Thursday, March 7 | 6:00pm – 8:30pm | Instructor: Jayne Herring | $52 ($65 non-members) | Register Here Create your own dazzling fused glass sun catcher masterpieces in this hands-on workshop. All supplies are included in the workshop price.
Mondays, March 11 – April 22 (no class April 1) | 10:30am – 1:30pm | Instructor: Barbara Farrell | $100 ($125 non-members) | Register Here Designed for painters of all skill levels. Each of the four sessions will begin with a demonstration showcasing a technique of the day. Students are instructed on color mixing, application and […]
Friday, March 15 | 2:oopm – 3:30pm We will learn how to make natural dyes out of plants, fruit, and vinegar at this meeting of the SPARK! SPARK! programs are designed for people in the early-to-mid stages of memory loss to visit with their family and care partners. This monthly program engages participants in lively conversations, […]
Saturday, March 23 | 10:00am – 4:00pm | Free The 1st Michigan Engineers will be discussing the regiment’s role as combat engineers, while displaying the many tools and equipment that would have been used in surveying and construction duties such as cheveaux de fris and transit/level. The living history group will also display items used in […]
Wednesday, April 3 | 6:00pm – 8:00pm | Instructor: Tiffany Knopow | $40 ($50 non-members) | Register Here Learn the basics of weaving while making the most adorable tiny wall hanging. Each participant will get to take home their tiny loom (included in cost of class) to create more tiny weavings at home! All supplies are included, no […]
Saturdays, April 6 – April 27 | 10:30am – 12:30pm | Instructor: Kathy Laybourn | $76 ($95 non-members) | Register Here Be enchanted with texture and color in acrylic paint! Students will learn how to construct a painting by determining basic composition, blocking in the underlying dark, middle, and light values, and layering color. Students will […]
Mondays, April 8 – May 13 | 9:00am – 10:00am | Instructor: Ruth Mcgee, Sharry Flaherty | $52 ($65 non-members) | Register Here Enjoy the sunshine over the lake as you practice the gentle movements of Tai Chi from the warmth of the museum’s mezzanine. Tai Chi is a slow moving mind and body exercise, patterned […]
Friday, April 12 | 12:00pm – 1:00pm | Speaker: Steve Worsham Dwight L. Moody moved from Boston to Chicago as a teenager shortly before the start of the Civil War. Moody achieved financial success in the shoe business but serving a Christian mission became his greater focus as he matured. To that end, Moody worked […]
Saturday, April 13 | 1:00pm – 3:00pm | Speaker: Brendon Baillod The Lady Elgin is infamous as one of the worst disasters in the history of the Great Lakes. The sidewheel steamship was lost in a collision off Winnetka, Illinois, taking over 300 lives and decimating Milwaukee’s Irish community. Join maritime historian Brendon Baillod as […]
Monday, April 15 | 6:30pm | Presenter: Doug Dammann | $8 ($10 non-member) | Register Here The Lincoln Miracle tells the vivid, behind-the-scenes story of perhaps the most consequential political moment in American history – Abraham Lincoln’s history-changing nomination to lead the Republican Party in the 1860 presidential election. Edward Achorn, a Pulitzer Prize finalist for Commentary […]
Thursday, April 18 | 6:00pm – 8:30pm | Instructor: Jayne Herring | $58 ($72 non members) | Register Here Make two panels for this custom four-sided lantern. All supplies are included in the workshop price.
Friday, April 19 | 2:00pm – 3:30pm The Civil War Museum features a variety of strange and interesting 19th century soldiers and civilians. At this SPARK! Meeting, our group will explore some of these and figure out what their uses were. SPARK! programs are designed for people in the early-to-mid stages of memory loss to […]
