The 1893 Columbian Exhibition, also known as the Chicago Worlds’s Fair
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Vanished: Monumental Art at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition
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Our monthly Coffee Talk series is supported by sponsorships from Village Bank & Trust and the Kiwanis Club of Des Plaines.
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Coffee Talk
Thursday, April 10 • 1:30p
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Dead Air: The Night Orson Welles
Terrified America
Based on his just-released book, “Dead Air: The Night Orson Welles Terrified America” author William Elliott Hazelgrove uses the actual broadcast and many media stories to detail the great Halloween hoax of 1938. That’s when 23-year-old Orson Welles broadcast to the world that Martians had landed in New Jersey and were exterminating humans with heat ray guns and poisonous gas.
The coast-to-coast terror takes viewers on a wild ride through America as people head for the hills, contemplate suicide, get into accidents, run out of restaurants, theaters, and churches believing the war had ended.
This program is open to the public, but REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED as space is limited and these talks quickly reach capacity.
To reserve your spot, call 847-391-5399 or email us at contact@desplaineshistory.org.
Our monthly Coffee Talk series is supported by sponsorships from Village Bank & Trust and the Kiwanis Club of Des Plaines.
Coffee Talks are free to attend. Please consider a donation of any amount to help us sustain future programming.
Coffee Talk
Thursday, May 8 • 1:30p
Down in the Mine: American Coal Miners
and Their Songs, 1890-1960
— with Bucky Halker —
Coal miners in Illinois and the rest of the US have a long tradition of writing poetry and music related to their occupation. This program brings that tradition to the forefront. “Down in the Mine” combines music performance (guitar and vocal) and spoken commentary.
The presentation features songs and poems by coal miners, including Illinois miners. The commentary places this important folk tradition in a broader historical context and offers details on coal mining, coal-miner bards and songwriters, early country music, and individual songs.
This program is open to the public, but REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED as space is limited and these talks quickly reach capacity.
To reserve your spot, call 847-391-5399 or email us at contact@desplaineshistory.org.
Our monthly Coffee Talk series is supported by sponsorships from Village Bank & Trust and the Kiwanis Club of Des Plaines.
Coffee Talks are free to attend. Please consider a donation of any amount to help us sustain future programming.