Please join us for our fall fundraiser event on Saturday, September 30th, from 6:00 – 9:00 pm highlighting our Hemingway Archives held in the Special Collections of the Oak Park Public Library. The crown jewel within this archive collection is the famed “Dear John” letter Ernest Hemingway received from his nurse, Agnes von Kurowsky, upon his return to Oak Park after serving in the American Red Cross during World War I.  The evening’s festivities will focus on the seminal part this letter played both in Hemingway’s life and in literary history.

6:00 – 6:45 pm     Cocktail Reception with hors d'oeuvres

6:45 – 8:00 pm     Dear John Letter and Archival Presentation

8:00 – 9:00 pm     Archival Viewing and Cocktails
 
The evening will feature delicious catered hors d’oeuvres, cocktails by Papa’s Pilar, wine, beer, a separate raffle for professionally framed themed artwork of the Hemingway Birthplace ($400 value) or a Papa Pilar Themed Cooler Gift Basket ($550 value). Raffle tickets can be purchased in advance or on-site. We will also have on-site a fabulous Hemingway bookshelf (purchase a book for $20 and get a reward, $35-$100 value).

Tickets are $60.00 per person (includes hors d’oeuvres, two complimentary beverages of your choice).

Raffle Tickets are $20.00 each

DRESS ATTIRE: Smart Casual (No shorts, no jeans, etc)

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