The Deerfield Public Library Podcast
Episodes
Queer Poem-a-Day: The Baby Inside My Baby by Nomi Stone
04 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Poet and anthropologist Nomi Stone is the author of three books, most recently the poetry collection Kill Class (Tupelo, 2019), finalist for the Julie...
Queer Poem-a-Day: Obsessions by Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué
03 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué is a poet and writer living in Chicago. He is most recently the author of Madness (Nightboat Books, 2022) and Losing Miami (The A...
Queer Poem-a-Day: Birthday Suits by Joshua Jennifer Espinoza
02 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza is a trans woman poet. Her work has been featured in Poetry Magazine, the American Poetry Review, Southeast Review, The Rumpu...
Queer Poem-a-Day: Self Portrait as a Body, A Sea by Donika Kelly
01 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Donika Kelly is the author of The Renunciations (Graywolf), winner of the Anisfield-Wolf book award in poetry, and Bestiary (Graywolf), the winner of ...
Queer Poem-a-Day 2022, an introduction
26 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We are so excited to launch the second year of our special Pride Month podcast series Queer Poem-a-Day. Exclusive to the Deerfield Public Library Podc...
54: beautiful small things, a LYNX Project album with lyrics by neurodiverse young writers
28 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
beautiful small things features songs from the LYNX Project, a Chicago-based non-profit, and their Amplify Series, which takes texts written by primar...
53: Dr. Debbie Reese, author of American Indians in Children's Literature and An Indigenous People's History of the United States for Young People
29 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We are honored to welcome Dr. Debbie Reese, a tribally enrolled Nambé Pueblo author and scholar. Dr. Reese is best known for her popular blog Americ...
52: Richie Hofmann, author of A Hundred Lovers
24 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A Hundred Lovers (Knopf, 2022) is the second collection by poet Richie Hofmann. Hofmann is also the author of Second Empire (Alice James Books, 2015)....
51: Dr. Paula Derdiger, author of Reconstruction Fiction: Housing and Realist Literature in Postwar Britain
18 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Reconstruction Fiction: Housing and Realist Literature in Postwar Britain (Ohio State University Press, 2020) by Dr. Paula Derdiger, Associate Profe...
50: Lisa Hiton, author of Afterfeast
21 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Celebrating the debut full-length poetry collection, Afterfeast, by poet Lisa Hiton. Lisa Hiton grew up in Deerfield and recently collaborated with t...
Best of: Author Rosellen Brown
17 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Our conversation with acclaimed author Rosellen Brown. Originally released in two parts in February and March 2020 at the start of the pandemic lockdo...
49: Rachel Mennies, author of The Naomi Letters
12 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Naomi Letters (BOA Editions, 2021) by Chicago-based poet Rachel Mennies takes an unusual form--each poem in the collection is a dated letter or dr...
Queer Poem-a-Day: Jenny Johnson "The Lone Palm"
30 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jenny Johnson is the author of In Full Velvet (Sarabande Books, 2017). Her honors include a Whiting Award, a Hodder Fellowship at Princeton University...
Queer Poem-a-Day: Dan Kraines "Donuts"
29 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Kraines earned a PhD in poetics. Queer Longing, his manuscript, won the Susan B. Anthony Dissertation prize in gender and sexuality studies, from ...
Queer Poem-a-Day: Eileen Myles "Love Song"
28 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Eileen Myles (they/them) came to New York from Boston in 1974 to be a poet. Their books include For Now (an essay/talk about writing), I Must Be Livin...
Queer Poem-a-Day: Lauren Clark "Observation Car"
27 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Lauren Clark is the author of MUSIC FOR A WEDDING (2017), but also isn't a poet right now. Text of today's poem and more details about our program can...
Queer Poem-a-Day: Kazim Ali "Abu Nuwas"
26 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kazim Ali was born in the United Kingdom and has lived transnationally in the United States, Canada, India, France, and the Middle East. His books enc...
Queer Poem-a-Day: Julian Guy "High School Sleepovers with Straight Girls"
25 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Julian Guy is a queer and genderqueer writer born in the West. Julian is a graduate from the University of Nevada, Reno, where they received the DQ Cr...
Queer Poem-a-Day: Carl Phillips "Is It True All Legends Once Were Rumors"
24 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Carl Phillips is the author of 15 books of poetry. He teaches at Washington University in St. Louis. Twitter: @CPhillipsPoet Instagram: @pinestereo ...
