Calling All Young Creatives in the Midwest! Join the Latest Generation Film Challenge Now! What’s unique about your community? Students ages 14-22 can join the Latest Generation Film Challenge to try your hand at creative storytelling - a short film about where you live. Read more about Calling All Young Creatives in the Midwest! Join the Latest Generation Film Challenge Now! on Now through December 31, 2024
Four Score Speaker Series: Dr. Allen C. Guelzo October 10, 2024 - Join us Thursday, October 10, 2024, at 7 p.m. CT, for a great discussion with author and Lincoln expert Dr. Allen C. Guelzo about his latest book, Our Ancient Faith: Lincoln, Democracy, and the American Experiment. Read more about Four Score Speaker Series: Dr. Allen C. Guelzo on 10/10/24
Latest Generation Mentor Session: History From Your Point of View October 15, 2024 - Join us Tuesday, October 15, 2024, for this engaging online mentor session as acclaimed filmmakers Stacy Robinson and Rita Coburn share their unique approaches to bringing the past to life, highlighting how personal stories intertwine with the larger historical forces at play. Read more about Latest Generation Mentor Session: History From Your Point of View on 10/15/24
Latest Generation Mentor Session: Twin Cities PBS October 26, 2024 - Join us Saturday, October 26, 11 a.m-12:30 p.m. CT, for our Latest Generation Mentor Session featuring award-winning filmmakers from Twin Cities PBS as part of our filmmaking challenge for aspiring filmmakers in the Midwest ages 14-22. Read more about Latest Generation Mentor Session: Twin Cities PBS on 10/26/24
Four Score Speaker Series: Mr. Edward McClelland November 14, 2024 - Join us Thursday, November 14, 2024, at 7 p.m. CT, for an impassioned discussion of Chorus of the Union: How Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas Set Aside Their Rivalry to Save the Nation with author Edward ‘Ted’ McClelland. Read more about Four Score Speaker Series: Mr. Edward McClelland on 11/14/24
Latest Generation Professional Development Session: Producing the Short October 3, 2024 - Join us Thursday, October 3, 6:00-7:00 PM CT, for our second Latest Generation Professional Development Session featuring documentary filmmaker Liliane Calfee from DePaul University and veteran educator Laura Rosenberg. Read more about Latest Generation Professional Development Session: Producing the Short on 10/03/24
Four Score Speaker Series: Dr. Cecily N. Zander January 15, 2025 - Join us Wednesday, January 15th for a lively discussion with author Dr. Cecily N. Zander on her latest book The Army under Fire: The Politics of Antimilitarism in the Civil War Era. Read more about Four Score Speaker Series: Dr. Cecily N. Zander on 01/15/25
Four Score Speaker Series: Dr. Jonathan White February 6, 2025 - Join us Thursday, February 6, 2025, at 7 p.m. CT, for a great conversation with author Dr. Jonathan White on his soon-to-be-released book A Great and Good Man: Rare, First-Hand Accounts and Observations of Abraham Lincoln, co-edited with William J. Griffing. Read more about Four Score Speaker Series: Dr. Jonathan White on 02/06/25
Four Score Speaker Series: Dr. Yael Sternhell March 6, 2025 - Join us Thursday, March 6, 2025, at 7 p.m. CT, for a lively discussion with Dr. Yael Sternhell on her latest book War on Record: The Archive and the Afterlife of the Civil War. Read more about Four Score Speaker Series: Dr. Yael Sternhell on 03/06/25
Four Score Speaker Series: David B. Wiegers April 3, 2025 - Join us Thursday, April 3rd for a presentation and discussion with author and photographer David B. Wiegers on Women Sculptors as featured in his article "Wildfire, Miss Clampitt, and the Wonder Girl from the West: Early Women Sculptors of Abraham Lincoln. Read more about Four Score Speaker Series: David B. Wiegers on 04/03/25
Four Score Speaker Series: Dr. Frank W. Garmon Jr. May 13, 2025 - Join us Tuesday, May 13, 2025, at 7 p.m. CT, for an enlightening discussion with author Dr. Frank W. Garmon on his latest book A Wonderful Career in Crime: Charles Cowlam’s Masquerades in the Civil War Era and Gilded Age. Read more about Four Score Speaker Series: Dr. Frank W. Garmon Jr. on 05/13/25
"Lincoln's Springfield" Exhibit Now Open January 1, 2024 - New "Lincoln's Springfield" Exhibit Now Open! This new exhibit explores the stories of six members of Lincoln’s community whose diverse life experiences illustrate the promise and potential of the American experiment. Read more about "Lincoln's Springfield" Exhibit Now Open on 010124