Friday 12/12 – Thursday 12/18
13 SATURDAY Time between jobs can be horribly depressing, leading to feelings of inadequacy that won’t help to end an employment search. The Robert Taylor Homes’ Boys & Girls Club’s Jobs- Path Program provides kits on job training and how to ace an interview. Proceeds from tonight’s holiday celebration–which features Arnita Boswell, founder of the League of Black Women, and harpist Sadhana Mi–will go toward continuing the program. It’s from 5 to 7 at C’est Si Bon, 5225 S. Harper. Admission is $15 and includes refreshments; attendees are also asked to donate a toilet item such as a hairbrush or soap. Call 773-643-5383 to register.
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18 THURSDAY The settlement pattern of most immigrant groups is as follows: start out in the city, stay as long as it takes to get on your feet, then move to a better neighborhood or, better yet, to the ‘burbs. But the area’s still-growing East Indian population bucked the pattern. Most arrived after 1965, when laws changed to make it easier for educated professionals to immigrate here, and settled where the jobs were in Du Page and Kane counties. Once established, they brought over their relatives, many of whom run the Devon Avenue shops that serve the community, according to the Illinois Ethnic Coalition’s Cynthia Linton, author of The Ethnic Handbook: A Guide to the Cultures and Traditions of Chicago’s Diverse Communities. She’ll discuss the settlement patterns of several different groups today at a lecture entitled Ethnic Chicago: A Historical and Geographical Perspective. It’s at 12:15 in the video theater of the Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State. It’s free. Call 312-726-5293.
