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Bridgehouse Museum Spring Clean
If you can, please hold this date so we can do some spring cleaning. Mar 4 9:00 11:00If this date doesn’t work for you, please let me know other times/dates. Thank you so much for helping out on a Saturday morning. I’ll bring plenty of coffee and pastries. Joanne |
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Illinois Reads Event
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School Visit
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1812 Chicago - Carmina Gonzalez
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CRB Presentation - Crystal Lake (Dori) 1:30 start
Honorarium $180 Apr 18 13:30 15:00Indians in War of 1812 - Andrew Lopenzina - Ruggles Hall
Apr 18 17:30 19:30 |
Springfield School Visit - Mrs. Janine Arneberg c/o Dr. Adam Thorns (principal)
9:00-9:45 preK-2nd grade (aprox. 96 students) Apr 19 9:30 14:3010-10:45 3rd-4th grade (aprox.100 students) 11-12:30 Lunch break we are ordering food from a local barbecue restaurant called Hog Wild (very good food) bring your appetite! 12:45-1:30 5th-6th grades 9aprox. 100 students) Springfield School - Parents
Apr 19 18:00 19:00 |
Central Park Elementary - Beth Schramm - Start at 9am
Honorarium $750 Apr 20 9:00 15:00Parent Meeting from 6-7pm that evening. Gymasium 100-150 kids each session. Central Park Parents
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CRB Presentation - The Midwestern Antiques Club -- Connie Conley
Lunch at Noon presentation at 1:15pm. $125 honorary Apr 24 12:00 14:00 | 25 |
Society of Colonial Dames - CRB Presentation
Apr 26 10:45 13:15 |
Publishing Cocktails
Apr 27 18:00 21:00 | 28 |
Chicago River Bridge Presentation
Apr 29 14:30 15:30 |
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CYC Women's Luncheon & Fashion Show - Nancy Berberian
May 3 8:30 15:30 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
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CWA Conf.
May 13 13:30 14:00 |
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Bridge Walking Tour -- Private Group
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BEA
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Windy City Historians
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Screening of Chicago Drawbridges -- Dalia arrive 6:30 pm
Peter Iwanec | Branch Manager Jun 6 19:00 21:00Oriole Park Branch| Chicago Public Library 7454 W. Balmoral | Chicago, IL 60656 | 312-744-1965 | 7 |
Children's Bridge Workshop -- Lori
Honorarium $350 I bring the supplies any where from 30-120 Kids. Talked on the phone 1/2/2017 got my name from Indian Prairie Library (Monica) Max. 130 Jun 8 14:00 15:00 | 9 |
Printers Row Lit Fest
Jun 10 to Jun 11 |
Printers Row Lit Fest
Jun 10 to Jun 11 | 12 |
Galileo Scholastic Academy - School Visit--Amy Butler (K)
Jun 13 18:00 19:00 | 14 | 15 |
Railroad & Shortlines Club - tentative
Question: does your scope of knowledge extend beyond the Chicago River to include bridges across waterways such as: Jun 16 19:30 21:00- Calumet River & Little Calumet River - Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal / Des Plaines River - Indiana Harbor Canal which would include bridges in places such as the south suburbs, Joliet, East Chicago, and/or Calumet Region? I was thinking about questions related to railroad bridges that would be of interest. How does the following fit with topics you can address? - How many railroad bridges are there - or were there - in whatever geography you are going to cover? - What are the different types of railroad bridges? What motivated choice of one type over another? - What bridges preceded the bridges we see today in the same locations? Why were they replaced? - I know there were some very unique railroad bridges around Goose Island which will be of interest. - Did railroads use designs like the Scherzer Rolling Lift bridge for their purposes? - For some of the railroad bridges around town that are in the permanently raised position, what do you know about their condition and potential for use? Curious if they are stuck "up" forever! | 17 |
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Bridgehouse River Tour
Jun 28 18:00 21:00 Children's Bridge Workshop -- Kelly & Ashley Snader 708-798-0121 ext. 284
Honorarium $350 I bring the supplies any where from 30-120 Kids. Talked on the phone 1/2/2017 got my name from Indian Prairie Library (Monica) Jun 28 18:30 19:30 |
Bridge Workshop Wilmington Elementary -- Jenn Matters
$400 for two sessions Jun 29 12:00 15:00pre-K and youngest 12pm 1st-2nd graders 1:30pm (815)476-2834 | 30 |
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Visit Applewood Books
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Bridge Tour with Maureen Maher
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CANCELED --Under the Bridgefluence Tour w/ Liz Garbay
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Chicago 1812 - Underwater Arch.
