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By Nikita Gourski
Spring isn't the only thing brightening up the days in Toronto! We're listing the top 12 reasons you can't miss seeing our production of The Barber of Seville from the brilliant and hilarious minds of the Els Comediants production team!
Featuring one of the most recognizable scores in the entire operatic repertoire, Gioachino Rossini's The Barber of Seville has become the most performed opera worldwide. You can learn more about this classic comic masterpiece through our Listening Guide.
Rossini was born in 1792 in Pesaro, a seaport town on the Adriatic coast. Growing up with musician parents—his mother a soprano; his father a horn and trumpet player—he was immersed from a young age in the bustling, often chaotic world of Italian opera houses, in which a new work might be composed, rehearsed, and performed within the span of only a few weeks. By his early teens he was already a polished musician, studying at the conservatory in Bologna, and composing original works, including opera.
By age 20, Rossini was recognized internationally as a major talent, with two important hits in the same year, one comic (The Italian Girl in Algiers), one serious (Tancredi). There was an exuberant richness, an endless inventiveness in Rossini's melodies and vocal writing that soon made him the most celebrated, bankable, and popular composer in the world.
Yet most remarkably, at the very height of his powers, Rossini went into retirement. He had his reasons, of course: he was exhausted from writing some 40 operas in 19 years; he was depressed by his mother's recent death; he had physical problems; there were signs of change coming both politically and within the art form that he might not have cared to entertain or adjust his style to suit. Yet even with all these explanations, the totality of Rossini's departure from the opera world astonishes. He lived for another 40 years or so but never wrote another opera—a fallow period longer than Mozart's lifespan.
Though Rossini wrote operas of all kinds, he is primarily known today for his mastery of opera buffa, or comic opera, an immensely popular genre that was geared to all social classes (as opposed to the aristocracy) with fast-paced action, comic situations, and hummable tunes. Bel canto means "beautiful singing" and denotes the highly exhibitionist, virtuosic singing style practiced at the time (both in serious and comic works). While bel canto operas followed fairly fixed structures and conventions—detractors sometimes label them "mechanical" and "formulaic" —Rossini nonetheless found dramatically compelling, stunningly beautiful, and inventive ways to deploy these formal structures.
Rossini claimed that he composed The Barber of Seville in 13 days, never leaving the house where he was lodging. Given such timelines, composers had to be pragmatic about expediting their work. Self-borrowing, for example, was a standard practice, and Rossini frequently reused material from his back catalogue. Indeed, Barber features passages from five previous Rossini operas. Yet his genius manages to transcend this system of manufacture: "You may say things about Rossini and they may be true regarding the borrowings […] the speed of composition and so forth, but I confess that I cannot help believing The Barber of Seville for abundance of ideas, for verve, [and] for truth of declamation the most beautiful opera buffa in existence," wrote the great Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi.
Barber is based on a stage play by the French playwright Pierre Beaumarchais (whose Figaro trilogy is a satirical take-down of aristocratic privilege and also includes The Marriage of Figaro and The Guilty Mother). Rossini's was not the first Barber opera; in fact an earlier version by composer Giovanni Paisiello was considered such a cornerstone of the opera buffa repertoire that Rossini decided to write to the elder artist, assuring him that this new version was not intended as an affront to the original.
On opening night a clique of ardent Paisiello supporters (see #6) bought up entire sections of the theatre, intending to boo the opera vociferously and cause a debacle regardless of what happened on stage. But the performance itself was marred by problems: a guitar string broke in the opening scene; a singer tripped over an errant trapdoor and had to deliver his aria while trying to stop a bleeding nose; a cat dashed onto the stage and got tangled up in the soprano's skirt. Though opening night was a disaster, the second performance was a great success, and Rossini's Barber has been in the repertoire ever since.
Rossini's opera owes much to the Italian tradition of commedia dell'arte, the street theatre of improvised comedy featuring recognizable stock characters—the young lovers, the wily servant, the boastful soldier, the old man scheming to marry a younger woman, etc. The production team pays homage to these theatrical roots with costumes and makeup that reference traditional commedia dell'arte tropes.
Praised for "imaginatively renewing a canonic work" (Opera News) this production by Els Comediants—a Spanish theatre collective that has been creating multi-disciplinary performances for over 40 years—combines carnival and circus traditions along with puppetry, dance, acrobatics, pantomime, and commedia dell'arte practices.
The designs are partly inspired by Picasso's Cubist aesthetic and the visual language of constructive sculpture, or art that is made by putting things together from different sources. Colourful guitars in Act I are an example, referencing similar constructions by Picasso. Note that many elements of the set design also have a multifunctional, open-ended quality, as objects take on different forms. The giant pink piano, for example, becomes a writing desk, a banquet table, and a boudoir over the course of the opera.
Doors and windows at crooked angles, exaggerated hairdos, and outsized props all contribute to a cartoon-like disruption of scale and proportion. The semi-transparent fabric walls allow for shadow play and effects that mimic cinematic cutaways and montage, notably during the famous "Largo al factotum" aria in which Figaro details his many tasks and responsibilities while we simultaneously witness silhouetted figures performing those errands.
From an overture heard in countless movies, cartoons, and advertisements, to the most famous "entrance aria" in all of opera, to the exhilarating crescendo of "La calunnia" to the sparkling, classic beauty of "Una voce poco fa," Rossini's score is a veritable hit parade. You can hear guided samples in our Listening Guide.
To find out more about our upcoming production of The Barber of Seville, click here.
Photo Credit: A scene from the Canadian Opera Company/Opéra National de Bordeaux (ONB)/Houston Grand Opera co-production of The Barber of Seville, 2015, Canadian Opera Company. Photo: Michael Cooper.
Canadian baritone Joshua Hopkins has captured the attention of critics worldwide for both his voice and dramatic ability. He has performed across North America and Europe to captivated audiences, and will soon be singing on the Four Seasons Centre stage in our upcoming production of The Barber of Seville!
What he's doing with us: Josh will be performing the iconic role of Figaro in Els Comediants' hilarious production of Rossini's The Barber of Seville with us this spring. He has previously sung as the world's most famous barber with both Vancouver Opera and Lyric Opera of Kansas City, to much critical acclaim!
Where you might have seen him: So far this season Josh has made his Lyric Opera of Chicago debut as Tadeusz in The Passenger, sung as Count Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro with Glyndebourne Festival, Dallas Opera and with the Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon. In concert, he has performed with Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra as Dr. Pangloss in Bernstein's Candide and has appeared in recital with the Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago.
Past seasons include performances as Marcello in a new production of La Bohème at the COC and as Schaunard in a revival of the popular Franco Zeffirelli production of the same opera at Metropolitan Opera. In the 2013/2014 season Josh made international debuts at Oper Frankfurt as Guglielmo in Così fan tutte and at Washington National Opera as Papageno in The Magic Flute. Other roles that season included a return to Glyndebourne as Argante in Handel's Rinaldo.
Future seasons will see the baritone's return to Lyric Opera of Chicago, Washington National Opera, Santa Fe Opera, and Houston Grand Opera.
What the critics have said:
"…one element of the endeavour transcends even this overall consistent standard – the quality and lithe exuberance of baritone Joshua Hopkins' Figaro. Vancouver audiences have enjoyed Hopkins as a lieder singer who combines an innately appealing instrument with musical sensitivity and precision. Here he delivers a stunning interpretation of Figaro, rooted in his physical sense of the character. He has the tone, the timing, and the confidence to make it appear effortless fun; from quicksilver recitatives to solo work and ensembles, Hopkins is the focus of the production. And he couldn't be better."
-The Vancouver Sun (reviewing the Vancouver Opera production of Il barbiere di Siviglia)
"As for the muckraking Figaro, Hopkins played him as a delightfully flamboyant and unapologetically pompous charmer, with a physical presence approximating something between Will Ferrell and Liberace. His entrance had him madly cutting off mullets, dying hair, and powdering noses with hilarious speed—all the while nailing the vocal theatrics of the "Largo al factotum" aria."
