Chicago’s Historic Motor Row District, is home to the largest, intact, early “motor colony” in the United States.  Primarily located on south Michigan Avenue, it was designate...

This modest blues band launched in the mid-1960s, achieved monumental success in the mid-1970s and still makes headlines today. Using interview and performance video, we’ll trace t...

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! Join professional storyteller Anne Shimojima, a third-generation Japanese American, as she shares the moving story of her...

For almost two years from May 1981 through December 1982, a crew of serial killers hunted down as many as 20 victims in the city of Chicago and surrounding suburbs. Who were they? ...

Find out why many historians believe the murder of a 14-year Chicago Boy was a major Contributor in the development of The Modern Civil Rights Movement. Mike Small and hi...

Celebrate Pride Month at the Movies! Depictions of queer individuals have occurred in films dating back to the earliest days of the filmmaking industry. Join Film Histori...

Gary Wenstrup presents The History of Simon & Garfunkel: If you took the rich harmonies of the Everly Brothers and matched it with the lyricism of Bob Dylan the result mig...

Based on Rich’s latest book, “Tales of Forgotten Chicago” which was published in the fall of 2020 by Southern Illinois University Press, the presentation covers forgotten (and some...

Come in as Donald and Tanya Smith teach you about the history of Chicago and how it's layout was created and how it in turned made the maps we use today. Donald and Tanya will b...

Gary Wenstrup presents The History of Billy Joel – Though Billy Joel has not released a new rock album in over 28 years, he remains one of the world’s most popular live performers....

Remember that one time Martha Washington's will got stolen?  Who knew Civil War looters, patriotic women braying for justice, and the death of a millionaire would set a preced...