| 10/21/2012 - 1:00pm | The Whizbangs of Oohs and Ahs: Those Magnificent Traveling Salesmen of Illinois | Elgin Area Historical Society & Museum | Elgin |
| 09/27/2012 - 7:00pm | From Anansi to Brer Rabbit - Trickster Tales from Africa and the Americas | Henry Public Library | Henry |
| 09/23/2012 - 2:00pm | Mary Todd Lincoln and Varina Howell Davis: Civil War and Its Aftermath | Museum of the Grand Prairie | Mahomet |
| 09/20/2012 - 6:00pm | From Anansi to Brer Rabbit - Trickster Tales from Africa and the Americas | Quincy Public Library | Quincy |
| 09/10/2012 - 1:30pm | Chicago from the Ground Up | McHenry Township Hall | Johnsburg |
| 09/09/2012 - 2:00pm | Swing Music and the Great Depression | Mount Morris Public Library | Mount Morris |
| 08/26/2012 - 1:00pm | Civil War Ghosts and Legends | Iroquois County Historical Society & Old Courthouse Museum | Watseka |
| 08/05/2012 - 2:00pm | The Whizbangs of Oohs and Ahs: Those Magnificent Traveling Salesmen of Illinois | St. Paul United Church of Christ | Fowler |
| 08/04/2012 - 2:00pm | Once I Had an Old Banjo | St. Paul United Church of Christ Grounds | Fowler |
| 08/04/2012 - 1:00pm | Desperadoes: Notorious Outlaws of Early Illinois | Kankakee Public Library | Kankakee |
| 07/31/2012 - 6:00pm | Mussels, Moonshine, and Music: Mississippi Valley Migrant Life in the Early Twentieth Century | Windmill Cultural Center | Fulton |
| 07/21/2012 - 6:00pm | The American Folk Song | Franklin Creek Grist Mill | Franklin Grove |
| 07/09/2012 - 1:30pm | Abraham Lincoln in Song | McHenry Township Hall | Johnsburg |
| 07/05/2012 - 2:00pm | Abraham Lincoln in Song | Dixon Public Library | Dixon |
| 07/02/2012 - 7:00pm | This Land is Your Land: Woody Guthrie and the Great American Folksong | Blue Island Public Library | Blue Island |
| 06/18/2012 - 7:00pm | Stephen A. Douglas: The Little Giant | Centralia Area Historical Society & Museum | Centralia |
| 06/14/2012 - 7:00pm | Stephen Foster and the Rise of American Music | Sparta Public Library | Sparta |
| 06/11/2012 - 6:00pm | Who Cooks? American Cookbooks and Changes in Gender Roles | Chillicothe Public Library | Chillicothe |
| 06/03/2012 - 2:00pm | Three Wartime First Ladies: Madison, Lincoln, and Wilson | Mount Morris Public Library | Mount Morris |
| 06/02/2012 - 1:00pm | The Magic Carpet: Stories and Songs from Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt | Glen Carbon Centennial Library | Glen Carbon |
| 05/31/2012 - 6:00pm | The Role of Steamboatin' in the Union Victory! | Windmill Cultural Center | Fulton |
| 05/18/2012 - 6:00pm | This Land is Your Land: Woody Guthrie and the Great American Folksong | Washington Park | Ottawa |
| 05/17/2012 - 7:00pm | Small-Town Heritage: Life in Illinois Communities, 1870-1920 | Elgin Area Historical Society & Museum | Elgin |
| 05/16/2012 - 7:00pm | The Whizbangs of Oohs and Ahs: Those Magnificent Traveling Salesmen of Illinois | Palatine Public Library District | Palatine |
| 05/10/2012 - 6:30pm | Just What Is American Food? Cookbooks and American Cultural Identity | Raymond A. Sapp Memorial Library | Wyanet |