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Taking Questions with Ute Chamberlin

Western Illinois Museum 201 South Lafayette Street, Macomb, IL, United States

Taking Questions is a discussion series held on the first and third Wednesdays of the month from 7:00 to 8:30 pm.  Programs are held on Our Front Porch (indoors!), where informal learning and good conversation are at the fore. In this series, the museum welcomes some of the area’s most accomplished Historians and Political Scientists to lead… Read More »Taking Questions with Ute Chamberlin

Troublesome Creek

Online!

The Western Illinois Museum continues its documentary film series online! The Friday screenings will be at 7:00 pm and Sunday screenings will be at 2:00 pm. The November featured documentary is the Academy Award nominee Best Feature Documentary and Sundance Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award film, Troublesome Creek: A Midwesterner.  This film, by Jeanne… Read More »Troublesome Creek

Troublesome Creek

Online!

The Western Illinois Museum continues its documentary film series online! The Friday screenings will be at 7:00 pm and Sunday screenings will be at 2:00 pm. The November featured documentary is the Academy Award nominee Best Feature Documentary and Sundance Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award film, Troublesome Creek: A Midwesterner.  This film, by Jeanne… Read More »Troublesome Creek

Taking Questions with Keith Boeckelman

Western Illinois Museum 201 South Lafayette Street, Macomb, IL, United States

Taking Questions is a discussion series held on the first and third Wednesdays of the month from 7:00 to 8:30 pm.  Programs are held on Our Front Porch (indoors!), where informal learning and good conversation are at the fore. In this series, the museum welcomes some of the area’s most accomplished Historians and Political Scientists to… Read More »Taking Questions with Keith Boeckelman

Taking Questions with Richard Filipink

Western Illinois Museum 201 South Lafayette Street, Macomb, IL, United States

Taking Questions is a discussion series held on the first and third Wednesdays of the month from 7:00 to 8:30 pm.  Programs are held on Our Front Porch (indoors!), where informal learning and good conversation are at the fore. In this series, the museum welcomes some of the area’s most accomplished Historians and Political Scientists to lead… Read More »Taking Questions with Richard Filipink

Victorian Tree Decorations

Online!

The Western Illinois Museum welcomes two area historic interpreters, Estelle Bath and Nancy Chu, to give online workshops on creating Victorian Tree Decorations.  You’ll find them on Our Front Porch through the Museum’s YouTube channel on Saturdays, December 5th and 12th at 9:30 am.  They will guide you through making five Victorian style decorations for your tree. The workshop is best suited for children… Read More »Victorian Tree Decorations

Our Front Porch with musical guest Windborne

Western Illinois Museum 201 South Lafayette Street, Macomb, IL, United States

The Western Illinois Museum is pleased to welcome the internationally acclaimed vocal band, Windborne, on Friday, December 11, 2020, at 5:30 pm. Our Front Porch (inside the museum!) is the perfect setting to hear their new project: Song on the Times: A Songbook and Album for Social Struggle. Windborne’s four singers craft a stunningly powerful… Read More »Our Front Porch with musical guest Windborne

Victorian Tree Decorations

Online!

The Western Illinois Museum welcomes two local historic interpreters, Estelle Bath and Nancy Chu, to give online workshops on creating Victorian Tree Decorations.  You’ll find them on Our Front Porch through the Museum’s YouTube channel on Saturdays, December 5th and 12th at 9:30 am.  They will guide you through making five Victorian style decorations for your tree. The workshop is… Read More »Victorian Tree Decorations

Dave Barkley’s Illinois Song

Online!

The Western Illinois Museum is pleased to welcome Dave Barkley to Our Front Porch on Sunday, December 13 at 7:00 pm.  The Macomb native and Los Angeles based composer, producer, and musician will join us “virtually” to celebrate the release of his latest composition, Illinois Song. Barkley intended the new composition to be a tribute… Read More »Dave Barkley’s Illinois Song

Taking Questions with Tim Roberts

Western Illinois Museum 201 South Lafayette Street, Macomb, IL, United States

Taking Questions is a discussion series held on the first and third Wednesdays of the month from 7:00 to 8:30 pm.  Programs are held on Our Front Porch (indoors!), where informal learning and good conversation are at the fore. In this series, the museum welcomes some of the area’s most accomplished Historians and Political Scientists to lead… Read More »Taking Questions with Tim Roberts