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Monday, 28 October 2013

Ghost hunters visit historic home in Kankakee

Guests regularly tour the three main buildings at the Kankakee County Museum campus: The 1904 one-room Taylor School, the restored 1855 home of Dr. A.L. Small and the popular museum itself.

None go about it quite the way the Illinois Paranormal Society team of ghost hunters explored the buildings during a nighttime visit this week. With special audio and video equipment, the team came prepared to find any spirits who still might occupy these spaces.

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Monday, 30 September 2013

Poet Hedy Habra to visit KCC

A poet and author, Hedy Habra, will visit Kankakee Community College for a public reading and book signing on Thursday, Oct. 24.

Habra will read from, and discuss, two of her works — "Tea in Heliopolis" (2013), a collection of poetry, and "Flying Carpets" (2012), a short story collection. The public is invited.

The free event will be from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 24, in the KCC Workforce Development Center Conference Hall, Room D140. Habra also will sign copies of her books from 12:30 to 1:15 p.m. in the KCC College Center.

Habra was born in Egypt and is of Lebanese descent. She has two master's degrees in English and both a master's and doctorate in Spanish literature, all from Western Michigan University. Habra is a Spanish instructor at Western Michigan University.

Additional information is available at hedyhabra.com.


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