The following events were supplied to us by festival organizers and tourism offices throughout the state, and selected by Midwest Living editors. This is not intended as an all-inclusive list of all events in this state. If you decide to go, call first: Dates and specific events can change at the last minute.
Purchased Lives: The American Slave Trade from 1808 to 1865
Illinois Holocaust Museum, Skokie, IL, February 10 - August 25, 2019
Purchased Lives speaks to the experiences of the millions of enslaved men, women and children who found themselves at the mercy of the domestic slave trade. The exhibition reveals how families and communities shattered by the trade worked against the odds to reconnect in the decades following the Civil War. Exhibition by The Historic New Orleans Collection.
Illinois Holocaust Museum honors the Survivors and victims of the Holocaust and transforms history into current, relevant and universal lessons in humanity. Through world-class exhibitions and programs, the museum inspires individuals and organizations and provides a universal wake-up call to action: Take history to heart. Take a stand for humanity. (847-967-4800; https://www.ilholocaustmuseum.org/)
Memory Unearthed: The Lodz Ghetto Photographs of Henryk Ross
Illinois Holocaust Museum, Skokie, IL, September 22, 2019 - January 12, 2020
Thousands of photo negatives, buried and hidden, reveal the despair of the Lodz Ghetto. Memory Unearthed offers a rare glimpse of life inside the ghetto from 1940 to 1944, through the lens of Polish Jewish photojournalist Henryk Ross. This exhibit presents more than 300 of Ross’s secret photographs, covertly buried under the ghetto and rediscovered after liberation. Organized by the Art Gallery of Ontario.
Illinois Holocaust Museum honors the Survivors and victims of the Holocaust and transforms history into current, relevant, and universal lessons in humanity. Through world-class exhibitions and programs, the Museum inspires individuals and organizations and provides a universal wake-up call to action: Take history to heart. Take a stand for humanity. (847-967-4800; https://www.ilholocaustmuseum.org/)