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  • November 2024

  • Wed 27
    November 27, 2024 Evanston History Center Closed

    Evanston History Center Closed

    The Evanston History Center is closed for the holiday. Thank you for your understanding.

  • Wed 27
    November 27, 2024 Evanston History Center Closed

    Evanston History Center Closed

    The Evanston History Center is closed for the holiday. Thank you for your understanding.

  • December 2024

  • Sun 8
    Featured December 8, 2024 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Upcoming Events

    Holiday Tea for Grown-Ups

    Evanston History Center 225 Greenwood Street, Evanston, IL, United States

    Holiday Tea for Grown-Ups  SOLD OUT. Please consider joining our mailing list to receive advance notice of future holidays teas. Sunday, December 8, 2024, 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. In-person event At the Evanston History Center 225 Greenwood St, Evanston, IL $35-$40, ticket required SOLD OUT Ages 21+ only About the event: Join us at…

    $35.00 – $40.00
  • Sat 14
    Featured December 14, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Upcoming Events

    Candlelight House Tour

    Evanston History Center 225 Greenwood Street, Evanston, IL, United States

    Candlelight House Tour  This event is SOLD OUT. We invite you purchase tickets to the Holiday Tea for Grown Ups on December 7 from 4-6pm, which will also include a short house tour, or to attend our daytime house tours Thurs-Sun at 2pm. Saturday, December 14, 2024, 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. In-person event At…

    $15.00 – $20.00
  • Sat 21
    Featured December 21, 2024 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Upcoming Events

    Holiday Tea for Families

    Evanston History Center 225 Greenwood Street, Evanston, IL, United States

    Holiday Tea for Families SOLD OUT Saturday, December 21, 2024, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. In-person event At the Evanston History Center 225 Greenwood St, Evanston, IL About the event: Experience holiday magic and make new family holiday traditions at our first festive holiday tea. Guests of all ages will enjoy classic teas and a…

    $5.00 – $20.00
  • January 2025

  • Sat 4
    Featured January 4 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Upcoming Events

    Family Day

    Evanston History Center 225 Greenwood Street, Evanston, IL, United States

    Family Day Saturday, January 4, 2025, 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. In-person event At the Evanston History Center 225 Greenwood St, Evanston, IL We have reached capacity for this event and are no longer accepting RSVPs. Please join our mailing list to receive advance notice of future events.   About the event: Come out of the…

    Free
  • February 2025

  • Sat 8
    Featured February 8 @ 7:00 pm Upcoming Events

    Ragtime Pianist Reginald R. Robinson

    Evanston History Center 225 Greenwood Street, Evanston, IL, United States

    This event is SOLD OUT. Virtuoso ragtime pianist Reginald R. Robinson, winner of the distinguished MacArthur Award, is internationally known for his innovative ragtime piano works. Robinson will play a concert of ragtime classics and original compositions in the atmospheric Dawes House on one of the Dawes’ House treasures- a rare 1893 Steinway grand piano.…

    $20.00 – $60.00
  • Wed 19
    Featured February 19 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Upcoming Events

    Talks@EHC: Newspaper Memory Project

    Evanston History Center 225 Greenwood Street, Evanston, IL, United States

    In-person event* At the Evanston History Center 225 Greenwood Evanston, IL Free. Scroll down to RSVP With the recent addition of 15 years of Evanston RoundTable content, the Evanston Public Library's digitized historical newspaper archive has grown to twelve titles going back to the Evanston Index in 1872. Of special note are the digital archives…

    Free
  • Sun 23
    Featured February 23 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Upcoming Events

    Exhibit Opening: “Picturing Community: Stories in Photographs”

    Evanston Art Center 1717 Central Street, Evanston, IL

    At the Evanston Art Center 1717 Central Street Evanston, IL FREE, No RSVP needed Photographs from the Evanston History Center archives tell a story of Evanston's growth as a community. The exhibit, located in the upper galleries of the Evanston Art Center, showcases select historic photographs of the Evanston community alongside contemporary photographs together to…

  • March 2025

  • Sun 16
    Featured March 16 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Upcoming Events

    Talks@EHC: Finding Meaning in Historic Photographs

    Evanston Art Center 1717 Central Street, Evanston, IL

    Finding Meaning in Historic Photographs: A Conversation with Photographers and Archivists Sunday, March 16, 1-2pm Free & Open to all. RSVP below. In-person event At the Evanston Art Center 1717 Central Street Evanston, IL In what ways is the photograph an objective or meaningful archival record? How has documenting community through photography changed? What does…

    Free
  • Fri 21
    Featured March 21 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Upcoming Events

    Duo F.A.E. Concert

    Evanston History Center 225 Greenwood Street, Evanston, IL, United States

    Duo F.A.E. Concert Friday, March 21, 7pm In-person event At the Evanston History Center 225 Greenwood St, Evanston, IL Join us in the Great Hall of the Dawes House for an intimate performance by Duo F.A.E. featuring GRAMMY-nominated violinist Charlene Kluegel and pianist Katherine Petersen- lauded at her Carnegie Hall debut for creating “real music-making--…

    $20.00 – $60.00
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