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Housekeeping in the Past
May 24, 2013 Noon-4:00pm
Come and find out
how people took care
of their houses in the
late 1800s and 1920s.
At the Hackley and
Hume Historic Site,
learn about domestic
servants and their
jobs. At the Depression Era House, find
out how to keep a
clean house with little money.
Enviroworks Registration
Members* - May 29, 2013 at 8:00am
Non-Members - May 31, 2013 at 8:00am
To Register a Child:
1. Pick a session, call the museum at 722-0278 on May 31st
for Non-Members or May 29th for Museum Members.
2. Have the child’s full name, age, birth-date, parent/guardian
name, and phone number ready.
3. Once you have registered by phone, complete the registra-
tion and medical consent form and return it to the Museum
by Friday, July 5, 2013. Forms will be available at the Museum
or HERE» after registration begins.
For more information on Enviroworks, click HERE»
* A Family Membership is required for early registration. The cost
of a family membership is $30. For more information on the other
benefits to becoming a museum member click HERE» or call
Joni Dorsett at 231-722-0278. Note: Out-of-County Members may
register their children with a Family Membership.
Mommy and Me at the Museum: Quilts
May 31, 2013, 10:00am
Join the Lakeshore Museum Center as we take a
look at the history and patterns of quilts.
Participants will create their own quilt pattern
using quilting blocks and see some of the
museum’s special quilts. Children are welcome to
bring their own quilt or blanket from home.
For: Ages 4 and younger
Please call 231-722-0278
to RSVP, space is limited and
registration is required.
Cartooning Classes
June 25, 2013,
Ages 8 -17 from 2-4pm
Ages 18 and up from 5:30-7:30pm
Ever wanted to learn how to draw your own comic
strip? Here’s your chance to get an introductory lesson
from a graphic artist! All supplies are included.
Place: Lakeshore Museum Center
430 West Clay Avenue
Cost/Registration: Museum Members: FREE
Non-Members: $5
Space is limited, so call 722-0278 today to register!
Fifty Shades of the 1880s Book Club
June 12, 2013 6:30pm at the Hackley and Hume Historic Site
Authors during the Victorian Era were often
shunned or banned for writing novels and
poetry about topics deemed erotic or
taboo. This book club will look at some of
the banned literature and discuss its
importance in history.
Book 2:
The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1774) Germany
Banned for appearing to both condone and glorify suicide – did influence a number of unrequited lovers to commit suicide. In 1974, sociologist David Phillips coined term “Werther Effect” to describe imitative suicidal behavior transmitted via the mass media.
Fifty Shades of the 1880s Book Club
July 10, 2013 6:30pm at the Hackley and Hume Historic Site
Authors during the Victorian Era were often
shunned or banned for writing novels and
poetry about topics deemed erotic or
taboo. This book club will look at some of
the banned literature and discuss its
importance in history.
Book 3:
Les Fleurs du Mal by Charles Baudelaire (1857) France – poetry
The author and the publisher were prosecuted under the regime of the Second Empire as an outrage aux bonnes mœurs (trans. "an insult to public decency"). As a consequence of this prosecution, Baudelaire was fined 300 francs. Six poems from the work were suppressed and the ban on their publication was not lifted in France until 1949. These poems were "Lesbos", "Femmes damnés (À la pâle clarté)" (or "Women Doomed (In the pale glimmer...)"), "Le Léthé" (or "Lethe"), "À celle qui est trop gaie" (or "To Her Who Is Too Gay"), "Les Bijoux" (or "The Jewels"), and " Les "Métamorphoses du Vampire" (or "The Vampire's Metamorphoses").
Enviroworks
Session I: July 22-26, 2013
Session II: July 29-August 2, 2013
For more information, click HERE»
Fifty Shades of the 1880s Book Club
August 14, 2013 6:30pm at the Hackley and Hume Historic Site
Authors during the Victorian Era were often
shunned or banned for writing novels and
poetry about topics deemed erotic or
taboo. This book club will look at some of
the banned literature and discuss its
importance in history.
Book 4:
Noli Me Tangere by José Rizal (1887) Philippines (written in Spanish, translated to English and Tagalog)
Banned (in Philippines) for portrayal of corruption and abuse by the country's Spanish government and clergy - exposes the corruption and hypocrisy of the Philippine Roman Catholic Church and the ruling Spanish elite. Rizal was exiled to Dapitan, then later arrested for "inciting rebellion" based largely on his writings. Rizal was executed in Manila on December 30, 1896 at the age of thirty-five.
Fifty Shades of the 1880s Book Club
September 11, 2013 6:30pm at the Hackley and Hume Historic Site
Authors during the Victorian Era were often
shunned or banned for writing novels and
poetry about topics deemed erotic or
taboo. This book club will look at some of
the banned literature and discuss its
importance in history.
Book 5:
A Long Fatal Love Chase by Louisa May Alcott (1995 – written in 1866) United States of America
Publisher James R. Elliot rejected it for being "too long & too sensational!" A Gothic romance intended for serialization in the magazine The Flag of Our Union, it is a strongly feminist work and was meant to bring in funds to help support the family – not make waves in society. However, Alcott’s best known work Little Women, which was published two years after she wrote A Long Fatal Love Chase, has been heavily challenged over the years for issues regarding gender (though no specific incidents can be found where it was banned). The paradox of the challenges against Little Women lies in the fact that while in its own time it was considered “too radical” for insinuating that women could freely choose what they wanted out of life, others today argue that it didn’t go far enough.
Fifty Shades of the 1880s Book Club
October 9, 2013 6:30pm at the Hackley and Hume Historic Site
Authors during the Victorian Era were often shunned or banned for writing novels and poetry about topics deemed erotic or taboo. This book club will look at some of the banned literature and discuss its
importance in history.
Book 6:
Fanny Hill or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure by John Cleland (1748) England
The first pornography to use the form of a novel (first erotic novel written in English), it is often cited as the last truly banned book in America – that is, banned from sale by a government, in this case the state of Massachusetts.