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Evanston Author Linda Gartz Discusses Her Memoir, ‘Redlined’
Award-winning television documentary producer and author Linda Gartz recently discussed her memoir, “Redlined,” as a featured speaker...
Dec 1, 20204 min read
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Renown Storyteller Reveals Deeper Meaning in African Folk Tales
The enslaved turned the idea of Anansi into the character who became Br'er Rabbit, "Br'er" being short for brother.
Sep 15, 20205 min read
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Homage to Hubble is Out of This World
Ms. Nichols demonstrated why Hubble has been so monumentally important to NASA and the general scientific community around the world.
Aug 17, 20203 min read
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Levy Lectures Explore the U.S. Civil War through Author and Films
She hoped that Southerners who read the book would feel empathetic toward the slaves and feel remorse and regret.
Aug 17, 20204 min read
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LIFE As It Was
Mr. Mauney focused on faces and expressions, and he captured a range of emotions with patience, the right lens, and a sixth sense of where t
Jul 23, 20202 min read
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Megan Wells’ Storytelling for Adults
Within minutes, the nearly 400 listeners from all across Chicagoland were transported to the Green Town, Ill., in the year 1928. In this sm
Jun 23, 20202 min read
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Levy Lecture Audience Enjoys Cozy Tea with Miss Florence Nightingale
Florence said in the 1800s nursing was considered a vile occupation and hospitals were where one went to die rather than be healed. Nursing
Jun 17, 20203 min read
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Eleanor Roosevelt, America’s Most Admired First Lady
Mrs. Roosevelt was in good spirits and happy to share her reflections about her life as the wife of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the mother o
Jun 10, 20203 min read
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Jackie Kennedy: Charting a New Path Forward
Ms. Goddard scrupulously researches each portrayal and the resulting performance did not disappoint: It helped the viewer to understand Mrs.
Jun 10, 20203 min read
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The Virtual Levy Lecture Series adds Storyteller and Actress Megan Wells to June Lineup
The popular virtual Levy Lecture Series continues in June with five new living history Zoom presentations featuring storyteller and trained
Jun 8, 20201 min read
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Living History with Leslie Goddard
The multi-talented Leslie Goddard combines her skills as public speaker, actor, author and historian into presentations and portrayals about
May 18, 20204 min read
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The History of the Blues in 40 Minutes, as told by Chicago’s Own Fruteland Jackson
Fruteland Jackson spoke to a sellout crowd at the Levy Center on March 10. A Chicago native, Jackson,whose motto is “Try, Trust and...
Mar 17, 20203 min read
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Lecture on Interracial Relationships Provokes Discussion at Levy Center
There is a numerical imbalance between Black men and Black women of marriageable age in the U.S. The marriage squeeze is real.
Nov 19, 20194 min read
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