Join us for a special event co-sponsored by the Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park and the Circumnavigators Club of Chicago.  

Nancy W. Sindelar, Ph.D., will guide you from Ernest Hemingway's birth and early influences in Oak Park to his adventures and experiences in Kansas City, Italy, France, Spain, Key West, Cuba, and Sun Valley, ID. You will meet the people and visit the places that shaped the legendary author who courted life-threatening adventures and glamorous friends while writing articles, novels, and short stories that captivated the world. This program is enhanced with rarely seen photos and excerpts from Hemingway's personal letters. 

In addition to an interesting and engaging program, the ticket price of $40 per person includes a copy of Nancy W. Sindelar’s Influencing Hemingway: People and Places That Shaped His Life and Work and one beverage ticket. 

Public Admission Tickets will be available on March 1st.

Nancy W. Sindelar, Ph.D. is the author of Influencing Hemingway: The People and Places That Shaped His Life and Work and Hemingway’s Passions: His Women, His Writing, His Wars and a popular presenter on the life and work of Ernest Hemingway. She has made multiple presentations at the International Colloquium Ernest Hemingway in Havana, Cuba, the American Literature Association Conferences in Washington, DC, Boston and San Francisco, the Hemingway Society Conferences in Venice, Italy and Oak Park, IL, Paris France, Sheridan, WY, and San Sebastian, Spain and keynoted the Hemingway Festivals in Sun Valley, ID.