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Overview
8/17/2023, 9/21/2023, 10/26/2023
Learn about fascinating topics in history and hear museum staff and occasional guest historians debate challenging questions at Naper Settlement's Your Friendly Neighborhood Historian. Each program date has a different theme. Upcoming Your Friendly Neighborhood Historian dates and themes:
Your Friendly Neighborhood Historian - It Came From the Skies (August 17, 2023): While humans think they are in control of their fate, Mother Nature often has other ideas. During this presentation, participants will learn about weather disasters and what they can tell us about life in northern Illinois.
Your Friendly Neighborhood Historian - When Looks Kill: The Past, Present, and Future of Dangerous Fashion (September 21, 2023): Why do we often risk so much to look fashionable? Explore the history and current trends of dangerous fashion during this edition of Your Friendly Neighborhood Historian. This presentation builds on Naper Settlement’s exhibit, Infrastructure: Creating 19th Century Clothing Then and Now.
Your Friendly Neighborhood Historian - Death, Victorian Style (October 26, 2023): Death was a near constant presence during the Victorian age. To confront this presence, they invented elaborate mourning customs, and authors from Mary Shelley to Bram Stoker created modern horror. Why were they so focused on death? And why do their creations scare many of us today? Find out the answers during Your Friendly Neighborhood Historian on October 26.
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