Queer Poem-a-Day: Jameson Fitzpatrick "Duplicity"
23 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jameson Fitzpatrick is the author of the poetry collection Pricks in the Tapestry (Birds, LLC, 2020) and the chapbooks Mr. & (Indolent Books, 2018) an...
Queer Poem-a-Day: D. A. Powell "Puzzle Pieces"
22 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
D. A. Powell is a painter and poet living in San Francisco. His books include Repast (Graywolf, 2014) and Useless Landscape, or A Guide for Boys (Gray...
Queer Poem-a-Day: Amanda Gunn "Things I Didn't Do With this Body and Things I Did"
21 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Amanda Gunn is a poet, teacher, and PhD candidate at Harvard where she studies poetry, ephemerality, and Black pleasure. Raised in Connecticut, she wo...
Queer Poem-a-Day: Michael M. Weinstein "An Act"
20 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Michael M. Weinstein is a poet, scholar, and teacher. His writing has appeared or is forthcoming in The New Yorker, Boston Review, Conjunctions, The I...
Queer Poem-a-Day: Randall Mann "Eros"
19 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Randall Mann is the author of five collections of poetry: A BETTER LIFE, PROPRIETARY, STRAIGHT RAZOR, BREAKFAST WITH THOM GUNN, and COMPLAINT IN THE G...
Queer Poem-a-Day: Jill McDonough "What a Waste"
18 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jill McDonough's books of poems include Here All Night (Alice James, 2019), Reaper (Alice James, 2017), Where You Live (Salt, 2012), and Habeas Corpus...
Queer Poem-a-Day: Xandria Phillips "Want Could Kill Me"
17 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Xandria Phillips is a Whiting Award-winning poet, and visual artist from rural Ohio. The recipient of a LAMBDA Literary Award, and the Judith A. Marko...
Queer Poem-a-Day: Jay Besemer "The Window"
16 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jay Besemer is the author of the poetry collections Theories of Performance (The Lettered Streets Press, 2020), The Ways of the Monster (KIN(D) Texts...
Queer Poem-a-Day: Catherine Pond "Riding the Bus Back to Oxford"
15 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Catherine Pond was born in New York City and grew up in Georgia. She is the author of Fieldglass (Southern Illinois University Press 2021), winner of ...
Queer Poem-a-Day: Cyril Wong "The Men We Loved"
14 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Cyril Wong has been described by The Oxford Companion to Modern Poetry in English as a confessional poet in Singapore, based mainly on "a barely subme...
Queer Poem-a-Day: Phillip B. Williams "Of Contour, of Cadence"
13 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Phillip B. Williams is from Chicago, IL and author of the book Thief in the Interior (Alice James 2016). A recipient of the Kate Tufts Discovery Award...
Queer Poem-a-Day: Julia Guez "Forty"
12 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Julia Guez is a writer and translator based in Brooklyn. Her essays, interviews, fiction, poetry and translations have appeared in Guernica, POETRY, T...
Queer Poem-a-Day: Rachel Mennies "[unsent draft]"
11 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel Mennies is the author of the poetry collections The Naomi Letters (BOA Editions, 2021) and The Glad Hand of God Points Backwards, the 2014 winn...
Queer Poem-a-Day: Richie Hofmann "Male Beauty"
10 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Richie Hofmann's new book of poems, A Hundred Lovers, will be published by Knopf in 2022. A former Stegner Fellow, he currently teaches at Stanford Un...
Queer Poem-a-Day: Henri Cole "Embers"
09 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Henri Cole was born in Fukuoka, Japan, in 1956. He has published over half a dozen collections of poetry, including Touch, Pierce the Skin, and Blizza...
Queer Poem-a-Day: Chen Chen "Summer"
08 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Chen Chen is the author of When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities (BOA Editions, 2017), which was long listed for the National B...
Queer Poem-a-Day: H. Melt "Prayer for My Trans Siblings"
07 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
H. Melt is a poet, artist and educator whose work celebrates trans people, history and culture. They are the author of The Plural, The Blurring and ed...
Queer Poem-a-Day: Ruben Quesada "Billow of Thistles"
06 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ruben Quesada is the author of Revelations and Next Extinct Mammal. His writing has appeared in the Best American Poetry, Harvard Review, American Poe...
