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Start your morning off with a burst of energy! Seated exercises to start your day.

A resident led group discussing current event and relevant topics of interest.

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After the death of her father, Hannah becomes concerned with the strange behavior of her mother. As her mother’s troubled childhood is revealed, Hannah realizes how little she ever knew.

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After the death of her father, Hannah becomes concerned with the strange behavior of her mother. As her mother’s troubled childhood is revealed, Hannah realizes how little she ever knew.

Learn Spanish with Kim Costrovono. This is a beginner’s class.

Jimin Yun was born in Seoul, Korea and began her piano studies at the age of five. She graduated Ewha Women’s University in Korea with a Bachelors in Music, attained a Master’s Degree and Professional...

Catch up with your friends, discuss the latest news & gossip while enjoying fresh coffee!

Enjoy cards and mah jongg every Sunday & Monday evening. If there is group you would like to form or join, let us know!

Start your morning off with a burst of energy! Seated exercises to start your day.

A resident led committee to discuss the Selfhelp newspaper.

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This historical drama follows the lives of the Crawley family and their servants in the family’s Edwardian country house. The programme begins with the 1912 sinking of the Titanic, which leaves Downton Abbey’s future in...

Catch up with your friends, discuss the latest news & gossip while enjoying fresh coffee!

Stretch and gentle exercise to help promote mindful living with Kareena! Kareena Beckman Bio Kareena Beckman is presently director of Sweet Magic Studio where she teaches weekly yoga classes and workshops. Prior to opening her...

Enjoy cards and mah jongg every Sunday & Monday evening. If there is group you would like to form or join, let us know!

Start your morning off with a burst of energy! Seated exercises to start your day.

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Get creative and have fun with Scrapbooking!

Catch up with your friends, discuss the latest news & gossip while enjoying fresh coffee!

Meditation Classes will begin on Monday Aug. 7, 2017 at 1:30 in the Sanctuary, on the main floor.   Sharon Northern, has been teaching Meditation classes for 25 years and is a Reiki Master/Teacher.  Everyone is...

 

Start your morning off with a burst of energy! Seated exercises to start your day.

 

Mark Kaplan visits us from the uptown Chicago Public Library and brings a selection of books.

Renée Gatsis has been a Tai Chi practitioner for nearly 40 years and has taught for 20. At the Selfhelp Home, Renée teaches Dr. Paul Lams’ seated Tai Chi for Arthritis. In this class residents...

Catch up with your friends, discuss the latest news & gossip while enjoying fresh coffee!

Fun games designed to sharpen the brain and enhance memory.

Remake featuring Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga. A musician helps a young singer find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.

Start your morning off with a burst of energy! Seated exercises to start your day.

Jewish Studies with Jonathan Schwartz, Director of Jewish Life Jonathan Schwartz Bio Jonathan joined the Selfhelp Home in 2017. His role is to enrich and grow Jewish learning and engagement at the Home. Jonathan has...

We’re talking about challenges that come along with getting older, led by a social worker.

Play trivia on different topics, test your knowledge and memory! Learn new things and expand your knowledge with Susan Ifergan.

Catch up with your friends, discuss the latest news & gossip while enjoying fresh coffee!

Remake featuring Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga. A musician helps a young singer find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.

Start your morning off with a burst of energy! Seated exercises to start your day.

A tragi-comedy centered on the HR manager of Israel’s largest industrial bakery, who sets out to save the reputation of his business and prevent the publication of a defamatory article. Watch Israeli current films and...

A resident led group discussing current event and relevant topics of interest.

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The son of a Baptist preacher is forced to participate in a church-supported gay conversion program after being forcibly outed to his parents.

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The son of a Baptist preacher is forced to participate in a church-supported gay conversion program after being forcibly outed to his parents.

Learn Spanish with Kim Costrovono. This is a beginner’s class.

Pianist Jo Ann Daugherty got her professional start playing jazz clubs in Kansas City. As a pianist, composer, arranger, conductor, musical director, and recording artist, Jo Ann’s love for all kinds of music shines. Based in...

Catch up with your friends, discuss the latest news & gossip while enjoying fresh coffee!

Enjoy cards and mah jongg every Sunday & Monday evening. If there is group you would like to form or join, let us know!

Start your morning off with a burst of energy! Seated exercises to start your day.

This historical drama follows the lives of the Crawley family and their servants in the family’s Edwardian country house. The programme begins with the 1912 sinking of the Titanic, which leaves Downton Abbey’s future in...

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Enjoy a PowerPoint presentation of past presidents, architectural, monumental landmarks, first ladies of the centuries, states, cultures, fashions, travels etc. and discussion relating to the topic.  20th – 21st Century era focus.

Catch up with your friends, discuss the latest news & gossip while enjoying fresh coffee!

Stretch and gentle exercise to help promote mindful living with Kareena! Kareena Beckman Bio Kareena Beckman is presently director of Sweet Magic Studio where she teaches weekly yoga classes and workshops. Prior to opening her...

Enjoy cards and mah jongg every Sunday & Monday evening. If there is group you would like to form or join, let us know!

