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Events on Wednesday, April 10, 2013, ISM Home

Adult Workshop: Advanced China Painting

Southern Illinois Art & Artisans Center
Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - Thursday, April 11, 2013, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Instructor: Charlene Whitler 

The advanced china painters return with this year's subject, Pears and Birds.
Tuition $125, some supplies included, minimum of 6.
Tues., April 9, Wed., April 10 and Thur., April 11
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
All Classes must be paid in advance.
No refunds within two weeks of workshop start date.
To register or for more information contact Romaula Coleman at 618-629-2220. Find out more ...

Paul Mickey Science Series: Between Two Rivers

Illinois State Museum, Springfield
Wednesday, April 10, 2013, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

*** TO BE HELD IN THE THORNE DEUEL AUDITORIUM AT THE ILLINOIS STATE MUSEUM, 502 SOUTH SPRING STREET (SPRING & EDWARDS STREETS)

Between Two Rivers – a documentary film about Cairo, Illinois, is presented by the Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights and the Illinois Commission on the Elimination of Poverty

Located at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, Cairo is a historic town with a dark and troubled past. Find out more ...

April Feature Window: Tea for Two, Teapots

Illinois Artisans, Chicago
Monday, April 01, 2013 - Tuesday, April 30, 2013, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

 

Explore the act of having tea as a social event. The window features the many components of a tea service. Find out more ...

Brownbag Lectures: Illinois Mussels: The Silent Storytellers (Revisted)

ISM Research & Collections Center
Wednesday, April 10, 2013, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Presented by Robert Warren, Ph.D., Curator of Anthropology, Illinois State Museum

Historically, the streams and lakes of Illinois housed a rich fauna of freshwater mussels. Find out more ...