Kewanee, IL – Get a jump on your Hog Days celebration at Kewanee Public Library with “Wild Boar to Baconfest”. The library is hosting the event at 102. S. Tremont St., on Wednesday, Aug. 30 at 6:30 pm.
Illinois Road Scholar, Cynthia Clampitt, will highlight the history of pigs and pork while examining the impact these animals have had worldwide. Clampitt’s focus will be on our the Midwest area, including examining why poet Carl Sandburg would call Chicago the “Hog Butcher for the World.”
The history of pigs and humans dates back more than 12,000 years. Pork is the most eaten meat in the world. Pigs also offer us potential medical advances.
The event will be co-produced by the Illinois Humanities Road Scholars Speakers Bureau, which invites Illinois authors, artists and educators to share their expertise and enthusiasm with people throughout the state, enabling local nonprofit organizations to present free-admission cultural programs to their communities.
Clampitt has been writing and talking about food history for thirty years and has even authored two books about food history. She now focuses on the American Midwest. She is a member of the Culinary Historians of Chicago, the Society of Women Geographers, the Agricultural History Society, and the Midwestern History Association.
“Wild Boar to Baconfest: Pigs in History and Popular Culture” is free and open to all audiences. For more information, visit www.kewaneelibrary.org or contact Kewanee Public Library at 309-852-4505.
The Kewanee Public Library strives to meet the needs of our community by connecting people with equitable access to resources, services, programs and technology. They have been empowering growth and connection in Kewanee since 1875.
Illinois Humanities, the Illinois affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, is a statewide nonprofit organization that activates the humanities through free public programs, grants, and educational opportunities that foster reflection, spark conversation, build community, and strengthen civic engagement. They provide free, high-quality humanities experiences throughout Illinois, particularly for communities of color, individuals living on low incomes, counties and towns in rural areas, small arts and cultural organizations, and communities highly impacted by mass incarceration. Founded in 1974, Illinois Humanities is supported by state, federal, and private funds. Find them on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn @ILHumanities.
