Event List

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his “Beyond Vietnam” and “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speeches and organized the Poor People’s Campaign all in the year leading up to his assassi...

If summer had a sound it would be the Beach Boys…surf, sun and California dreaming.  This presentation will focus on The Beach Boys “sunniest” years from 1962-1967.  With...

Troy Taylor presents the true story of infamous serial killer H.H. Holmes, who created a “Murder Castle” in Chicago during the 1893 World’s Fair and lured an unknown number of vict...

Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón was a Mexican painter known for her many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico. Learn about he...

Greg Borzo reveals more than one hundred outdoor public fountains of Chicago with noteworthy, amusing, or surprising stories about these gems.

The La Brea Tar Pits are the only actively excavated Ice Age fossil sites found in an urban location in the world! Scientists and researchers continue to make discoveries of Ice Ag...

First run in 1875, the Kentucky Derby is the oldest continuously running sports event in the nation. But that’s only one reason we love it. In this lively illustrated lecture, hist...

Jim Parks, Evanston Artist, Monet reenactor, and #1 Mucha Fan, reveals Alphonse Mucha’s gorgeous Art Nouveau designs through the artist’s eye, breaking down his forms in terms of&n...

There have been so many movie theatres throughout the Chicagoland that were built through its history and built with such unique design characteristics to set them apart from anyth...

Local author and former Army Captain Carrie Hoza will discuss her new book about her experiences when deployed to the Sunni Triangle in Iraq from 2004-05 and the story of her plato...