Calendar
Leslie Goddard
MARCH AND APRIL 2021 are now fully booked and I am no longer able to accept bookings for those months
MOST IN-PERSON BOOKINGS FOR EARLY 2021 HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. Even if an in-person event is listed here, always check with the presenting organization to see if it is still on.
NOTE FOR AUDIENCE MEMBERS: Not all events are free and many require advance registration. Please contact the organization directly if you are interested in attending.
This calendar is updated approximately once a month. It may take up to 4 weeks for a booking to appear here.
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March 1, 2021, 2 p.m., private event
March 1, 2021, 7 p.m., Mount Prospect Public Library, Betty Crocker lecture (virtual event)
March 2, 2021, 7 p.m., Prospect Heights Public Library, America's First Ladies lecture (virtual event)
CANCELLED March 3, 2021, 10 a.m., First Ntl Bank Evergreen Park, Typhoid Mary lecture (virtual event)
March 3, 2021, 7 p.m., private event
March 4, 2021, 1 p.m. CST (2 p.m. EST), Great Neck Library, N.Y., America's Candy History (virtual event)
March 4, 2021, 7 p.m., Yorkville Garden Club, Rachel Carson
March 6, 2021, 9:30 a.m., private event
March 7, 2021, 2 p.m., Byron Forest Preserve District, Rachel Carson
March 8, 2021, 6:30 p.m., White Oak Library, Betty Crocker lecture (virtual event)
March 9, 2021, 1:30 p.m., private event
March 9, 2021, 6:30 p.m., private event
March 10, 2021, noon, private event
March 10, 2021, 7 p.m., Bloomington Public Library, Lizzie Borden (virtual event)
March 11, 2021, 12:15 p.m., private event
March 11, 2021, 7 p.m., Acorn Public Library Dist., Queen Elizabeth II (virtual event)
March 13, 2021, 11:30 a.m., private event
March 13, 2021, 2 p.m., Berwyn Public Library, Betty Crocker (virtual event)
March 13, 2021, 4 p.m., Stickney-Forest View Public Library Dist., Rachel Carson (virtual event)
March 14, 2021, 1 p.m., private event
March 15, 2021, 10 a.m., Old Plank Community Bank, Route 66
March 15, 2021, 1 p.m. CST (2 p.m. EST), New City Library, NY, Little Black Dress (virtual event)
March 15, 2021, 7 p.m., Clarendon Hills Public Library, Typhoid Mary (virtual event)
March 16, 2021, 3 p.m., Elgin Community College, Amelia Earhart (virtual event)
March 16, 2021, 6:30 p.m., Twin Cities Civil War Round Table, Gone With the Wind (virtual event)
March 17, 2021, 7 p.m., Palatine Public Library, Clara Barton
March 18, 2021, 1:30 p.m., private event
March 18, 2021, 7 p.m., AAUW Downers Grove and Lombard, Eleanor Roosevelt (virtual event)
March 19, 2021, 10:30 a.m., The East Wing, Glenview, TBD
March 19, 2021, 7 p.m., Lisle District Library, Votes for Women (virtual event)
March 20, 2021, 10 a.m., Lake Forest Library, Route 66 (virtual event)
March 20, 2021, 1 p.m. (11 a.m. Pacific), City of Moorpark, Betty Crocker (virtual event)
March 20, 2021, 3 p.m., Oak Park River Forest Museum, Amelia Earhart (virtual event)
March 21, 2021, 6 p.m., private event
March 22, 2021, 11:15 a.m., private event
March 22, 2021, 7 p.m., Indian Prairie Public Library, America's First Ladies (virtual event)
March 23, 2021, 11:30 a.m., Eastern Iowa Community College Continuing Education, Betty Crocker lecture
March 23, 2021, 5:30 p.m. CST (6:30 p.m. EST), Adams County Library, PA, Betty Crocker lecture (virtual event)
March 24, 2021, 1 p.m., Jacob Henry Mansion Estate, Queen Elizabeth II
March 24, 2021, 7 p.m., Mount Prospect Public Library, Rachel Carson (virtual event)
March 25, 2021, 1 p.m., Jacob Henry Mansion Estate, Chicago Candy
