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SUMMARY:JMH Annual Meeting with Special Guest\, Dan Monroe
DESCRIPTION:Our Annual Meeting\, open to the general public\, will begin at 5:30 with a short informational meeting\, then our featured speaker\, Millikin History Professor\, Dan Monroe\, will speak about Abraham Lincoln! This is a FREE event!
URL:https://jamesmillikinhomestead.com/event/jmh-annual-meeting-with-special-guest-dan-monroe/
LOCATION:James Millikin Homestead\, 125 N Pine st\, Decatur\, IL\, 62522\, United States
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SUMMARY:April Fine Arts & Open House
DESCRIPTION:Fine Arts will be from 1-3 pm ($10 Admission) Then a Public Open House will follow from 3-5 pm ($5 Admission for Ages 12+\, Under 12 are Free) Also\, if you pay the $10 admission for the Fine Arts portion\, your open house is FREE.\n\nAbout our Featured Poet\, Roy Roberts\nI have been paid for a variety of undertakings during my curious safaris into the brambles. My parents and I farmed. I drove truck and did odd jobs for a lumber yard – including cutting glass and grass. I have been a preacher\, a pastor\, an English teacher of high school students\, an adjunct professor of philosophy and medical ethics. For the past nine years\, my wife and I have worked our produce farm on the land where I grew up. The one constant braided through every endeavor has been my ache to write. It pushes\, fusses with\, and entices me. It fidgets with drumming fingers and tapping feet\, fizzing incessantly: “Try to dig up and ship out what you have sifted during your mountain summits\, your ragged tumbles down gravel slopes\, your struggles to regain footing.”\nAll of this is the meat and bone of my poems – and essays. I invite you to join my pursuit. My first book\, Wrestling Thunderbolts\, is available on Amazon (search Wrestling Thunderbolts Roberts). My second book\, Tree Line\, should be ready for release in early 2025. – Roy Roberts\n\nAbout our Featured Musician\, Isidora Nojkovic\nPraised for her “great control” (Chicago Classical Review)\, cellist Isidora Nojkovic is an active soloist\, chamber\, and orchestral musician. She has a passion for contemporary music and commissioning\, having premiered over 50 works\, and is one half of the contemporary violin/cello duo Orbit (“the new cross-continental duo to pay attention to.” – Classical Post). A founding member of Varo String Quartet\, she also performs regularly with the Lyric Opera of Chicago\, Vancouver Opera\, Vancouver Symphony\, Illinois Symphony\, Vancouver’s Turning Point Ensemble\, and the Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra. She has completed two tours with Lincoln Center Stage\, performing in twenty-two countries as part of a piano quintet.
URL:https://jamesmillikinhomestead.com/event/april-fine-arts-open-house/
LOCATION:James Millikin Homestead\, 125 N Pine st\, Decatur\, IL\, 62522\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Original Big Blue: The Life and Time of James Millikin
DESCRIPTION:The Original Big Blue: The Life and Times of James Millikin \n \nDocumentary Film Premiere \nAlbert Taylor Theatre \nTickets — $19.01 \nIn a time when Decatur\, Illinois was still in its infancy. Before automobiles\, before electricity\, even before paved roads. Long before other great titans of industry arrived. One young man came with nothing but determination and a vision. \nThis is a story of immigration and perseverance\, of love\, ambition and unwavering resolve. A story of a family who crossed oceans and frontiers\, turning challenges into opportunity and generosity into legacy. From the hills of Scotland and Ireland to the rugged trails of western Pennsylvania\, from driving sheep and cattle\, to building a career in banking and helping shape a university that would change generations. \nThis is the story of grit and purpose – of a legacy that still defines a community 200 years later. \nDiscover the journey\, meet the historians\, and be inspired by the man who helped build Decatur. \nThe Original Big Blue: The Life and Times of James Millikin… \nhttps://youtu.be/nmNMy66CFjw \nTicket proceeds will go toward MU and the Homestead. \nTickets can be purchased at the ticket office\, in-person\, Tuesday through Friday\, 12pm-4:30pm or online at: https://millikin.universitytickets.com/w/event.aspx?id=1840 \nAccessible seating is available by calling the Kirkland Ticket Office at (217) 424-6318
URL:https://jamesmillikinhomestead.com/event/the-original-big-blue-the-life-and-time-of-james-millikin/
LOCATION:Albert Taylor Theatre\, 1184 W. Main\, Decatur\, IL\, 62522\, United States
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