-The Georgia Straight (reviewing the Vancouver Opera production of Il barbiere di Siviglia)
"Joshua Hopkins was perfect – conversational and believable – as the lovestruck painter Marcello…"
-The Globe and Mail (reviewing the Canadian Opera Company production of La Bohème)
"To my ears, particularly impressive was the warm and gorgeous baritone of Joshua Hopkins, who is now deservedly at the Met."
-La Scena Musicale (reviewing the Canadian Opera Company production of La Bohème)
"The versatile Canadian baritone Joshua Hopkins is a standout Schaunard, singing with robust sound and flair."
-The New York Times (reviewing the The Metropolitan Opera production of La Bohème)
See Joshua Hopkins as Figaro in our upcoming production of The Barber of Seville. For more information and to buy tickets, visit here.
You can also follow Josh on Twitter at @barihopkins
Photo credit: Dario Acosta
Sara Fulgoni in the COC production of Bluebeard's Castle. Photo: Michael Cooper © 2001


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The festival has really grown the last few years and now includes two streets in the Historic Montford District. The homes built in Montford Most were constructed between 1890 and 1920, and include a variety of architectural influences in Asheville during the turn of the 20th century. Any street could have a Queen Anne, Victorian and Arts and Crafts home on it. Pinecrest Bed and Breakfast was built in 1905 and embodies a traditional tudor style architecture.
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The resource forum entitled "What's so Swell about the San Rafael Swell was held on Sept. 19 and 20 at Emery High in Castle Dale.
Participants were welcomed to the session by Sally Wisely, Utah Director of the Bureau of Land Management. Emery County Commissioner Randy Johnson and Wes Curtis from the Governor's Rural Partnership also addressed the audience. Wisely introduced a Swell project overview and video which showed the outstanding features of the Swell. Such features as Broken Cross, Eagle Canyon, Dutchman Arch, Window Blind Peak, Swasey's Cabin, Black Box, Wedge, Rochester Panel, Assembly Hall Peak, Cleveland/Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry, San Rafael Reef, Wild Horse Canyon, Muddy Creek, Temple Mountain, Family Butte, Hondoo Arch, Sid and his dog, San Rafael Reef, just to name a few.
Wisely said, "That's quite a back yard you have. The second question is what should we do about it. We are in the middle of a community dialogue process, which is recognized as being special. President Bush asked Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton for feedback on the San Rafael Region and to inventory objects of interest and information relevant to develop plans for management in an open and inclusive process.
"It made more sense if we all worked together, the state, BLM and the county. To develop a partnership and go through the specific steps to provide information and gather input about the wealth of resources and cultural history of the Swell. The report will be complete by the end of November. The website that has been set up to provide information and it is the best place to track the process and it is easily accessible and interactive. We all know the best way to get to know an area is to experience it first hand and we will do this through a series of guided field trips.
"The week of Nov. 18 we will host a series of open house meetings which will be a great opportunity to provide input in how we believe these lands should be used. The results of the survey will be available in January. There are a lot of processes going on, the resource management plan as well as wilderness study area processes. There is a lot happening. We thought it was best to involve the people in the San Rafael process. From a BLM prospective the San Rafael is significant, the information gathering will help in the determination if this is a nationally significant region and does it warrant Monument status or other protection?
"The best way to do this is through an open dialogue, the goal is not whether we are for or against....but, just to put the information on the table. The report will be sent to Secretary Gale Norton in the spring and forwarded to the President. BLM will not make a recommendation, but gather the information and pass it on the President. Regardless of the decision, the bottom line is this is our backyard and we need to figure out how to manage its future with formal land use policy. We still need to address the needs of the area. The resource management plan for the Price field office includes the Swell.
"Seeing that the Swell is protected and enjoyed deserves our best effort, it deserves the best we can come up with and it takes all of us to come up with a plan; an opportunity to focus. Whether we are for or against.....don't lose this opportunity to decide how it should be managed to our best advantage and to the advantage of those future generations," said Wisely.
Participants broke into separate sessions which specifically looked at one of the Swells features or historical components. Sessions included: Edward Geary, history of the human experience on the San Rafael Swell, Jim Talbot, geology, Rob Heille, special management approaches and trends, Greg Fausett, The cold war and the San Rafael Swell; the MK tunnels, Jim Evans, geology of the Swell. Friday night sessions included, Jeff Durrant, ranching in the modern Swell, Bill Bates, threatened and endangered species of the Swell, Ramal Jones, paleontological research tools developed in the Swell, Tom Gnojek, recreation as a modern use of the Swell and Susan Miller, archeology of the I-70 corridor.
The next step in the information gathering process is the field tours. On Sept. 21 the first of the tours began with tour guides, Mike Leschin, Wayne Ludington and Tom Gnojek. On Oct. 5, Wayne Ludington will lead the tour on ecology, flora and fauna, On Oct 12, paleontology, archeology and geology will be led by Mike Leschin, On Oct. 19, modern uses will be led by Tom Gnojek, and Oct. 26, history, mining, pioneer and ranching heritage by Ruth McCoard.
Tours are free to the public and no reservations are required but an RSVP is requested to 435-636-3600. Participants need to provide their own transportation, food and water.


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Pianist Bruce Levingston is one of today's leading figures in contemporary music. Many of the world's most important composers have written works for him and his Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center world premiere performances of their works have won notable critical acclaim. The New York Times has called him "one of today's most adventurous musicians" and praises his performances as "graceful", "dreamy, and "hauntingly serene." The New Yorker has described him as "elegant and engaging... a poetic pianist who has a gift for glamorous programming," while The Washington Post has lauded his "wonderfully even touch" and "timeless reverie, which Levingston projected beautifully." - The Premiere Commission


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Federal judge rules Abilene Gold Exchange owner will remain in custody pending trial
ABILENE, Texas - A federal judge ruled Friday a convicted felon and co-owner of Abilene Gold Exchange, charged with possession of a firearm, will remain in custody pending trial. The other owner was killed last week as police served a search warrant at the business.
Charles Camp, 71, was arrested Dec. 14 on a federal charge of possession of a firearm by a felon in addition to four counts of third degree felony false entry or failure to enter tax records.
According to a federal affidavit, Camp was convicted of the possession and/or delivery of a controlled substance (marijuana) in 1982 in Williamson County and served 10 years in state prison.
Police served a search warrant Dec. 13--just one day before Camp's arrest--at the Abilene Gold Exchange on South Danville Drive.
Camp and co-owner Marcus Cass were being investigated for not following Texas law in reporting the business's precious metal transactions.
Police said Cass pulled a gun on them while they were serving the warrant and they shot him twice. He died at the scene.
According to the federal affidavit, Camp had a gun hidden in his pocket at the time.
Detectives later learned the owners also leased an office building adjacent to the business. They obtained additional search warrants.
Police Chief Stan Standridge wrote the following in a press release: "Results of those searches have revealed approximately $60,000 in currency, 131 firearms, 63,000 rounds of ammunition, as well numerous documents."
Friday afternoon, Camp underwent a federal detention hearing to determine whether bond would be set for the gun charge or if he would remain in federal custody.
Testimony revealed Camp admitted to having the gun in his pocket while police served the search warrant.
"You could not find more overwhelming evidence for the potential for conviction," Judge Scott Frost said.
A U.S. attorney argued Camp should remain in custody because he is a flight risk due to his routine visits and money transfers to his wife and friends in Costa Rica.
Camp's defense attorney, Randy Wilson, argued Camp is a compliant and non-violent member of society. He said Camp is not a flight risk since police have seized his assets as part of their investigation.
"I find this to be a difficult case," Frost said before delivering his ruling.
Frost ruled Camp will remain in custody pending trial and bond will not be set due to a federal hold.
A federal grand jury must indict Camp on the firearm possession charge to determine whether he will face trial.
Camp faces bond totaling $20,000 for the four counts of third degree felony false entry or failure to enter tax records.
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"We are pleased a mutually beneficial agreement could be reached," said Governor Gary R. Herbert. "By being willing to listen and respond to stakeholder concerns, Anadarko is once again demonstrating it is a responsible corporate citizen and one of the more socially conscious energy producers in the nation."
