Hyde Park Historical Society 2018 Holiday Open House & Party
Hyde Park Historical Society 2018 Holiday Open House & Party Please join us for an afternoon of good cheer. Sunday, December 16, 2018 2-4pm Hyde Park Historical Society 5529 S. Lake Park Ave Please help spread the joy and bring a contribution to our refreshments table! All Are Welcome!
Chicago: A Civic, Industrial, and Familial History by Andrew Taylor Call Book Discussion & Signing
Sunday, December 9th, 11 am to 2 pm 5529 Lake Park Blvd Light Refreshments will be served Copies of the new book will be for sale and the author will be available to sign copies. A new book, Chicago: A Civic, Industrial, and Familial History, by attorney and historian Andrew Taylor Call, will be the focus of the Hyde Park [...]
HP Book Club Monday, November 19, 2018
Just a reminder that the Hyde Park Book Club will meet this coming Monday, November 19, 2018 at the Hyde Park Historical Society Building at 7:30pm. Rosellen Brown has agreed to join us on to discuss her new novel, The Lake on Fire. "The Lake on Fire is an epic narrative that begins among 19th century Jewish immigrants on a failing Wisconsin farm.
Hyde Park Historical Society Cable Car Building – Restored and Looking Good!
The Hyde Park Historical Society announces a major achievement in the restoration of its historical cable car building. The exterior work on the building is complete! The deteriorated brickwork has been replaced. The doors and woodwork have been refurbished, repainted and refinished. This effort could not have been accomplished without the generous support of our members, the Hyde Park community [...]
Hyde Park Book Club Change of Venue
Hi Everyone, As you know, we have lost our meeting room space with the closing of Treasure Island. Fortunately, HPHS has finished the exterior work on the building, and that space will be available for upcoming meetings. All future book club meetings will be held at the Hyde Park Historical Society, 5529 S. Lake Park Avenue. There is always plenty [...]
Celebrate The Life of Jazz Pianist Willie Pickens
Dear friends, Last July, a group of friends began to look for a way to honor the wonderful jazz pianist Willie Pickens and his wife, Irma. Great in the world of music, they were also great human beings. What we came up with is a kind of "Pickens Corner" with Irma and Willie's home as its focus. Here is what [...]