Queer Poem-a-Day: Andrea Cohen "Eavesdropping on Adam and Eve"
05 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Andrea Cohen's poems have appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, The Threepenny Review, and elsewhere. Her most recent poetry collections a...
Queer Poem-a-Day: Gala Mukomolova "Ana I Don't Forget"
04 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Gala Mukomolova is a Moscow-born, Brooklyn-raised, poet and essayist. Her full length book, Without Protection, is available through Coffee House Pres...
Queer Poem-a-Day: Sam Herschel Wein "Nature Poem"
03 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Herschel Wein (he/they) is a Chicago-based poet who specializes in perpetual frolicking. Their second chapbook, GESUNDHEIT!, a collaboration with ...
Queer Poem-a-Day: Derrick Austin "Is This or Is This True as Happiness"
02 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Derrick Austin is the author of Tenderness, forthcoming from BOA Editions in Fall 2021, and Trouble the Water (BOA Editions). He is a 2019-2021 Steg...
Queer Poem-a-Day: Shelley Wong "Pride Month"
01 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Shelley Wong is the author of As She Appears (YesYes Books, 2022), winner of the 2019 Pamet River Prize, and the chapbook RARE BIRDS (Diode Editions, ...
Queer Poem-a-Day, an introduction with Lisa Hiton & Dylan Zavagno
20 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For Pride Month we are reinventing our regular podcast interview series as a new daily poetry podcast featuring poems written and read by contemporary...
48: Dr. Jason Oliver Chang on "Unmasking Yellow Peril"
15 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Jason Oliver Chang is Associate Professor of History, as well as Asian and Asian American Studies at the University of Connecticut. We use Dr. Cha...
47: Jasmon Drain, author of Stateway's Garden: Stories
18 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Stateway's Garden by our guest Jasmon Drain is a debut collection of linked short stories that explore characters who live in and are shaped by the C...
46: Patrick T. Reardon, author of The Loop: The "L" Tracks that Shaped and Saved Chicago
11 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Loop: The "L" Tracks that Shaped and Saved Chicago by our guest Patrick T. Reardon argues that the rectangular loop of elevated train tracks in ...
45: Dan Chiasson, author of The Math Campers: Poems
14 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Math Campers is Dan Chiasson's fifth book of poetry. He is the poetry critic for The New Yorker, a frequent contributor to the New York Review of...
44: Dr. Kishonna Gray, author of Intersectional Tech
12 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Intersectional Tech: Black Users in Digital Gaming (Louisiana State University Press) by Dr. Kishonna Gray documents and analyzes how the intersection...
43: Cool Careers! Family episode with Ashley Wolff, Peter L., & Dr. Liz Rampe
15 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our first Youth and Family episode--with the theme "Cool Careers!" Kary Henry, our School Outreach Coordinator, joins as co-host to share three interv...
42: Erik Gellman, author of Troublemakers: Chicago Freedom Struggles through the Lens of Art Shay
17 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Troublemakers: Chicago Freedom Struggles through the Lens of Art Shay, by our guest Erik Gellman, fuses photography and history to explore many "movem...
41: Jordan Melic, author of A Tree to Take Us Up to Heaven
13 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A Tree to Take Us Up to Heaven is a fascinating debut novel by our guest, Jordan Melic. A Young Adult novel combining adventure, history, and mytholog...
40: "How can white people accelerate racial justice?" with Christine Saxman
16 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Racial and social justice facilitator Christine Saxman discusses the question, "how can white people accelerate racial justice?" Christine describes...
39: Sarah MacLean and Jen Prokop of Fated Mates
11 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah MacLean and Jen Prokop are the hosts of the romance literature podcast, Fated Mates. Sarah MacLean is a bestselling author of historical romanc...
38: Bulls in Deerfield; K.C. Johnson on The Last Dance and more
14 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
K.C. Johnson, Bulls Insider for NBC Sports Chicago, discusses The Last Dance and memories of the Chicago Bulls in Deerfield. The Last Dance, ESPN's ...
37: 1918 Pandemic in Illinois with Graham Ambrose
16 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Graham Ambrose on Illinois during the 1918 influenza pandemic. Graham (twitter) is currently a reporter for the Quad City Times, where last month he w...
