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    • 02/10/2025
    • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
    • Zoom only (link provided in registration email)
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    Book: Day
    Author: Michael Cunningham

    Discussion Leader: Barbara Herzog

    Literature Discussion Chairs: Barbara Herzog and Teresa Kennedy

    The Literature Group offers members an international perspective in literary fiction by introducing acclaimed, if sometimes lesser known, writers and books. Members are invited to attend by Zoom, although we request that only those who have read the book participate in discussion.

    • 02/11/2025
    • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
    • IWA Office: 17 N State St, Suite 1760
    Register


    • 02/12/2025
    • 11:30 AM
    • Indian Garden Restaurant, 247 E. Ontario St., 2nd Floor
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    Date: Wednesday, February 12, 2025

    Time: 11:30 AM

    Location: Indian Garden Restaurant, 247 E. Ontario St., 2nd Floor


    Celebrate Valentine's Week with IWA friends by enjoying a delicious buffet tapestry of Indian cuisines in our private area of this popular downtown restaurant. 


    Indiangardenchicago.com


    Register by February 11, 2025.

    Maximum: 25 IWA members and prospective members.

    $23 plus tax and tip. Please bring cash!


    Elevator available.


    Accessible to public transportation — CTA red lie train and bus routes. Parking: Spot Hero. 


    Contacts: Dell Harmsen, 312-515-0317

    Gabriela Martin, 773-525-2121

    • 02/13/2025
    • 8:45 AM - 10:45 AM
    • Swift School, 5900 N Winthrop Ave
    • 3
    Register


    The IWA Philanthropy and Community Service committee invites you to take part in our Swift School Classroom Helpers volunteer program for the new school year, beginning Thursday, November 7th. 

    Volunteers are needed to assist teachers in kindergarten through 8th grade in a variety of tasks, whether with small groups of students or in other supportive activities in the classroom. No special skills are required! 

    A Chicago Public School with many immigrant and refugee students, George B. Swift Specialty School has a close and long-running relationship with IWA and is a major benefactor of our Philanthropy and Community Service efforts.

    Sessions are available the first two Thursdays of each month throughout the school year from 8:45 - 10:45 a.m. Sign up for dates that work for your schedule. The kids will be happy to see you!

    Please register by February 10th.

    Swift School is in the Edgewater neighborhood and easily accessible by public transportation. Street parking is also available.


    Contact Dell Harmsen at Dellzee4@gmail.com or 312-515-0317 for more information. 

    We hope you will join us for this important and meaningful volunteer opportunity!

    • 02/13/2025
    • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
    • Zoom (Link Provided in Registration Email)
    Register


    • 02/14/2025
    • 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM
    • The Hampton Social, 4999 Old Orchard Center, Skokie
    Register


    Date: Friday, February 14, 2025

    Time: 11:30am – 2:00pm


    Location: The Hampton Social

    4999 Old Orchard Center, Skokie

    in the Westfield Old Orchard Shopping Center


    RSVP by February 12 online.

    Remember to bring cash.


    “The Hampton Social is known for our lively dining experiences featuring

    exceptional costal inspired food… in a beautiful designed atmosphere.”


    Directions: The Westfield Old Orchard Shopping Center is located south of Old Orchard Road (Old Orchard exit off of I94), west of Skokie Blvd (Hwy 41), and north of Golf Rd. The Hampton Social restaurant is on the eastern side of the southern part of the shopping center behind Uncle Julio’s and across from Brooks Brothers (both which you can see from the east parking lot). Parking is available in the Center’s lot.


    Volunteers for hosting our pot-lucks, restaurant suggestions and walking

    location ideas are always appreciated. Join us for friendship and fellowship.

    IWA North Shore area events are open to all members and their guests.


    Contact: Carolyn LeBlanc-Blatt, clblatt@att.net, 312-550-3827

    • 02/17/2025
    • 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
    • IWA Office, 17 N State St, Suite 1760, Chicago
    Register


    This monthly event is for all interested Bridge players, and includes members who play Basic Social Bridge as well

    as Intermediate/Advanced Bridge players.


