Learn how Carry Nation started a movement

Posted October 28, 2018 11:00 pm

Submitted by Al Larson Prairie Center for the Arts

The Al Larson Prairie Center for the Arts welcomes Carry Nation: The Famous and Original Barroom Smasher on Sunday, Nov. 18, at 1 p.m.

Was she the Wicked Witch of the West? Or was she a loving, caring mother and grandmother who cared deeply about the evils of intoxication and tobacco? You can decide for yourself when you meet her.

No one could be neutral about Carry Nation. She was lauded by reformers, hated by politicians and often courted by saloon owners who knew a "smashing" by Carry could bring acclaim to their establishment.

Historian and performer Ellie Carlson portrays Carry Nation in the early 1900s when she traversed the Midwest, and even the British Isles, to spread her message of temperance, sobriety and Home Defense. Prepare to be transported to a time so different from our own, when Demon Rum was an evil that could be fought with a hatchet because the ballot box was not an option.

Tickets for Carry Nation: The Famous and Original Barroom Smasher are $10 and can be purchased online at www.prairiecenter.org or by calling (847) 895-3600.

The Prairie Center for the Arts is at 201 Schaumburg Court, Schaumburg.

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