March 25, 2021, 7 p.m., North Riverside Public Library, Queen Elizabeth II (virtual event)
March 26, 2021, 2 p.m., Park District of Oak Park, Afternoon Tea
March 26, 2021, Noon (1 p.m. EST), Seaford Public Library, First Ladies (virtual event)
March 29, 2021, 6 p.m., Three Rivers Public Library District, Votes for Women (virtual event)
March 30, 2021, 7 p.m., private event
March 31, 2021, 10 a.m., private event
March 31, 2021, 7 p.m., Algonquin Area Public Library Dist., Queen Elizabeth II (virtual event)
March 30-April 3, 2021, UNAVAILABLE
April 4, 2021, 1 p.m., Ethical Humanist Society, Eleanor Roosevelt (virtual event)
April 5, 2021, 3 p.m. (1:30 Pacific), Aldersly Senior Living, Amelia Earhart (virtual event)
April 5, 2021, 6:30 p.m., Bloomingdale Public Library Dist., Little Black Dress (virtual event)
April 6, 2021, 1 p.m., private event
April 6, 2021, 6 p.m. CST (7 p.m. EST), Bayville Free Library, NY, Titanic Survivor Violet Jessop (virtual event)
April 7, 2021, 1 p.m., Jacob Henry Mansion Estate, Afternoon Tea
April 7, 2021, 6 p.m. (7 p.m. Eastern), Oyster Bay-East Norwich Public Library, Midcentury Cuisine (virtual)
April 8, 2021, 10 a.m., private event
April 8, 2021, 1 p.m., Ela Area Public Library Dist., Queen Elizabeth II (virtual event)
April 8, 2021, 6:30 p.m., Saint Louis Culinary Society, Betty Crocker (virtual event)
April 10, 2021, 2 p.m., Warrenville Historical Museum and Art Gallery, Route 66 (virtual event)
April 11, 2021, 1 p.m., private event
April 12, 2021, 9:30 a.m., private event
April 12, 2021, 3:30 p.m. (1:30 Pacific), Aldersly Senior Living, Jackie Kennedy
April 12, 2021, 7 p.m., Bartlett Public Library District, Route 66 (virtual lecture)
April 13, 2021, 1 p.m., Jacob Henry Mansion Estate, Royal Weddings
April 13, 2021, 7 p.m, Wheaton Public Library, Nancy Drew (virtual event)
April 14, 2021, 1 p.m., Villa Park Recreation, Violet Jessop
April 14, 2021, 7 p.m., Indian Prairie Public Library, Rachel Carson (virtual event)
April 15, 2021, 10 a.m., Glen Ellyn Book Review Group, Bad Blood
April 15, 2021, 7 p.m., Harper College Library, Route 66 Eats (virtual event)
April 16, 2021, 7 p.m., Wheaton College Church, Eleanor Roosevelt
April 17, 2021, 1 p.m, private event
April 18, 2021, 2 p.m, Elmhurst History Museum, Eleanor Roosevelt
April 19, 2021, 7 p.m., Fremont Public Library, Lizzie Borden (virtual event)
April 20, 2021, 10:30 a.m., private event
April 20, 2021, 2 p.m., Northbrook Park Dist., Rachel Carson
April 21, 2021, 1 p.m., Jacob Henry Mansion Estate, Royal Weddings
April 21, 2021, 7 p.m., private event
April 22, 2021, NOT AVAILABLE out of state
April 23, 2021, 11 a.m., Geneva Lake Conservancy, Rachel Carson
April 24, 2021, 11:30 a.m., private event
April 24, 2021, 1 p.m. (2 p.m. Eastern), Pike County Public Library Dist., Nancy Drew (virtual event)
April 25, 2021, 2 p.m., unavailable
April 26, 2021, 11:15 a.m., private event
April 26, 2021, 6:30 p.m., private event
April 27, 2021, 9:30 a.m., private event
April 27, 2021, 1 pm., Oakton Community College Passages, Rachel Carson (virtual event)
April 27, 2021, 6:30 p.m., Council Bluffs Public Library, IA, Nancy Drew lecture (virtual event)
April 28, 2021, 9:30 a.m., private event
April 29, 2021, noon (1 p.m. Eastern), Seaford Public Library, NY, Queen Elizabeth II (virtual event)
April 29, 2021, 7 p.m., Village of Bartlett Museums, Midcentury Cuisine (virtual event)
April 30, 2021, noon (1 p.m. Eastern), Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UGA, Nancy Drew (virtual event)
May 1, 2021, noon, Private event
