 2008

County: 

Cook

Fee: 

Free. Open to the public.

The Norwood Park Historical Society will conduct a comprehensive oral history project with neighborhood seniors, in conjunction with Mather Lifeways' Mather Cafes. The interviews will be utilized to create the "Voices of Norwood Park" exhibition, to be on display at the Seymour-Crippen House in Chicago, between February and November 2009. The exhibit will kick-off a year of oral history-related programming, with workshops, school group visits, and a website component that will help bring the memories of Norwood Park's longtime residents to life.

For more information, please contact Gwen Ihnat at 773.631.4633 or via email at gwen@norwoodparkhistoricalsociety.org.

Community Grants - 2008