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Encore HISTORY REVEALED: THE NIGHT THOREAU SPENT IN JAIL AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE JULY 1846

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Virtual Programs at Prospect Heights Public Library District
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History, Virtual Program
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Adults, 20s and 30s, Seniors
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Enjoy this recording for 7 days.While living at Walden Pond in July 1846, writer Henry David Thoreau was put in jail refusing to pay a tax he believed supported an unjust war, The ...

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ILP: The Art of Foraging with Alexis Nikole Nelson (Attend in the Library)

Thursday, April 10, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Meeting Room A&B at Prospect Heights Public Library District
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Author, Cooking, Virtual Program
Age Group:
Adults, 20s and 30s, Seniors
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Alexis Nikole Nelson is a forager and an outdoor educator using her platforms, TikTok account @alexisnikole and Instagram page @blackforager, to celebrate all the edible plants hid...

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Alexis

ILP: The Art of Foraging with Alexis Nikole Nelson (Attend on Zoom)

Thursday, April 10, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Virtual Programs at Prospect Heights Public Library District
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Author, Cooking, Virtual Program
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Adults, 20s and 30s, Seniors
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Alexis Nikole Nelson is a forager and an outdoor educator using her platforms, TikTok account @alexisnikole and Instagram page @blackforager, to celebrate all the edible plants hid...

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Alexis

Encore ILP: The Art of Foraging with Alexis Nikole Nelson

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Virtual Programs at Prospect Heights Public Library District
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Author, Virtual Program
Age Group:
Adults, 20s and 30s, Seniors
Event Details:

Alexis Nikole Nelson is a forager and an outdoor educator using her platforms, TikTok account @alexisnikole and Instagram page @blackforager, to celebrate all the edible plants hid...

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Cover of the book First Time for Everthing

ILP: Art and Adventures with Author/Illustrator Dan Santat

Saturday, May 3, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Virtual Programs at Prospect Heights Public Library District
Program Type:
Art, Virtual Program
Age Group:
Youth, Tweens, Teens, Family
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Dan Santat is the author and illustrator of over a hundred books for young people. Many of his books are New York Times-bestsellers, including The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimagi...

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ILP: Matthew Desmond (Attend on Zoom)

Tuesday, May 13, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Virtual Programs at Prospect Heights Public Library District
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Author, Virtual Program
Age Group:
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The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Evicted reimagines the debate on poverty, making a “provocative and compelling” (NPR) argument about why it persists in America: beca...

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ILP: Poverty: A Discussion with Matthew Desmond

Tuesday, May 13, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Virtual Programs at Prospect Heights Public Library District
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Virtual Program
Age Group:
Adults, 20s and 30s, Seniors
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Join us to close out our fourth season with bestselling author Matthew Desmond in conversation with award-winning journalist, Natalie Moore. Desmond is a professor of soc...

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Encore ILP: MATTHEW DESMOND

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Virtual Programs at Prospect Heights Public Library District
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Author, Virtual Program
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This event will be recorded and publicly available for 14 days after post-production

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