36: Author Rosellen Brown, Part 2
12 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Part 2 of our 2 part conversation with acclaimed author Rosellen Brown. We discuss her new novel The Lake on Fire (Sarabande Books, 2018) and it fits ...
35: Author Rosellen Brown, Part 1
13 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Part 1 of our 2 part conversation with acclaimed author Rosellen Brown. We discuss themes that run through Brown's whole career, and how she uses form...
34: Sam Herschel Wein, poet
23 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with the Chicago-based poet Sam Herschel Wein, author of the chapbooks Fruit Mansion (2017) and, in collaboration with the poet Chen Ch...
33: Nina Barrett, author of The Leopold and Loeb Files
12 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Leopold and Loeb Files: An Intimate Look at One of America's Most Infamous Crimes by Nina Barrett illuminates one of the most mythologized crime ...
32: Legalized Cannabis with Rep. Bob Morgan
10 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Illinois State Rep. Bob Morgan talks about the new Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, which legalizes recreational marijuana use in Illinois starting on...
31: Marina Shifrin, author of 30 Before 30: How I Made a Mess of My 20s and You Can Too
12 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
30 Before 30: How I Made a Mess of My 20s and You Can Too, documents Marina Shifrin's quest to complete 30 goals before turning 30. Each chapter in ...
30: Howard Reich, author of The Art of Inventing Hope: Intimate Conversations with Elie Wiesel
08 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Art of Inventing Hope: Intimate Conversations with Elie Wiesel recounts Howard Reich's four years of friendship and conversation with Wiesel, th...
29: Derrick Procell, blues musician
02 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Blues musician and longtime Deerfield resident Derrick Procell has made a name for himself in the music and ad industry for his energy, talent, and st...
28: Chris Claremont, legendary X-Men writer!
13 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
X-Men in Deerfield! In Chris Claremont's nearly 20-year run writing X-Men comics, he wrote many classic stories that made The Uncanny X-Men a bestse...
27: Richard Rothstein, author of The Color of Law
09 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Rothstein, author of The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America. Rothstein's widely praised book makes cle...
26: Congressman Brad Schneider
11 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Rep. Brad Schneider has a special connection to Deerfield. Not only does he represent our village as part of Illinois' 10th District in the U.S. House...
25: Molly Page & Masala Sapphire, recent Library program presenters!
14 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Two of our most popular recent program presenters are featured! First up, Molly Page, author of 100 Things to Do in Chicago Before You Die. She fills...
24: Ken Krimstein, cartoonist-author of The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt
07 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt, a comics biography of the Jewish-German philosopher by Ken Krimstein. Ken is also a frequent cartoonist for The Ne...
23: Graham Ambrose, writer & the Fight to Integrate Deerfield
10 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Graham Ambrose has written for The Washington Post and The Boston Globe. Graham wrote a recent history thesis at Yale about his hometown's history an...
22: William Hazelgrove, author of Madam President & Wright Brothers, Wrong Story
08 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
William Hazelgrove is a Chicago author of many novels and nonfiction books, and is a frequent and popular speaker here at the Library. Bill is current...
21: The Center for Enriched Living with Harriet Levy, Executive Director
11 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Deerfield Public Library Podcast, we celebrate the Center for Enriched Living, a local non-profit organization serving people w...
20: Lake County Forest Preserves with Nan Buckardt, Dir. of Education
13 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dinosaurs in Deerfield? Endangered turtles? 300 year old trees? Yes! On this episode of the Deerfield Public Library Podcast, we learn about the pla...
19: Sonali Dev, author of A Distant Heart
09 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Author of "books with a Bollywood beat," Sonali Dev tells us about her most recent novel, A Distant Heart, which tells the story of Kimi, whose chil...
18: Local poets: Herb Berman, MJ Gabrielsen, & Jacqueline Nicole Harris
12 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Herb Berman, MJ Gabrielsen, and Jacqueline Nicole Harris. They are all members of the Library Poets group, which meets every Tuesday evening at the Li...
17: Colt Cabana, wrestler, with Erica Weisz, author & illustrator
14 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Wrestler Colt Cabana is our guest. AKA Scott Colton, Colt grew up in Deerfield dreaming of one day becoming a professional wrestler. Colt has amasse...
16: Kyla Guru of Bits N' Bytes Cybersecurity Education
10 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We talk all things cybersecurity with the inspiring Kyla Guru. Kyla is the founder of Bits N' Bytes Cybersecurity Education, an educational and advoca...
