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Sadly, many of the events such as Paddling into the Past are coming to an end in October, but the Chicago History Museum has plenty of other events to keep you busy up until the holidays. November will see the continuation of Lincoln Bicentennial, with the Lincoln Diversified lecture series and a November installment of the History Pub Crawl. This month the History Pub Crawl visits Little Italy for their Mamma Mia! Little Italy where you will experience Italian immigrants to college students. Residents in this neighborhood maintain its rich history. Enjoy a little bit of vino or a whole lotta birra on this walking tour.

Events take place during the entire month, log onto chicagohistory.org for more details.

What happens when you combine art and science? Ars Scientia of course! For the next few months, the Cultural Center will be hosting this new series made up of Conversations and Salons which explore collaborations between artists and scientists.  Topics include Exploring Environmentalism, Structuring Change, and The Magic of Perception.

Ars Scientia takes place every other Monday 6:00pm-7:30pm through March 23rd.

February is bringing lots of interesting and diverse events to the Chicago History Museum.  Events include Transportation Frustration, where contemporary issues concerning the cities transportation are discussed, Chocolate Confidential, a film which explores the world wide business of chocolate, and of course Great Chicago Stories that covers a wide variety of topics regarding Chicago’s history. Be sure to check out more of what CHM has to offer in February.

Starting this month, Chicago History Museum presents Out, which chronicles the history of the gay, lesbian, and transexual community.  Discussion topics include Clothes are for Closets, Speaking Out Down South, and Surviving Reagan.  In order to help promote Out at CHM, direction will be utilizing its “GLBT Route”, which includes stores throughout “Boystown” and other GLBT focused locations. 

Out at CHM presents Clothes are for Closets January 29th, Speaking Out Down South March 26th, and Surviving Reagan May 7th.

The month of December always gets bogged down with holiday events. But at the Chicago History Museum, December will be a time to discuss fashion. Join a panel of African American fashion designers as they discuss their work as well as the fashion industry for Fashion Chicago Style. Panelists include Barbara Bates, Barbara Samuels, Leigh Jones, Jermikko Shoshanna, and Reginald Thomas and is moderated by Micah Materre. This event is presented by The History Makers, and is associated with the exhibition Chic Chicago: Couture Treasures from the Chicago History Museum.

Fashion Chicago Style.
Chicago History Museum
Tuesday December 2nd
6:00pm Reception
7:00pm Panel Discussion