02 / 28
Start: 9:00 am
End: 4:00 pm
 We live between fences. We may hardly notice them, but they are dominant features in our lives and in our history. Built of hedge, concrete, wood and metal, the fence skirts our properties and is central to the American landscape. We use them to enclose our houses and neighborhoods. They are decorative structures that are as much part of the landscape as trees and flowers. Industry and agriculture without fences would be difficult to imagine. Private ownership of land would be an abstract concept.But fences are more than functional objects. They are powerful symbols. The way we define ourselves as individuals and as a nation becomes concrete in how we build fences. Through an examination of boundaries, place, and space, Between Fences will explore how neighbors and nations divide, protect, offend, and defend through the boundaries they build.
This exhibit runs from January 17, 2009 - March 1, 2009 Start: 10:00 am
End: 4:30 pm
 The Chicago Maritime Festival and Outreach Program will bring together members of the maritime community and the general public to celebrate Chicago's maritime heritage through seminars, exhibits, workshops and concerts.
Start: 12:00 pm
The Norwood Park Historical Society will conduct a comprehensive oral history project with neighborhood seniors, in conjunction with Mather Lifeways' Mather Cafes. The interviews will be utilized to create the "Voices of Norwood Park" exhibition, to be on display at the Seymour-Crippen House in Chicago, between February and November 2009. The exhibit will kick-off a year of oral history-related programming, with workshops, school group visits, and a website component that will help bring the memories of Norwood Park's longtime residents to life.
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03 / 2
Start: 5:00 pm
Discussion of "Crazy," by Pete Earley
Literature & Medicine: Humanities at the Heart of Healthcare is a discussion-based program that brings hospital staff together monthly to reflect on the larger mission of medicine through facilitated conversations about literature. Start: 7:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm
"Recently, there has been a lot of gossip around the events surrounding the singers Chris Brown and Rihanna." So begins an open letter written by teenagers involved in Females United For Action (FUFA), part of Women and Girls Collective Action Network (CAN). Women and Girls CAN is on a mission is to raise consciousness, training, dialogue, and action around issues that matter to women and girls. The letter criticizes the media and others of unfairly blaming the survivor, in this case Rihanna, in domestic violence (DV) cases. Megan Twohey and Bonnie Miller Rubin of The Chicago Tribune have observed something similar. They write: "Ed Loos, a junior at Lake Forest High School, said a common reaction among students to Chris Brown's alleged attack on Rihanna goes something like this: ‘Ha! She probably did something to provoke it'." Most psychologists would reject the notion that he or she must have done something to "provoke" their partner's abusive behaviors. They would say that violence is a learned behavior and that survivors of DV and childhood abuse often become perpetrators themselves. | ||
03 / 3
Start: 10:00 am
End: 6:00 pm
We live between fences. We may hardly notice them, but they are dominant features in our lives and in our history. Built of hedge, concrete, wood and metal, the fence skirts our properties and is central to the American landscape. We use them to enclose our houses and neighborhoods.Start: 12:30 pm
A Road Scholar Program by Leslie Goddard
More than just a wife (of second president John Adams) and mother (of sixth president John Quincy Adams), Abigail Adams was a true partner to her husband and a committed patriot. Feisty and outspoken, she immersed herself in the politics of her day even while she ran the family's farm. In this first-person program, Adams recounts her life, including her famous call to John to "remember the Ladies" in the founding of the new nation. She shares her gossipy opinions of the founding fathers, displays her lively wit and offers a glimpse at one of the great love stories of all times. Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
***This is a year-long course beginning in September, open only to selected applicants. Applications for next year's class will be available on this website beginning in June 2009.*** The Odyssey Project is a college-level course in philosophy, literature, art history, and history for men and women living below 150% of the poverty level. Its anchor program is the first-year course, which is offered in partnership with Bard College and for which students may receive six units of college credit. Faculty members are largely from first-rate universities such as University of Chicago, the School of the Art Institute, and DePaul University. Tuition is free, and the Illinois Humanities Council provides free childcare, free books, and transportation. The six units of credit are fully transferable to other colleges and universities.
