My Go-To Place

My Go-To Place is a weekly drop-in social event where participants enjoy programming that includes education, socialization and art. Check www.cje.net/cyberclub for weekly program descriptions. Our Thursday program is sponsored by Niles Township Government and is geared towards participants in who live in the Township.

Thursday, January 28—My Go-To Place invites you to join Kurt Loeffler for a music lecture on “Women in Jazz.”  Kurt will take us on a journey from past female musical jazz icons to current greats of the jazz world! Kurt is a Percussion and Music Theory Teaching Artist with Ravinia Reach Teach Play Music Education Programs.

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Thursday, February 4—My Go-To Place invites you to join the Wildbird Shack’s Alyse Burman to discuss endangered birds in the United States. Birds are extraordinary descendants of dinosaurs and have survived over 160 million years of evolution. However, many of these amazing creatures are facing extinction due to human impact. We will identify some of these endangered birds and discuss why they are disappearing and what we can do to help them.

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Thursday, February 11—My Go-To Place invites you for a virtual tour at Chicago History Museum Remembering Dr. King: 1929–1968 . While Martin Luther King Jr.’s activism focused on dismantling the systems that kept African Americans oppressed in the American South, he also spent time in Chicago and spoke out on the realities of northern discrimination, around the issues of poverty, education, and housing. View the Chicago History Museum’s exhibition Remembering Dr. King: 1929–1968, depicting key moments in Dr. King’s work and the Civil Rights Movement, with a special focus on Chicago.

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Thursday, February 25—My Go-To Place and Porchlight Music Theatre returns with New Faces Sing Broadway 1987.  This program includes hit songs from Les Misérables, Into the Woods, Me and My Girl and other musicals from the 1987 Broadway season! Host Larry Adams, Jeff-nominated for Porchlight’s Sunset Boulevard, serves as guide to the stars, songs and stories of the past while introducing you to the next generation of Chicago music theatre artists.

*Note this program runs 80 minutes.

Register for February 25 >>>

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Welcome to the new Virtual My Go-To Place with JCC Chicago’s Community Tuesdays! We are pleased to start bringing you online My Go-To Place programming.