    (Please be aware that you need a basic knowledge of

    Bridge in order to participate).

    • 02/19/2025
    • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
    • Zoom
    Register


    • 02/19/2025
    • 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
    • Aster Hall Bar & Study, 900 N. Michigan Ave, 6th Floor
    Register



    Join IWA members for an evening meet & greet!


    We will be at Aster Hall Bar & Study from 4pm to 6pm - come for as little or as long as you like!


    Please contact Dell Harmsen with any questions.

    • 02/24/2025
    • 10:30 AM
    • IWA Conference Room, 17 N State Street, Suite 1740
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    Date: Monday, February 24


    Time: 10:30 am Social; 11:00 am Program


    Location: IWA Conference Room, 17 N State Street, Suite 1740


    Program: It is 1992, and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II is pondering how to handle turmoil in the royal family in the wake of some scandalous divorces and finger-wagging media reports. As she reflects on her struggles, she looks back on her life, from her happy childhood through the abdication of her uncle, her marriage to a navy officer named Philip, her coronation, and her ongoing walk to balance her roles as queen and mother. In this historical portrayal by scholar and actress Leslie Goddard, Ph.D., you'll get to know the woman behind the images, her sense of humor and the savvy intelligence with which she meets her demanding obligations. Note: This program is a historical portrayal, not a lecture.

    Performer: Leslie Goddard is an award-winning actress and scholar who has been presenting history programs for more than fifteen years. She holds a Ph.D. from Northwestern University specializing in American studies and U.S. history as well as a master’s degree in theater.

    A former museum director, she is the author of three books on history and currently works full time as an author and public speaker.

    What Leslie Goddard does - She portrays memorable women from the past and tell historical stories so that lessons from the past are more entertaining, educational and inspiring


    Light refreshments will be served

    Members and guests welcome

    Cost: $10 (Cash only)


    Contacts: Nicola Crowe (Njtcrowe@aol.com),

    Carolyn LeBlanc-Blatt (Clblatt@att.net)



    • 02/25/2025
    • 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
    • IWA Office, 17 N State St, Suite 1760
    Register


    Join your IWA friends in a fun and friendly game of Mah Jongg! There is nothing more exciting than when, with your heart racing, your adrenaline pumping, your palms sweating, and you call "Mah Jongg"!

    ALL LEVELS ARE WELCOME! A refresher lesson will be given at the beginning of each meeting.

    • 02/27/2025
    • 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
    • Zoom
    Register


    • 03/03/2025
    • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
    • 2nd Floor, 900 N Michigan Ave
    Register



    Join us for an in-person Morning Meet and Greet!


    Enjoy a morning of coffee and conversation with IWA members.

    Stop by for as little or as long as you'd like between 10:30am and 12pm.


    All IWA members and potential new members are welcome!


    Contact: Sunaina Kumar, Sunainapkumar@gmail.com708-856-6217

    • 03/05/2025
    • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
    • Zoom
    Register


    • 03/06/2025
    • 8:45 AM - 10:45 AM
    • Swift School, 5900 N Winthrop Ave
    • 5
    Register


    The IWA Philanthropy and Community Service committee invites you to take part in our Swift School Classroom Helpers volunteer program for the new school year, beginning Thursday, November 7th. 

    Volunteers are needed to assist teachers in kindergarten through 8th grade in a variety of tasks, whether with small groups of students or in other supportive activities in the classroom. No special skills are required! 

    A Chicago Public School with many immigrant and refugee students, George B. Swift Specialty School has a close and long-running relationship with IWA and is a major benefactor of our Philanthropy and Community Service efforts.

    Sessions are available the first two Thursdays of each month throughout the school year from 8:45 - 10:45 a.m. Sign up for dates that work for your schedule. The kids will be happy to see you!

    Please register by March 3rd.

    Swift School is in the Edgewater neighborhood and easily accessible by public transportation. Street parking is also available.


    Contact Dell Harmsen at Dellzee4@gmail.com or 312-515-0317 for more information. 

    We hope you will join us for this important and meaningful volunteer opportunity!

