CWC UPCOMING EVENTS

2023-24

 

Feb 27th, 2024 - Virtual Evening Book Group  - Lady Tan’s Circle of Women, by Lisa See

 

Feb 14th, 2024 - Virtual Valentine's Party via Zoom

 

Jan 23rd, 2024 - Virtual Evening Book Group  - A Man Called Ove, by Fredrik Backman

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Jan 17th, 2024 - Downton Abbey Exhibition and Lunch, Skokie

 

Jan 10th, 2024 - un-decorated the Canadian Tree at MSI

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Dec 6th, 2023 - Annual Holiday Party at the home of a member in Naperville

 

Nov 21st, 2023 - Virtual Evening Book Group - Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury

 

Nov 15th, 2023 - Museum Tour - “Lost Chicagoland Department Stores” Exhibit - and lunch, Elmhurst

 

Nov 9th, 2023 - Daytime Book Group, George VI and Elizabeth: The Marriage That Saved the Monarchy by Sally Bedell Smith

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Nov 4th, 2023 - Decorating the Canadian Christmas Tree at the Museum of Science and Industry’s “Christmas Around the World and Holidays of Light” Exhibit

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Oct 24th, 2023 - Virtual Evening Book Group, The Woman They Could Not Silence, by Kate Moore

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Oct 21st, 2023 - Suburban Lunch Bunch, Schaumburg

 

Oct 7th, 2023 - The Play "The Mousetrap" and lunch in Lake Forest

 

Sept 26th, 2023 - Virtual Evening Book Group - planning for the year

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Sept 20th, 2023 - Painting ceramics and lunch in Burr Ridge

 

Aug 16th, 2023 - Suburban Lunch Bunch, Deerfield

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July 22nd, 2023 - Baseball Game, Schaumburg Boomers vs Trois-Rivières Aigles in Schaumburg

 

2022-23

June 28th, 2023 - Pool Party - lunch, cocktails and swimming at a member's home in Western Springs

 

May 17th, 2023 - Zoom - catching up with old friends

 

Apr 27th, 2023 - lunch and the play "The Cherry Orchard" at the Goodman Theatre

 

Mar 23rd, 2023 - Salvador Dali Exhibit at Art Institute of Chicago, followed by lunch

 

Feb 22nd, 2023 - Paint and Sip - coasters with alcohol ink

 

Jan 18th, 2023 - Luncheon at a member's Naperville Home

 

Dec 14th, 2022 - Holiday Party

 

Nov 29th, 2022 - Virtual Evening Book Group - The Personal Librarian, by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray

 

Nov 9th, 2022 - tour of Perfume Passage Museum in Barrington

 

Oct 28th, 2022 - Suburban Lunch Bunch- Demetri’s in Deerfield

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Oct 23rd, 2022 - Late Canadian Thankgiving Dinner at a member's home

 

Oct 19th, 2022 - Zoom Get-Together to talk about Thanksgiving

 

Sept 30th, 2022 - Suburban Lunch Bunch at Biaggi’s in Deer Park. 

 

Sept 21st, 2022  - Orchids for Beginners at the Breakers at Edgewater Beach in Chicago

 

2021-22

July 6th, 2022 - Suburban Lunch Bunch

June 29th, 2022 - celebrating Canada Day and our delayed 60th year anniversary at Meson Sabika Restaurant, Naperville

June 16th, 2022 - Daytime Book Group - Daughters of Yalta: The Churchills, Roosevelts, and Harrimans: A Story of Love and War, by Catherine Grace Katz. AND The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America, by Thomas King

May 31st, 2022  - Virtual Evening Book Group - Northern Spy, by Flynn Berry

May 24th, 2022 - Zoom Get-Together

May 19th, 2022 - Suburban Lunch Bunch - Heng Wing Restaurant, Palatine

April 20th, 2022 - tour of Chicago Cultural Center, followed by lunch in the Walnut Room at Macy's

April 26th , 2022 - Virtual Evening Book Group - I Heard the Owl Call My Name by Canadian author, Margaret Craven

March 31st, 2022 - Suburban Lunch Bunch = Peggy Kinnane's in Arlington Heights

March 24th, 2022 -Happy Hour in the City,  Madison Tavern, Chicago

March 22nd, 2022 - Virtual Evening Book Group - My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