This course meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Start: 7:00 pm
A Road Scholar Program by Brian (Fox) Ellis
Start: 7:00 pm
A Road Scholar Program by Jeffrey A Bockman This program encourages everyone to record and save his or her family's history and stories. Jeff Bockman explains how to use basic forms to record family data, as well as basics for identifying people in photographs, basic preservation, and how to record unique family stories. He discusses personal examples from his family, including ways to handle difficult situations like a parent leaving the family or learning of a disabling disease. Jeffrey A. Bockman holds an MBA from Illinois Benedictine College in Business and Organization Development. He has been giving genealogy lectures and teaching classes for the past 13 years. He is a contributing editor for the Everton's Genealogical Helper and the author of the book Give Your Family A Gift That Money Can't Buy/Record & Preserve Your Family's History. He is the current and a past 4-term president of the DuPage County (IL) Genealogical Society. | ||
03 / 4
Start: 12:30 pm
End: 1:30 pm
"Recently, there has been a lot of gossip around the events surrounding the singers Chris Brown and Rihanna." So begins an open letter written by teenagers involved in Females United For Action (FUFA), part of Women and Girls Collective Action Network (CAN). Women and Girls CAN is on a mission to raise consciousness, training, dialogue, and action around issues that matter to women and girls. The letter criticizes the media and others of unfairly blaming the survivor, in this case Rihanna, in domestic violence (DV) cases. Megan Twohey and Bonnie Miller Rubin of The Chicago Tribune have observed something similar. They write: "Ed Loos, a junior at Lake Forest High School, said a common reaction among students to Chris Brown's alleged attack on Rihanna goes something like this: ‘Ha! She probably did something to provoke it'." Most psychologists would reject the notion that he or she must have done something to "provoke" their partner's abusive behaviors. They would say that violence is a learned behavior and that survivors of DV and childhood abuse often become perpetrators themselves. Start: 1:00 pm
A Road Scholar Program by Farhat Haq
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
A special workshop that will focus on how we, as individuals and as a society, choose to represent our histories. Ryan Hollon will lead the workshop, using A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn, as well as text, images, storytelling, and dialogue to show how the histories we were taught in grade school don't always reflect our own stories. Ryan will then help us reflect on the ways we can seek out and pass on our own histories. Special note: Open to all NWA writers; participants will receive a copy of Howard Zinn's book A People's History of the United States and public transit cards. | ||
03 / 5
Start: 3:00 pm
Belleville AmeriCorps volunteers will discuss 'The Eleventh' by Henri Barbusse
The Meaning of Service (MoS) is a reading and discussion program for Americorps volunteers featuring discussions that use short philosophical and literary texts on the nature of justice, service, and related themes. Meaning of Service presents participants with the opportunity to examine, refine, and regenerate the beliefs underlying their work. Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
***This is a year-long course beginning in September, open only to selected applicants. Applications for next year's class will be available on this website beginning in June 2009.*** The Odyssey Project is a college-level course in philosophy, literature, art history, and history for men and women living below 150% of the poverty level. Its anchor program is the first-year course, which is offered in partnership with Bard College and for which students may receive six units of college credit. Faculty members are largely from first-rate universities such as University of Chicago, the School of the Art Institute, and DePaul University. Tuition is free, and the Illinois Humanities Council provides free childcare, free books, and transportation. The six units of credit are fully transferable to other colleges and universities.
