MILFORD, PA — The Pike County Historical Society will host a three-course, sit-down dinner, followed by the showing of “Frank E. Schoonover: The Authentic Artist (1877-1972),” on October 25 at 4 p.m. in the Foundation Room of the Columns Museum.

The documentary introduces viewers to the little-known history of American illustration, and to the mostly unheralded illustrator whose iconic renderings of adventurous life help define American popular culture at the start of the 20th century.

Schoonover illustrated more than 150 classic books and hundreds of great illustrated magazines of the day, including the fiction of Jack London and Zane Grey. He spent many years in Bushkill and painted scenes of the Delaware River. Schoonover’s moody monochromatic sketches of boys toiling in the coal mines and girls laboring in textile mills are visionary social commentary that reinforces how art can be a catalyst of social change.

Cost of dinner, film, dessert and coffee is $30 per person. Reservations required. Email pikemuse@ptd.net or call 570/296-8126.