March 16th, 2022 - Pillars of Spring” Flower Show at Lincoln Park Conservatory, Chicago

February 21st, 2022 - Virtual Evening Book Group - The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave

February 16, 2022 - Zoom Presentation "Tiaras, Royal Jewels and the British Royal Family" by Randye Kogan

January 27th, 2022 - Happy Hour in the City,   Madison Tavern, Chicago

January 25th, 2022 - Virtual Evening Book Group - The Lightkeeper’s Daughters by Jean E. Pendziwol

Jan. 19th, 2022 - Zoom Get-together to discuss the things which are truly important to us.

December 15th, 2021 - Holiday Party and Gift Exchange at a members home in Naperville

December 9th, 2021 - Evening Book Group - Holiday Party

November 22nd, 2021 - Evening Book Group - "Beneath a Scarlet Sky" by Mark Sullivan

November 17th, 2021 - Zoom Documentary and discussion on the Great Chicago Fire

October 26, 2021 - Evening Book Group - "Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted" by Suleika Jaouad

October 13, 2021 -  Morton Arboretum “Autumn Leaves” Tram Tour and lunch

September 29th, 2021 - Daytime Book Group - “The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz” by Erik Larson - AND-  “A Better Man” by Canadian author Louise Penny.

September 28th, 2021 -  Evening Book Group - "The Great Alone" by Kristin Hannah

September 15th, 2021 - "Picnic in the Park", in-person luncheon with entertainment in St. Charles, IL

 

2020-21

August 31st, 2021 - Evening Book Group - "Running with Sherman: The Donkey with the Heart of a Hero" by Christopher McDougall.

July 26th, 2021 - Evening Book Group -"The Dry", by Jane Harper.

June 29, 2021 - Evening Book Group - "The Human Stain", by Philip Roth

June 24, 2021 - In=person garden party at a member's suburban home

May 24, 2021 - Evening Book Group - "Born a Crime" by Trevor Noah

May 19, 2021 - Spring Garden Show (ZOOM)

April 27th, 2021 - Evening Book Group - "The Racketeer, by John Grisham"

April 21, 2021 - Pet Parade (ZOOM)

March 22, 2021  - Evening Book Group - '"CASTE: The Origins of Our Discontents" by Isabel Wilkerson

March 17, 2021 -- St Patrick's Day (ZOOM)

February 22, 2021  -- Evening Book Group -"The Vanishing Half"by Brit Bennett (ZOOM)

February 17, 2021 -- Valentine’s Best Date (ZOOM)

January 25, 2021  --Evening Book Group - "The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek" by Kim Michele Richardson.  (ZOOM)

January 19, 2021 -- New Year’s Resolutions after the End of Covid (ZOOM)

December 21, 2020  --Evening Book Group Holiday Party  (ZOOM)

December 16, 2020 -- “HOLIDAY SPECIAL MEMORIES” Near and Dear Show & Tell​ (ZOOM)

November 24, 2020  -- Evening Book Group - "The Giver of Stars"  (ZOOM)

November 18, 2020 - Member presentation on the Mayflower (ZOOM)

October 20, 2020 - Evening Book Group - "Sarah's Key" (ZOOM)

October 12, 2020 - Canadian Thanksgiving (ZOOM)

September 22, 2020 - Evening Book Group - "The Dutch House" (ZOOM)

September 16, 2020 - "Near and Dear" Show and Tell  (ZOOM)

 

2019-20

August 19, 2020 - Sharing books  (ZOOM)

July 2020 - Summer Catch-up (ZOOM)

June 2020 - Megan Wells as Miep Gies (ZOOM)

May 2020 - Leslie Goddard as Jackie Kennedy (ZOOM)

April 2020 - Cancelled

March 2020 - Halifax Disaster Presentation

February 2020 - Arctic Trek Presentation

January 2020 - Chinese New Year Celebration

December 2019 - Holiday Party & Toys for Tots Drive

November 2019 - Lunch at Signature Room

October 2019 - Backstage Tour of Lyric Opera

September 2019 - Tea at The Drake

Summer 2019 - Play "Come From Away" - Group Outing

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