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Join us for a month-long celebration of new vegan dishes all over Champaign! Businesses across the area will showcase exciting special vegan menu items, giving everyone the opportunity to explore creative plant-based dishes crafted by talented local chefs.

How It Works:
- Visit participating restaurants throughout Champaign
- Try their exclusive vegan offerings.
- Share your experience—vote, comment, post photos of your favorite meals, and tag us at @veganchefchallengeMW
This event is open to everyone—not just vegans! It’s about bringing our community together to celebrate incredible food and support Champaign chefs.

Get Involved:
Looking for ways to connect? Volunteer with us! We’re seeking passionate individuals to help with outreach, event promotion, and community building throughout the month. It's a great way to meet like-minded people and make a difference! Volunteer using this link: TinyURL.com/VOLVCC
Join us in making Champaign an even more inclusive, vibrant, and compassionate community.
For details on participating businesses, menus, sponsorship opportunities, and more, visit our website at veganchefchallenge.org/Champaign

Join us for a month-long celebration of new vegan dishes all over Champaign! Businesses across the area will showcase exciting special vegan menu items, giving everyone the opportunity to explore creative plant-based dishes crafted by talented local chefs.

How It Works:
- Visit participating restaurants throughout Champaign
- Try their exclusive vegan offerings.
- Share your experience—vote, comment, post photos of your favorite meals, and tag us at @veganchefchallengeMW
This event is open to everyone—not just vegans! It’s about bringing our community together to celebrate incredible food and support Champaign chefs.

Get Involved:
Looking for ways to connect? Volunteer with us! We’re seeking passionate individuals to help with outreach, event promotion, and community building throughout the month. It's a great way to meet like-minded people and make a difference! Volunteer using this link: TinyURL.com/VOLVCC
Join us in making Champaign an even more inclusive, vibrant, and compassionate community.
For details on participating businesses, menus, sponsorship opportunities, and more, visit our website at veganchefchallenge.org/Champaign

Bitcoin. The digital dollar. Central bank digital currencies. Inflation. Interest rates. Everyone has an opinion on what is happening to money right now, but very few people actually understand it.

On April 10, UIS Innovate Springfield and the UIS College of Business and Management are bringing someone who does. Dr. Barbara Kolm is the Founding Director of the Austrian Economics Center, the number one independent think tank in Austria and 21st in the world, President of the F.A. von Hayek Institute in Vienna, and a former Vice President of the Austrian Central Bank. She founded the Free Market Road Show, an annual conference series that now reaches more than 40 countries, holds a seat in the Austrian National Council, and is a Professor of Austrian Economics at the University of Donja Gorica in Montenegro. She is coming to Springfield to explain what is really going on and what it means for everyday people, business owners, and anyone thinking about their financial future.

Her talk is called “Freedom, Decentralized: From The Wealth of Nations to Bitcoin.” She will be joined by Dr. Per Bylund, entrepreneurship professor and Senior Fellow at the Mises Institute, for a full morning of conversation on economics, markets, and what it takes to build real value. It is free to attend and open to everyone.

You will leave with a clearer way to think about digital currency, financial freedom, and where the global economy is heading.

Step into the spirit of the holidays with decor arranged by the Springfield Civic Garden Club. Enjoy the sparkle of art glass throughout the house. Tours run every 15 minutes; final departure at 6:30 PM. Post-tour cocoa and s'mores in the courtyard, with live music by Ben Bedford from 5:00 PM-6:30 PM. (No live music December 26.) Courtyard closes at 7:45 PM. Registration available through Eventbrite but not required.

Join us for a month-long celebration of new vegan dishes all over Champaign! Businesses across the area will showcase exciting special vegan menu items, giving everyone the opportunity to explore creative plant-based dishes crafted by talented local chefs.

