The Women’s Society of the Oronogo Church on the Hill will hold its annual chili supper fundraiser from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday.
Chili or vegetable soup will be served with dessert and drink for a donation of $8 for adults and $4 for children 12 and under. There will also be a bake sale. Dine in or take out.
The Oronogo Church on the Hill (formerly the Methodist church) is at 146 Fourth St. Drive up to the basement in the back for the supper.
The Route 66 Centennial Traveling Exhibit is making its way to Springfield and will be on display from April 30 to May 3 at the Gillioz Gallery.
It will then travel to Cuba, where it will be staying most of the summer.
Look for it to be in our neighborhood – at Red Oak II, east of Carthage, Sept. 18-20.
The exhibit includes large scale interpretive panels, audiovisual mini-documentaries and the sights, sounds and nostalgia of our nation’s Mother Road to freedom.
The exhibit is the brainchild of documentary filmmaker, Katrina Parks, who devoted 10 years capturing the memories, struggles and triumphs of women whose lives crossed Route 66 in some way. Snippets of Parks’ acclaimed three-episode PBS documentary, “Route 66: The Untold Story of Women on the Mother Road,” will be available to view at the event. And Parks will be one of the panelist at both the Springfield and Cuba.
