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Making it Home: Thursday, September 30
Moral Ground: A Townhall Meeting on Why It's Wrong to Wreck the World
Thursday, September 30 | 7:30 - 9:00 PM
Venue: Promenade Hall/Overture
Presented in partnership with the Aldo Leopold Foundation, with generous support from Trinity University Press
Presenter(s): Curt Meine, Kathleen Dean Moore, Michael Nelson, Gary Paul Nabhan
This townhall-style meeting led by Moral Ground editors Kathleen Dean Moore and Michael P. Nelson gathers people for an evening of music, readings by contributing authors Curt Meine and Gary Nabhan, and a guided audience discussion about our obligations to justice and compassion.
Bookseller: University Book Store
Category(s): Making it Home, Science & Nature
Making it Home: Saturday, October 2
Robert Wolf & DC Everest Oral History Project
Saturday, October 2 | 5:30 - 7:00 PM
Venue: MATC-Downtown Education Center
Made possible with support from Madison College
Presenter(s): Robert Wolf, Paul Aleckson
Robert Wolf’s latest book is Heartland Portrait: Stories From the Rural Midwest, a compilation of writings by farmers and small town residents developed over 18 years in Wolf’s writing workshops.
In the D.C. Everest Oral History project, which the WHC has long helped fund, 8th graders in Wausau collaborate on all parts of the process of producing in-depth oral histories, from interviewing to transcribing through publishing. Topics are Wisconsin-sprecific, i.e. Wisconsin Women's Project, and Native Nations of Wisconsin, and an original Hmong children's literature book.
Bookseller: A Room of One's Own
Category(s): Making it Home, Memoir & Biography, Wisconsin Ties
Making it Home: Sunday, October 3
Amy Lou Jenkins / Across America by Bicycle
Sunday, October 3 | 12:30 - 2:00 PM
Venue: A Room of One's Own Feminist Bookstore
Presented in part by University of Wisconsin Press
Presenter(s): Amy Lou Jenkins, Alice Honeywell, Bobbi Montgomery
Every Natural Fact: Five Seasons of Open-Air Parenting by Amy Lou Jenkins is a narrative of nature outings across the state of Wisconsin. A mother and son explore parallels in the world of people and nature. These explorations of natural history, flora and fauna, and parenting themes demonstrate that the mythic thread that winds through everything can still be found, even in a world of wounds. Ride along with Alice Honeywell and Bobbi Montgomery as they embrace retirement with gusto and live their dream. As Alice and Bobbi pedal along on their journey Across America By Bicycle - 3,600 miles from Oregon to Maine - they test and deepen their friendship, defy their aches and pains, experience the vast and varied beauties of their country, and discover the challenges and satisfaction of a scaled-down lifestyle. Join this dynamic duo as they face scorching sun, driving rain, buffeting winds, equipment failures, killer hills, wild fires, and even a plague of grasshoppers.
Bookseller: A Room of One's Own
Category(s): Making it Home, Memoir & Biography, Society & Politics
Happy and the River
Sunday, October 3 | 4:00 - 5:30 PM
Venue: Playhouse/Overture Center
This performance is made possible by the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
Presenter(s): Carrie Classon
Happy and the River is a new play by beloved Wisconsin author David Rhodes, developed to honor the legacy of Senator Gaylord Nelson's contribution to protecting the St. Croix River. The play uses history, social experience, music, and even political policy as avenues to explore the sometimes conflicting interests surrounding environmental stewardship. The play was commissioned by the City of St. Croix Falls as a celebration of the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day, and an exploration of Wisconsin's deep and long-lasting environmental legacy.
Category(s): History, Making it Home, Science & Nature, Wisconsin Ties