May 2, 2021, 11 a.m., private event
May 3, 2021, 7 p.m., Winnetka Public Library, Lizzie Borden (virtual event)
May 4, 2021, 1 p.m., Mundelein Park Dist., TBD
May 4, 2021, 6 p.m., Wilmington Public Library, Route 66
May 5, 2021, 1 p.m., private event
May 6, 2021, 10:30 a.m., University Place West Lafayette, IN
May 7, 2021, 2 p.m., Indian Trails Public Library, Alice Paul (virtual event)
May 8, 2021, 3 p.m., Driehaus Mansion, afternoon tea (virtual event)
May 10, 2021, 7 p.m., private event
May 11, 2021, 9 a.m., private event
May 11, 2021, 7:30 p.m., private event
May 12, 2021, 1 p.m., Jacob Henry Mansion, Route 66
May 13, 2021, 11 a.m., Northwest Indiana Community Art Association, Louisa May Alcott (virtual event)
May 14, 2021, 10 a.m., Villa Park Recreation, Chicago Candy
May 14, 2021, 1 p.m., Friday Book Review Club, Louisa May Alcott
May 15, 2021, 2 p.m., Geneseo Public Library, Gone With the Wind
May 15, 2021, 7 p.m. private event
May 17, 2021, 11:15 a.m., private event
May 18, 2021, 1 p.m., Senior Resource Center, Freeport, IL, Eleanor Roosevelt (virtual event)
May 18, 2021, 5 p.m. (6 p.m. Eastern), Pike County Public Library Dist., Betty Crocker (virtual event)
May 19, 2021, 7 p.m., Big Rock Library, Chicago Candy (virtual event)
May 20, 2021, 7 p.m., Itasca Community Library, Nancy Drew (virtual event)
May 21, 2021, 11 a.m., Rolling Meadows Park District, Nancy Drew
May 24, 2021, 1 p.m., private event
May 25, 2021, 7 p.m., Blue Island Public Library, Eleanor Roosevelt (virtual event)
May 26, 2021, 7 p.m., Cary Area Public Library, Betty Crocker (virtual event)
May 27, 2021, 1:30 p.m., Palos Newcomers Club, Grace Kelly
May 27, 2021, 6 p.m. (7 Eastern), Ocean City Free Public Library, Midcentury Cuisine (virtual event)
May 29, 2021, 2 p.m., Bensenville Public Library, Betty Crocker (virtual event)
June 1, 2021, 10 a.m., private event
June 1, 2021, 5 p.m. (6 p.m. Eastern), Clinton Community Library, Rhinebeck NY, First Ladies (virtual event)
June 2, 2021, 2 p.m., Pekin Public Library, Route 66
June 7, 2021, 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., Cantigny Park Golden Oaks, Lizzie Borden
June 8, 2021, 1 p.m., private event
June 9-21, NOT AVAILABLE
June 17, 2021, 10:30 a.m., Niles-Maine Dist Library, Nancy Drew (virtual event)
June 21, 2021, 7 p.m., Harvard-Diggins Library, Little Black Dress (virtual event)
June 22, 2021, 7 p.m., Winfield Public Library, Georgia O'Keeffe (virtual event)
June 23, 2021, Palos Heights Public Library, Georgia O'Keeffe (virtual event)
June 24, 2021, 1 p.m., Jacob Henry Mansion, Route 66
June 28, 2021, 1 p.m., McHenry County College RAP, Midcentury Cuisine
June 29, 2021, 4 p.m. (2 Pacific), Latah County Library Dist., Nancy Drew (virtual event)
July 5, 2021, 6:30 p.m., Bloomingdale Public Library, Route 66 (virtual event)
July 6, 2021, 1 p.m., Oakton Community College Emeritus, Typhoid Mary lecture (virtual event)
July 7, 2021, 10 a.m., private event
July 7, 2021, 7 p.m., Flossmoor Public Library, Midcentury Cuisine (virtual event)
July 12, 2021, 11:30 a.m., private event
July 13, 2021, 10 a.m., private event
July 13-17, 2022, ASHLAND, OHIO, CHAUTAUQUA (out of state)
July 19, 2021, 1:30 p.m., private event
July 20, 2021, 1 p.m. Jacob Henry Mansion, Route 66
July 21, 2021, 1:30 p.m., private event
July 22, 2021, 11:30 a.m., Eastern Iowa Community College Continuing Education, Queen Elizabeth II
July 22, 2021, 6 p.m. (7 Eastern), Ocean City Free Public Library, Route 66 (virtual event)
July 26, 2021, 1 p.m., McHenry County College RAP, Nancy Drew (virtual event)
