Arts & Entertainment
Learn about women of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition
Wilmette Public Library hosts Chicago Architecture Center docent Kathleen Carpenter
Chicago Architecture Center docent Kathleen Carpenter will discuss "Women of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition" on April 14 at 2:00 p.m. at the Wilmette Public Library, 1242 Wilmette Avenue.
During the program, Ms. Carpenter will discuss how the World’s Columbian Exposition served as a showcase for the women who created, managed, and decorated the Fair’s Woman's Building, detailing some of the women as well as their challenges and achievements.
The event is free and open to the public and part of the Wilmette Public Library’s One Book, Everybody Reads series, which is featuring Rosellen Brown’s historical novel, The Lake on Fire, this spring. The book takes place in Chicago at the time of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. Visit www.wilmettelibrary.info/onebook or call (847) 256-6930 for more information.