Feb. 12: Soup-er Sunday: Lore of Carnival Glass
At 12 p.m. on Sunday, February 12, at the Glidden Homestead, 921 W. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb, learn more about the history of carnival glass and the St. Louis World’s Fair in 1904.
Program begins at 12 p.m. $5 general admission, free for Glidden members. Soup is included.
Carnival glass, often referred to as “poor man’s Tiffany” by collectors, is revered for its unique colors and style. Presenter Kenda Jeske, along with her husband Bill, have been presenting on carnival glass throughout the country for more than a decade. They also contribute to an online pricing and educational website related to the glass.
Jeske will show how pioneers of this iridized glass could have come up with their shapes and patterns. She will share slides from the World’s Fair in St Louis and have examples of the carnival glass, which was often a prize at carnivals and fairgrounds. The glass is well-loved for bringing color and light to homes when sun shines on this unique and colorful glass, which has an iridescent sheen, and was sometimes used by households to create additional light when electricity was still new. Carnival glass was initially mass-produced from the beginning of the 20th century and reached the height of its popularity in the 1920s.

Feb. 26: Soup-er Sunday: Meet & Mingle with “Annie Glidden”
Have a question you’ve always wanted to ask Annie Glidden? At 12 p.m. on Sunday, February 26, at the Glidden Homestead, 921 W. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb, meet and mingle with Glidden, as portrayed by Cheryl Johnson.
Program begins at 12 p.m. $5 general admission, free for Glidden members. Soup is included.
Johnson will mingle with visitors and bring to life Annie’s influential role in area history.
Annie Laurie Glidden was born in 1865 on a farm just west of Annie Glidden Road, land she would one day farm herself. The road was later named for Annie. The niece of DeKalb inventor Joseph Glidden, Annie acted as hostess for her uncle’s Glidden House Hotel from 1895 until Joseph’s death in 1906.

March 12: Soup-er Sunday: DeKalb County in postcards
See what DeKalb County looked like more than 100 years ago through vintage postcards!
At 12 p.m. on Sunday, March 12, at the Glidden Homestead, 921 W. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb, EvaAnne Johnson will share some of her most interesting postcards, including local landmarks, businesses, and street scenes. She will also discuss methods for dating old postcards and how to collect postcards yourself.
Johnson is a local history and genealogy librarian with more than 350 DeKalb County postcards in her personal collection. Program begins at 12 p.m. $5 general admission, free for Glidden members. Soup is included.

March 26: Soup-er Sunday program to be announced