Chicagoist (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
Chicago Stockyards Storeroom. Photo Courtesy Illinois State Museum,/a> The Greater Midwest Foodways Alliance has put together an impressive program this weekend looking at the evolution of beef production in the Midwest over the years at Kendall College. " Beef: From Plains to Plate " includes a butchering demonstration; a visit to Naval Culinary "A" School at Great Lakes Naval...
Dyslexia Tutor: News-Resources (Free subscription) | 17/10/2009
other topics: click a “category” or use search box From EduHound’s “Classroom Tools & Tips” this week, some sites for teaching lessons about museums. Guggenheim Museum: Curriculum Online – Provides teachers with curriculum materials to support the use of the Solomon R Guggenheim Museum’s exhibitions and collections both during school visits and in the classroom....
Cryptozoology Online: Daily News (Free subscription) | 31/07/2009
Monday, July 27, 2009 6:34 AM CDT By TONY REID - H&R Staff Writer GREENUP - Josh Brandenburg went angling for a mammoth catfish and came back with a big bit of mammoth instead. The platter-size circular bone he fished out of the Embarras River is now setting off some elephantine ripples in the scientific community. Experts from the Illinois State Museum in Springfield say the size of the bone means...
pjstar.com Tri-County RSS (Free subscription) | 22/07/2009
What becomes of the remains of people forgotten by time and disrupted by progress? They sit in cardboard boxes on shelves, possibly forever, in a silent, academic room that serves as the final resting place for people with no place else to go.
PeoriaStory (Free subscription) | 06/03/2009
PEORIA -- This is quite a week for people who love to read. Here are the events, underpublicized elsewhere, free unless otherwise noted and open to the public. They are sponsored by the Peoria Public Library and its Peoria Reads...
USA Today (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Born 200 years ago Thursday in a log cabin on the Kentucky frontier, Abraham Lincoln today sits deified in a marble temple on ...
Where there's a Will, there's a way (Free subscription) | 08/01/2009
Slow Food Springfield is having a film festival that Liberty Brew & View fans might like. Details from the email are below and you can download the flier here. 2009 Food Film Festival Slow Food Springfield, the University of Illinois...
Postman Patel (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
The 1893 World Exposition, held in Chicago, caused many of the United States to adopt official State flowers - it wasn't until 1907, that Mrs. James C. Fessler of Rochelle, started a statewide campaign in Illinois (The Parairie State) to adopt a state flower. A vote was called and 33,500 votes were cast for three flowers; Violet - 16,583 votes. Wild Rose - 12,628 votes. Goldenrod - 4,315 votes.
Art Deadlines List (Free subscription) | 18/01/2008
Artists are invited to submit applications to the Illinois Artisans Program, a program of the Illinois State Museum. The mission of the Illinois Artisans Program (IAP) is to bring national and statewide recognition to the rich heritage of fine crafts in Illinois. IAP markets craft through Illinois Artisans venues in Chicago and at Rend Lake, and museum stores in the Illinois State Museum,
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