How It Works:
- Visit participating restaurants throughout Champaign
- Try their exclusive vegan offerings.
- Share your experience—vote, comment, post photos of your favorite meals, and tag us at @veganchefchallengeMW
This event is open to everyone—not just vegans! It’s about bringing our community together to celebrate incredible food and support Champaign chefs.

Get Involved:
Looking for ways to connect? Volunteer with us! We’re seeking passionate individuals to help with outreach, event promotion, and community building throughout the month. It's a great way to meet like-minded people and make a difference! Volunteer using this link: TinyURL.com/VOLVCC
Join us in making Champaign an even more inclusive, vibrant, and compassionate community.
For details on participating businesses, menus, sponsorship opportunities, and more, visit our website at veganchefchallenge.org/Champaign

Junior Historians is the ALPLM’s signature educational series designed to cultivate civic awareness and inspire young minds to become thoughtful, engaged citizens – just as Abraham Lincoln once did. Whether through imaginative play, investigative challenges, or spirited debate, Junior Historians connects personal growth with civic responsibility, empowering the next generation to shape their communities with purpose and compassion.

Float on down the river and join the ALPLM’s Education Team for a splashing good time! This fun and interactive program explores different modes of transportation in Lincoln’s time—by land, water, and more. We’ll dive into the exciting story of young Abraham Lincoln’s flatboat adventure and discover how it helped shape his journey toward leadership. Perfect for curious learners and history explorers!

This program is for third through fifth graders. It's free to attend, but advance reservations are required.

Junior Historians is the ALPLM’s signature educational series designed to cultivate civic awareness and inspire young minds to become thoughtful, engaged citizens – just as Abraham Lincoln once did. Whether through imaginative play, investigative challenges, or spirited debate, Junior Historians connects personal growth with civic responsibility, empowering the next generation to shape their communities with purpose and compassion.

Looking to boost your leadership skills and prepare for the future? Join the ALPLM Education Team on April 11 at 1:30 p.m. at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library for an interactive session focused on learning about what Civil Discourse is and building effective communication skills—essential for the workplace and everyday life. Come ready to learn, practice, and grow!

This program is for ninth through twelfth graders. It's free to attend, but advance registration is required.

Violist Michael Hall will perform a FREE solo concert in the Senate Chamber of the Old State Capitol in Springfield featuring works from Stacy Garrop, Michelle McQuade Dewhirst, Nico Muhly, Györgi Ligeti, and others!
Presented by New Music Springfield in partnership with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources

We're excited to bring you a new series of Civil War education programs at the Old State Capitol State Historic Site. On the Saturdays listed below, the Old State Capitol will be open for self-guided tours from 5:00-7:00 pm with short 20-minute presentations on weekly themes at 5:00, 5:45, and 6:30 pm. Presentations will vary week to week, but may include discussions with interpretive staff, interpreters in historic clothing, historic photography, props, artifacts, and/or hands-on activities.

This program is free and open to all ages; reservations are optional.

TEAM LINCOLN invites you and your friends to put on your thinking caps and join us for a night of trivia in the museum on Saturday evening, April 11!

The ALPLM’s Joe Crain and Russ Friedewald from the Trivia Workshop will serve as your emcees for an evening of fun and challenging trivia. Teams of ten will be quizzed on a variety of topics and questions -– from the Lincoln Legacy and Civil War to Illinois History, America 250, the full gamut of pop culture from movies and television to celebrities and music and more!

The top three scoring teams will be recognized with EACH team member receiving a gift certificate from our museum store.

Don’t wait! Get your table reserved today! Proceeds benefit the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Public Trust Fund and our efforts to share the Lincoln Legacy and the diverse history of Illinois with the nation and world.

Tables are available for $150 per teams of ten. If you don’t have enough players to form a full team, we’ve set aside a limited number of tables to pair you up with other soon-to-be friends to form a team.

Doors will open at 6:15 p.m. Trivia begins at 7:00 p.m. A cash bar with beer, wine, and soda, along with light snacks will be available and you’re more than welcome to bring your own snacks!