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January 15
The Big Write
Galesburg Pubic Library
The Big Write is a creative writing contest sponsored by the Friends of the Library. Short stories, poetry and song lyrics are being accepted from writers 3rd grade to adult. Up to three winners in four age groups. Submission deadline is Sunday, March 2, 2008. Materials may be emailed to bigwrite@galesburglibrary.org, dropped off in person at the library or mailed to Writing Contest, Galesburg Public Library, 40 E. Simmons St., Galesburg IL 61401. For contest specifics, visit www.galesburglibrary.org
February 21
AAUW Adelante Book Group
Warren County Public Library, Monmouth, IL, 7pm
AAUW Adelante Book Group will meet at the library to discuss "A Farewell to Arms". The public is invited.
February 23
Forgotten Valor
Carl Sandburg College Class Day, Galesburg, 10am
Author David G. Moore will discuss the content and the writing of "Forgotten Valor," a book about a young man who goes off to World War I. For more information about Class Day call 309-483-6169.
March 7 & 8
Surprisingly Hip Jazz Band
Best Western, Prairie Inn, Galesburg, 6:30pm
A Jazz trio will play music from different jazz eras in a relaxed bistro setting.
March 11
Book Discussion of A Farewell to Arms
Galesburg Public Library, Galesburg, 1pm
The Tuesday Book Club will discuss "A Farewell to Arms" at the library. New participants are welcome.
March 13
Book Discussion of A Farewell to Arms
Kaldi's Coffeehouse and Tearoom, Galesburg, 6:30pm
Join Galesburg High School English teachers Gayle Stewart and Laurie Aten for a lively discussion of "A Farewell to Arms".
March 13 (Through May 31)
Hemingway Exhibit
Knox College Seymour Library, Galesburg
The public will have an opportunity to view an exhibit of first editions, correspondence, photos and memorabilia pertaining to Ernest Hemingway's life and work drawn from Knox College's Hemingway Collection. The collection will be on display until May 31.
March 15
Rootabaga Jazz Festival and Big Read Kick-off
Orpheum Theater, Galesburg, 7:30pm
Kick-off The Big Read at the Rootabaga Jazz Festival! This event combines local scholastic talent with regional and internationally recognized jazz artists. This year's featured performer is Cuban jazz pianist Hilario Duran. Duran is a 2003 and 2005 JUNO Award winner and is one of the greatest virtuoso jazz pianists emerging from Havana, Cuba. Free copies of "A Farewell to Arms" distributed to the first arrivals. Tickets can be purchased for $12 or $16.
World War I Display (Through April 27)
Galesburg Public Library, Galesburg, 9am
The Galesburg Public Library will host a display about the contributions of Knox County residents and Illinois manufacturing to the World War I effort. The display will be open until April 27.
March 22
Picturing Hemingway: A Writer in His Time
Carl Sandburg Birthplace, Galesburg, 9am
Traveling exhibit about Ernest Hemingway on loan from the Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park. Birthplace open Wednesday through Sunday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Exhibit will be open from March 22-April 27.
Picturing Hemingway: A Writer in His Time
Location: Carl Sandburg Birthplace, Galesburg, 2pm
Opening kick-off for the exhibit "Picturing Hemingway: A Writer in His Time". Guest speaker for the opening is Redd Griffin, past chairman and foundation director of the Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park. The traveling exhibit is on loan from the Hemingway Foundation and will be on display from March 22-April 27. Kick-off event is free and open to the public.
March 25
Movie Screening of "The Great Gatsby"
Galesburg Public Library, Galesburg, 5:30pm
The 1974 film "The Great Gatsby" will be shown at the Galesburg Public Library. The story is based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's book set in the Jazz Age.
March 26
Surprisingly Hip Jazz Band
Best Western, Prairie Inn, Galesburg, 6:30pm
A Jazz trio will play music from different jazz eras in a relaxed bistro setting.
Haven't you a father? Sons without fathers in Heminway's Fiction
Warren County Public Library, Monmouth, IL
The pregnant Catherine Barkley asks Frederick Henry this question near the end of Book II in "A Farewell to Arms". Biographies of Hemingway have noticed that the author's ambivalence about his own father (who committed suicide while Hemingway was finishing the novel)had already surfaced in several early stories that predate the major novels. In "The Sun Also Rises", "A Farewell to Arms", and "For Whom the Bell Tolls", on the other hand, fathers are conspicuously absent from the field of vision. In this context, Monmouth College Professor Craig Watson will argue that the question "Haven't you a father" may be a key to understanding what is at first personal, but subsequently both American and modern about Hemingway's fictive struggle to define meaning and find value in a world where the answer to the question is, "No."
