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This tour covers both the double houses featured Design Evanston's book Hidden in Plain Sight: Evanston's Double Houses and a look at the Prairie School in Evanston. The Ridge Historic District is a unique microcosm of both genres, including designs by Myron Hunt and Walter Burley Griffin. Led by Kris Hartzell. Meets at Dewey School, 1551 Wesley Avenue.Buy tickets and reserve your spot!
A confirmation email will be sent to the email you registered with. Tickets are non-refundable. If you don't receive a confirmation email, please email Erin Hughes at ehughes@evanstonhistorycenter.org. URL:https://evanstonhistorycenter.org/event/walking-tour-double-houses-and-prairie-school-ridge-historic-district/ LOCATION:Dewey School\, 1551 Wesley Ave\, Evanston\, IL\, 60201\, United States CATEGORIES:Upcoming Events,Walking Tours ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://evanstonhistorycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/1-1307-1313b-spring-2048x1536-1-e1778793392808.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261030T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261030T193000 DTSTAMP:20260821T170013Z CREATED:20260731T215154Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260821T170013Z UID:10015951-1793385000-1793388600@evanstonhistorycenter.org SUMMARY:Evening Shadows: A Candlelight Tour of the Dawes House DESCRIPTION:Evening Shadows: A Candlelight Tour of the Dawes House Friday, October 30, 6:30pm In-person event At the Evanston History Center 225 Greenwood St, Evanston, IL As the days get darker, cooler, and more mysterious, it's time to visit the Dawes House by evening candlelight. Historian Kris Hartzell will guide you through on this special tour, focusing on the peculiar facets of the historic 1894 house museum and it's past inhabitants. Refreshments and an opportunity to visit the Vive la Garçonne and Get out the Votes exhibits are included. Tickets: URL:https://evanstonhistorycenter.org/event/evening-shadows-a-candlelight-tour-of-the-dawes-house-2/ LOCATION:Evanston History Center\, 225 Greenwood Street\, Evanston\, IL\, 60201\, United States CATEGORIES:Concerts,Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://evanstonhistorycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/EveningSimple.png ORGANIZER;CN="Evanston History Center":MAILTO:kfabian@evanstonhistorycenter.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261101T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261101T180000 DTSTAMP:20260811T190243Z CREATED:20260731T203408Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260811T190243Z UID:10015950-1793550600-1793556000@evanstonhistorycenter.org SUMMARY:Talks@EHC: The Great Mothers-Awakening & the Struggle for Disability Rights DESCRIPTION:Talks@EHC: The Great Mothers-Awakening & the Struggle for Disability Rights with Warren Rosenblum Sunday, November 1, 4:30pm Free & Open to all. Scroll down to RSVP In-person event At the Evanston History Center 225 Greenwood Evanston, IL The struggle for disability rights conjures images of protestors waving signs, banging drums, and occupying government buildings. But a largely unheralded element in the disability rights movement concerns the role of parents - mothers in particular - in quietly standing up for their intellectually disabled children. In Chicago and the North Shore, in the 1960s and 1970s, mothers increasingly refused their doctors’ advice to send their sons and daughters away to far-off institutions. Instead, they called for integration and acceptance in churches, schools, and clubs and associations right here at home. In doing so, they helped drive a historic change in public attitudes toward disability. This talk looks at the struggles and achievements of parents of intellectually disabled children in this period of change and relates it to the larger challenge of creating a culture of tolerance and human rights in Evanston and worldwide.
Warren Rosenblum is a professor of history at Webster University in St. Louis and a proud Evanston native. He has published widely on the history of social reform and has taught the History of Disability in various unlikely spots around the world. He was recently a Fulbright Scholar at the Catholic University in Belgium and currently serves on the board of Shore Community Services.
Presented in collaboration with Shore Community Services in its 75th anniversary year.
Through our community's generosity, we can offer these free programs! Please consider donating $10 to support our ongoing free public programming.
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If you don't receive a confirmation email, please email Erin Hughes at ehughes@evanstonhistorycenter.org.
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SUMMARY:Ladies Home Journal\, a concert with La Caccina
DESCRIPTION:Ladies Home Journal
A concert with vocal ensemble La Caccina
Saturday, November 7, 7pm
In-person event
At the Evanston History Center
225 Greenwood St, Evanston, IL
The Evanston History center is thrilled to welcome back La Caccina after their sold-out, hauntingly beautiful Weird Sisters concert here last year. La Caccina will be an artist in residence at the History Center, presenting two concerts in 2026-27.
Ladies Home Journal, the first concert, is program of music that celebrates feminine strength, resilience, and resourcefulness, from Andrea Ramsey's moving "Letter from a Girl to the World" to Sister Sledge's groovy "We Are Family." The concert will also feature a world premiere from Chicago-area composer Marybeth Kurnat.
Concert ticket includes admission to the Dawes House Museum and the related Vive La Garçonne: New Women, Flappers & All That Jazz: Evanston Women's Fashions of the 1920s. This exhibit highlights our collection of female fashions in Evanston from a century ago, a time when gender norms in fashion, and the status quo from the 19th century, were rapidly changing.
Part of the Evanston Women's History Project. 
About the artist
La Caccina champions and performs diverse, innovative repertoire for women’s voices to engage audiences and inspire the next generation of collaborative musicians. The ensemble finds its namesake in Francesca Caccini, a prolific Baroque composer known for her virtuosic musicality and beautiful singing voice. Following in Caccini’s footsteps, the singers of La Caccina bring a wide range of expertise to the ensemble, enabling them to adapt to a variety of musical styles—from Renaissance madrigals to South African folk songs, and from contemporary pop songs to classical masterworks such as Vivaldi’s Gloria in D and Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols. Since their founding, La Caccina has collaborated with ensembles including the Pavo String Quartet, the DuPage Symphony Orchestra, and bluegrass trio Glass Mountain, and has commissioned and premiered works by Marie-Claire Saindon, Timothy C. Takach, Augusta Read Thomas, Matthew Harris, and Melissa Dunphy, among others.
No matter the music, La Caccina’s expressive, emotional singing highlights the versatility of the treble voice and brings musical excellence, integrity, and honesty to every performance. Learn more about La Caccina.
Ticket price includes refreshments.