Join the University of Tennessee Appalachian Justice Research Center for a reading from Making Our Future and a conversation with Emily Hilliard about Appalachia, cultural work, and storytelling. This event is free and open to the public and will be hosted at the UT College of Law in Room 237.
Turn! Turn! Turn! PDX presents
An Afternoon of Experiments with Tradition
Making Our Future Reading: Emily Hilliard in Conversation with Kate Lebo
Music by Marisa Anderson and The Horsenecks
In conversation with Ashley Melzer
With music by Nathan Bowles
In Conversation with West Virginia State Folklorist Jennie Williams
Doors at 5:30pm | Reading at 6:00pm
More info here
In conversation with Daisy M. Ahlstone
Prologue Bookshop
841 N High St.
Columbus, OH
A future-focused, materialist and collaborative approach to cultural work is what Emily Hillard, state folklorist of West Virginia, offers in Making our Future: Visionary Folklore and Everyday Culture in Appalachia. From diverse examples such as a teacher’s strike, a multiracial coal camp community, and the tradition of independent pro-wrestling, Hilliard paints a picture of folklore as a unifying concept that puts diverse cultural forms in conversation, one that creates a framework that helps us understand our past and shape our future. In conversation with Katy Clune, Director of the Virginia Humanities’ Folklife Program.
Hosted by Appalshop’s WMMT and Roadside Theatre in partnership with Epicentre Arts (Whitesburg, KY) and Read Spotted Newt (Hazard, KY)
Oral History workshop at 4pm | More info
Epicenter Arts | 178 Main Street, Ste. 1, Whitesburg, KY 41858
In Conversation with Dale Mackey
Union Ave. Books | 517 Union Ave. Knoxville, TN
In Conversation with Lou Turner, with musical sets by Lou Turner and William Tyler
Vinyl Tap, Nashville, TN | 21+
Hosted by The Porch
Celebrate the release of Making Our Future: Visionary Folklore and Everyday Culture in Appalachia by Emily Hilliard and enjoy an Appalachian feast prepared by local chef and baker Leah Gore of Jack the microbakery, with tunes by Drone School DJs in Kin Ship Goods' new event space The Snack Institute!
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/making-our-future-release-party-and-appalachian-feast-by-chef-leah-gore-tickets-463763929397
Meet folklorist, media producer, and writer Emily Hilliard at WordPlay on Thursday, December 1, at 6:30 pm, for an author reading and signing of her new book, Making Our Future: Visionary Folklore and Everyday Culture in Appalachia. Event is free and open to the public; no reservations required. Copies of Hilliard’s book will be available for purchase and signing at the event. The book can also be purchased online at bookshop.org/shop/wordplay.
Robert C. Byrd Center for Congressional History and Education
Shepherd University
213 N King St.
Shepherdstown, WV 25443
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