"We also appreciate the cooperative approach taken by SITLA," said Congressman Rob Bishop. "Providing time to work out a broader lands initiative through a more inclusive and balanced approach is a win-win for all Utahns, especially Utah's school children."
"Though our sole legal obligation is to Utah's public school system, which is owner and beneficiary of the entire Book Cliffs block of land, we've listened to concerns from Congressman Bishop, Governor Herbert, and sporting interest groups, and have reached a satisfactory arrangement," said SITLA Board Chair Steve Ostler. "We feel this agreement is advantageous to Utah's public schools and the state, and retains SITLA's commitment with Anadarko."
The initial contract remains largely intact, allowing for oil and natural gas exploration on three large school trust parcels in the Book Cliffs area of Uintah and Grand counties. The modification discussed yesterday will only delay activities on the southern parcel known as Bogart Canyon, an area deemed most sensitive by wildlife groups, while keeping the balance of the exploration timelines of the original agreement in place.
This modification essentially aligns with Anadarko's exploration plan, which calls for initial exploratory activities to begin in the northern part of the 96,000-acre option area and works southward over time.
The SITLA Board of Trustees intends to consider the proposed modification at its September 26 meeting in St. George. Public input will be taken at that meeting. The SITLA Board also intends to create an advisory committee to provide input on appropriate wildlife management and mitigation considerations associated with the exploratory lease activities.
The 27-month delay in exploration activities in the Bogart Canyon area will allow consideration by SITLA and Anadarko of potential alternatives for the lands in connection with a broader public lands initiative that would potentially consolidate trust lands in energy rich areas in exchange for protecting some of Utah's iconic and sensitive landscapes.
SITLA manages 3.4 million acres of lands granted by Congress to Utah at statehood for the support of K-12 public schools and other public institutions. Revenue from school trust lands is deposited in the Permanent School Fund, a $1.64 billion perpetual endowment that distributes interest and dividend income annually to each K-12 school in Utah. In 2013, this distribution was $37.8 million.
Through SITLA's business strategy, oversight and direction from its Board of Trustees, and investment by the State Treasurer, the Permanent School Fund has grown from $50 million to $1.64 billion in less than two decades, an increase of 3200%.
Anadarko is among the world's largest independent oil and natural gas exploration and production companies and has a strong record of environmental stewardship in Utah. For its Greater Natural Buttes natural gas project in the Uintah Basin, Anadarko has received several Utah Earth Day Awards from the Utah Division of Oil, Gas and Mining, and was commended by environmentalist groups, including the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, for its collaboration with land managers, the tribal community, and conservation groups.


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Veteran climbers die every year because they make simple yet avoidable rappelling mistakes, such as rappelling off the end of the rope, or rappelling from inadequate anchors. Here's how to rappel safely and avoide their rappelling mistakes....20-Nov-2009
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You've hit a barrier. You can't break through to that next level. You've been climbing for a year now, progressing quickly through the grades concentrating on technique. Even as a weekend warrior, you're getting up some respectable routes, steeper, more strenuous. But you're stuck at the same grade....20-Nov-2009
Keep 'er Wild - Leave No Trace Tips for Rock Climbers29-Jul-2015
With summer in full swing and fall sending season just around the corner, the crags and boulders will be crowded. Here are a few simple tips to help minimize your impact:...29-Jul-2015
Respecting the Climbing Environment20-Nov-2009
Minimizing your impact is the highest style of all....20-Nov-2009
Rock Climbing Accident: Bolt Pulls Out in the New River Gorge15-Jan-2013
On June 23 two groups from area gyms were climbing at crags along the Meadow River in the New River Gorge, West Virginia. Instructors from the gyms were guiding the climbers and both groups were overseen by an AMGA-certified rock-climbing instructor. ...15-Jan-2013
Rock Climbing Injury: Shoulder: SLAP Lesion and Cortisone24-Feb-2010
I have a SLAP lesion [a cartilage tear on the rim of the shoulder socket] having injured my shoulder seven months ago. My D.O. gave me a cortisone shot yesterday and I actually feel worse....24-Feb-2010
Rock Climbing Injury: Shoulder: Thoracic Outlet Syndrome18-Jun-2010
My hands, especially my little fingers, go numb (they tingle), whenever I climb a lot. A few pulls here or there cause no problem, but all-day climbing sure does. ...18-Jun-2010
Fatal Unroped Fall On Easy Terrain - Bear Creek Spire, California
An unroped climber falls to death from the East Ridge (IV 5.8) of Bear Creek Spire, a 13,726-foot peak in the eastern Sierra Nevada.
Simul-Rappel Goes Tragically Wrong - Reed's Pinnacle, Yosemite
A simul-rappel mistake leads to a tragic death on Reed's Pinnacle in Yosemite Valley, California.
Dropped Haulbag Strikes Climber in Yosemite
Pete was "hit in his left arm by a fully-loaded El Cap-sized haulbag," according to a report filed by the climbing ranger Bud Miller, who interviewed the climbers at the scene after the accident. The impact broke Pete's left arm (humerus). The broken bone ripped through the skin, and Pete began to bleed profusely.


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Kids can shimmy up Luckey's Climber, make a giant bubble and pretend to be whatever they can imagine, from a pilot to a scientist. The museum's permanent exhibits complement temporary exhibits and projects.
Come experience three floors of unique, hands-on, larger-than-life exhibits! This museum is designed to create a sense of wonder that excites the love of learning in children of all ages. Be sure to discover the new Children's Discovery Museum.
This architectural gem has been featured in many movies over the years, including Derailed. But it's the marble staircase here—featured in the climatic scene from The Untouchables—that still attracts visitors over 20 years later.
Chicago Trolley and Double Decker Co.
We operate Chicago's premier Hop On Hop Off ® city sightseeing tours in the classic red & green Trolleys and fun-filled Double Decker buses. We also offer private group transportation for special events such as weddings, parties, and corporate outings. For 19 years the Hop On Hop Off® sightseeing tour has been the gold standard for entertaining and informative tours. Covering 13 miles and 14 stops, the Signature Tour is an eye-popping adventure through the heart of Chicago, giving you the option of Hopping On and Off at your choice of stops to visit the hottest retail, cultural, and family attractions. Summer tours include neighborhood tours and night tours.
Chicago Symphony Center Black History Month Concert
More than 3,000 In-School singers and the world-renowned Voice of Chicago perform at Symphony Center for our Black History Month Concert Series, presented by Target. Performances take place at the following dates and times: February 22nd & 23rd, 2017 at 10:45am. This event is free and open to the public.
Founded in 1882, the Chicago Stock Exchange boasts more than 3,000 stocks traded, with an average trading volume of 13 million daily. View the second-largest stock exchange in the country from the fifth-floor Visitors Gallery.
Chicago Savvy Tours specializes in architectural and historical tours of Chicago, and offers a variety of services for both private and group tours.
Provides tours in nine languages. Each tour comes with a chauffeur, expert guide, and luxury vehicle. Group tours available.
Chicago Portage National Historic Site
One of only three National Historic Sites in Illinois, the Chicago Portage site is a major remnant of the discovery and settlement of Chicago. The Chicago Portage National Historic Site is located in Portage Woods Forest Preserve and Ottawa Trail Woods Forest Preserve. This is the only place where you can stand on the same ground walked upon by the explorers, early settlers and creators of Chicago. You can stand on the footbridge over the short remnant of Portage Creek, stretch out your arms and know that Jolliet, Marquette, LaSalle, Tonti, Point du Sable, Kinzie, Hubbard, Ogden, and countless anonymous others from the discovery, exploration and creation of Chicago passed within an arm's length of you.
The Chicago Pedway Tour will lead you through the Pedway, the backdrop for an amusing and enlightening tour of some of the hot-spots (or a least warm-spots) of downtown Chicago. The tour focuses on interesting anecdotes and tales about some of the great buildings downtown, but it's also a study of the city underneath the city. The Pedway is a strange and wonderful place and adds so much to the city's personality. These are great tours for Chicagoans who want to learn more about the city and for tourists who want a full Chicago experience without ever going outside. The tour is 90 minutes and is $20. Monday/Thursday/Saturday at 10:30 am. Please note: the start location for the Monday and Thursday tour is at 40 W. Lake St. in the "Gallery of Shops." The start location for the Saturday tour is at start at Block 37 – 108 N. State St.
