Lunch & Learn: In Celebration of Springfield

Join us Wednesday, October 27 from 12-1pm CT for the second program in our Fall 2021 Lunch and Learn Series.

Ken Page, preservationist and historian, will discuss Firehouse No. 5—the First Black Firehouse in Springfield, IL, home to the city’s Black firefighters in the early 1900s.

Curtis Mann, librarian and city historian, will discuss the History of Nightlife in Springfield.

Lunch & Learn: The Architecture of Place and Sound

Join us Tuesday, September 21 from 12-1pm CT for the first program in our Fall 2021 Lunch and Learn Series.

David Finnigan, author of Inside Allerton, will discuss his research of Allerton Park, the elegant Monticello estate filled with rich history, surprising stories, formal gardens and woodland trails.

Dr. Paula Pugh Romanaux, professional musician and educator, will discuss Andrew Carnegie’s Organ Benefactions to Illinois and the World.