Thursday, May 26, 2022: The Promontory Point Conservancy will hold a press conference at 4pm at the National Register plaque to announce the May 26th birthday of the Point's renowned landscape architect Alfred Caldwell as the First Annual Promontory Point Day. 

Saturday, May 28, 10:00am
Sculptors Roman Villarreal and Joel Cardenas talk about carving the famous lakefront mermaid and demonstrate carving the limestone revetment. Make your art and make your mark on the limestone. Limited supply of chisels, hammers and safety goggles. BYOCHG (chisel, hammer and goggles)

Saturday, May 28, 10:30am
Preservationist Jack Spicer leads an easy walking tour of the landscape architecture of Promontory Point that makes it unique and transforms a man-made peninsula into a natural stone, wilderness shoreline.

Saturday, May 28, 1:00pm
Bill Swislow leads a tour of the limestone promenade and steps and talks about the 150+ art carvings at the Point: learn about Swislow's research into these carvers and the history of art on the revetment. Please wear appropriate shoes: mildly strenuous.

Sunday, May 29, 10:30am
Bill Swislow again leads a tour of the 150+ art carvings on the limestone at the Point. Please wear appropriate shoes: mildly strenuous.

Sunday, May 29, 2022: The History of Promontory Point and Nancy Hays Promontory Point Photography Exhibition, with Jack Spicer, via Zoom and in-person at HPHS 2-4pm at 5529 S. Lake Park Avenue.  Register for Zoom here.

An on-line photo gallery of Nancy Hays photographs is located on the HPHS web site at:  https://www.hydeparkhistory.org/blog/nancy-campbell-hays-photo-gallery.