Events
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May 2025
French Creoles of The Illinois Country: Fiddle Jigs, Creole Folktales and Haunting Ballads
Shawneetown, IL
10:30am - 11:30am
Play That Hot Fiddle: Old Time Radio, Rural Music, and the Life of Southern Illinois Swing Fiddler "Pappy" Wade Ray
Braidwood, IL
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Pre-Civil War Quilts: Secret Codes to Freedom on the Underground Railroad
Edwardsville, IL
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Of Wind & Sky: Illinois Author Marguerite Henry and the Wild Ponies of Chincoteague Island
Paw Paw, IL
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Our Words, Our Truths: Storytelling for Collective Identity and Community Engagement
Cary, IL
7:00pm - 8:00pm
June 2025
Traditional Jazz: A Historical Perspective of Early Jazz from the New Orleans and Chicago Era
Mendota, IL
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Traditional Jazz: A Historical Perspective of Early Jazz from the New Orleans and Chicago Era
Tiskilwa, IL
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Learning is Your Arc: Illinois Novelist, Ernest Hemingway, Teaches Us About Who We Are
Mount Carroll, IL
2:00pm - 3:00pm
French Creoles of The Illinois Country: Fiddle Jigs, Creole Folktales and Haunting Ballads
Princeton, IL
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Lives in Code: Stories of African American Resilience Under the Illinois Black Codes, 1819-1865
Streamwood, IL
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Learning is Your Arc: Illinois Novelist, Ernest Hemingway, Teaches Us About Who We Are
Oak Park, IL
6:30pm - 7:30pm
Did Black Lives Matter in Early Illinois? Voices from the Brink of Slavery and Freedom
Carlyle, IL
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Traditional Jazz: A Historical Perspective of Early Jazz from the New Orleans and Chicago Era
Geneseo, IL
2:00pm - 3:00pm
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