March 28 (Through April 18)
Monmouth College Joins The Big Read
29Hewes Library, Monmouth College, Monmouth, IL
A display of Hemingway books and supplementary materials that relate to the author and "A Farewell to Arms" will be on display until April 18, 2008.
April 1
Book Discussion of "A Farewell to Arms"
Galesburg Public Library, Galesburg, 6:30pm
Join Galesburg High School English teachers Gayle Stewart and Laurie Aten for a lively discussion of "A Farewell to Arms".
April 4
Surprisingly Hip Jazz Band
Best Western, Prairie Inn, Galesburg, 6:30pm
A Jazz trio will play music from different jazz eras in a relaxed bistro setting.
Movie Screening of "A Farewell to Arms"
Orpheum Theater, Galesburg, 7pm
The 1932 version of "A Farewell to Arms" is first and foremost a love story. On the Italian front in World War I, an American ambulance driver (Gary Cooper) falls in love with a nurse (Helen Hayes). Cooper was a Hemingway friend in real life and later played the hero of Hemingway's "For Whom the Bell Tolls". Robin Metz, Professor of English at Knox College, will introduce the movie and provide background about Ernest Hemingway. Free admission. Concessions available.
April 5
Surprisingly Hip Jazz Band
Best Western, Prairie Inn, Galesburg, 6:30pm
A Jazz trio will play music from different jazz eras in a relaxed bistro setting.
April 6
The Big Write Winners Reception
Galesburg Public Library, Galesburg, 6pm
A reception for The Big Write winners, entrants, friends, family, and the community will be held at the library. Refreshments will be served and the winners will have the opportunity to read their entries.
April 8
Book Discussion
Galesburg Public Library, Galesburg, 1pm
Join author Paula Huntley for a discussion of her book "The Hemingway Book Club of Kosovo". A unique opportunity to meet the author and ask her questions.
Presentation by author Paula Huntley
Keokuk Public Library, Keokuk, IA, 6:30pm
Paula Huntley, author of "The Hemingway Book Club of Kosovo" describes her experiences in Kosovo, the lives of the young Kosovar students she came to know, the remarkable book club they created together, and how a classic novel by Ernest Hemingway transcends time and place.
Teen Poetry Slam
Galesburg Public Library, Sanderson Room, Galesburg, 6:30pm
Join area teens for a Teen Poetry Slam featuring winners from GPL's Big Write creative writing contest, as well as a jazz combo from Knox College. Recitations of poetry, song lyrics and even short stories are welcome as we celebrate teen creativity and The Big Read at Galesburg Public Library.
April 9
Presentation by author Paula Huntley
Warren County Public Library, Monmouth, IL, 2pm
Paula Huntley, author of "The Hemingway Book Club of Kosovo", describes her experiences in Kosovo, the lives of the young Kosovar students she came to know, the remarkable book club they created together and how a classic novel by Ernest Hemingway transcends time and place.
Presentation by author Paula Huntley
Galesburg Public Library, Galesburg, 6:30pm
Paula Huntley, author of "The Hemingway Book Club of Kosovo" describes her experiences in Kosovo, the lives of the young Kosovar students she came to know, the remarkable book club they created together and how a classic novel by Ernest Hemingway transcends time and place.
April 10
Presentation by author Paula Huntley
Carl Sandburg College Crist Student Center, Galesburg, 12:30pm
Paula Huntley, author of "The Hemingway Book Club of Kosovo", describes her experiences in Kosovo, the lives of the young Kosovar students she came to know, the remarkable book club they created together and how a classic novel by Ernest Hemingway transcends time and place.
Book discussion of "The Hemingway Book Club of Kosovo"
Kaldi's Coffeehouse and Tearoom, Galesburg, 6:30pm
Join Paula Huntley, author of "The Hemingway Book Club of Kosovo", for a discussion of her book. A unique opportunity to meet the author.
April 13
Lux Radio Theatre broadcast of A Farewell to Arms
WGIL 1400am, 12pm
Movie screening of "A Farewell to Arms"
Galesburg Public Library, Galesburg, 2pm
The 1932 version of "A Farewell to Arms" is first and foremost a love story. On the Italian front in World War I, an American ambulance driver (Gary Cooper) falls in love with a nurse (Helen Hayes). Cooper was a Hemingway friend in real life and later played the hero of Hemingway's "For Whom the Bell Tolls".
April 16
Field trip to Hemingway's Roots
Carl Sandburg College, Galesburg, 7am
Carl Sandburg College for Senior Citizens is offering a trip—Hemingway's Roots: The Big Read Road Trip—to Oak Park, Ill., home of writer Ernest Hemingway. Hemingway is the author of A Farwell to Arms, this year's Big Read book.