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Windy City Historians
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Chicago Book Expo
Oct 1 12:00 17:00 Panel Discussion w/ Greg Borzo - 8th Floor
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Illinois Reading Council
Oct 5 DIY Children's Bridge Workshop - Room PCC 221
Oct 5 8:00 9:00 Introduce STEM in early childhood - Room PCC 221
Oct 5 9:30 10:30 Speed Dating w/ IR Authors - Marquette Balroom
Oct 5 16:00 17:30 Hear the Authors Read
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MPC - Developing the River -- Claudia Cassidy Theater
Oct 17 18:00 19:30 | 18 |
Send email on Under the Bridgefluence
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Meet with Josh & Terry Sulivan
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CRB Talk - Village Chicago - Dianne Campbell--CANCELED
Event runs 5:30 to 8:30. Dinner 6:00-7:00. Program 7:15-8:00/15. Dessert ( and book signing) to follow program. Our attendance at this event from past years has run from 65 to 80 guests. No honorarium. Nov 15 17:30 20:30 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
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Union League Club - Holiday Boutique - 2nd Floor (must be set-up by 9:30 am) -- Debbie Lee
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Under the Bridgefluence
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CRB - Chicago Area Mensa--Jeanne Garman at Rolling Medows Community Center
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Windy City Historians - Author Dinner
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Anderson's Children's Lit. Breakfast
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CRB - Edgebrook Women's Club--Helen Kanellos at the Edgebrook Resource Center
Asked $200 honorarium Mar 8 10:45 12:15 | 9 | 10 |
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Children's Read Aloud - Drawbridges Open & Close with Tutoring Chicago-Kim Renton at Cafeteria
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1812 Chicagou Presentation - contact Rachael Rezek
Mar 28 19:00 20:00 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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CRB Talk at Riverside Public Library - Brent J Bowles
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Corporate Event - Presentation & Walking Tour -- Julie Shore
Grand Ballroom A&B Apr 13 15:00 18:00 | 14 |
Matt Bird - Writing for Strangers
We discuss 122 neat little tricks you can use to maximize audience identification with your characters and interest in your plot. Matt will accept manuscripts for critique. Please see manuscript guidelines for details. Apr 15 9:00 12:00 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
CBR - Sun City - Carl
$250 Honorarium Apr 20 10:00 11:00 | 21 |
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CRB Presentation for Amercian Public Works Association - Brian Goldman is coordinating - Lower Level
chicago.apwa.net Apr 24 11:30 13:30Typical Luncheon Schedule: 1130 – Registration, Greetings, and Networking 1200 – Meeting Called To Order – Bring Lunch 1230 – Speaker Introduction and Presentation 1315 – Q&A – Discussion Panel, etc. 1330 – Meeting Called to Close and Thank You |
School Visit - North Mac Intermediate School -- John Downs
*1:30 3rd grade presentation (about 80 students) Apr 25 13:30 15:00*2:10 4th & 5th grade presentation (about 200 students) 217-627-2419 Children's Bridge Workshop -- Amy Byers
217-414-4071 Terri (me) Apr 25 18:00 20:00217-483-2713 Library Contact: Amy Byers |
School Visit - North Mac Elementary School -- Michele Cimarossa
*8:30 a.m. K-2 presentation (about 240 students) Apr 26 8:30 9:30 | 27 | 28 |
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Cara Miller is organizing this private group. May 12 13:00 16:00 |
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Great American Read to join MPTV Broadcast Kickoff -- Julie Hill Lehr
Join Milwaukee PBS, Milwaukee Public Library, Boswell Books and Literacy Services for the kick-off celebration of The Great American Read, PBS' list of America's 100 best-loved novels. May 17 18:00 21:00Be among the first to discover what the list reveals in a special sneak peek of The Great American Read. Meredith Vieira hosts the eight-part broadcast series. The doors open at 6 pm with a screening at 7 pm Enter the building from the corner of 8th and Highland Free and Open to the Public A reception and open discussion will follow the screening. 4th Floor Parking at 8th & State | 18 | 19 |
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Chicago River Bridges Presentation for the Clear-Ridge Historical Society -- Rob Bitunjac
May 23 18:00 19:00 |
1812 Chicagou @ Evergreen Lib. - Anna Wassenaar (Adult Svcs)
6:30pm start. Honorarium $200 May 24 18:30 20:00 | 25 | 26 |
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Come lift your spirits on a unique walking bridge and bar tour led by tavern and beer historian, Liz Garibay and bridge historian, Patrick McBriarty. The duo will share stories of Chicago beer and bridge history and relate the interplay between the two in the making of Chicago’s past. Jun 2 12:30 16:00$25. Ticket price includes five bridges, four bars, three hours, two miles and a whole lot of of delicious history. Drinks on you. |
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Printers Row Lit Fest
Jun 9 to Jun 10 |
Printers Row Lit Fest
Jun 9 to Jun 10 |
Neo Con - Art Gensler - NeoCon Theater, 19th Floor
Jun 11 8:00 9:00 | 12 |
Neo Con - Carol Ross Barney - NeoCon Theater, 19th Floor, The Mart
Jun 13 9:30 10:30 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
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Bridge Tour -- Private Group
James Bunch (150) & Family Jun 24 10:00 11:30 | 25 |
Chicago River Bridges Presentation for The Moorings -- Monica Lockie
Jun 26 14:00 15:00 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |