Events

April 27, 2024 / 2:00-2:30 p.m.
Racine Public Library / Local Author Showcase 
75 - 7th Street
Racine, WI  53403
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on exhibit
Individual presentation at 2:00 p.m.
Call 262-636-9217 or see www.racinelibrary.info for more information

January 20, 2024 / 6:00 p.m.
Vero Book Club / Private Event
Vero International Cuisine
211 - 6th Street
Racine, WI  53405

June 11, 2023 
Polish Fest / Milwaukee
Henry Maier Festival Grounds
Milwaukee Lakefront
2:00 p.m.  - Book Talk in the Speakers Tent - to the left of the Main Gate
2:30 - 3:30 p.m.  - Book sales and signing in the Organization Tent   

May 6, 2023 / 2:00 p.m.
Delta Kappa Gamma State Convention
Ingleside Hotel 
2810 Golf Road
Pewaukee, Wisconsin  53072
Book talk and signing 

April 10, 2023
Book club/private event

March 15, 2023 / 7:30 p.m.
Polish Cultural Center of Wisconsin
6941 S. 68th Street
Franklin, Wisconsin  53132
Book talk and signing

July 20, 2022 / 7:30 p.m.
Doane  Family Association Reunion
Doane University
Crete, Nebraska
Book talk and signing

May 16, 2022 / 10:00-11:15 a.m.
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee / Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
EDITH S. HEFTER CONFERENCE CENTER
3271 N. Lake Drive
Note: 2-hour street parking is available at no cost in the neighborhood surrounding this location.
or contact Laurie Yingling at yinglinl@uwm.edu or 414-227-3255


November 13, 2021 / 9:30-11:30 a.m
Sheboygan County Historical Research Center
Book Talk: "A Tour of Eastern Europe, 1937."  An illustrated lecture of Helen Perry Curtis's experience  leading a group of young women through Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia on the eve of the Second World War.  
For more information contact:  Beth Dippel
                                                 Sheboygan County Historical Research Center
                                                 518 Water Street, Sheboygan Falls, WI  53085
                                                 Phone: (920) 467-4667
                                                 Email: schrc@att.net  

October  23, 2021 / 2:30 p.m. 
Iowa City Book Fair
Book Talk:  "Helen Perry Curtis and the European Trip of a Lifetime"
Shambaugh Auditorium
Main Library, University of Iowa
For more information, contact:  Sara J. Pinkham
                                                   Exhibition and Engagement Coordinator
                                                   Mail Library Gallery 
                                                   University of Iowa Libraries
                                                   125 W. Washington Street,  5068 LIB
                                                   Iowa City, Iowa  52242
                                                   Office:  (319) 467-1805
                                                   lib.uiowa.edu/gallery

 
October 16, 2021 / 11:30 a.m.
Catholic Women's Club of Racine
Luncheon at Infusino's Banquet Hall/Followed by book reading and signing
For more information contact Laura Gellott at lauragellott@gmail.com 

October 7, 2021 / 7:00-8:30 p.m.
Summit Free Public Library 
Book Talk:  "Helen Perry Curtis: A Summit Story"
75 Maple Street
Summit, NJ  
(908) 273-0350
For more information, and to register go to:  https://summitlibrary.libcal.com/event/8173435 

July 14, 2021
Author reception and book signing.  Racine, Wisconsin.  By invitation.

June 23, 2021
Author reception and book signing.  Racine, Wisconsin.   By invitation.

January 21, 2021
Adventures in Lifelong Learning / University of Wisconsin-Parkside. “A Virtual Trip Through Europe with Helen Perry Curtis and Laura Gellott.” Watch for details and registration information. 

November 26, 2020
Book Signing.  Cedarburg, Wisconsin.  By invitation.

November 10, 2020
Discussion with Gregory Berg, WGTD/FM 91.1. Click here to listen:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/11-10-20-laura-gellott/id1454832793?i=1000497974067

November 8, 2020
Book Club Discussion. By invitation.
 
September 24, 2020
Racine Heritage Museum Annual Meeting (Virtual). “Helen Perry Curtis and the Birth of the Modern Museum.”