Coffee Talks
Coffee Talk is sponsored by Midwest Bank.
All programs are held in the Visitor Center, 781 Pearson Street, from 1:30-2:30pm. Free coffee, tea and cookies are served following the program.
2008
01/10 O'Hare Airport history
02/14 Valentines
03/13 Historic Firearms
04/10 The Shakers
05/08 History of BMW Motorcycles
06/12 The Chicago Police Department
07/10 Women in WWII through Postcards
08/14 The Grove's Robert Kennicott
09/11 Caring for Silver
10/09 Polish Genealogy
11/13 Bats of Illinois
2007
01/11 James Bond 101
02/08 Early Bicycling History in Chicago
03/08 The Cubs and the Pennant of 1945
04/12 Tornado History in Illinois
05/10 Gardening
06/14 Cavalry in the Civil War
07/12 The Historic Methodist Campground
08/09 Infamous Places in Chicago
09/13 Antique Cars
10/11 Writing Your Family History
2006
01/12 Midway Airport
02/09 Civil Rights Women
03/09 Sears Homes
04/13 Women in Baseball
05/09 Architectural Geology of Chicago
06/08 Apron History
07/13 Dulcimer Music
08/11 French Voyageurs in North America
09/14 Comiskey Park
10/12 Early Baseball History
11/09 Finding Your Chicago Ancestors
12/14 Chicago Holiday Memories
2005
01/13 The Golden Age of Chicago Children's Television
02/10 The Story of Martha Washington
03/10 Chicago Art Deco
04/14 Important Women in Chicago: 1790-1990
05/12 Native American History: Before the Potawatomi
06/09 A Chicago Firehouse: Wrigleyville's Engine 78
07/14 History of Quilts
08/11 Maxwell Street
09/08 Graceland Cemetery
10/13 Des Plaines Vanguard
11/10 Mills in Illinois
2004
01/08 Collecting Snowglobes
02/12 Vintage Valentines
03/11 A History of Celtic Music in Chicago
04/08 CTA History
05/13 Frederick Douglass
06/10 Organized Crime in Chicago
07/08 The Kennicotts at the Grove
08/12 History of the I&M Canal
09/09 Wetland Animals
10/14 The Des Plaines and Chicago Rivers
11/11 Stories of Service in Vietnam
2003
01/09 Beatrix Potter
02/13 The History of Chocolate
03/
04/10 The Kentucky Derby
05/08 Railroads
06/12 Prairie Club of Chicago
07/10 Ellinwood Street: Then & Now
08/14 Old Time Radio
09/11 Maine Township High Schools
10/09 The Black Hawk War
11/13 Collecting Elections
