Special Events at Lock 16
& LaSalle Canal Boat
Half Saint Patrick’s Day
Friday, September 17-20, 2010
Celebrate your Irish heritage along with the Irish contribution to building the I & M Canal.
Half Saint Patrick’s Day Tea
Friday, September 17, 2010 2-4PM
Celebrate Half Saint Patrick’s Day at a Tea! Bring a friend and enjoy afternoon tea with sandwiches, scones with Devonshire cream and jam, sweets, and a variety hot and cold teas.
$19.50 per person, reservations required.
Dinner & Lecture
Thursday, September 30, 2010
6PM Cocktails 6:30PM Dinner
Ron Solberg, Illinois Road Scholar, Author
“The Whizbangs of Oohs and Ahs: Those Magnificent Traveling Salesmen of Illinois"
As Chicago and the State of Illinois have served as retailing centers for the nation, it is probably no coincidence, then, that it has also introduced more than its fair share of innovative and enterprising traveling salesmen. For more than 150 years a 19th Century Marshall Fields and his "whizbang drummers" to the likes of 20th Century Ron Popeil and his "Pocket Fisherman" have introduced products, services and concepts that are still with us to this day. And in fact many of their ideas and strategies have been adopted by modern-day marketing, advertising, and public relations. Join Ron Solberg as he recounts the amazing stories of the traveling salesmen of Illinois.
$27 Members $30 Non-Members
$75 If all three Fall Dinner & Lecture tickets are purchased.
Reservations required.
All Dinner/Lectures include a homemade three course meal and lecture with an open bar available.
Lincoln in LaSalle
Friday, October 8-11, 2010
Mary Todd Lincoln Tea
Friday, October 8, 2010 2-4PM
Enjoy afternoon tea with Mary Todd Lincoln at the Lock 16 Center. Tea sandwiches, sweets and scones are featured, with a variety of hot teas.
$19.50 per person, reservations required.
Jazz Fest
Saturday, October 9, 2010
LaSalle Canal Boat Ride with Mrs. Lincoln
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Experience a one-hour trip on a replica 19th century canal boat with Mrs. Mary Todd Lincoln as your guide. Reservations strongly encouraged.
Adults $13, Seniors $11, Youth $7, Child (under 3) Free
Dinner & Lecture
Thursday, October 21, 2010
6PM Cocktails 6:30PM Dinner
David Dolak, Professor of Geology and Environmental Sciences at Columbia College Chicago
"Across the Chicago Portage and the Continental Divide: A Story of Glaciers, Geography, and Destiny."
Discover how the geology of Northeastern Illinois created the water link used by the Voyageurs and later, the Illinois and Michigan Canal to develop Chicago into the dominant city in the mid-continent of North America.
$27 Members $30 Non-Members
$75 If all three Fall Dinner & Lecture tickets are purchased.
Reservations required.
All Dinner/Lectures include a homemade three course meal and lecture with an open bar available.
National Mule Day
Friday, October 22-26, 2010
Celebrate October 26 National Mule Day at the Lock 16 Center and on the LaSalle Canal Boat. There will be ongoing events throughout the weekend.
An Evening on the Boat: Ghost Stories, Appetizers, & Drinks
Friday, October 29, 2010 6PM
Experience Halloween in a whole new way on the LaSalle Canal Boat. Listen to ghost stories of the past from local story teller Tricia Kelly and enjoy homemade Lock 16 Cafe appetizers and drinks.
$29.95 per person, reservations required
Afternoon Tea
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 2PM
$19.50 per person, reservations required.
Dinner & Lecture
Thursday, November 18, 2010
6PM Cocktails 6:30PM Dinner
Jeffrey Bockman, Illinois Road Scholar, Author
“A Gift that Money Can’t Buy”
Learn the importance of recording and saving your family history and stories. Jeffrey Bockman explains how to use basic forms to record family data, as well as basics for identifying people in photographs, basic preservation, and how to record unique family stories.
$27 Members $30 Non-Members
$75 If all three Fall Dinner & Lecture tickets are purchased.
Reservations required.
All Dinner/Lectures include a homemade three course meal and lecture with an open bar available.
Christmas Tea
Thursday, December 2, 2010 2PM
$19.50 per person, reservations required.
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For information on any of the events:
Contact Katie MacKay, 815-220-1848 or reservations@canalcor.org