These half-day bus excursions celebrate the history, stories, traditions, and most importantly, the people of our great city. Tours departing weekly from the Chicago Cultural Center. Explore Chicago's neighborhoods with local tour guides. All tours are conducted by motorcoach and by foot, and depart from the Chicago Cultural Center, 77 East Randolph Street. Check in at 9:30 am in the main seating area behind the Randolph Cafe. Unless otherwise specified, tours do not include lunch or refreshments. All tours are $30 for adults and $25 for seniors/students/children, with the exception of Taste of the Neighborhoods ($50/$45). Cash and major credit cards are accepted. Chicago Neighborhood Tours is presented by the Chicago Office of Tourism and Culture.
This international marketplace enables institutions and businesses to manage their financial risk and allocate their assets. Futures and options contracts are traded on the Mercantile's two state-of-the-art trading floors.
The Chicago History Museum is a major museum and research center for Chicago and American history. From permanent galleries to special exhibitions and exciting programs, people of all ages are able to experience the past and better understand the present. Please call for museum hours, pricing and exhibitions.
One of the few buildings to survive the Great Chicago Fire, the Historic Water Tower is an icon on North Michigan Avenue and houses the City Gallery, which showcases Chicago photography. The tower was built in 1869 by architect William W. Boyington.
The Chicago Haunting tours follow a course of history that starts with the very beginnings of Chicago, traveling from its humble origins as a frontier outpost, through the 19th century -- including the Great Chicago Fire and its aftermath--, into the 20th century and the gangster era of the 1920s and 1930s, and forward to today. Chicago Hauntings cover a lot of information and many, many stories. There is no exact formula,and they don't set out to scare. Rather, they let the stories and their own experiences speak for themselves. They never fail.
Explore Chicago with a friendly, knowledgeable Chicago Greeter as your guide! Visitors can register for a free 2-4 hour guided walking tour of a neighborhood or special local interest of their choice. This free service matches an individual, family or small group of friends with one of over 200 enthusiastic volunteer Greeters who love sharing their expertise and passion about the city and all there is to see and do here. For more information, visit http://www.explorechicago.org/city/en/things_see_do/tours/tourism/chicago_greeter_tours.html.
Chicago Great Western Railway Depot Museum
Experience railroading during its glory days at a former link for the Chicago Great Western Railway from Chicago, Illinois to Oelwein, Iowa by taking a tour through our extensive collection of railway memorabilia. See a full-size caboose, both G-scale and HO-scale operating model railroads and artifacts of northwestern Illinois railroads.
Like their neighborhood history tours, the Chicago food tours have no upfront costs. All food is chosen and ordered by you. Their guides make recommendations and facilitate ordering, but you have the final say. You choose your own food and pay for it directly. They have planned in 4-5 food shops, including a dessert shop, and sometimes even a tea shop. Each establishment serves up incredibly delicious and inexpensive food served in portions that can be easily divided and shared or singularly devoured. In between the food stops, you'll have time to digest your food as well as digest the history of the neighborhood, as told to you by one of their entertaining and knowledgeable guides.
Take the 3-hour food tasting and cultural walking Chicago tours, which combine delicious food and drink tastings with some serious fun in Chicago's most delicious, off-the-beaten-path neighborhoods. Suitable for all age groups and fitness levels, you'll experience delectable foods from one-of-a-kind specialty food stores and ethnic eateries while receiving an insiders view into the culture, history and architecture that defines the Windy City. Walk away with new culinary perspectives, big smiles, satisfied taste buds and the confidence to continue exploring the areas where locals live.
Experience history and culture through educated commentary and multimedia on iPads while exploring stories and places even locals don't know about. Highly trained guides share forgotten stories from the past on regularly scheduled tours.
Chicago's architectural showplace for the lively and visual arts. Daily programs and exhibitions covering a wide range of the performing, visual and literary arts are presented by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affiars. See the world's largest Tiffany stained-glass dome. It was initially built for dual purposes. It was the city's central library and a monument dedicated to the Civil War's Grand Army of the Republic. Since 1977 the building has housed cultural entities that included galleries, an auditorium, and the city's office of cultural affairs. The building architects are Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge.
Chicago Cubs Wrigley Field Tours
Get an insider's look at this historic American landmark that has enchanted baseball fans for almost a century. Each 90-minute guided tour shows guests the clubhouses, bleachers, press box, dugout, field, and more.
Escape into Chicago's underworld on a crime and mob tour with Chicago Crime Tours. Some of the world's most famous criminals, mobsters and gangsters bamboozled their way through Chicago. Sit comfortably on a climate controlled bus and enjoy sightseeing famous Chicago crime scenes from the 19th century through modern times. Investigate Al Capone, The Untouchables, The Chicago Mob, John Dillinger, H.H. Holmes, George Streeter, The Chicago Black Sox, Leopold & Loeb, and more. See the site of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, one of Chicago's most notorious murder scenes. Stakeout crime scenes like the Biograph Theatre, Holy Name Cathedral and other Chicago landmarks. Check out the historic criminal courthouse, a Chicago architectural landmark where some of Chicago's most notorious cases were tried. Escape into the criminal past of Chicago's River North, Gold Coast, Lincoln Park, Old Town, Loop and Magnificent Mile neighborhoods. Get off the bus and explore where Chicago gangsters John Dillinger and Hymie Weiss stood just before their deaths.
The LaSalle Street Financial Corridor is one of the most visually stunning districts in the city. A long canyon of buildings, unlike any other area of Chicago, terminates at the Chicago Board of Trade Building, the 1930 Art Deco masterpiece by Holabird & Root. A sparkling, stainless-steel sculpture of Ceres, the goddess of grain, by John Storrs (1885-1956) caps the composition, visually focusing this whirling financial district on the commodity that enabled so much of Chicago's growth. The Board of Trade was named a Chicago Landmark in 1977 and listed to the National Register in 1978. Copy and descriptions courtesy of AIA Illinois and the 150 Great Places in Illinois www.illinoisgreatplaces.com
Chicago Architecture Foundation/ ArchiCenter
Chicago: You Are Here, a permanent exhibition, is free and open to the public daily in the ArcelorMittal CitySpace Gallery from 9:30 am to 5:00 pm. Designed to encourage visitors to explore the architecture and infrastructure that make up the environment of Chicago, You Are Here includes a scale model of the Loop, along with bold images, artifacts, and multimedia presentations. Temporary, architecture-themed exhibitions throughout the year. Free and open daily. Check website for details. Full schedule of lectures, workshops, special events and presentations at noon, evenings, and weekends throughout the year. Free or low cost. Check website for listings.
A collection of Chevrolet automobiles combing various race cars, Indy 50 Pace Cars, and original unrestored vehicles, including Chevrolet memorabilia.
Painted in the 1930s on the upper interior wall of Chester's post office, this fascinating mural depicts pre-Civil War riverboat activity on the Mississippi River.
One of Oak Park's finest showplaces, the 12,000 sq. foot mansion was designed in 1913 by one of Frank Lloyd Wright's most accomplished students. Reminiscent of a sprawling and historic English country home, it is fittingly situated in Oak Park's historic district. Surrounded by 2 acres of beautiful gardens, a greenhouse and charming coach house, it is available for special events including weddings, corporate meetings, fundraisers, and memorial services.
CITY:Oak Park
Built in 1903, the auditorium is the largest building of its kind anywhere in the world, and is included on the National Register of Historic Places. Above the stage are Grecian statues designed by Robert Root.
Foundation Forward, Inc., dedicated the Charters of Freedom monuments to the people of Morgan County on May 30, 2015. The monuments display the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and the Bill of Rights as they are displayed at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. Set in limestone with beautifully etched bronze plates, the monuments bring the experience of viewing our nation's most important documents to life.
This building is a great study in physics as well as history. It was designed to withstand strong winds and capture light throughout the day.