July 28, 2021, 6 p.m. (7 p.m. Eastern), Ocean City Free Public Library, Route 66 (virtual event)
Aug. 11, 2021, 6 p.m., Lake Geneva Public Library, Lizzie Borden portrayal (virtual event)
Aug. 13, 2021, 2 p.m., Northbrook Park District, Lizzie Borden
Aug. 14, 2021, 2 p.m., private event
Aug. 19, 2021, 10 a.m., private event
Aug. 20, 2021, 1 p.m., North Shore Senior Center, Nancy Drew lecture
Aug. 24, 2021, 6 p.m. (7 Eastern), SCLSNJ, Betty Crocker (virtual event)
Aug. 25, 2021, 7 p.m., private event
Aug. 26, 2021, 10:30 a.m., private event
Sept. 1, 2021, 10 a.m., private event
Sept. 3, 2021, 11:30 a.m., private event
Sept. 4, 2021, time TBD, Prairie Fox Books, Ottawa, Nancy Drew
Sept. 8, 2021, 10 a.m., private event
Sept. 9, 2021, 11:30 a.m., private event
Sept. 14, 2021, 6:30 p.m., Palos Heights Public Library, Queen Elizabeth II (virtual event)
Sept. 16, 2021, 6 p.m., Paris Public Library, Amelia Earhart
Sept. 17, 2021, 10 a.m., Tinley Park Park Dist., Nancy Drew
Sept. 21, 2021, 1 p.m., Jacob Henry Mansion, Route 66
Sept. 25, 2021, 11:30 a.m., private event
Sept. 27, 2021, 11:15 a.m., private event
Sept. 29, 2021, 1 p.m. Senior Resource Center, Freeport, Midcentury Cuisine (virtual event
Oct. 11, 2021, 7 p.m., Villa Park Public Library, Eleanor Roosevelt (virtual event)
Oct. 12, 2021, 6 p.m., Lake Geneva Public Library, Betty Crocker lecture (virtual event)
Oct. 14, 2021, 7 p.m., Village of Bartlett Museums, Chicago Department Stores (virtual event)
Oct. 19, 2021, 7 p.m., Prospect Heights Public Library, Lizzie Borden portrayal (virtual event)
Oct. 20, 2021, 1 p.m., Jacob Henry Mansion, Afternoon Tea
Oct. 20, 2021, 7 p.m., Riverside Public Library, Nancy Drew (virtual event)
Oct. 21, 2021, noon, Cantigny Park Lunch and Learn, Clara Barton (virtual event)
Oct. 25, 2021, 11:15 a.m., private event
Oct. 26, 2021, noon, Moline Public Library, Lizzie Borden
Oct. 26, 2021, time TBD, Prairie Fox Books, Ottawa, Lizzie Borden
Oct. 27, 2021, 10 a.m., First Ntl Bank Evergreen Park, Typhoid Mary
Oct. 27, 2021, 1 p.m., Jacob Henry Mansion, Chicago Candy
Oct. 27, 2021, 7 p.m., private event
Oct. 28, 2021, 10:30 a.m., private event
Nov. 4, 2021, 11:30 a.m., private event
Nov. 10, 2021, OUT OF STATE
Nov. 16, 2021, 3 p.m., private event
Nov. 18, 2021, 1 p.m., Jacob Henry Mansion, It's a Wonderful Life
Nov. 20, 2021, 10:30 a.m., CAGGNI, Route 66
Nov. 22, 2021, 11:15 a.m., private event
Nov. 23, 2021, 1 p.m., Jacob Henry Mansion, Marshall Field's
Nov. 30, 2021, 1 p.m., Jacob Henry Mansion, Marshall Field's
Dec. 1, 2021, 1 p.m., Jacob Henry Mansion, Marshall Field's
Dec. 3, 2021, 12:30 p.m., Tinley Park Park Dist., It's a Wonderful Life
Dec. 7, 2021, 10 a.m., private event
Dec. 8, 2021, 11:30 a.m., private event
Dec. 9, 2021, 11:30 a.m., The Greenhouse at Christ Church of Oak Brook, Queen Elizabeth II
Dec. 10, 2021, 2 p.m., Northbrook Park District, The Making of It's a Wonderful Life
Dec. 14, 2021, luncheon, private event
Dec. 15, 2021, 1:30 p.m., private event
Dec. 16, 2021, noon, Cantigny Park Lunch and Learn, Christmas at Marshall Field's (virtual event)
Jan. 5, 2022, 10 a.m., Inverness Book Club, TBD
Jan. 20, 2022, 11:30 a.m., private event
Jan. 24, 2022, 11:15 a.m., private event
Feb. 28, 2022, 11:15 a.m., private event
March 28, 2022, 11:15 a.m., private event
April 25, 2022, 11:15 a.m., private event
May 3, 2022, 9 a.m., private event
May 13, 2022, 1 p.m., Friday Book Review Club, Rolling Meadows
May 23, 2022, 11:15 a.m., private event
Nov. 21, 2022, 10:30 a.m., CAGGNI, Route 66
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