View Map | Cost: Free Rosa Parks Sometimes when the status quo needs to be shaken up, it is necessary to take a stand. Other times, one must courageously take a seat. Rosa Parks is best known for being arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat. But Parks...
Cost: Free Youth and Opportunity: What Should We Do for Future Generations to Thrive? THIS HIGHLY INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION IS DESIGNED TO HELP AMERICANS DELIBERATE TOGETHER about what we should do to address unprecedented challenges that may hinder future generations from leading successful and economically secure lives. The discussion, using a...
Cost: Free VOYAGEURS: Indigenous People, the Fur Trade & Early Chicago Living Historian Jon F. Rice introduces audiences to French Canadian fur trader and voyageur, Francois Le Mai, as he and his friend Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable arrive by canoe to early Chicago. Although nothing more than a little swamp...
Cost: Free CHALLENGER: Soaring With Christa McAuliffe ™ Multimedia Experience ! Thirty-five years ago, the space shuttle Challenger exploded just over a minute after liftoff, killing all seven crew members, including New Hampshire schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe. The Challenger explosion on Jan. 28, 1986, happening just 73 seconds after liftoff due to an...
Cost: Free Gertrude Sanford Legendre – SC Explorer, Conservationist, WWII Spy (March 29, 1902 – March 8, 2000.) Talk about your Steel Magnolias! Gertrude Sanford Legendre is the most amazing South Carolina woman you’ve never heard of. An heiress, a flapper, a hunter, a leader of scientific expeditions, Gertie was...
Cost: Free The Long Shadow: Understanding White Supremacy & White Privilege (An engaging discussion about this thought-provoking film) This Virtual Zoom discussion is about the pivotal “The Long Shadow” film and is sponsored by the Athens Chautauqua Society in partnership with Together is Better Alliance (TiBA) in Chicago and the...
Cost: Free How Do We Tell Reality From Fiction? Our ability to tell apart reality from fiction is one that we take for granted in our day-to-day lives. Through novels, movies and other mediums, we are able delve into fictional worlds and experience a wide range of multiple alternate realities....
View Map | Cost: Free Black Hawk’s View of American History, Presented by Brian “Fox” Ellis This event has concluded. You can view the recording of this show by clicking below. The recording is available until March 31, 2021 only. For additional materials about Fox Tales International and the Brian...
Cost: Free Rosa Parks@2155*: The Significance of Her Legacy Riché Richardson is a scholar and artist who has drawn on the icon, Rosa Parks, in her writings and research. In this talk, she reflects on the life, activism and continuing significance In Dr. Richardson’s presentation, she illustrates how Parks’s iconic...
Cost: Free Boston 1770: John Adams and the Massacre When there is a talk about the events leading to the 13 British North American colonies separating from the British Empire, the Boston Massacre is always part of the discussion. There is a general knowledge about it. But what about the...