15: Martin Clancy; the opioid crisis from a local expert
12 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Opioid abuse prevention and treatment with Martin Clancy, the Project Coordinator for Drug Overdose Prevention Programs at the Lake County Health Depa...
14: J.R. Jones, Chicago Reader film critic
15 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
J.R. Jones, film critic and author of The Lives of Robert Ryan, tells us about what it's like to work as a movie reviewer today. Find his reviews an...
13: Jeffrey Brown, cartoonist & author
08 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Known for Darth Vader and Son and the Jedi Academy series as well as Clumsy, Funny Misshapen Body, & A Matter of Life, Jeffrey Brown has been a prolif...
12: Art Shay, photographer & writer
11 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Legendary photographer and writer Art Shay's work has appeared in LIFE, Time, Sports Illustrated, and many other publications. Our conversation is ful...
End-of-year break!
14 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We're taking a break from our monthly episodes for this busy time of year, but we'll be back in January with perhaps our most notable local yet. Thank...
11: Elizabeth Rynecki, author of Chasing Portraits
09 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Author of Chasing Portraits: A Great-Granddaughter's Quest for Her Lost Art Legacy, Elizabeth Rynecki. We discuss about her amazing memoir and documen...
10: Natalie Kirsch & Peter Fitzgerald, Deerfield Rotary Co- Presidents
12 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Deerfield Rotary Club co-presidents Natalie Kirsch & Peter Fitzgerald. Check out deerfieldrotary.org for more info about their unique projects and how...
9: Dr. Mike Lubelfeld, Superintendent, Deerfield District 109
14 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Michael Lubelfeld, the superintendent of District 109, Deerfield's elementary schools is our guest. We discussed the state of education today in D...
Deerfield Public Art Audio Tour
10 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Guided audio walking tour of public art in Deerfield, IL. Find map & guide and more info at deerfieldlibrary.org/arttour. Tour features artists Lars-B...
8: Mary Block, sculptor & Lars-Birger Sponberg, painter
10 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Mary Block, sculptor & Lars-Birger Sponberg, painter, both with longtime Deerfield connections and artwork in the community. Check out the Deerfield P...
7: Charlie Meyerson, proprietor of ChicagoPublicSquare.com & longtime Chicago-area "bringer of news"
17 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Charlie Meyerson, proprietor of ChicagoPublicSquare.com, a free email news roundup. We talk "fake news" and the state of the media today. Charlie visi...
6: Gale Gand, James Beard Award-winning pastry chef, Food Network star, cookbook author, and more!
14 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Chef Gale Gand, James Beard Award-winner, co-founder of the restaurant TRU, cookbook author, Food Network star on Sweet Dreams (and a whole lot more) ...
5: Mary Kubica, author of The Good Girl, Pretty Baby, & Don't You Cry
11 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Bestseller Mary Kubica, author of The Good Girl, Pretty Baby, and Don't You Cry is our guest this month! We discuss the themes that run through her ...
4: Julie Morrison, Illinois State Senator, 29th District
13 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
State Senator Julie Morrison of Illinois's 29th District is our guest this month. Julie discusses her career path, how best to get involved in local g...
3: Deputy Chief Ray Larson of the Deerfield Bannockburn Fire District
05 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Deputy Chief Ray Larson of the Deerfield Bannockburn Fire District is our guest this month. He discusses the path to becoming a firefighter, specific...
2: Vicki Street, Executive Director of the Deerfield Bannockburn Riverwoods Chamber of Commerce
08 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Executive Director of the Deerfield Bannockburn Riverwoods Chamber of Commerce, Vicki Street, is our feature interviewee this month. We discuss the Ch...
1: Mayor Harriet Rosenthal
11 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Deerfield's current Mayor, Harriet Rosenthal is our feature interviewee this month. Mayor Rosenthal discusses her path from community volunteer to the...
Veteran's Day Audio Tour of the Deerfield Illinois Cemetery
26 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Use this audio walking tour to explore Deerfield-area veterans (and other related people) in the historic cemetery in Deerfield Illinois. Narrator Dyl...
Deerfield Illinois Cemetery Audio Tour
26 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Use this audio walking tour to explore the historic cemetery in Deerfield Illinois. Narrator Dylan Zavagno will introduce the tour and guide you to th...