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annual events
vendor fair
(spring & fall)
Visit the Spring and Fall Holiday Vendor Fairs at Chippewa Area History Center. Shop from Local Vendors and our Museum Store while browsing among the museum exhibits at the Chippewa Area History Center.
evening in irvine
Wednesday, June 24, 2026
5:00 - 7:30 pm
Our annual “Picnic in the Park” event invites our supporting members to gather in Irvine Park and share a meal along with their love of history.
Legacy Lights
(november-december)
The Chippewa Area History Center is honored to carry on the St. Joseph's Hospital Love Lights tradition with the Legacy Lights program.
The inaugural St. Joseph's Hospital Love Lights lighting ceremony (held December 7, 1988) featured a Christmas prayer and caroling by
the Chi-Hi Madrigal Singers. Almost 500 lights were dedicated the first year, 329 in memory of departed friends and family, and 163 in honor of living individuals and families. The tradition would stretch 35 years in total, with the hospital’s last set being lighted in 2023, before the closing of St. Joseph’s Hospital in April 2024.