Online Programs (pay-per-view)

Did you miss one of our online presentations? We have teamed up with Vimeo to make these programs available at your convenience, at a cost of just $14.99 per video. Glessner House members will receive periodic coupons for a 10% discount on the featured video of the month.

Check back as new videos will be added over time. Click on the button below to access our page at Vimeo and follow the instructions to purchase your video. Then sit back and enjoy!

PROGRAMS AVAILABLE (read complete descriptions by clicking on the button above)

Frederick Stock at 150 (November 10, 2022)
Presented by Linda Wolfe (Stock’s great-granddaughter), Frank Villella (archivist of the Rosenthal Archives of the CSO), and William Tyre

Native Truths: Our Voices Our Stories (November 1, 2022)
Presented by Alaka Wali and Debra Yepa-Pappan of the Field Museum

Chicago in Stone and Clay (October 13, 2022)
Presented by author Raymond Wiggers

Mrs. Jack and Mrs. Glessner (September 22, 2022)
Presented by architectural historian Justin Miller

Pullman: From Factory Town to National Monument (August 30, 2022)
Presented by William Tyre

A Tribute to Richard Nickel (June 21, 2022)
Presented by John Vinci, Richard Cahan, Ward Miller, and William Tyre

The Everleigh Sisters: A Case Study in Conflict Resolution (June 2, 2022)
Presented by genealogist Karen Stanbary

David Parr House: An Ordinary House with an Extraordinary Interior (May 22, 2022)
Presented by Tamsin Wimhurst, Founder and Chair of Trustees of David Parr House

The Sweep and Curve: Olmsted’s Riverside (April 26, 2022)
Presented by Charles Pipal, architect and chair of the Riverside Preservation Commission

Architects of an American Landscape: Richardson and Olmsted (March 8, 2022)
Presented by author Hugh Howard

A Belief in the Beauty of Life: The Multi-Faceted Career of May Morris (February 24, 2022)
Presented by Margaretta Frederick, curator of Pre-Raphaelite art at the Delaware Art Museum

William De Morgan and the English Arts & Crafts Movement (February 20, 2022)
Presented by Sarah Hardy, curator-manager of the De Morgan Foundation in London