ExperienceOpen Season: a Series of Pre-election Programs
experience
Open Season: a Series of Pre-election ProgramsSummer Lecture & Performance Series Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. Inspired by Raw Nerve: the Political Art of Steve Brodner, this exciting series of lectures and performances reflects upon our changing times in politics Free with Museum admission. | |
thursday august 28 5:30 p.m. |
The Lincoln–Douglas DebateIn anticipation of our upcoming Presidential election, step back in time during this special performance to hear Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas debate the issues of their day. The Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858 were a series of exchanges between the two noted politicians for an Illinois seat in the United States Senate. The debates pre-dated Lincoln’s 1860 Presidential campaign and are remembered for the eloquence of both politicians, who discussed the matter of slavery in all seven debates. |
