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WATCH OUR RECORDED LECTURES:

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All donations from these online lectures directly benefit our speakers and general operations.

2023: GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN


​LECTURE RECORDINGS WILL APPEAR HERE BEGINNING JANUARY 13TH, 2023

Check out our 2023 lecture lineup on our public events page.

2022: CHICAGO OBSCURA

AVIATION IN CHICAGO
Octave Chanute, the Wright Brothers, and other pioneering Midwesterners who sent people into the skies. By Walter Kiefer
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DEEP DARK LAKE MICHIGAN
Ghost ships, pirates, tunnels & more: strange and sordid stories pulled from the depths of Chicago's inland sea. By Sam Prestigiacomo 
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TALES OF THE CHICAGO STAGE
Exploring stories of actors acting, early film, and infamously zany Chicago performers. By Lance Baker 
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PARIS ON THE PRAIRIE: PARLEZ-VOUS CHICAGOAN?
Joliet! Marquette! DuSable! Illinois! Des Plaines! Discovering the history of French colonialism & culture in Chicago. By Olivia Sobieraj
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WHERE DID ALL THE PUBLIC HOUSING GO?
A history of public housing in Chicago, from the policies that shaped them, to segregation, demolition, & privatization. By Elsa Haarstad
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1920s BOHEMIA & THE WIND
BLEW INN

Recently unearthed tales of fearless flappers, "petting parties," secret booze, and the Inn's proprietor Lillian Collier. By Adam Selzer 
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A HORRIBLE HISTORY OF CHICAGO BRIDGE SAFETY
The evolution of Chicago's bridge safety (0 to 100!) as told by the deadly accidents they caused. By Leyla I. Royale
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF DEMOLITION IN CHICAGO
We built & we built... and then we tore it all down. How urban renewal and other factors created vacant lots citywide. By Patti Swanson 
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WAYWARD WARDS: REDISTRICTING CHICAGO
Looking at how Chicago's wards have evolved, how they've been drawn, and how they're set to change this year.  By Debbie Liu
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FIGHTING CENSORSHIP: MARGARET ANDERSON
Chicago's scandalous literary history of the 1910s-20s, centered around Margaret Anderson's The Little Review. By Emily O'Keefe Davenport
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THE WOMEN WHO DEVELOPED CHICAGO
A long-overdue dive into the history of Chicago's women architects, engineers, and real estate developers. By Erica Ruggiero 
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(ARGUABLY) THE BEST
​MCCORMICK

Chicago's infamous McCormick family featured many bizarre historic figures... and the exceptional Katherine Dexter. By Mandy Crypt
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HOW BRONZEVILLE INVENTED THE LOTTERY
Long before it was sanctioned by any state, black Chicagoans played Policy... and Bronzeville was its epicenter. By Ms. Bea
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CHICAGO'S LOST DIME
​MUSEUMS

A dive into the vast & weird array of low-cost oddity museums that once proliferated throughout the city. By Anthony Alfaro
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2021: WHAT'S OLD IS NEW(S) AGAIN

"A SHTTY WAY TO GO: CHOLERA, DIPHTHERIA, & DYSENTERY" WITH ADAM SELZER
"Strikes, Strife, & Worker's Rights! Chicago's Labor Unions" by PATTI SWANSON
"Trolleys & Trouble: Chicago's Traction Wars" by AVA FRANCESCA BATTOCCHIO
"Rowdy Railroads & Pullman Protests" by WALTER KIEFER
"Cultural Epidemic: The HIV/AIDS Pandemic" by MANDY GOLEC
"THE PARTICULARS OF THE PINEAPPLE PRIMARY" BY BEN ARCHER
​"Bribery, Corruption & Operation Silver Shovel" by HEATHER CHERONE
​"The (Not So) Great Depression in Chicago" by WENDY BRIGHT
"Eight Anarchists Walk Into A Crowd: The Haymarket Affair" by LANCE BAKER
"A Never-Ending Quarantine: Tuberculosis in Chicago" BY LEYLA ROYALE
"Downtown Devastated: The Chicago Loop After 1950" by ANTHONY ALFARO
"Chicago in 1968: Riots, Revolution, & Radical Change" BY BEATRICE HARDY

OTHER VIRTUAL LECTURES

"CHICAGO'S BUNGALOW BUILDERS & THE AMERICAN DREAM" BY PATTI SWANSON
"FREEDOM THIRTEEN: THE PANDEMIC" WITH BEATRICE HARDY
"ADVERTIST JUDICIOUSLY: A BRIEF HISTORY OF ADVERTISING IN CHICAGO" with AVA FRANCESCA BATTOCCHIO
"DISCOVERING THE FIFTH CITY MOVEMENT" with VITALIY VLADIMIROV
"Second City" with Patti Swanson
"Soldier Field for Sports Lovers (and Haters)" with Lance Baker
"Exploring Old Ravenswood: A Virtual Walking Tour" with Anthony Alfaro
"PIRATES IN OUR BACKYARD: High Crimes on the High... Lakes" with Amber Kelly
"Our Buildings Build Us" with Blake Williams
"Red Lights, Blue Bags, and Downtown Parking" with Paul Dailing
"Chicago Housing Styles" with Ben Archer
"Scandals and Legacies of Prairie Avenue" with Amy Simoneau
"Artifacts from the Billseum" with Bill Savage
"A Brief & Exciting History of Chicago Brick" with Will Quam
"Women and Crime in the 1920s" with Mandy Golec
"Fabulously Fake Chicago History (An April Fool's Tour)" with Leyla Royale
"Antique Serial Killers" with Adam Selzer
"Great American City" with Walter Kiefer
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