Start your morning off with a burst of energy! Seated exercises to start your day.

 

We’re talking about challenges that come along with getting older, led by a social worker.

Play trivia on different topics, test your knowledge and memory! Learn new things and expand your knowledge with Susan Ifergan.

Catch up with your friends, discuss the latest news & gossip while enjoying fresh coffee!

Meditation Classes will begin on Monday Aug. 7, 2017 at 1:30 in the Sanctuary, on the main floor.   Sharon Northern, has been teaching Meditation classes for 25 years and is a Reiki Master/Teacher.  Everyone is...

 

Start your morning off with a burst of energy! Seated exercises to start your day.

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Renée Gatsis has been a Tai Chi practitioner for nearly 40 years and has taught for 20. At the Selfhelp Home, Renée teaches Dr. Paul Lams’ seated Tai Chi for Arthritis. In this class residents...

Catch up with your friends, discuss the latest news & gossip while enjoying fresh coffee!

Reminiscing about our lives- stories about life we share with each other. “My Life”, with Wallie Dayal, participants select a topic and then share pertinent vignettes from their personal treasure chest of memories and life...

Agnes, taken for granted as a suburban mother, discovers a passion for solving jigsaw puzzles which unexpectedly draws her into a new world – where her life unfolds in ways she could never have imagined.

Start your morning off with a burst of energy! Seated exercises to start your day.

A weekly review on the latest headlines and a lively discussion of our opinions, led by a communications expert Lynn.

Learn about the exciting history of your favorite Broadway productions!

 

Catch up with your friends, discuss the latest news & gossip while enjoying fresh coffee!

Agnes, taken for granted as a suburban mother, discovers a passion for solving jigsaw puzzles which unexpectedly draws her into a new world – where her life unfolds in ways she could never have imagined.

Start your morning off with a burst of energy! Seated exercises to start your day.

Learn about yourself through the interpretation of your dreams, an hour devoted to figuring out what your dreams could be telling you.

A resident led group discussing current event and relevant topics of interest.

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In her own words, comedienne Gilda Radner looks back and reflects on her life and career. Weaving together recently discovered audiotapes, interviews with her friends, rare home movies and diaries read by modern day comediennes...

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In her own words, comedienne Gilda Radner looks back and reflects on her life and career. Weaving together recently discovered audiotapes, interviews with her friends, rare home movies and diaries read by modern day comediennes...

Learn Spanish with Kim Costrovono. This is a beginner’s class.

Tom Bachtell, Piano Trained as a pianist at the Cleveland Institute of Music and with a liberal arts degree from Case Western Reserve University, Tom is self-taught as an artist. An active chamber pianist, Tom...

Catch up with your friends, discuss the latest news & gossip while enjoying fresh coffee!

Enjoy cards and mah jongg every Sunday & Monday evening. If there is group you would like to form or join, let us know!

Start your morning off with a burst of energy! Seated exercises to start your day.

 

A weekly group discussion led by a professional journalist/writer who brings a new topic to discuss and share. Residents come together to learn about each other and the world.

Gina DiPonio shows a variety of TED TALKS videos. Each of the video follows a group Q & A full of discussion and opinions and sharing. About Gina: From creative writing to journalism to academic...

Catch up with your friends, discuss the latest news & gossip while enjoying fresh coffee!

Meditation Classes will begin on Monday Aug. 7, 2017 at 1:30 in the Sanctuary, on the main floor.   Sharon Northern, has been teaching Meditation classes for 25 years and is a Reiki Master/Teacher.  Everyone is...

 

Start your morning off with a burst of energy! Seated exercises to start your day.

Join Dr. Sheldon Marcus for beautiful classical music!

Mark Kaplan visits us from the uptown Chicago Public Library and brings a selection of books.

Renée Gatsis has been a Tai Chi practitioner for nearly 40 years and has taught for 20. At the Selfhelp Home, Renée teaches Dr. Paul Lams’ seated Tai Chi for Arthritis. In this class residents...

Catch up with your friends, discuss the latest news & gossip while enjoying fresh coffee!

In social hall with Director of Jewish Life, Jonathan Swartz.Share this:FacebookTwitterLinkedInPrint

Caught in the crossfires of civil war, CIA operatives must send a former U.S. diplomat to negotiate for the life of a friend he left behind.

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Start your morning off with a burst of energy! Seated exercises to start your day.

Jewish Studies with Jonathan Schwartz, Director of Jewish Life Jonathan Schwartz Bio Jonathan joined the Selfhelp Home in 2017. His role is to enrich and grow Jewish learning and engagement at the Home. Jonathan has...

The Selfhelp Home invites you to our Purim Celebration! Bring the family to join us on Thursday, March 21st at 2pm for delightful music, delicious hamentashen and refreshments. The Band starts at 2pm and refreshments...

Catch up with your friends, discuss the latest news & gossip while enjoying fresh coffee!

Caught in the crossfires of civil war, CIA operatives must send a former U.S. diplomat to negotiate for the life of a friend he left behind.

Start your morning off with a burst of energy! Seated exercises to start your day.