The trip will be held on April 16. The bus leaves Sandburg Mall east parking lot between Bergner's and the Cinemas at 7 a.m. and returns by approximately 8 p.m. Cost is $95 and includes all tours, lunch, programs and coach transportation. For more information or to enroll, call (309) 344-1512.No refunds will be issued past March 26; however, a substitute can attend. The trip is limited to 28 people.
Carl Sandburg College for Senior Citizens is for people who are at least 50 years of age.
As Hemingway finished high school in Oak Park, he had no idea what type of life or career he was going to pursue. Yet, only a few short years later, he wrote A Farwell to Arms, a novel that influenced many writers. Visit the area that helped prepare Ernest Hemingway as a writer. Explore Hemingway's experiences through docent led visits to his birthplace and museum that depicts the events in his life that inspired him as a young author. Following the tours, dine at the Hemmingway Bistro (included in the cost of the trip) that is nestled in The Write Inn Hotel. The restaurant is noted for combining French dishes with the freshest Midwestern ingredients. First course will be soup du jour followed by crepes gratin with ham, gruyere and mushrooms followed by a dessert and coffee course consisting of a trio of seasonal sorbets. After lunch the group will be treated to a private performance of "Young Hemmingway in World War I" before boarding the bus and departing for Galesburg. A short stop will be made on the way back to Galesburg for dinner (not included in the cost).
April 20
Images of the Roaring Twenties
Galesburg Public Library, Galesburg, 2pm
The Roaring Twenties are best remembered for outrageous fashion, revolutionary jazz music, and unprecedented freedoms for women. This program captures the spirit of the twenties by illuminating the connections between music, dance, fashion, and social change in what came to be known as the Jazz Age. Art historian and Lewis University Professor Jeff Mishur will show slides of Harlem Renaissance paintings, Art Deco sculpture, fashions, and magazine illustrations and advertisements. Some topics to be discussed include artists who painted jazz age themes and images of "flappers," whose rebellious attitudes inspired the risque fashions, shocking behavior, and a demand for equality.
April 24
Carl Sandburg College Poetry Contest Awards Presentation
Carl Sandburg College Crist Student Center, Galesburg 6:30pm
Carl Sandburg College will honor the winners of the 19th annual Carl Sandburg Poetry Contest. Sandburg College district residents were invited to enter their original poems which are judged by CSC English faculty. The contest has three levels of competition: elementary (1-5 grades), intermediate (6-12 grades), and adult. The category winners are invited to the awards ceremony to read their winning poems and accept their certificates and prizes donated by the Carl Sandburg Historic Site Association and Carl Sandburg College. All winning poems will be published in a booklet that will be distributed at the ceremony. Carl Sandburg College, Student Center, 2400 Tom L. Wilson Blvd., Galesburg. Sponsored by CSC Humanities Dept. & Carl Sandburg Historic Site Assoc
Greg Reish Performance
Carl Sandburg Historic Site, Galesburg, 7pm
The Carl Sandburg Historic Site will feature a performance by Greg Reish on Thursday, April 24, 7 p.m. of The American Songbag with anecdotal and historical facts about each song. A reception and refreshments will follow.
David HB Drake, Illinois History Performance, Area School Assemblies
Returning by popular demand, Midwestern troubadour, David HB Drake, an award winning musician and educator will be performing on multiple instruments such as the guitar, mountain banjo, dulcimer, Native American flute, concertina and others. His selections focus on unique aspects of the history of Illinois including songs of trains, rivers, the prairies, and the lives of Lincoln and Sandburg. He has appeared on public television, and festivals in Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota. Mr. Drake hails from Milwaukee. Assemblies are planned for Knoxville Elementary, Lombard Middle School and Churchill Jr. High School.
April 25
Photography Contest Reception
Galesburg Public Library, Galesburg, 4pm-6pm
Gallery Walk
Downtown Galesburg, 4pm-7pm
The Gallery Walk will begin at 4 p.m. at the Galesburg Public Library, 40 E. Simmons, where entries in the annual Foley Photo Studio Photo Contest will be will be displayed and the winners announced. Downtown businesses and office lobbies will be open to public viewing to showcase local artists and their work. Businesses open for viewing include:
Galesburg Public Library (40 E. Simmons)
Participants and winners of the Sandburg Days Festival Photography Contest will be honored at a reception on Friday, April 25, at 4:00 p.m. at the Galesburg Public Library. Winning entries will be displayed from 4:00-7:00 p.m. and during regular library hours until May 9.
Roger and Lisa's place (28 E Ferris Street)
This is a jam and rehearsal space for Roger and his friends; and a painting studio for Lisa.
It's also their home away from home.
For the Sandburg Festival Days Art Walk, Roger and Lisa will feature the work of several of Lisa's Carl Sandburg College Art Students as well as Lisa's own work and/or work in progress…
The probability of music is high. Walkers are invited to stop in and enjoy the art, music and refreshments.
