<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> Blind Service Chicago <info@bsachicago.org><br><b>Date:</b> April 13, 2025 at 8:29:24\u202fAM CDT<br><b>To:</b> DEBBIEPITTMAN99@gmail.com<br><b>Subject:</b> <b>BSC Events and Programs for the Week of April 14, 2025</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> Blind Service Chicago <info@bsachicago.org><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff
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For details, please see your April newsletter or call the BSC office at 312-236-0808. </span></strong></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br></p><p style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif">Happenings this week at Blind Service Chicago:</span></span></strong></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br></p><p style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif">Most events meet on our conference line unless otherwise noted. The call-in number is 312-488-0636.</span></strong></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br></p><p style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif">Monday, April 14</span></span></strong></p><p style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif">Short Selections 1:00 p.m. Heather Groh will read excerpts from</span></strong><em><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif"> Don\u2019t Go: Stories of Segregation and How to Disrupt It</span></strong></em><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif"> by Maria Kyrsan and Tonika Lewis Johnson</span></strong></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br></p><p style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif">Tuesday, April 15</span></span></strong></p><p style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif">Dennis Newport leads Tai Chi at 9:00 a.m.</span></strong></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br></p><p style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif">Supper Club 5:00 - 7:15 p.m. If you are signed up for Supper Club, plan your rides to arrive at The Berghoff, 17 W. Adams, as close to 5 pm as possible so that we can have our orders in by 5:30. </span></strong></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br></p><p style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif">Wednesday, April 16</span></span></strong></p><p style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif">CoffeeChat at 10:00 a.m. </span></strong></p><p style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif">Dial in to connect and share ideas and resources with fellow BSC clients. A staff member will also be on hand to answer questions about events and programming. </span></strong></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br></p><p style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif">Stress Management will meet today at 1:00 p.m. Join Dr. Baird and the group for the last workshop of this season. The topic will be \u201cTalk Back to Your Stress!\u201d</span></strong></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br></p><p style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif">Thursday, April 17</span></span></strong></p><p style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif">There are no events scheduled.</span></strong></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br></p><p style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif">REMINDER: While the Book Club normally meets each Third Thursday of the month, in April the group will meet in person on Wednesday, April 30 at 10:30 a.m. at BSC as part of Art and Lit Week. This month we read and will discuss </span></strong><em><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif">Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light: The Private Writings of the \u201cSaint of Calcutta\u201d </span></strong></em><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif">by Mother Teresa DB 123246. BSC Book Club Chairperson Mary Abramson will also give a talk \u201cWhy Discuss Books?\u201d at the event.</span></strong></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br></p><p style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif">Friday, April 18</span></span></strong></p><p style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif">The Knitting Club meets in the Bernstein Center at BSC at 11:00 a.m.</span></strong></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br></p><p style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif">Saturday, April 19</span></span></strong></p><p style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif">The BSC office is open for reading and tech tutor appointments. Call BSC to schedule.</span></strong></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br></p><p style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif">To obtain more information about BSC services, events, and programs, or to sign up for an appointment, call the office at 312-236-0808.</span></strong></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br></p><p style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif"> </span></strong></p><p style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif">The staff at BSC wishes you a great week ahead!</span></strong></p><p style="text-align: left;" class="last-child"><br></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px;padding-right:0;padding-left:0" valign="top" class="mceImageBlockContainer" align="center" id="blockContainerId-6"><span class="mceImageBorder" style="border:0;border-radius:0;vertical-align:top;margin:0"><img data-block-id="6" width="640" height="auto" style="width:640px;height:auto;max-width:660px !important;border-radius:0;display:block" alt="" src="https://mcusercontent.com/c93d308f8dee8d11e518caebb/images/603ee5d6-a315-b1c6-67a9-c2522fa91202.jpg" role="presentation" class="imageDropZone mceImage" data-unique-identifier=""></span></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0" valign="top" id="blockContainerId-7"><table width="100%" style="border:0;border-radius:0;border-collapse:separate"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-left:24px;padding-right:24px;padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px" class="mceTextBlockContainer"><div data-block-id="7" class="mceText" id="dataBlockId-7" style="width:100%"><p class="MsoNormal mcePastedContent">Six BSC clients enjoyed a drum making workshop with Heather McQueen Studios this past Thursday. They will play the drums they made with Chicago jazz percussionist Tommy Carroll during our Art and Lit Week. Come on Friday, May 2 to hear them!</p><p class="mcePastedContent"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal mcePastedContent">You can view the full agenda for Art and Lit Week and register <a href="https://blindserviceassociation.us22.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c93d308f8dee8d11e518caebb&id=676d815aa6&e=4f9afc0dc9">here.</a></p><p class="mcePastedContent last-child">For more information or to register by phone, call the BSC office at 312-236-0808.</p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><!--[if (gte mso 9)|(IE)]></td></tr></table><![endif]--></td></tr></tbody><tbody data-block-id="15" class="mceWrapper"><tr><td style="background-color:transparent" valign="top" align="center" class="mceSectionFooter"><!--[if (gte mso 9)|(IE)]><table align="center" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="660" style="width:660px;"><tr><td><![endif]--><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="max-width:660px" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td style="background-color:#ffffff" valign="top" class="mceWrapperInner"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" role="presentation" data-block-id="14"><tbody><tr class="mceRow"><td style="background-position:center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0" valign="top" class="mceColumn" data-block-id="-6" colspan="12" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td style="background-color:#f4f4f4;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px;padding-right:8px;padding-left:8px" valign="top" id="blockContainerId-13"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" role="presentation" data-block-id="13" id="section_0693886e338f08d5399c9c9770c84579" class="mceFooterSection"><tbody><tr class="mceRow"><td style="background-color:#f4f4f4;background-position:center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="12" width="100%" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0" valign="top" class="mceColumn" data-block-id="-3" colspan="12" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0" valign="top" align="center" id="blockContainerId-11"><table width="100%" style="border:0;border-radius:0;border-collapse:separate"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-left:16px;padding-right:16px;padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px" class="mceTextBlockContainer"><div data-block-id="11" class="mceText" id="dataBlockId-11" style="display:inline-block;width:100%"><p class="last-child"><a href="https://mailchi.mp/7e5b5894f109/bsc-events-and-programs-for-the-week-of-april-14-2025?e=4f9afc0dc9"><span style="font-size: 11px">View email in browser</span></a><span style="font-size: 11px"><br>
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