Eighteen local authors offer a dynamic history of the Windy City.
Interested in Chicago History? The Lisle Historical Society is sponsoring a free series of discussions with local authors that focus on different aspects of the city's past. The Chicago History Authors Series started Sept. 25 and will continue through December at the Museums at Lisle Station Park. Two sessions will run each Saturday at noon and 4 p.m. in the Baggage Room of the Depot. You can find a detailed description of each author's book on the Park District web site. Can only make it to one session each day? Patch helps you decide which author to see. The first author mentioned leads the noon session and the second takes the 4 p.m. spot. Oct. 2 Retired Waubonsee Community College teacher Jo Fredell Higgins discusses Lisle's next-door…
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Museums at Lisle Station Park
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Lithography, paintings, sketches and photographs are highlighted in campus buildings.
"Do I Not Entertain You?" asks Chris O'Connell's lithograph. This glowing, intricate print is one of several dynamic student works currently on display at Benedictine University. O'Connell and his fellow student artists depict a variety of subjects: flowers, plants, nudes, faces, and several more abstract, layered scenes. Lithography is a method of printmaking using a stone or metal plate that transfers a copy of an image onto a smooth surface. These pieces were completed in curator and instructor Teresa Parker's lithography course last spring. "I selected the works that are now on display," Parker explained. Each print is framed against a black backing board. According to Parker, students have donated these pieces to the university…
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Benedictine University
5700 College Rd, Lisle, IL
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