BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20190423T000000Z DTEND:20190423T013000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:The Vanishing City: Excavating the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition DESCRIPTION:Professor Rebecca Graff speaks about her archeological and archival research focused on the Fair's ephemeral "White City" and Midway Plaisance. The results of the excavation in Jackson Park revealed a robust archeological signature of the Fair. Graff's work links the Fair\, as a catalyst for structural change and its material record\, to the larger social structures of late nineteenth-century America. This event is free and open to the public and part of the Wilmette Public Library's One Book\, Everybody Reads series\, which is featuring Rosellen Brown's historical novel\, The Lake on Fire\, this spring. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Professor Rebecca Graff speaks about her archeological and archival research focused on the Fair'\;s ephemeral "\;White City"\; and Midway Plaisance. The results of the excavation in Jackson Park revealed a robust archeological signature of the Fair. Graff'\;s work links the Fair\, as a catalyst for structural change and its material record\, to the larger social structures of late nineteenth-century America. This event is free and open to the public and part of the Wilmette Public Library&rsquo\;s One Book\, Everybody Reads series\, which is featuring Rosellen Brown&rsquo\;s historical novel\, The Lake on Fire\, this spring. LOCATION:Wilmette Public Library 1242 Wilmette Avenue\, Wilmette 60091 UID:e.463.14497 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260501T113729Z URL:https://chambermaster.wilmettekenilworth.com/events/details/the-vanishing-city-excavating-the-1893-world-s-columbian-exposition-14497 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR