Wooded Island Festival Weekend Event Schedule
The Second Annual Wooded Island Festival Sunday features free activities across Hyde Park Chicago. Highlights include birdwatching, clay modeling, chalk art, University of Chicago Brass Band, Chicago Children’s Choir, garden tours, ball games, yo yo and poster contests, and musical performances with Fire Department clown acts and a Sun Drummers finale. Transportation by a big red fire engine is provided from the University National Bank.
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Bank to sponsor Wooded Island Festival transport plan
University National Bank will co sponsor Hyde Park Kenwood Community Conference event on Wooded Island Festival. The bank opens a new facility at 55th Street and Lake Park Avenue and will provide a shuttle from 55th and Lake Park to Wooded Island for festival attendees. Volunteers are sought for afternoon shifts and rain date is October 7.
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IIT names Dr. Darrell Williams Electrical Engineering chair
Dr. Darrell R. Williams, a solid state electronics and cryogenics expert, is named chair of IITs Department of Electrical Engineering. The 43 year old Oklahoma native comes from the University of Houston where he chaired its EE department 1967 72. He holds UOklahoma degrees and has Navy sonar experience and multiple scientific society memberships.
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Museum Opens for Island Festival Visitors on Sunday
Museum president Daniel M. MacMaster invites Wooded Island Festival attendees to visit the Museum and Industry during Sunday September 30. The institution, north of Wooded Island, features 75 exhibit halls with about 2000 units across 14 acres and welcomes families from Hyde Park to explore current exhibits.
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