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SUMMARY:Lunch for Libraries with Jesmyn Ward
DESCRIPTION:This event: || Lunch for Libraries is Madison Public Library Foundation’s signature spring fundraising event. Your ticket supports Wisconsin Book Festival’s free\, year-round programs that bring readers and authors together. \nThis year’s featured speaker will be Jesmyn Ward\, two-time National Book Award–winning author of On Witness and Respair. \nIn this powerful collection of essays and speeches\, Ward blends personal history\, literary reflection\, and social witness to explore grief\, resilience\, Black motherhood\, and the enduring power of storytelling in the face of personal and collective loss. Ward will reflect on the writers and experiences that have shaped her voice\, as well as the role of literature as both testimony and survival. \nJesmyn Ward received her MFA from the University of Michigan and is the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship\, a Stegner Fellowship\, the Strauss Living Prize\, and the 2022 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction. She has won the National Book Award for Fiction twice—for Salvage the Bones and Sing\, Unburied\, Sing Her memoir Men We Reaped was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and received the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize and the Media for a Just Society Award. Ward is currently a professor of creative writing at Tulane University and lives in Mississippi. || $150 for individual tickets\, $200 for individual tickets with Wisconsin Book Festival membership
URL:https://ourliveswisconsin.com/event/lunch-for-libraries-with-jesmyn-ward/
LOCATION:Monona Terrace & Convention Center\, 1 John Nolen Dr.\, Madison\, WI\, 53703\, United States
CATEGORIES:Informational,Madison + South Central,Networking,Reading,Social
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SUMMARY:Listen to Your Mother show
DESCRIPTION:This event: Has LGBTQ content\, Is LGBTQ hosted\, May be of interest to the LGBTQ community || After a 9 year hiatus\, Listen to Your Mother returns to the Madison area. \nWhat is LTYM\, anyway? The goal of every LISTEN TO YOUR MOTHER production is to take the audience on a well-crafted 90-minute journey of diverse true stories about motherhood—being a mom\, having a mom\, losing a mom\, finding a mom—as many interpretations on the theme of mothering as you can imagine. From hilarious and heartwarming\, to emotionally intense and profound\, LISTEN TO YOUR MOTHER entertains\, energizes\, brings community together and leaves everyone feeling a little less alone and a little more understood. Tickets available now: $10/person. \nCast LIST:\nSara Ward-Cassady (2011 LTYM alumnae)\, Natasha Lutes\, Claire Weiss (2017 LTYM alumnae)\, Emily Schroeder Orvik\, Cassandra Punsel\, Jessica Ann\, Jess Barmack\, Jane Crone\, Floresa Balondo\, Sarah Kissel\, Suzanne Swift\, and Linda Gaumnitz. \nDirector: Deb Nies\nExecutive Producer: Hannah Nies || $10/person
URL:https://ourliveswisconsin.com/event/listen-to-your-mother-show/
LOCATION:Peace Lutheran Church\, 701 S Century Ave\, Waunakee\, WI\, 53597\, United States
CATEGORIES:Madison + South Central,Reading,Theater
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SUMMARY:Rooted In Pride
DESCRIPTION:This event: Has LGBTQ content\, Is LGBTQ hosted\, May be of interest to the LGBTQ community || Join Fair Future Movement’s bi-weekly conversations as we celebrate LGBTQ+ history\, resilience\, and our deep connection to the natural world. Together\, we’ll reclaim our stories and explore the powerful intersections between queer identity and environmental justice. \nLGBTQ+ history is a history of resilience and deep connections to each other\, the land\, and to movements that have fought for a more just world. At a time when LGBTQ+ rights\, histories\, and identities are under increasing attack\, creating intentional spaces for learning\, reflection\, and community is more important than ever. \nThis summer’s Community Learning Series honors Pride Month by bringing together the LGBTQ+ community and allies to explore local history\, ecological connection\, and the power of reclaiming our stories. Through the film History Unhidden: Milwaukee’s LGBTQ Heritage and select poems from Queer Nature\, we’ll uncover the LGBTQ+ roots of our own city\, examine the intersections between queer identity and the natural world\, and celebrate the resilience that lives at the heart of both movements. || Free
URL:https://ourliveswisconsin.com/event/rooted-in-pride/2026-05-28/
LOCATION:Midwest Sad\, 601 S 6th St\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53204\, United States
CATEGORIES:Activism,Informational,Milwaukee + Southeast,Reading,Social
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