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Carolyn Forché to speak in Lexington
The Lexington History Museum’s multimedia exhibit on Kentucky’s Holocaust survivors, This Is Home Now, opened in May and runs through January 12, 2006. Much of this exhibit is the work of Arwen Donahue who, with the support of a grant from the Kentucky Oral History Commission, recorded interviews with 14 Halocaust survivors now living in Kentucky.
On November 10 and 11, the Kentucky Historical Society and the Kentucky Oral History Commission will host a symposium on Kentucky’s Holocaust survivors at the Lexington History Museum (the old Court House at 215 West Main Street). This event offers panel discussions with the survivors and noted historians and a keynote address by Joan Ringelheim, director of oral history at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and Neenah Ellis, special consultant for the Holocaust Memorial Museum’s post-Holocaust interview project.
For the opening reception, Ouita Michael of Holly Hill Inn will prepare Jewish delicacies inspired by the book In Memory’s Kitchen: A Legacy from the Women of Terezin.
But of most interest to the poets among my readers, Carolyn Forché is coming for the November 10 session. She will speak at 2:30 on the subject “Writing Poetry of Witness in Relation to Historic Events” and she will read at 7:00, with a book signing to follow.
You can sign up for the entire first day, including the reception, for $20 ($10 for students). The fee for both days is $30 ($25 for students and KHS or LHM members). For more information, contact Joanie DiMartino at the Kentucky Historical Society at (502) 564-1792 ext. 4467 or joanie.dimartino@ky.gov.
I know there are Carolyn Forché fans among my readers, so get your registration money in. Deadline is Wednesday, November 9.
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