This course meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Start: 7:00 pm
Gerald Brauer, Executive Director of the Ellwood House in DeKalb, Illinois, and noted historian, will discuss the 19th Century barbed wire industry, centered in Northern Illinois. Mr. Brauer will also not the history's impact on farming and fencing on the Illinois Prairie. Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
"Recently, there has been a lot of gossip around the events surrounding the singers Chris Brown and Rihanna." So begins an open letter written by teenagers involved in Females United For Action (FUFA), part of Women and Girls Collective Action Network (CAN). Women and Girls CAN is on a mission to raise consciousness, training, dialogue, and action around issues that matter to women and girls. The letter criticizes the media and others of unfairly blaming the survivor, in this case Rihanna, in domestic violence (DV) cases. Megan Twohey and Bonnie Miller Rubin of The Chicago Tribune have observed something similar. They write: "Ed Loos, a junior at Lake Forest High School, said a common reaction among students to Chris Brown's alleged attack on Rihanna goes something like this: ‘Ha! She probably did something to provoke it'." Most psychologists would reject the notion that he or she must have done something to "provoke" their partner's abusive behaviors. They would say that violence is a learned behavior and that survivors of DV and childhood abuse often become perpetrators themselves. Start: 7:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm
"Recently, there has been a lot of gossip around the events surrounding the singers Chris Brown and Rihanna." So begins an open letter written by teenagers involved in Females United For Action (FUFA), part of Women and Girls Collective Action Network (CAN). Women and Girls CAN is on a mission to raise consciousness, training, dialogue, and action around issues that matter to women and girls. The letter criticizes the media and others of unfairly blaming the survivor, in this case Rihanna, in domestic violence (DV) cases. Megan Twohey and Bonnie Miller Rubin of The Chicago Tribune have observed something similar. They write: "Ed Loos, a junior at Lake Forest High School, said a common reaction among students to Chris Brown's alleged attack on Rihanna goes something like this: ‘Ha! She probably did something to provoke it'." Most psychologists would reject the notion that he or she must have done something to "provoke" their partner's abusive behaviors. They would say that violence is a learned behavior and that survivors of DV and childhood abuse often become perpetrators themselves. | ||
03 / 6
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
"Recently, there has been a lot of gossip around the events surrounding the singers Chris Brown and Rihanna." So begins an open letter written by teenagers involved in Females United For Action (FUFA), part of Women and Girls Collective Action Network (CAN). Women and Girls CAN is on a mission to raise consciousness, training, dialogue, and action around issues that matter to women and girls. The letter criticizes the media and others of unfairly blaming the survivor, in this case Rihanna, in domestic violence (DV) cases. Megan Twohey and Bonnie Miller Rubin of The Chicago Tribune have observed something similar. They write: "Ed Loos, a junior at Lake Forest High School, said a common reaction among students to Chris Brown's alleged attack on Rihanna goes something like this: ‘Ha! She probably did something to provoke it'." Most psychologists would reject the notion that he or she must have done something to "provoke" their partner's abusive behaviors. They would say that violence is a learned behavior and that survivors of DV and childhood abuse often become perpetrators themselves. | ||
03 / 7
Start: 2:30 pm
A Road Scholar Program by Bucky Halker During the 1930s, the Depression and the Dustbowl ravaged America's economy and left millions of Americans unemployed and homeless. Even those who didn't lose their jobs or farms often experienced the hardship of reduced incomes. Not surprisingly, music became an important method for expressing dissatisfaction with the status quo. Indeed, protest songs emerged as the collective voice of this army of migrants and downtrodden and the era produced a great outpouring of protest songwriting, including the songs of Woody Guthrie. Join Bucky Halker for a program that combines performance and commentary, as he reviews working-class protest songs from the Dustbowl and Great Depression. Start: 7:00 pm
 Dr. Debra A. Reid, Associate Professor of History from Eastern Illinois University, will be the guest speaker for the opening of Between Fences in Princeton.
Dr. Reid, one of the State Scholars for this Museum on Main Street project, will discuss Illinois' history of fencing and land use, and will discuss these implications and ramifications for Princeton and the surrounding region. Between Fences Exhibit: We live between fences. We may hardly notice them, but they are dominant features in our lives and in our history. Built of hedge, concrete, wood and metal, the fence skirts our properties and is central to the American landscape. We use them to enclose our houses and neighborhoods. They are decorative structures that are as much part of the landscape as trees and flowers. Industry and agriculture without fences would be difficult to imagine. Private ownership of land would be an abstract concept. But fences are more than functional objects. They are powerful symbols. The way we define ourselves as individuals and as a nation becomes concrete in how we build fences. | ||
