Events & Exhibits

Women’s Clubs: Ravinia Village House and the Highland Park Women’s Club

After the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848, woman led clubs sprouted around the young nation. The rate of clubs accelerated as the General Federation of Women’s Clubs formed in 1890 and century closed. Highland Park, Illinois posed no exception.

Highland Park as a Summer Resort: The Wildwood Experience, The Origins of Chicago’s Jewish North Shore

Highland Park Historical Society will host on Wednesday February 17th at 7:00 PM ‘Highland Park as a Summer Resort: The Wildwood Experience, The Origins of Chicago’s Jewish North Shore,’ presented by Leah Axelrod, which was researched and written by Elliott Miller.

The People’s Place: Soul Food Restaurants and Reminiscences from the Civil Rights Era to Today

Dave Hoekstra talking about his latest book The People’s Place: Soul Food Restaurants and Reminiscences from the Civil Rights Era to Today.

Pearl Harbor Day Observance: Veterans Roundtable

Highland Park Historical Society will cohost with Highland Park American Legion Post a Veteran’s Day Salute at 7 pm on Wednesday November 11th. ‘Veteran’s Day Salute,’ will be presented at the Highland Park Public Library Auditorium 494 Laurel Avenue, Highland Park. For further information, please contact the Highland Park Historical Society at 847.432.7090 or Admission is free.

Event Honoring Robert Seyfarth as a Highland Park Legend

The unveiling of Architect Robert Seyfarth as a Highland Park Legend plaque will be at 3:00 pm on Saturday, October 24 at 1882 Sheridan Road, Highland Park, Illinois. Following the unveiling we'll have a reception and discussion in the Brenner Room at the Highland Park Public Library, 494 Laurel Avenue, Highland Park, Illinois.

Historic Ravinia

The Ravinia Festival presentation will be from 11:00am to 12:00pm in the Martin Theater on the Ravinia Festival grounds. Parking is available at the North Lot of the Ravinia Festival Grounds, located at 418 Sheridan Road. Vehicles may remain in the lot for the duration of the Historic Ravinia events. The trolley will pick up and then drop off at the conclusion of the day’s events, around 4:00 to 4:30pm.

World Movie Premier: History of Highland Park

Ravinia Park Bennett Gordon Hall Cocktails at 7:15 pm Film at 8:00 pm Donation: $75 per person or $100 per couple

Highland Park Fire Department: 126 Year History of Service

This presentation will feature rarely seen images from the archives of the Highland Park Fire Department and Highland Park Historical Society.

Food, Family and Tradition: Hungarian Kosher Family Remembrances

For centuries, Jewish families celebrated their religious traditions throughout Europe, traditions that were integral parts of the culture in many great European cities. All that changed with the Nazis' program to exterminate European Jewry in World War II, killing six million. Only a small remnant survived. It has been 70 years since the destruction of Hungarian Jewry.

Show and Tell at the Highland Park Public Library Auditorium

*January 22, 2015 7PM 2PM at the Highland Park Public Library Auditorium