Learn how to use your new iPad or phone or learn something new like how to use Uber, Facebook or Facetime to stay in touch with friends and family.

A resident led group discussing current event and relevant topics of interest.

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OLD MAN AND THE GUN is based on the true story of Forrest Tucker (Robert Redford), from his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that...

Catch up with your friends, discuss the latest news & gossip while enjoying fresh coffee!

OLD MAN AND THE GUN is based on the true story of Forrest Tucker (Robert Redford), from his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that...

Learn Spanish with Kim Costrovono. This is a beginner’s class.

Paul Dykstra, Piano Paul Dykstra began working as a conductor/pianist at a dinner theater in southern Wisconsin, and since moving to Chicago, he’s focused predominantly on his two loves — chamber collaborative piano and vocal...

Catch up with your friends, discuss the latest news & gossip while enjoying fresh coffee!

Enjoy cards and mah jongg every Sunday & Monday evening. If there is group you would like to form or join, let us know!

Start your morning off with a burst of energy! Seated exercises to start your day.

Get creative and have fun with Scrapbooking!

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Enjoy a class full of movement, expression and music that will make you want to dance and make you feel happy. A class led by Debbie Joy Lipsett, Founder of Moving with Joy.

Catch up with your friends, discuss the latest news & gossip while enjoying fresh coffee!

Stretch and gentle exercise to help promote mindful living with Kareena! Kareena Beckman Bio Kareena Beckman is presently director of Sweet Magic Studio where she teaches weekly yoga classes and workshops. Prior to opening her...

Enjoy cards and mah jongg every Sunday & Monday evening. If there is group you would like to form or join, let us know!

Start your morning off with a burst of energy! Seated exercises to start your day.

Come and get Bejeweled! Learn how to make Jewelry- earrings, necklaces, bracelets, tassels, pom poms, and wrist watches. Working with beads, strings, embroidery threads etc. Wear your creations or give them away as a gift!

Enjoy singing and poetry readings aloud with Wallie Dayal.

Catch up with your friends, discuss the latest news & gossip while enjoying fresh coffee!

Meditation Classes will begin on Monday Aug. 7, 2017 at 1:30 in the Sanctuary, on the main floor.   Sharon Northern, has been teaching Meditation classes for 25 years and is a Reiki Master/Teacher.  Everyone is...

Remake featuring Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga. A musician helps a young singer find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.

Start your morning off with a burst of energy! Seated exercises to start your day.

Review the movie of the week with Zbigniew. ZBIGNIEW BANAS BIO Zbigniew Banas is a film critic, teacher, and a radio and television journalist.  Over the years, his reviews have appeared in Chicago Reader, Boston...

Fun games designed to sharpen the brain and enhance memory.

Renée Gatsis has been a Tai Chi practitioner for nearly 40 years and has taught for 20. At the Selfhelp Home, Renée teaches Dr. Paul Lams’ seated Tai Chi for Arthritis. In this class residents...

Catch up with your friends, discuss the latest news & gossip while enjoying fresh coffee!

Residents use Kindle devices that are easy to learn, provide large print reading, and offer a wide range of books to enjoy. The Book Club meets once a month to discuss the book in a...

Remake featuring Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga. A musician helps a young singer find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.

Start your morning off with a burst of energy! Seated exercises to start your day.

This historical drama follows the lives of the Crawley family and their servants in the family’s Edwardian country house. The programme begins with the 1912 sinking of the Titanic, which leaves Downton Abbey’s future in...

 

Catch up with your friends, discuss the latest news & gossip while enjoying fresh coffee!

Jewish Studies with Jonathan Schwartz, Director of Jewish Life Jonathan Schwartz Bio Jonathan joined the Selfhelp Home in 2017. His role is to enrich and grow Jewish learning and engagement at the Home. Jonathan has...

Remake featuring Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga. A musician helps a young singer find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.

Start your morning off with a burst of energy! Seated exercises to start your day.

Learn about yourself through the interpretation of your dreams, an hour devoted to figuring out what your dreams could be telling you.

A resident led group discussing current event and relevant topics of interest.

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Lisa Immordino Vreeland directs this documentary about Academy Award-winning costume designer Cecil Beaton. A respected photographer, artist and set designer, Beaton was best known for designing on award-winning films such as ‘Gigi’ (1958) and ‘My...

Catch up with your friends, discuss the latest news & gossip while enjoying fresh coffee!

Lisa Immordino Vreeland directs this documentary about Academy Award-winning costume designer Cecil Beaton. A respected photographer, artist and set designer, Beaton was best known for designing on award-winning films such as ‘Gigi’ (1958) and ‘My...

Learn Spanish with Kim Costrovono. This is a beginner’s class.

Lakeside Flutes is a select ensemble of talented flutists from the greater Chicago area. Founded in 1987 by a group of flute enthusiasts, we look forward to continuing to introduce the public to a wide variety of flute literature...

Catch up with your friends, discuss the latest news & gossip while enjoying fresh coffee!

Enjoy cards and mah jongg every Sunday & Monday evening. If there is group you would like to form or join, let us know!