Designed by Louis Sullivan with assistance from his junior draftsman, Frank Lloyd Wright, the Charnley-Persky House is recognized as a pivotal work of modern American architecture. Docent-led tours of the exterior and interior of the Charnley-Persky House (1891-1892) are offered on Wednesdays and Saturdays throughout the year. The National Historic Landmark building serves as the headquarters of the Society of Architectural Historians. Photos by David Schalliol.
Downtown Charleston includes a historic courthouse and many historic homes listed on both the Coles County Register for Significant Places and the National Register of Historic Places.
Charles Gates Dawes House Museum
The Dawes House, a magnificent Chateauesque Mansion overlooking Lake Michigan, was the home of the former United States vice president under Calvin Coolidge and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Charles Gates Dawes.
Chaplin Creek Historic Village
Chaplin Creek is an evolving, full-scale historical restoration project depicting a prairie settlement typical of the mid-19th century. Several historically significant buildings and artifacts have been relocated here from the surrounding area. Photo courtesy of Illinois Lincoln Highway Coalition
CITY:Franklin Grove
The Chanute Air Museum celebrates the 76 year legacy of the former Chanute Air Force base and the development Illinois aviation. The Museum showcases over 30 aircraft, including a rare P-51H Mustang and XB-47 Stratojet, while exhibits include "Life at Chanute" and "The 99th Pursuit Squadron: From Rantoul to Ramitelli and Beyond." Bus parking and a gift shop are available.
Champaign County Historical Museum at the Cattle Bank
The museum is located in the oldest commercial building in Champaign County, the beautifully restored Cattle Bank, which is on the National Register of Historic Places. Exhibits showcase more than 150 years of Champaign County's people, events, architecture and lifestyles. A feature of the museum is the 19th century dry goods store and businesses. The museum has a gift shop and publishes the Champaign County Historical Quarterly.
The Challenger Learning Center at Heartland Community College offers interactive, simulated space and science experiences through scheduled team missions for students and the public.
Centralia Historical Society Museum
Centerpieces of the collection are newspapers and memorabilia from the coal mining days with tributes to railroad history.
Centralia's resident carilloneur performs on the town's 65-bell carillon, one of the few in the country. The surrounding park also features a museum and tours of the 165-foot-tall tower.
Centralia Area Historical Museum
Artifacts, pictures of coal mining, railroading, business, farming in and around Centralia. A work in progress by the Centralia Area Historical Society to preserve the past of Marion County.
Museum and education center highlighting our nation's social heritage through captivating exhibits and programs. Stories of the 1915 Eastland Disaster, and experience life on the run following the Underground Railroad.
Center For American Archeology
Located in Kampsville, the Center for American Archeology Museum is housed in the historic Kamp Store, offering a variety of exhibits focusing on the 10,000 year pre-history of the lower Illinois River Valley, the archeological history of Illinois and the history of the Kamp Store. Guided tours of the facility and excavation sites are available for groups of ten or more.
This museum is located in an 1889 school building and features a permanent exhibit honoring Jane Addams, who was born and raised in Cedarville. Miss Addams was an internationally famous humanitarian and social work pioneer who founded Chicago's Hull House and won the Nobel Peace Prize. Museum exhibits include personal items and memorabilia from her life and the life of her family. There are also changing exhibits on topics of local historical interest and a research center and a research center. Open: May thru October: Saturday and Sunday: 1 pm - 4 pm; or by appointment.
Catherine V. Yost Museum and Art Center
The Yost house was built in 1898 by Z.F. Yost. The museum portrays the life of an upper-middle class family during the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Opened in October 2012, this new visitor's center celebrates the long history of the Caterpillar Company. Visitors can explore the past by taking a journey back in time via historic photos and antique equipment. Visitor favorites include a 24-foot tall 797 mining truck that doubles as a movie theater and a product floor complete with simulators to explore its world-famous product line.
Carthage Jail & Visitor's Center
Built of native yellow limestome from 1839-1841, this was the site where Mormon leader, Joseph Smith Jr. and his brother were killed by an angry mob on June 27, 1844, resulting in the Mormons' famous trek west that led to the founding of Salt Lake City, UT.
The Carthage Jail was the site of the martyrdom of Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum on June 27, 1844. Joseph and Hyrum with two companions were imprisoned here. A mob broke into the jail and killed them and injured severly one of their companions. Today the restored jail and visitors center and memorial gardens are open to visitors daily.
The memorial is located next to the Heritage Museum downtown. It features plaques citing the names of WWI and WWII Veterans on one side and other wars featured on the opposite side. In a fitting tribute, the Veterans Memorial in downtown Carterville was dedicated on 11-11-11, Veterans Day.
Opened in June 2011, the Carterville Heritage Museum is a beautifully renovated building showcasing architectural detail of the former 1924 area high school, hundreds of photo and memorabilia. It also serves as a gift shop, offering nostalgic custom-designed t-shirts, retro candy, gift baskets, a few antiques and popular hand-made cards made by community volunteers. It features books on the Tri-C community for sale, covering Cartervile, Cambria, & Crainville.
This horse-drawn carriage service is available for scenic tours, weddings and other occasions. Equipped for all seasons. Evening rides in downtown Peoria Fridays and Saturdays during April through mid-October. Thursday through Saturday rides during June through August. Pick-up points at Hotel Pere Marquette and The Landing. $20 for two adults and $5 for each additional person. Children under 10 ride free. Carriage rides available 7 p.m. through midnight. May be hired any time of the year for service in the Peoria and surrounding area. We also have a horse-drawn trolley available for special groups outings. Call for details!!!
A full-service library, the Carnegie still contains the original furniture, interior decor and double stairway that was designed and built in 1913 from funds donated by Andrew Carnegie.
This historic 1904 building houses one of the most complete genealogy departments in the area.
The Historic District includes the Macoupin County Jail, Million Dollar Courthouse, and the largest collection of Sears & Roebuck mail-order homes in the U.S.
Carl Sandburg State Historic Site
Author-poet Carl Sandburg was born in the the three-room cottage at 331 E. Third Street in Galesburg on January 6, 1878. The modest house relfects the typcial living conditions of a late-nineteenth-century working-class family and features many furnishings that once belonged to the Sandburg family. Behind the home stands a small wooded park which features the Quotation Walk, a celebration of the Prairie Poet's work and words. It is in this tranquil setting that the ashes of Carl Sandburg and his wife Lilian were liad to rest beneath Remberance Rock.
This 500-acre park offers vast formal gardens, picnic grounds, a top-ranked public golf course and two museums: Robert R. McCormick Museum and First Division Museum. Enjoy a wide variety of programs and events throughout the year, such as festivals, lectures, concerts and workshops.
Presbyterian church in continuous operation since 1850 and the site of a winter encampment during the Trail of Tears. Only site certified by state of Illinois and Cherokee Nation.
Camp Grant Museum and Command Post Restaurant
Memorabilia of Rockford's Camp Grant, U.S. Army induction and training camp during World Wars I and II. The museum, an original building of Camp Grant, houses the Command Post restaurant and contains postcards, pictures, and memorabilia of the camp along with Rockford postcards.
Calumet City Historical Society
Come discover Calumet City's fascinating heritage and history.
CITY:Calumet City
Museum quality working library of Queen Anne, Architecture on two floors built in 1884.
Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site
Illinois' only United Nations World Heritage Site. This 2,200-acre site preserves the central section of the largest prehistoric Indian city north of Mexico. An Interpretive Center presents a coherent account of this sophisticated prehistoric culture. Climb Monk's Mound, see the film and life-size village. Don't miss annual events that focus on Native American culture.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this restored mansion and grounds whisk visitors back to the Victorian era. Once home to Clinton attorney Clifton H. Moore, visitors will enjoy tours and stories of the friend and law partner of Abraham Lincoln who one resided there. Home of the DeWitt County Museum.
This natural history museum displays prairies, woodlands, wetlands and other interesting exhibits illustrating life as it existed hundreds of years ago in Northern Illinois. Be sure to make a stop at the museum gift shop.