    • 03/06/2025
    • 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
    • Chicago History Museum, 1601 N Clark St
    Register



    • 03/11/2025
    • 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
    • Zoom (Link Provided in Registration Email)
    Register


    • 03/13/2025
    • 8:45 AM - 10:45 AM
    • Swift School, 5900 N Winthrop Ave
    • 4
    Register


    The IWA Philanthropy and Community Service committee invites you to take part in our Swift School Classroom Helpers volunteer program for the new school year, beginning Thursday, November 7th. 

    Volunteers are needed to assist teachers in kindergarten through 8th grade in a variety of tasks, whether with small groups of students or in other supportive activities in the classroom. No special skills are required! 

    A Chicago Public School with many immigrant and refugee students, George B. Swift Specialty School has a close and long-running relationship with IWA and is a major benefactor of our Philanthropy and Community Service efforts.

    Sessions are available the first two Thursdays of each month throughout the school year from 8:45 - 10:45 a.m. Sign up for dates that work for your schedule. The kids will be happy to see you!

    Please register by March 10th.

    Swift School is in the Edgewater neighborhood and easily accessible by public transportation. Street parking is also available.


    Contact Dell Harmsen at Dellzee4@gmail.com or 312-515-0317 for more information. 

    We hope you will join us for this important and meaningful volunteer opportunity!

    • 03/17/2025
    • 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
    • IWA Office, 17 N State St, Suite 1760, Chicago
    Register


    This monthly event is for all interested Bridge players, and includes members who play Basic Social Bridge as well

    as Intermediate/Advanced Bridge players.


    (Please be aware that you need a basic knowledge of

    Bridge in order to participate).

    • 03/19/2025
    • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
    • Zoom
    Register


    • 03/19/2025
    • 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
    • Aster Hall Bar & Study, 900 N. Michigan Ave, 6th Floor
    Register



    Join IWA members for an evening meet & greet!


    We will be at Aster Hall Bar & Study from 4pm to 6pm - come for as little or as long as you like!


    Please contact Ria Rörich with any questions.

    • 03/21/2025
    • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
    • Zoom only (link provided in registration email)
    Register


    Book: Abyss
    Author: Pilar Quintana

    Discussion Leader: Myra Balesi

    Literature Discussion Chairs: Barbara Herzog and Teresa Kennedy

    The Literature Group offers members an international perspective in literary fiction by introducing acclaimed, if sometimes lesser known, writers and books. Members are invited to attend by Zoom, although we request that only those who have read the book participate in discussion.

    • 03/25/2025
    • 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
    • IWA Office, 17 N State St, Suite 1760
    Register


    Join your IWA friends in a fun and friendly game of Mah Jongg! There is nothing more exciting than when, with your heart racing, your adrenaline pumping, your palms sweating, and you call "Mah Jongg"!

    ALL LEVELS ARE WELCOME! A refresher lesson will be given at the beginning of each meeting.

    • 03/27/2025
    • 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
    • Zoom
    Register


    • 04/01/2025
    • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
    • IWA Office Conference Room, 17 N State St, Suite 1740
    Register



    Date: Tuesday, April 1st, 2025

    Time: 10:30 social, 11am Program in English

    Location: IWA Conference Room, 17 N State St, Suite 1740 

    Program: “Paris when it Sizzles” Glenn Derringer, a well-traveled musical impresario will give a presentation on the birth of French Gypsy Jazz. He will guide us from the beginning -1920’s –through the war years, the period after WWII and Gypsy Jazz today. His presentation will be accompanied by several videos.

    RSVP by March 30, 2025. Register on the IWA Website

    Note: Refreshments are welcome.

    • 04/02/2025
    • 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM
    • Fortnightly of Chicago

    Save the Date!

    Pre-Gala Event: 

     British Afternoon Tea at the Fortnightly

    Speaker: Soma Roy - Tea


    Wednesday, April 2

    1:00 - 3:30 pm

    Fortnightly of Chicago


    Contact: Ying Hirsh

    • 04/03/2025
    • 8:45 AM - 10:45 AM
    • Swift School, 5900 N Winthrop Ave
    • 5
    Register


    The IWA Philanthropy and Community Service committee invites you to take part in our Swift School Classroom Helpers volunteer program for the new school year, beginning Thursday, November 7th. 

