The sessions will offer library directors an opportunity to talk about their librarys challenges and successes. Directors session at pritzker military museum and library. Topics cover the full spectrum of military history and include lectures, discussions, and interviews, with authors, scholars and. Pritzker military presents more than 500 streaming video programs right here, right now. Pritzker military library reception venues chicago, il. Since opening in 2003, it has become a center where citizens and citizen soldiers come together to learn about military history and the role of the armed. Explore the world from home highland park public library. Pritzker military presents is a televised series covering various topics in military history, and features film screenings, author presentations, and panel discussions with military officers and specialists in military history. Chicago access network television can tv gives every chicagoan a voice on cable television by providing video training, equipment, facilities, and channel time for chicago residents and nonprofit groups.
Can tvs five local, noncommercial channels reach one million viewers in the city of. The pritzker military library, located in chicago, illinois, has extensive collections in military history and military fiction, especially those works that illustrate the role of the citizensoldier. Acclaimed writer and journalist sebastian junger returns to the pritzker military museum and library for a discussion of his new film, korengal. The pmml features books, exhibits, live webcasts, and audio podcasts about the military. Im theo mayer the chief technologist for the commission and your host. The mission of the library is to build awareness of the importance of the military in our society by facilitating public debate and. Chill, a chicago based mindfulness platform, is offering 10 15 minute meditations at 12.
Our grants represent a desire to make a real and measurable difference in the organizations we support. Each is handselected and then monitored to ensure tawanis giving provides the maximum benefit both for the grant recipients and for the people and causes they support. They have included interviews with medal of honor recipients such as paul william bucha and gary l. With the new system, the institution streamlined workflows to have more time for user services and incorporated library metadata into wikipedia to help users find pritzkers resources. Pritzker military library celebrates 10th anniversary. Also represented are professional publications geared towards the different divisions within the armed services. Programs are also available for download as audio podcasts. History located in chicago, the pritzker military library is open to the public with live events and a collection of books, art, and artifacts that tell the story of the citizen soldier in american military history. Pritzker military museum and library distributed publishers.
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Pritzker military library podcasts pritzker military library. The october 15 song recital program will be recorded for future broadcast as an episode of pritzker military presents. World war i centennial commission, the pritzker military museum and library and the starr foundation. Keynote discussion with 2018 pritzker literature award recipient dennis showalter. Attendees who need parking will use millennium park garages. Pritzker military library presents 2006 episode list. Notable items include a nazi luftwaffe officers dagger and the medal of honor awarded to hershel woody williams for actions on iwo jima during wwii. We were glad it was free bc while we certainly appreciated what they are trying to do in the beautiful old building. These listening sessions will be informal 90 minute2 hour sessions.
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