Byron Museum Of History & Lucius Read House
The Byron Museum Complex consists of a large Exhibit Hall and the historic Lucius Read House, which was on the Underground Railroad and is a listed site on the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. The Read House features a permanent exhibit entitled, 'From Shackles to Freedom: The Underground Railroad' which shines a spotlight on Byron's participation in the Underground Railroad. We are happy to accommodate group tours outside regular hours. Tours are free and are self-guided or a docent can be arranged. We also have ample meeting space available.
Busy Beaver Button Company and Museum
ince pinback buttons were patented in 1896, people have found many ways to express their life events through buttons. They created the Button Museum to show how people commemorated noteworthy times in their lives by creating and collecting these wearable mementos. The words, artwork, printing style, color, and size were the final result of a vision they wanted to communicate or be a part of.
Burpee Museum of Natural History
Come explore Burpee Museum and its award-winning exhibits such as Jane: Diary of a Dinosaur, called one of the ten most important dinosaur discoveries in the past 100 years. Burpee Museum also features Homer, a sub-adult or "teen-age" Triceratops. Four floors of exhibits include Windows to Wilderness, a woolly mammoth skeletal cast, Pennsylvanian coal forest, a Native American exhibit, Geoscience, and a viewing lab.
The first brick home built in Polo is now a tourist information center and home of the local Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Burial Site of "Kay" The Circus Elephant
View the farm grave and marker for Kay, the beloved Carson & Barnes Circus elephant who died on October 21, 1994. Kay is only the second elephant to be buried in Illinois.
Bureau County Historical Museum
The Bureau County Historical Society Museum is located behind the Courthouse square at the intersection of beautiful Park Avenue West and Pleasant Street in Princeton, Illinois. The museum consists of two buildings that are next door to each other: the Clark-Norris Home, a handsome Prairie Square mansion built in 1900, and the Newell-Bryant House, a stately Greek Revival house dating back to 1853. The Museum is behind the Courthouse. There is free parking on Park Avenue in front of the Museum.
On the bluffs of the Illinois River, this small but charming park is home to an enormous outdoor sculpture. Mounds representing five earthen sculptures molded from Illinois clay, known as Effigy Tumuli, invite visitors to walk around and explore. All five subjects, including a snake, turtle, catfish, frog and insect are native to the Illinois River area. This State Park offers the ideal terrain for the beginner hiker.
Situated at the base of the Ohio River bluffs, this two-story log structure, built in 1840, has been continuously occupied by generations of one family for 146 years. It was listed on the National Registry of Historic Places in 1976.
Visitors can enjoy a dazzling music, light and water show at the Clarence F. Buckingham Memorial Fountain, one of the largest fountains in the world. Located at Columbus Drive, shows runs from dusk to 11pm every hour and lasts for 20 minutes. Operates April through mid-October.
Bryant Cottage was built in 1856 by Francis E. Bryant (1818-1889), a friend and political ally of Senator Stephen A. Douglas. According to Bryant family tradition, on the evening of July 29, 1858, Douglas and Abraham Lincoln conferred in the parlor of this house to plan the famous Lincoln-Douglas Debates. The picturesque one-story, four-room wood frame cottage has been "restored" and is interpreted as an example of a middle-class life in mid-nineteenth-century Illinois. The furniture on display is of the Renaissance Revival style, appropriate for a small-town family of the mid-nineteenth century. The cottage is accessible to persons with disabilities. The site hosts portions of a variety of locally sponsored events throughout the year.
Brussels Historic Village Jail
Once known as the local "calaboose", the Brussels Jail was built around 1876 and centered in the heart of the village. The jail mainly housed men overnight for drinking too much and the last person to stay in the jail was in 1952. The jail is open seven days a week.
Right in the middle of Energy you will find Bruce Park. A nicely manicured 8 acre park with trees, pavilions, ball diamonds and soccer fields. The park is a great place to take your family on an outing or for your kids to participate in local sports. While you are there, take a look at the military memorial. There is also a monument with the bell from a schoolhouse that stood on the site.
Bronzeville Visitor Information Center
The BVIC is an African-American heritage tourism destination that serves as the main orientation center for those visiting Bronzeville. Here, visitors, residents, students, researchers and entrepreneurs can receive an orientation and information on Bronzeville's rich history and culture.
First and only African American children's museum in the country for children ages 3-9. Interactive exhibits, unique programs. Focus on culture, history and contributions of African Americans.
An extensive collection of genealogical materials offers visitors an opportunity to research local Mt. Vernon history.
CITY:Mount Vernon
The Breaking the Prairie Museum presently consists of two buildings. The Mathesius Brothers' Barn was completed in 2002. In 2004, the Country Chapel was completed and both buildings were dedicated. The Mathesius Brothers' Barn can now be viewed at any time. Large windows on three sides allow viewing 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Farm tools and machinery are exhibited inside and outside this building. The Country Chapel represents a place of worship and family social life at the time the prairie was broken in the late 19th and early 20th Century. A pump organ, manufactured in Mendota in the 1880's produces wonderful music in the Country Chapel for special occasions. The Country Chapel is available for small weddings, renewal of wedding vows, anniversaries, meetings, or other small gatherings.
Bradley University is an independent, privately endowed, coeducational institution. With an enrollment of approximately 6,000 students, Bradley University is the ideal size for living and learning. The University offers a full range of baccalaureate and graduate level programs as well as personal attention, from a faculty dedicated to student learning.
Bottomley-Ruffing-Schalk Baseball Museum
This small museum honors professional baseball players from the surrounding area, including Cooperstown Hall of Famers Sunny Jim Bottomley, Charlie "Red" Ruffing and Ray "Kraker" Shalk.
The monument is a tribute to Swiss poet Heinrich Bosshard, who wrote Semparcherlied here in the 1850s.
Boone County Historical Museum
Explore this varied collection of local memorabilia. The museum includes a log home, Civil War artifacts, a natural history room, historic dolls, clothes, tools and transportation ranging from a 1906 Eldredge Runabout to Belvidere's first Chrysler.
This library is located in the town's old jailhouse, and still features the original cells. Feel free to take a book and curl up in your favorite cell.
CITY:New Holland
Bond County One Room School Museum
This museum is a living monument to the more than 72 one-story schools throughout the nation that served to educate children and host community gatherings.
Surrounded by shops and restaurants on the square, the 19th-century courthouse offers a great view of the town's hundreds of flower and fruit trees in season.
Bolingbrook's Clow International Airport
This airport offers general aviation, flight school, air charter, restaurant and Illinois Aviation Museum all within the airport.
The museum, located in the original college building on the campus of historic Greenville College, features hundreds of sculptural pieces by Richard Bock, best known for his work with famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
Tucked away in the rolling hills of Germantown is a Civil War Fort. There is a jail, civil war cannons, a stage coach, a livery, log cabins, and much more.
Bobby's Bike Hike Chicago Tours
Tour Chicago on a cool cruiser-style bicycle and follow a guide who makes brief stops at the most popular sights, providing light-hearted commentary that will keep you entertained. Some fun rides include the Lakefront Neighborhoods Tour, Bikes, Bites and Brews Tour, and the Southside Gangster Tour.
This museum openin in 2005 with Bob's private collection. The building is decorated in 50's sock hop style with black and white checkered floors. The walls are lined with 50's memorabilia, chevy clocks and neon signs. A jukbox takes you back to that popular era. The museum has eight vintage cars as well as a 1993 Indy Pace Car with only 28 miles. Mr. Boarman restored most of the cars himself and has been collecting over 25 years.
The Bliss House Museum is operated by the Sugar Grove Historical Society and houses historical exhibits about the village of Sugar Grove and surrounding area. Anyone interested in researching their heritage, may contact the museum for access to probate and civil records dating 1839 - 1955. Hours: Open every Tuesday 1-4 pm or by appointment.
CITY:Sugar Grove
This two-story brick home, owned by town founder Joseph Blandin, is said to have been visited by Abraham Lincoln during his 1858 campaign against Stephen Douglas. The museum features artifacts from Blandinsville's rich history.