    Volunteers are needed to assist teachers in kindergarten through 8th grade in a variety of tasks, whether with small groups of students or in other supportive activities in the classroom. No special skills are required! 

    A Chicago Public School with many immigrant and refugee students, George B. Swift Specialty School has a close and long-running relationship with IWA and is a major benefactor of our Philanthropy and Community Service efforts.

    Sessions are available the first two Thursdays of each month throughout the school year from 8:45 - 10:45 a.m. Sign up for dates that work for your schedule. The kids will be happy to see you!

    Please register by March 31st.

    Swift School is in the Edgewater neighborhood and easily accessible by public transportation. Street parking is also available.


    Contact Dell Harmsen at Dellzee4@gmail.com or 312-515-0317 for more information. 

    We hope you will join us for this important and meaningful volunteer opportunity!

    • 04/07/2025
    • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
    • 2nd Floor, 900 N Michigan Ave
    Register



    Join us for an in-person Morning Meet and Greet!


    Enjoy a morning of coffee and conversation with IWA members.


    Stop by for as little or as long as you'd like between 10:30am and 12pm. 


    All IWA members and potential new members are welcome!


    Director for Membership: Ria Rörich

    • 04/08/2025
    • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
    • IWA Office: 17 N State St, Suite 1760
    Register


    • 04/09/2025
    • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    • Zoom (link provided upon registration)
    Register

                                                       

    Date: Wednesday, April 9, 2025

    Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

    Location: Zoom (link provided upon registration)

    Program: In 1885, the jewelry house of Peter Carol Fabergé began what would become the ultimate last great commission of “objects d’art” in the world, The Imperial Easter Eggs. Fabergé received the coveted title, “Goldsmith by Special Appointment to the Imperial Crown” and began the remarkable collection of treasures forever associated with the tragic end of the Russian Imperial Family, the Romanovs. However, through photographs and the astonishing Fabergé Easter Eggs, we get a glimpse of who the Romanovs were as a people and how they lived.

    Presenter: Ann Leslie is an instructor at Harper College, Barrington, and previously was a television producer and director. She has also written for various newspaper and magazine articles.

    Contact: Nicola Crowe, njtcrowe@aol.com

    • 04/10/2025
    • 8:45 AM - 10:45 AM
    • Swift School, 5900 N Winthrop Ave
    • 5
    Register


    The IWA Philanthropy and Community Service committee invites you to take part in our Swift School Classroom Helpers volunteer program for the new school year, beginning Thursday, November 7th. 

    Volunteers are needed to assist teachers in kindergarten through 8th grade in a variety of tasks, whether with small groups of students or in other supportive activities in the classroom. No special skills are required! 

    A Chicago Public School with many immigrant and refugee students, George B. Swift Specialty School has a close and long-running relationship with IWA and is a major benefactor of our Philanthropy and Community Service efforts.

    Sessions are available the first two Thursdays of each month throughout the school year from 8:45 - 10:45 a.m. Sign up for dates that work for your schedule. The kids will be happy to see you!

    Please register by April 7th.

    Swift School is in the Edgewater neighborhood and easily accessible by public transportation. Street parking is also available.


    Contact Dell Harmsen at Dellzee4@gmail.com or 312-515-0317 for more information. 

    We hope you will join us for this important and meaningful volunteer opportunity!

    • 04/14/2025
    • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
    • Zoom only (link provided in registration email)
    Register


    Book: The Anthropologists
    Author: Asyegul Savas

    Discussion Leader: Yoko Kusama

    Literature Discussion Chairs: Barbara Herzog and Teresa Kennedy

    The Literature Group offers members an international perspective in literary fiction by introducing acclaimed, if sometimes lesser known, writers and books. Members are invited to attend by Zoom, although we request that only those who have read the book participate in discussion.

    • 04/16/2025
    • 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
    • Aster Hall Bar & Study, 900 N. Michigan Ave, 6th Floor
    Register