[ February 20, 2010 to May 2, 2010. ] Kara Walker: Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated)

“I wanted to make work where the viewer wouldn’t walk away; he would either giggle nervously, get pulled into history, into fiction, into something totally demeaning and possibly very beautiful.”   -Kara Walker

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[ February 6, 2010; 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. February 13, 2010; 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. February 20, 2010; 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. February 27, 2010; 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. ] The staff of James A. Garfield NHS invites kids of all ages to the site for a special kids’ tour of the Garfield home every Saturday.   Kids 15 and under are free; parents/guardians/older siblings subject to regular $5.00/person entry fee.   Tour lasts approximately 45 minutes.

Every Saturday at 12 p.m.

James A. Garfield National Historic Site
8095 [...]

[ February 6, 2010; 1:00 pm to 1:30 pm. 3:00 pm to 3:30 pm. February 13, 2010; 1:00 pm to 1:30 pm. 3:00 pm to 3:30 pm. February 20, 2010; 1:00 pm to 1:30 pm. 3:00 pm to 3:30 pm. February 27, 2010; 1:00 pm to 1:30 pm. 3:00 pm to 3:30 pm. ] Echoes In Time Theatre Presents

Hear from John P. Parker, who was born into slavery, purchased his freedom, and settled in Ripley, Ohio, a center of the abolitionist movement, where he became a business leader and active conductor on the Underground Railroad. His home over looking the Ohio River offered a hiding place for many [...]

[ January 11, 2010; 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm. 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. February 8, 2010; 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm. 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. March 8, 2010; 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm. 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. ] The Lincoln Society of Dayton and Dayton History Present a Series of Conversations About Abraham Lincoln

September 2009-May 2010

This exploration of various aspects of the life and legacy of Abraham Lincoln begins September 28 with a planning meeting and distribution of free reading materials from the Library of America. There will be two opportunities to meet: [...]

[ February 6, 2010 to May 16, 2010. ] The Cincinnati Museum Center will host GOLD, an exhibit that “explores the splendor of the world’s most valued mineral.” According to CMC’s Mosaic magazine, the exhibit will allow visitors to “Follow gold from the molten depths of the Earth to glittering examples of jewelry and artifacts, from gold rushes that shaped the world to the [...]