This monument is located on the site of Kellogg's Grove, an early settlement established in 1827 on a mail route between Peoria and Galena, and now on the National Register of Historic Places. It honors those killed in the Blackhawk War, including in the final Illinois Battle which occurred at this grove in June, 1832. Abraham Lincoln, a member of the Illinois militia, helped bury five of the slain men. The remaining soldiers were originally buried throughout the area at the spots at which they fell. Fifty years after the war, local farmers collected the remains and buried them in one enclosure on top of this hill overlooking the Yellow Creek Valley. The 34-foot high monument was dedicated in 1886.
One of the oldest colleges in Illinois, founded in 1837. Blackburn is also one of only seven colleges in the U.S. where students work in exchange for tuition credit, and the only one whose Work program is student-run. This keeps Blackburn's tuition among the lowest of all private colleges in the United States. Over the years, students have literally built Blackburn, brick by brick; the only college campus in the United States to be largely built by its students.
Black Hawk State Historic Site
Wonderful for families, friends for outdoor recreation. Additionally, the Watch Tower Lodge has hosted thousands of wedding receptions and offers a lovely setting in the beautiful historic park. This wooded, steeply rolling 208-acre tract, borders the Rock River in the city of Rock Island. Prehistoric Indians and 19th-Century settlers made homes here, but the area is most closely identified with the Sauk nation and its great warrior, Black Hawk. Voted one of the "7 Wonders of Illinois," this pristine park offers beautiful trails for hiking and walking only. Picnic areas are also available. While at the park be sure to visit the Watch Tower Lodge that houses a large reception area and the John Hauberg Indian Museum. The museum features Sauk and Meskwaki Native American Indian artifacts and displays depicting the four seasons and life of these tribes. A new exhibit tells the story of the Sauk and Meskwaki—how they came to live in the Quad City area, why they no longer live here, and, as the piece de resistance, a four-by-eight-foot scale model of the city of Saukenuk one of the largest Native American Indian settlements in the United States.
CITY:Rock Island


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shirley tauer
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Could you contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com? My husband worked for Lawrence when he was 8 yrs old. He always talked about how great a guy he was. He lived with Lawrence and his mother during the week and went home on week-ends. His name is Richard Bowen (before he was adopted). He was called Jr. His grandma was a Sanders. Did you know him? Let us hear from you. Shirley
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Terri Bartos
I believe we are related through
Thomas Bailey Sr
BIRTH 07 MAR 1567 • Bromham, Wiltshire, England
DEATH 1611 • Bromham, Wiltshire, England
Who is my 10th great-grandfather
Terri Bartos
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The Harris pages were created by Georgia Girl. I believe she is deceased. I have assumed maintenance of the Hunt line. Georgia Girl had Sara Harris Hunt's (50941422) parents incorrectly named. If you go to her page you will see the correction. You might want to contact findagrave support and asked to take over maintenance of the Harris pages.
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Karen Harris-Kenny
The Harris Trail
We must be related please get in touch.
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RE: Ellie Price Broach Jones FG:38129469
Would love to talk with you. Let me know if you are interested.
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Tilda Segelquist
I got your email about her! Would you like me to transfer her to you, and any other of your family I may have?
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Gerrie Jones Dickens Yates
RE: Ellie Price Broach Jones FG:38129469
Thank you for answering. I would love to talk with you.
I am looking for obituaries for the different family members if you have any. We try to keep as accurate of records for the cemetery.
Please let me know. My email is email@example.com
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Ethel K. Alexander Kendrick
You left a token on her Find A Grave site and stated cousin, how are you related? She is my husband's grandmother, which would make you related to him, as well. Would love to share information. Thanks for leaving the token for her.
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Ellie Price Broach Jones FG:38129469
Hi, I saw that you left a flower for my great grandmother. You said that your husband is related. Would love to know how.
Thank you, Gerrie
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linda keefer
Hi Cousin
Your 3rd GGrandfather is related to mine. Charles's parents were Henry and Christena Hammer-Henry was son of Henry Hammer and Mary Davis Hammer-there son William is my ancestor. Would love to exchange genealogy information with you!
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Geordan Murphy and Martin Castrogiovanni return to the Leicester starting line-up for Saturday's fixture against with London Irish.
Veterans Geordan Murphy and Martin Castrogiovanni return to the Leicester starting line-up for Saturday's Aviva Premiership clash with London Irish.
Club captain Murphy lines up at full-back in his 322nd appearance for the Welford Road club, while Castrogiovanni is named in the front-row.
There is also a change on the wing as Vereniki Goneva comes into the starting line-up.
All six Tigers named in the British and Irish Lions squad earlier this week are included in the 23, with starting places for Manu Tuilagi, Ben Youngs, Tom Youngs, Geoff Parling and Tom Croft, and Dan Cole in the replacements.
Meanwhile, lock George Skivington will captain London Irish in their final Aviva Premiership match of the season against his former club.
Irish have selected Alex Corbisiero, Scott Lawson and Halani Aulika in the front-row. Bryn Evans will partner Skivington in the second-row and Matt Garvey, Jamie Gibson and Ofisa Treviranus make up the back-row.
Darren Allinson will partner Ian Humphreys in the halves with Guy Armitage and Jonathan Joseph in the centres. Topsy Ojo, Marland Yarde and Tom Homer are in the back three.
"We have had a good preparation in the lead up to tomorrow's match. It is our last game of the season so we are keen to put in a strong performance in what will be a huge challenge for the squad," said London Irish director of rugby Brian Smith.
Form: The Tigers would already be home and hosed in their pursuit of a top-two place had they not suffered the narrowest of defeats last time out – going down to Bath Rugby by a single point. And now they must see off a resurgent London Irish side, who will be looking to end what has been a frustrating season on a high note at Welford Road. Irish meanwhile, are bidding for what would be only their second Aviva Premiership away win of the season, having pulled clear of danger at the foot of the table thanks to four victories and a draw in their last five matches at the Madejski Stadium.
The teams:
Leicester: 15 Geordan Murphy (c), 14 Niall Morris, 13 Manusamoa Tuilagi, 12 Anthony Allen, 11 Vereniki Goneva, 10 Toby Flood, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Jordan Crane, 7 Julian Salvi, 6 Tom Croft, 5 Geoff Parling, 4 Graham Kitchener, 3 Martin Castrogiovanni, 2 Tom Youngs, 1 Logovi'i Mulipola.
Replacements: 16 Rob Hawkins, 17 Fraser Balmain, 18 Dan Cole, 19 Steve Mafi, 20 Thomas Waldrom, 21 Sam Harrison, 22 George Ford, 23 Mathew Tait.
London Irish: 15 Tom Homer, 14 Topsy Ojo, 13 Jonathan Joseph, 12 Guy Armitage, 11 Marland Yarde, 10 Ian Humphreys, 9 Darren Allinson, 8 Ofisa Treviranus, 7 Jamie Gibson, 6 Matt Garvey, 5 Bryn Evans, 4 George Skivington (c), 3 Halani Aulika, 2 Scott Lawson, 1 Alex Corbisiero.
Replacements: 16 David Paice, 17 Jerry Yanuyanutawa, 18 Leo Halavatau, 19 Kieran Low, 20 Jebb Sinclair, 21 Declan Danaher, 22 Shane Geraghty, 23 Jack Moates.
Date: Saturday, May 4
Venue: Welford Road
Kick-off: 14:30
Referee: Luke Pearce
Assistant Referees: Kevin Stewart and Andrew Watson.


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Even with entirely justifiable concern over his health, considering he has played just 99 of 212 regular season games over the last three seasons, Sidney Crosby is the player I've projected to finish atop the NHL scoring race in 2013-2014.
Last season, Crosby was in the lead when he suffered a broken jaw, costing him the last 12 games of the regular season and he finished four points behind Tampa Bay's Martin St. Louis, who finished with 60 points in 48 games.
If there is a positive to be taken from the injury that shortened Crosby's 2013 campaign, it's that his injury was a broken jaw and not additional concussion troubles that have plagued him in previous seasons. If that means that Crosby might, possibly, be a little further removed from his latest concussion, then that could provide some reason to be optimistic about his health going into this season.
Of course, when a player misses 113 of 212 games, any optimism over health needs to be tempered, but even with Crosby projected to play 64 games, his 102-point projection is good enough to rank at the top, ahead of St. Louis and St. Louis' centre, Steven Stamkos.
