RSVP response for this event is high, and we are likely to reach our room's capacity soon. RSVP is required. If we reach our capacity, you may request on our RSVP form to be added to a waiting list, but this will not guarantee a seat. Seating is general admission. Please arrive early as lines...
RSVP response for this event is high, and we are likely to reach our room's capacity soon. RSVP is required. If we reach our capacity, you may request on our RSVP form to be added to a waiting list, but this will not guarantee a seat. Seating is general admission. Please arrive early as lines...
Special guest Elizabeth Stigler will talk about a surprisingly illicit activity, mushroom hunting. It isn’t uncommon for Czechs to spend many weekends hunting mushrooms during the season, especially in the Czech Republic. However, in Cook County, due to illegality of mushroom hunting, Czech mushroom hunters have had to choose between their ancestral foodways or face legal repercussions. Through oral histories, learn more about the history of Cook County’s mushroom hunters, gendered labor, and ethnic identity.
Special guest Elizabeth Stigler will talk about a surprisingly illicit activity, mushroom hunting. It isn’t uncommon for Czechs to spend many weekends hunting mushrooms during the season, especially in the Czech Republic. However, in Cook County, due to illegality of mushroom hunting, Czech mushroom hunters have had to choose between their ancestral foodways or face legal repercussions. Through oral histories, learn more about the history of Cook County’s mushroom hunters, gendered labor, and ethnic identity.
Join us for an afternoon with Red Cedar Chamber Music!
Join us for an afternoon with Red Cedar Chamber Music!
Join us for an afternoon with Red Cedar Chamber Music!
Join us for an afternoon with Red Cedar Chamber Music!
Cost: $5 It's the most amazing story you never heard. In the chaos of World War I, tens of thousands of Czech and Slovak POWs switched sides to become an army fighting for the Allies: the Czechoslovak Legion. Suddenly, caught up in the Russian Revolution, they had to fight their way across Siberia, capturing the...