Events
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January 2025
Traditional Jazz: A Historical Perspective of Early Jazz from the New Orleans and Chicago Era
Moline, IL
5:30pm - 6:30pm
February 2025
Pre-Civil War Quilts: Secret Codes to Freedom on the Underground Railroad
Earlville, IL
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Pre-Civil War Quilts: Secret Codes to Freedom on the Underground Railroad
Edwardsville, IL
6:30pm - 7:30pm
Lives in Code: Stories of African American Resilience Under the Illinois Black Codes, 1819-1865
Lombard, IL
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Pre-Civil War Quilts: Secret Codes to Freedom on the Underground Railroad
Galesburg, IL
2:00pm - 3:00pm
You Are a Story: Illinois Novelist Ray Bradbury Teaches Us About Who We Are
Freeport, IL
6:30pm - 7:30pm
Did Black Lives Matter in Early Illinois? Voices from the Brink of Slavery and Freedom
Elgin, IL
2:00pm - 3:00pm
March 2025
Singing Bird and the Importance of Native American Women in Illinois History
Brookfield, IL
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Robert Ridgway: When Amateur Bird Watching Became a Rigorous Science
Sugar Grove, IL
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Pre-Civil War Quilts: Secret Codes to Freedom on the Underground Railroad
Somonauk, IL
6:30pm - 7:30pm
Our Words, Our Truths: Storytelling for Collective Identity and Community Engagement
Chicago, IL
10:00am - 11:00am
More Than a Color: the Marginalization of African Beauty Through History
Oak Park, IL
1:15pm - 2:15pm
April 2025
French Creoles of The Illinois Country: Fiddle Jigs, Creole Folktales and Haunting Ballads
Carbondale, IL
7:00pm - 8:00pm
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