Embedded Files
Iconic America - Fenway Park
Wednesday, August 5th, 5:00 p.m.
McNabb Branch
In this episode of Iconic America, David Rubenstein explores how Fenway Park and the Boston Red Sox reveal the deeper threads of community, identity, and resilience woven into baseball, and into America itself.
Woodstock
Tuesday, August 11th, 1:00 p.m.
Granville Branch
Through interviews with performers, organizers, and historians, this documentary explores how Woodstock's singular mix of music and idealism gave youth a voice and permanently shaped both the music industry and the social movements that followed.
Grassroots Democracy
Tuesday, August 11th, 6:00 p.m.
Granville Branch/Virtual
Historian Mike Matejka traces the stories of Illinois workers — from the Ottawa Radium Girls to the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters — who organized across ethnic, racial, and gender lines to build unions, secure rights, and shape American democracy from the ground up.
Preserving Illinois Prairie
Wednesday, August 12th, 5:00 p.m.
McNabb Branch
This documentary traces Illinois's prairies from their glacial origins 8,000 years ago through the near-total loss of 22 million acres by 1900, examining what remains and what is being done to preserve it.
A More Perfect Union
Thursday, August 13th, 4:00 p.m.
Condit Branch
This documentary chronicles how George Washington and the founding fathers gathered in Philadelphia in 1787 to debate, disagree, and ultimately compromise their way to the United States Constitution, a document that has shaped American government for nearly 250 years.
America's Founding: Live Virtual Tour
Tuesday, August 18th, 3:00 p.m.
Granville Branch/Virtual
Celebrate America's 250th anniversary with a virtual live tour of the National Constitution Center's immersive exhibit, where rare artifacts and interactive experiences bring the debates, struggles, and ideals of the founding era to life.
Chapter 250 Book Club (Adult)
Chapter 250 Book Club (Teens)
Wednesday, August 26th, 5:00 p.m.
McNabb Branch/Virtual
Explore what it means to be American through a screening of the PBS documentary Hamilton's America, followed by a group discussion and exploration of L.M. Elliott's Hamilton and Peggy! A Revolutionary Friendship, a richly detailed tale of the overlooked Schuyler sister and her unlikely friendship with Alexander Hamilton.
Chapter 250 Book Club (Youth)
Thursday, August 27th, 5:00 p.m.
Condit Branch/Virtual
Explore what it means to be American through a walkthrough of the U.S. Constitution with Jeffrey Rosen of the National Constitution Center, followed by a group discussion and exploration of Khizr Khan's This Is Our Constitution — a personal journey through America's founding document as a living promise of democratic values.
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