Sandburg Days
Festival For The Mind
Galesburg, IL  April 24-26, 2008

Honoring native-born Pultizer prize-winning poet
and Lincoln biographer, Carl Sandburg

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2008 Sandburg Days, Festival for the Mind, Photography Contest and Exhibit

    All amateur photographers in the area are invited to enter the Sandburg Days 2008 Photography Contest, sponsored by The Frame Works, Foley Photo Studio, the Galesburg Public Library, Q's Cafe, and the Galesburg Register Mail. The judge will be Tom Foley, a wedding and fine art photographer. A reception catered by  Q's Cafe will be held at the Galesburg Public Library on Friday, April 25 at 4pm.

   A $50 cash prize will be awarded to the Best of Show.  A $20 gift certificate from the Frame Works will be awarded for first place in three categories : Landscape and Nature; People and/or Pets;  and Architecture.  All photos (8 X 10 maximum print size) must have been created within the last three years.  They may be matted but do not need to be framed.  A limit of one photograph per person.  There is no fee to enter.

   All submissions must have a secure wire on the back so it is ready to hang on a display board.  Professional photographers are welcome to enter, but will not be eligible for prizes.  Entries can be submitted (with name, e-mail, postal address and phone on the back) to the Galesburg Public Library, 40 E. Simmons St. 

   Deadline for submissions is Wednesday April 23, at 8PM.  Conventional and digital prints are acceptable.  A selection of photographs entered will be exhibited at the Galesburg public Library until May 9.

   For more information, please contact Tom Foley at (309) 342-9411 or tom@foleyphotostudio.com.

 

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).