Chicago Foodways: Sweet Home Chicago Tour, June 9

Chicago Foodways Roundtable

Sweet Home Chicago:
The History of America's Candy Capital

with Lance Tawzer, Curator of Exhibits and
Leslie Goddard, Consulting Curator

Saturday, June 9, 2012
10 AM (when museum opens)

Elmhurst Historical Museum
120 E. Park Avenue, Elmhurst, IL 60126, http://www.elmhurst.org
Suggested fee: $5 (donated to Elmhurst Heritage Foundation)
(Space limited to 40 participants, reservations a must. If later you
learn you cannot attend, please cancel.)

Sweet Home Chicago: The History of America’s Candy Capital From Fannie May and Brach's Candies to Tootsie Rolls, Frango Mints, Lemonheads and more -- Chicago has a tasty history of producing candy loved the world over. Learn about Chicago's candy-making history and why the city has been such a sweet spot for creating confections. Experience interactive displays with nostalgic photos and artifacts, watch a video narrated by Bill Kurtis, and take on the Twisted Candy Challenge to test candy-wrapping skills. View vintage candy commercials, and don't miss the classic "I Love Lucy" episode when Lucy and Ethel go to work at a candy factory.

Lance Tawzer, Curator of Exhibits at the Elmhurst Historical Museum, will lead the tour of this original exhibit. An exhibit designer by trade, Lance has gained a regional reputation for developing fun, innovative, and engaging exhibits at the Elmhurst Historical Museum that tell compelling stories to broad audiences. Some of his recent creative summer exhibitions include The Drawn-Out History of Comic Books, The Magical History Tour, and last year’s Toys in the ‘Hood which all received rave reviews from visitors and the media.

Exhibit writer and collaborator Leslie Goddard is the newly-named Executive Director of the Graue Mill and Museum in Oak Brook, IL. She earned her PhD from Northwestern University in an interdisciplinary field of study that covered US history, women’s studies, and theater. An award-winning actor and scholar, Goddard has extensive experience in presenting public programs including first-person historical characters and lectures at Chicago area museums and historical societies, civic organizations, schools, and retirement homes.

People may arrive from Chicago via public transportation. Metra’s Union Pacific West Line from Ogilvie Transportation Center (500 W. Madison St (at Canal St) Chicago) to Elmhurst Station (128 W. 1st St. (at York Rd.) Elmhurst) leaves Chicago at 8:40 am arriving Elmhurst at 9:12 am. Returning to Chicago: 1:13 pm arriving 1:50 pm or 3:13 pm arriving 3:50 pm.

Lunch may be obtained at Café Amano, 105 S. York Rd, (630) 279-9333 (located in the same block as the Museum and one block from train) for baguettes, salads, wood-fired pizza or a full-course luncheon. For those who are driving, you may want to visit Hamburger Heaven, 281 North York Street, (630) 832-3535 for hamburgers and made-on-the-premises root beer with outdoor seating.

This program is hosted by the Chicago Foodways Roundtable. To reserve, please e-mail: chicago.foodways.roundtable@gmail.com, then leave your name and how many people in your party.

When you reserve, please advise if you can offer a ride or will need picking up at Metra in Elmhurst. Offers and needs will be matched.

A gentle reminder this is coming up on Saturday.

WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified partners with Culinary Historians by recording our programs and making them available for broadcast on demand at their website or downloadable to an iPod. Our most recent program:

Sweet Home Chicago: The History of America's Candy Capital
http://www.wbez.org/amplified/sweet-hom ... tal-101190