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HPL After Dark: Summer Concert

Sunday, July 28th

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Bring family, friends, neighbors, and a picnic dinner to Memorial Hall Lawn for some summertime fun!

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Staged Reading: Swan Soong, a new play by Jyl Bonaguro

Wednesday, July 24th

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Join us for a staged reading and Q&A. Swan Soong, set in 1940s Shanghai, follows the lives of the famous Chinese Soong Sisters and Illinois native, Emily Hahn. Love, humor and double crossing abound. Doors open at 6:00 pm.

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