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• 1776–The Musical (5/18/2018 8:00 PM - 5/20/2018 10:00 PM)
  5/18/2018 8:00 PM - 5/20/2018 10:00 PM

  1776–The Musical

  In August, 2018, Illinois will celebrate its 200th anniversary of statehood. In addition, Lincoln’s New Salem State Historic Site is celebrating its 100th year of live performances in Kelso Hollow, home to Theatre in the Park. For a century people have flocked to New Salem for live entertainment which makes it the longest continuously running outdoor venue in Central Illinois. Theatre in the Park will continue its tradition of historical/period productions as well as the founding of the United States of America and Illinois’ statehood by presenting 1776 as the opening production of its season. Theatre in the Park believes this production will be a perfect event to help kick-off a summer of bicentennial events in Central Illinois.
  
  Show Times: May 18-20, 2018; 8:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m.
  

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• Fort Sheridan Historic Landmark House Tour (5/19/2018 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM)
  5/19/2018 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

  Fort Sheridan Historic Landmark House Tour

  On Saturday, May 19, 2018, 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., the Fort Sheridan Historical Society will host a tour of many of the historic homes at Fort Sheridan. There is no better way to immerse yourself into the history of Fort Sheridan than to walk through these beautiful historic homes. 

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• Genealogy 101: How to Do It and Where to Look (5/19/2018 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM)
  5/19/2018 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

  Genealogy 101: How to Do It and Where to Look

  Join us on May 19 as we welcome guest speaker Cheri Hunter, president and librarian for the Decatur Genealogical Society, who will present her program "Genealogy 101: Where to Do It and Where to Look." Having started doing her genealogy in 1974, she has been helping people at the Decatur Genealogical Society Library for most of the time since then. Research has certainly changed in that time span and in some ways is much easier and in some ways more difficult.
  

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• Hemingway Foundation Gala Benefit-The Roaring 20s (5/19/2018 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM)
  5/19/2018 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM

  Hemingway Foundation Gala Benefit-The Roaring 20s

  The Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park is pleased to announce its annual Hemingway Benefit, “The Roaring 20s Party,” on Saturday, May 19, 2018, from 7 - 10 p.m. at the Oak Park Public Library.

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• Cynthia Clampitt presents "How Corn Changed Itself and then Changed Everything Else" (5/20/2018 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM)
  5/20/2018 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

  Cynthia Clampitt presents "How Corn Changed Itself and then Changed Everything Else"

  About 10,000 years ago, a weedy grass growing in Mexico possessed of a strange trait known as a “jumping gene” transformed itself into a larger and more useful grass—the cereal grass that we would come to know as maize and then corn. Nurtured by early farmers in the Oaxaca region, this grain would transform the Americas even before First Contact.

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