Knox College (Ford Center for Fine Art Gallery)
Senior Show of Work by Phillipe Moore and Saba Akram
Reception with Artist Present will take place from 6-8pm. The Gallery will be open for the duration of the gallery walk.
Kaldi's Coffeehouse and Tearoom (124 East Simmons)
Works by the Galesburg Camera Club will be featured. A reception will take place from 5-7pm with many of the exhibiting artists present.
Q's Café (319 East Main Street)
The work of Greg Leibach will be on display. There will be a reception from 4 to 7 and the artist will be demonstrating his technique using spray paint on poster board at 5:30.
Video Media Productions (341 East Main Street)
The photography of John Van Kirk will be on display. The artist will be present and refreshments will be provided.
Chez Willy's (41 S. Seminary Street)
The work of Jane Youngquist will be on display, gallery walkers are invited to meet the artist during the Gallery Walk.
Toys and Teachers (53 S. Seminary Street)
Art Work by Costa Pre- School students and Reagan Pokorny of Barrington Illinois. Regan is the great-niece of store
wner Peg Nelson will be displayed. Gallery Walkers are invited to come in for refreshments.
Vintages (57 S. Seminary Street)
The underwater photography of Steve Herrick will be on display. Vintages will be offering complimentary wine & beer along with a cheese display. Celtic Singer/Composer Jillian LaDage will perform at Vintages during the Gallery Walk from 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. and will also present an evening concert at 7:30 p.m.
Dove Tail Arts (61 S. Seminary Street)
We would like to invite Gallery Walkers to stop in and meet Pottery Artist, Chris Dokolasa, Metal Artist, Ric Larson
and Jewelry Artist Kathy (Knosher) Harden and see their new works on display.
Refreshments will be served and the great background music of local band "No Reason" will be playing on CD.
Uncle Billy's Bakery (85 S. Seminary Street)
Work by Clients of KCCDD will be featured; one artist will be creating artwork on the sidewalk in front of Uncle Billy's. Refreshments will be served.
Cooks & Company (93 S. Seminary)
The Work of Mary Phillips will be on display. Stop in, meet the artist and enjoy refreshments.
Calico Cat ( 88 S. Seminary)
The work of Alan and Rachel Haynes will be on display. The Artists will be present at a reception
Thorn's Pets & Supplies (44 N. Seminary Street)
The paintings of Tyler Hennings will be on display. The artist will be present and Gallery Walkers are encouraged to stop by and speak with the artist, especially about his Pet Portraits. Stop by and enjoy ice cream.
Galesburg Civic Art Center (114 East Main)
The work of Galesburg High School juniors and seniors will be on display in the gallery. Gallery walkers are invited to come into the gallery to enjoy the work of Galesburg's talented youth and refreshments.
R Templeton Designs (306 E. Simmons, corner of Simmons & Kellogg)
will host Dianna Trout of Persephone's Treasures. Dianna is a local lamp work glass
artisan who creates unique & beautiful beadwork using a gas torch and then fashions
it into jewelry, wine accessories & more.
Marc Smith Poetry Slam
Cherry St. Brewing Co., 9pm
Led by Poetry Slam creator Chicago poet Marc Smith. An unique form of performance poetry competition that is gaining popularity in College towns across the country. Mr. Smith brings a regional slam competition to Galesburg and the Festival. Top "slammers" from across the Midwest are expected to come and compete for cash prizes. Entry fee. 5$ admission charge. Cherry Street Brewing Co. 57 S. Cherry St. Doors open at 8pm.
Poetry Slam is sponsored by these people:
Carl Sandburg Historic Site Association
Carl Sandburg College
Cherry Street Restaurant & Bar
Bullis & Sundberg Insurance Services
Knox College Department of English & the John & Elaine Fellowes Fund
Packinghouse Dining Company
April 26
Free Face Painting!
Discovery Depot Children's Museum, 10pm-5pm
Bring the kids to Discovery Depot for a day of free face painting and other children's activities. The museum will also be open Sunday, April 27 from 1pm-5pm. Located at 128 S. Chambers St., Galesburg.
Knox College Poetry Contest Awards Presentation
Carl Sandburg Historic Site Barn, 2pm
Sponsored by Knox College and the Carl Sandburg Historic Site Association. Historic Site & Barn, 313 East Third St., Galesburg.
April 27
Discover Photography Seminar
Galesburg Public Library, Galesburg, 2pm
The Discover Photography Seminar is presented by the Galesburg Camera Club. Mike Godsil, photography instructor at Knox College and owner of Godsil Photography, will talk about improving photographic composition. He will be followed by Rich Ankeney, local photographer and District #205 art teacher, who will share quick fixes using Photoshop Elements. The seminar is free and open to the public.
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