Though he's only led the league in scoring once, in 2006-2007, over the last three seasons, Crosby has scored 159 points in 99 games, his 1.61 points per game far-and-away the best in the league. His teammate, Evgeni Malkin, ranks second at 1.20 points per game, in that time frame.
While Crosby is the pick at the top of the scoring race, when it comes to position-by-position Fantasy rankings, Steven Stamkos gets the nod at centre, for his off-the-charts goal-scoring and the fact that he's been much, much healthier than Crosby.
In the last three years, Stamkos has 134 goals, 32 more than Alex Ovechkin and Corey Perry, who are tied for second. Injuries are unpredictable and, given the nature of the game, can hit a player at any time, but it sure feels safer to peg Stamkos at the top of the centre rankings when he's missed only three games in five NHL seasons (and they were all in his rookie year).
Other position leaders in the Fantasy Projections (which incorporate goals, assists, plus-minus, power play points, hits and shots on goal) include Ovechkin at right wing, Daniel Sedin on left wing, Erik Karlsson on defence and Henrik Lundqvist in goal.
This is just the beginning of TSN's Fantasy Hockey coverage for this season, as we prepare to launch the Fantasy Hockey League Manager and I'll have many more articles and updated rankings in preparation for October 1, when the puck drops on the 2013-2014 NHL regular season.
Scott Cullen can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com and followed on Twitter at http://twitter.com/tsnscottcullen. For more, check out TSN Fantasy on Facebook.


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River Hills — Village President Bob Brunner will give his approval next week when the North Shore Fire Department votes on a proposed funding formula.
After spending nearly an hour in closed session talks Wednesday evening, the River Hills Village Board gave a 6-1 recommendation that Brunner votes in favor of the formula next week. Brunner, who has repeatedly criticized the proposal, was the lone "no" vote.
Trustees declined to comment on the nature of their closed-door deliberations.
The meeting was the second time in the last week that the River Hills board discussed the formula proposal, which Brunner had previously said he would veto at the NSFD board level. Talks among NSFD board members became heated in the last month after Brunner announced his intention to veto the formula, prompting Glendale Mayor Jerome Tepper to say he would advise Glendale to withdraw from the fire department.
Over the weekend, Brown Deer Village President Carl Krueger invoked a provision of the NSFD agreement which allows six communities to expel the seventh on a unanimous vote. The NSFD board Tuesday morning opted to hold over the formula and expulsion deliberations until next week, a move which gave the River Hills board one more chance to sway Brunner.
And though Brunner said last week that he was committed to the veto regardless of what the River Hills board had to say on the matter, he relented Wednesday evening, albeit grudgingly.
"I'm perfectly willing to have all of you express your desire one way, up or down, related to the formula changes, and I will convey to the (NSFD board) whatever that vote might be from each of you, though there are a lot of things I disagree with," Brunner said, adding later, "I think the important thing is it will ostensibly be over by this evening as far as we're concerned, and unfortunately it looks like River Hills taxpayers are going to be paying for this formula change forever, and there won't be any relief in future years."
River Hills' share of fire department costs is projected to increase whether the proposed formula is approved or Glendale leaves the department.
According to a sample calculation by the Public Policy Forum, which mediated discussions throughout the year and helped create the proposed formula, River Hills' share of NSFD costs would increase by about $33,000 under the proposed formula. Since the proposal includes a five-year phase in, that would mean a roughly $6,000 annual increase in costs between 2016 and 2020.
Estimates by NSFD administrators show that if Glendale — which among the member communities contributes the biggest share for operating costs at more than $4 million — were to leave, River Hills would face a roughly $111,000 increase.
Brunner went on to criticize the conduct of the NSFD board members, whom he said spoke among themselves and brought the possible expulsion to bear without consulting him first.
"I think the (NSFD board) is acting like a private club, in terms of not having members meet a certain standard," Brunner said, "...The only thing they can accuse me of is voting in a way that protects the taxpayers of River Hills."
Two River Hills residents spoke on the formula during the public comment section, and both agreed with Brunner.
Resident Bill Lemorande, like Brunner, pointed to a specific point in the proposal, a change that counts all types of property value — residential, commercial and industrial — equally. The current formula weighs commercial and industrial property types higher than residential under the assumption those types of properties cost more to protect.
Counting all property values equally shifts some costs off communities with higher amounts of commercial and industrial properties and onto NSFD member communities, like River Hills, which are mostly residential.
"It makes my home equal to Johnson Controls," Lemorande said, advising the board to vote against the proposal.
Resident Cary Van Aacken said he agreed with his neighbor, Lemorande.
Fire Chief Robert Whitaker and Public Policy Forum President Rob Henken have said the change makes sense because technology has made commercial and industrial properties less costly to protect and NSFD's majority of calls have shifted over time from fire calls to emergency medical service calls.
Henken also has said the change is offset to a certain degree by another change in the proposal, an increase in emphasis on historical use.
The NSFD board is scheduled to vote on the proposal at a special meeting at 4 p.m. Nov. 25 at Bayside Village Hall, 9075 North Regent Road.
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Handle With Care: Last week on SFReeper.com, SFR broke the news of a still-unexplained Internal Revenue Service raid on the Torres Gallery on W. Water Street. Gallery owner Paula Hausvick claims the artwork agents seized belonged to her, not to local artist Robert Rivera, whose wife was named in the IRS notice of lien left at the scene. Hausvick tells SFR she is concerned about what the raid will do for her reputation—and for the integrity of Rivera's gourd art. "What's my merchandise going to look like when I get it back?" she says.
The Day After Mañana: On Dec. 7, Gov. Bill Richardson's office announced via press release a series of measures on climate change, including this backhand swipe by Richardson at the global climate summit that began that day: "New Mexico continues to act—not just talk—as Congress debates cap-and-trade legislation and the international community meets in Copenhagen to discuss global emission reductions."
Taxation of natural resource extraction is one area in which Teague differs with the head of his party, President Barack Obama. In April, the IPAA said Obama's proposed repeal of certain long-standing industry tax breaks would "crush America's clean energy and energy security" goals.


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1.) Let's start with our photo. I have chosen a photo with a dark (but still distracting and ugly) background.
2.) Drag your photo onto a new document. (For instructions on how to do this, click HERE)
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4.) The first thing we want to do is make our photo lighter and brighter. Right click on your photo layer and choose Duplicate Layer. Now, you should see a drop down menu somewhere on your layers palette that is defaulted to Normal. These are your blending options. Click on the drop down menu and choose Screen. Your photo should brighten up quite a bit.
7.) Now, there is a bit of editing left to do. Choose your Eraser Tool from your tool palette(hitting "E" on your keyboard will also activate this tool.) and erase any remnants of the background. (You can also resize your eraser by clicking the bracket buttons on your key board. The Open Brackett ( [ ) will make your eraser smaller and the Close Brackett ( ] ) will make it larger. )
8.) Now... the photo still looks a little off to me since you can't see any of her hair... plus the image seems kinda dull to me. So lets do a bit of editing. Since her hair is darker than her face, i need to lighten it to get it to show up a little bit. (The blending mode of Lighten will usually bring out the lightest parts of your photo and make the darker parts disappear.) This was easily done by using the Dodge Tool. (You can choose your Dodge Tool from your Tools palette as shown below (or you can simply hit the letter "O" on your keyboard.) (You can also resize your eraser by clicking the bracket buttons on your key board. The Open Brackett ( [ ) will make your dodge tool smaller and the Close Brackett ( ] ) will make it larger. ) Now... click and hold and sort of drag it all around over her hair to begin lightening it. You will notice it start to appear. Continue this until you reach a look that you are happy with.
9.) Now, in order to define the photo just a bit more, I'm going to play with the Levels just a bit. Making sure your photo layer is active, go to your top menu bar and choose Image and then choose Adjustments and then Levels.
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I would LOVE to know what you think of this tutorial! Feel FREE to leave comments!! If you have any questions regarding this tutorial, you can certainly email me at firstname.lastname@example.com. Also, if you like this tutorial and want more, refer to the TUTORIAL section in the left panel of this blog!!
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