Busy mother earns degree while teaching at Hyde Park club
Dorothy Balkcom, mother of nine and full time assistant teacher at Hyde Park Neighborhood Club, will receive a 30 hour child development certificate from Human Services Institute of City Colleges of Chicago on June 8. She has balanced classes with work since joining in 1968, teaching 11 children aged four to six using a non structured approach and a varied curriculum that includes music, art, story hour, math concepts, and field trips to Lincoln Park Zoo and Midway Airport.
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Lincoln Park Zoo
Garfield Park Conservatory
Midway Airport
Plans set for JCC picnic at Eggers Woods
Hyde Park Jewish Community Center plans the Second Annual Picnic on Sunday June 10 at Eggers Woods 112th Street and Avenue B. Gates open about 2:00 P.M. with dancing drama art and music by children and a full Sports Camp including relay races baseball volleyball hikes. Teens and Tweens host a bake sale. Call Sonya Burns or Cathy Waller at 363-2770 for information.
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Hyde Park
Sonya Burns
Cathy Waller
Hyde Park Gala Opens With Tours and Art Fair
Hyde Parkers are invited to a Tenth Annual Open House Day on Sunday June 10 starting at 6 00 a m with a bicycle bird watching tour led by Alderman Leon Despres from St Margaret s Church The day continues with free house tours a large Art Fair and Flea Market at 72nd and Clyde from noon to dusk Tours begin at Beth Am Synagogue and feature homes with notable architecture and yard features including a water fall stream and tree house Highlights include a vast collection of artifacts and contemporary art from Asia Africa and the Americas plus unique items such as a seven foot walnut sculpture and a stagecoach bed The Art Fair runs noon to dusk in the St Philip Neri Church parking lot
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Leon Despres
St. Margaret’s Church
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Chicago
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Beth Am Synagogue
S. Coles
Jackson Park
Rainbow Beach
St. Philip Neri Church
Community flea market showcases crafts and unions art
A weekend event at 72nd Street and Clyde features paintings ceramics photography and jewelry with a special segment THE WORKING MAN AS ARTIST by union members. The Flea Market offers buttons tacos candles flowers antiques globes and more with free gifts for early buyers and engineer caps for children under five. An International Dancers performance at 4 p.m. highlights ethnic dances from around the world.
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Meat Cutters Union
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Clyde
Illinois Central Railroad
Carlton Smith Dance Workshop Opens Eight-Week Course
The Carlton Smith Dance Workshop at 5118 S Blackstone starts June 15 and runs through August 10 1973 offering Ballet Jazz Modern Ethnic and Choreography for all levels. Carlton Smith a Chicago dancer leads sessions with guest instructor Clayton Palmer and scholarships are available. Registration closes June 8 contact Dennis E McSwain at 493-9204 or 326-4564.
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Chicago
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Hyde Park
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Europe
Ball State University Contemporary Dance Co
University of Chicago Modern Dance Co
Alvin Ailey American Dance Center
New York
Arthur Mitchell Dance Theater of
Harlem
Ruth Page
Chicago Ballet Co
Stone-Camryn School of Ballet
Clayton Palmer
Palmer
Happy Medium Theater
Dennis E. McSwain
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Brooklyn Academy of Music
Kingsborough Community College
St. Benedict the Moore School of Dance
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