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  • Burl Ives, Midwestern Minstrel

    DeKalb Public Library 309 Oak St, DeKalb, IL, United States

    Burl Ives was and is an iconic figure in the annals of American Folk Music and he got his start in the little Illinois town of Newton. Ives went on […]

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  • Jack Benny: An Illinois Original

    DeKalb Public Library 309 Oak St, DeKalb, IL, United States

    Jack Benny is regarded as one of the top comedians in American history, shining in vaudeville, radio, television, and film, while making a huge impact upon the sitcom genre. Join […]

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  • Sycamore Hospital at the corner of Somonauk and Elm Streets in 1900s

    Brown Bag Lunch Program: Dr. Letitia Westgate

    DeKalb County History Center 1730 N. Main Street, Sycamore, IL, United States

    The DeKalb County History Center’s second Brown Bag Lunch program for 2026, scheduled for noon on Thursday, March 5, located at the DeKalb County History Center, 1730 North Main Street, […]

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  • Jacob Haish: Immigrant and Philanthropist

    DeKalb Public Library 309 Oak St, DeKalb, IL, United States

    The story of Jacob Haish, widely known for his role in the early innovation of barbed wire, reaches far beyond this achievement. An immigrant from Germany who arrived in the […]

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  • Regional Candy Tasting for Teens

    DeKalb Public Library 309 Oak St, DeKalb, IL, United States

    There are different types of regional candies across the US. Learn about certain candies; and more importantly taste them! At the end of the tasting, you’ll have the opportunity to […]

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  • Rockford Peaches and the AAGPBL

    DeKalb Public Library 309 Oak St, DeKalb, IL, United States

    During the 1940s, male professional baseball players left the field to lend a hand in WW2 war efforts. To keep the game alive, Chicago Cubs’ owner Philip K. Wrigley and […]

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  • Hits of the Ragtime Era

    DeKalb Public Library 309 Oak St, DeKalb, IL, United States

    Pop music comes and goes, but some songs from over 100 years ago are just as fresh in the mind as the day they were written. The Entertainer, Alexander’s Ragtime […]

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  • The Spirit of America through Coins & Currency

    DeKalb Public Library 309 Oak St, DeKalb, IL, United States

    Enjoy a presentation about how the indomitable American spirit not only survived 250 years of history, but helped shape it; as told through our money! Ben Franklin made a coin? […]

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