OPALGA and the Center on Halsted Join Forces to Bring You “Brunch with Hemingway”
Do you often find yourself visiting Chicago-area landmarks only when you have family or friends in from out of town? If you do, you are not alone. Well, OPALGA and the Center on Halsted have come together to give you an opportunity to see a part of Oak Park history and meet new people while you are doing it. On Sunday, January 28, we will be hosting an event where you can learn more about the Center on Halsted as well as OPALGA, make new friends, have brunch at Oak Park’s Hemmingway’s Bistro, and visit both the Ernest Hemingway Museum and his Birthplace Home.
The brunch will start at 11:00 a.m. at Hemmingway’s Bistro, 211 N. Oak Park Ave., Oak Park, and will include, along with socializing, a brief introduction to the Center on Halsted. Following brunch, attendees will be treated to a tour of the Ernest Hemingway Museum, which features rare photos of Hemingway, his childhood diary, letters, early writings and other memorabilia as well as videos documenting the author’s life and work. This event will also include a tour of the Victorian home where Ernest Hemingway was born in 1899 and you will learn a great deal about his early family life.
Tickets for the event are $35.00 per person, which includes brunch as well as the tours of the museum and birthplace home. Tickets can be purchased by calling The OPALGA Center at (708) 848-0273 or by visiting the Center on Halsted Web site at www.centeronhalsted.org.
We hope that you will be able to join us!
