After a career in Great Lakes policy and environmental communications, Sally translated her life’s work into fiction through her multi-award-winning novel, The Best Part of Us. Join us for an interactive conversation to learn about the career and writing experiences that led her to write our 2024-2025 Great Lakes Great Read adult selection, which immerses …
In part one of this two-part workshop, participants will learn how to turn their everyday experiences and memories of the Great Lakes into stories. Attendees can bring stories they've already written or just come with ideas and experiences to draw from. We will discuss the five main elements of a story and how to discover …
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In part two of this two-part workshop, participants may return to the library to workshop their story with Jen Rubin, Executive Producer of Love Wisconsin, a digital storytelling project of Wisconsin Humanities.. She will work one-on-one with storytellers to refine and ready their stories. Signup for the sessions will be available after Friday's skills session.
Select stories from the workshop will be recording by Bonnie Willison, digital storyteller with Wisconsin Sea Grant.
Grandmother Josephine-ba Mandamin – The Water Walk – left millions of footsteps for us to follow in. Relationship to water, respect for water and our relative’s rights to water were all lovingly demonstrated in her work for Nibi. We’ll get to know her work for nibi. We’ll get to know her a little better and …
Continue reading "(VIRTUAL) The Water Walker, Nibi and You: A conversation with Joanne Robertson"
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