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SUMMARY:Holiday Closure
DESCRIPTION:Club will be closed for the hol;idays.
URL:https://cliff-chicago.org/club-event/holiday-closure-2/
CATEGORIES:Closure
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SUMMARY:Club Open for BUFFET LUNCH ONLY
DESCRIPTION:Club will be open for LUNCH ONLY (the monthly buffet) due to a private event.
URL:https://cliff-chicago.org/club-event/club-open-for-buffet-lunch-only/
CATEGORIES:Closure
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SUMMARY:Cliff Dwellers Poetry Society Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Cliff Dwellers Poetry Society\nMeet & Eat\nThe Cliff Dwellers poet society will meet for lunch at the club at noon on Friday January 17. Order a delicious lunch\, or just come and sit with us! \nPlease RSVP if you’ll be dropping in: reservations@cliff-chicago.org\, or call 312-922-8080
URL:https://cliff-chicago.org/club-event/cliff-dwellers-poetry-society-meeting-7/
CATEGORIES:Experience,Poetry
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SUMMARY:Sketch Club
DESCRIPTION:The Cliff Dwellers Sketch Club will meet starting around 10:30 am\, through lunch\, on Saturday\, January 18th. \nAll are welcome! \nWhat is the Cliff Dwellers Sketch Club? \nOpen to all skill levels.\nCasual\, non-judgmental\nUse what you like (pen\, pencil\, watercolor\, etc.)\nSketch what you want (start in the Kiva)\nLearn from each other\, meet\, sketch\, and have fun! \nPlease join us to make a sketch and share it with others! \nBuffet lunch available at 12pm\, $26 per person\nReservations are required:\nreservations@cliff-chicago.org\nor by calling 312-922-8080
URL:https://cliff-chicago.org/club-event/sketch-club-4/
LOCATION:Lurie Garden
CATEGORIES:Art,Experience
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250118T110000
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SUMMARY:The Cliff Dwellers Book Club - Who Is The City For?
DESCRIPTION:Who is the City For?  –  Blair Kamin\nThe Cliff Dwellers Book Club will meet on Saturday\, January 18\, at 11:00 a.m. in the Sullivan Room \nWe will be discussing Blair Kamin’s book\, Who is the City For? Architecture\, Equity\, and the Public Realm in Chicago.  Joan Pantsios will moderate the discussion.  We will gather for a buffet lunch following the meeting. If you plan to stay for lunch\, \nPlease be sure to make a reservation:\nreservations@cliff-chicago.org\nor 312-922-8080. \nNew members are always welcome\, and\, as the books for the rest of the year are as yet to be determined\, please come with ideas!
URL:https://cliff-chicago.org/club-event/the-cliff-dwellers-book-club-who-is-the-city-for/
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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SUMMARY:Chicago International Puppet Theatre Festival - Theatre Club
DESCRIPTION:Join the Cliff Dwellers Theatre Club for our next\, very adventurous outing.  We’ll be heading down Michigan Avenue to the Fine Arts Building see one of the Chicago International Puppet Theatre Festival’s featured events: \nJ.M. COETZEE’S LIFE & TIMES OF MICHAEL K\nWednesday\, January 22\, 2025\, 7:30PM\nStudebaker Theater at the The Fine Arts Building –  410 S. Michigan Ave. \n\n“A MARVEL TO BEHOLD”\n“A Radical Artistic Gesture”\n“Captivating and Transportive”\n\n\n– The New York Times‘ Critic’s Pick \nIn this stunning transformation of Nobel Laureate J.M. Coetzee’s Booker Prize-winning novel by the same name\, a humble man finds solace in nature as he takes an epic journey through a mythical\, war-torn landscape. In search of his mother’s ancestral home\, he finds strength in his own humanity and a profound connection to the earth. With puppets by Handspring Puppet Company\, known for building the War Horse and Little Amal\, Cape Town’s Baxter Theatre brings us a new level of exquisite bunraku puppet theater. \nThe show is GENERAL ADMISSION\, and runs 115 minutes with no intermission.\nTickets are\n$49 (adults)\n$41 (seniors 65+) \nWe’ll stroll down to the Fine Arts Building after dining at the Club!  Dinner will be at 5:45 pm\, and will be a set menu\, three-course meal.  As the show is general admission\, we won’t have a block of seats\, but we will reserve the tickets in advance. \n\n\nBECAUSE OF LIMITED AVAILABILITY\, WE NEED TO RESERVE TICKETS FOR THIS EVENT BEFORE THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY. \nPlease contact Rick Frendt (rfrendt@comcast.net) no later than Sunday\, December 15 if you are interested in attending.\n\nNOTE:  If you’ll be joining us for dinner\, just let Rick know instead of calling the Club.  He’ll arrange for the dinner reservations with the Club directly.
URL:https://cliff-chicago.org/club-event/chicago-international-puppet-theatre-festival-theatre-club/
CATEGORIES:Theatre
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SUMMARY:Burns Supper
DESCRIPTION:SOLD OUT!\nCliff Dwellers Burns Supper\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nScottish poet Robert Burns was born in Alloway\, Scotland on January 25\, 1759. Burns is widely regarded as the authentic voice of the Scottish people. Every year around the world\, the enduring resonance of Burns’s writing is celebrated near the end of January. \nWe will be trying whisky at the bar\, presenting a traditional dinner including haggis\, and looking forward to members delivering the Toast to the Lads\, the Toast to the Lassies\, singing and poetry\, and other demonstrations to entertain the crowd. \nIf you would like to perform one of these entertainments\, please sign up at reservations@cliff-chicago.org. Not everyone needs to perform! \nMembers and Guests $60 per person\nBar opens at 5 pm for whiskey tasting\nDinner and festivities will begin at 6 PM \nReservations for the evening are required by January 16 at reservations@cliff-chicago.org.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease RSVP if you’ll be dropping in: reservations@cliff-chicago.org\, or call 312-922-8080
URL:https://cliff-chicago.org/club-event/burns-supper/
CATEGORIES:Dinner,Experience,Poetry
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250131T170000
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SUMMARY:Rembrandt Chamber Musicians
DESCRIPTION:Members of the Cliff Dwellers are cordially invited to attend a concert By the Rembrandt Chamber Musicians\, who will be performing at our club on January 31\, 2025. \nAn advance ticket is required for anyone attending the concert. Tickets must be purchased directly from the Rembrandt Musicians. Tickets are available right up to the time of the concert unless the concert is sold out. \nTo purchase tickets\, use this link\, and the code for a club discount. There are tickets for many different performances on this site\, so be sure you choose the one at the Cliff Dwellers on January 31. \nhttps://rembrandtchambermusicians.vbotickets.com/events\nDiscount code: VILLAGE2425 \n\nProgram: Andrey Rubtsov – Divertimento in E Major for Flute and String Quartet\nBeethoven – Serenade for flute\, violin\, and viola in D Major\, Op. 25\nAmy Beach – Theme and Variations for Flute and String Quartet\, Op. 80\nMusicians: Flute: Jennifer Gunn Violin: John MacFarlane Violin2: TBD Viola: Carol Cook Cello: Calum Cook \nMembers attending the concert who would like an à la carte dinner prior to the performance should make reservations at reservations@cliff-chicago.org 5pm-Bar opens 5:30pm-Dinner\, $45 3-course meal 7pm-Performance
URL:https://cliff-chicago.org/club-event/rembrandt-chamber-musicians-2/
CATEGORIES:Classical,Music
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