Pizza for a Cause

Frankie's "Touch of Italy" Pizzeria 25921 S Governors Hwy, Monee, IL, United States

  Let Frankie's do the cooking and help MHS at the same time!  

Event Series American History Book Club

American History Book Club

Monee Heritage Center at the Creamery 5210 W Court Street, Monee, IL, United States

Evan Thomas's startling account of how the underrated Dwight Eisenhower saved the world from nuclear holocaust. Upon assuming the presidency in 1953, Dwight Eisenhower set about to make good on his campaign promise to end the Korean War. Yet while Eisenhower was quickly viewed by many as a doddering lightweight, behind the bland smile and…

Classic Book Club

Monee Heritage Center at the Creamery 5210 W Court Street, Monee, IL, United States

Lorraine Hansberry's award-winning drama about the hopes and aspirations of a struggling, working-class family living on the South Side of Chicago connected profoundly with the psyche of Black America—and changed American theater forever. The play's title comes from a line in Langston Hughes's poem "Harlem," which warns that a dream deferred might "dry up/like a…

Event Series American History Book Club

American History Book Club

Monee Heritage Center at the Creamery 5210 W Court Street, Monee, IL, United States

The first book to lay bare the life of a Nazi camp guard who settled in a Chicago suburb and to explore how his community and others responded to discoveries of Nazis in their midst. Reinhold Kulle seemed like the perfect school employee. But in 1982, as his retirement neared, his long-concealed secret came to…

Event Series Classic Book Club

Classic Book Club

Monee Heritage Center at the Creamery 5210 W Court Street, Monee, IL, United States

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a book set in the Jazz Age in New York, first published in 1925 in the United States. The novel follows a cast of characters living in the fictional towns of West Egg and East Egg on prosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922. The plot…

Heritage Day – The History of Russell Publications

Monee Heritage Center at the Creamery 5210 W Court Street, Monee, IL, United States

Join us for a Meet-And-Greet with newspaperman and Russell Family historian Chris Russell to discuss the legacy that his family made in publications for Monee and the surrounding towns.

MHS Trivia Night

Monee Parks and Recreation Building 5218 W. Court St, Monee, IL, United States

Monee Historical Society will host Trivia Night on Saturday, March 29, 2005 at 6:30 pm. Do you think you have all the answers? JOIN US FOR A MULTI-ROUND TRIVIA COMPETITION. BRING A TEAM OR JOIN ONE HERE. TEAMS OF 4-6 PEOPLE. 6 PM - DOORS OPEN 6:30 PM  TRIVIA BEGINS $25 PER PERSONTICKETS INCLUDE SNACKS,…

$25.00