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Past 2021 Events
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2021 NEA Big Read: Door County?
Watch some of the past events below.
Thursday, January 28, 2021
BOOK DISCUSSION 10:30 am
Between the Pages Book Club: “The Glass Hotel” and “Station Eleven” both by Emily St. John Mandel, facilitated by Jeanine Brennan. A recording of the discussion is available below.
January 30 – February 15
MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATION
Miller Art Museum
107 S 4th Ave, Sturgeon Bay
920-746-0707
MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATION
Miller Art Museum
107 S 4th Ave, Sturgeon Bay
920-746-0707
"Station Eleven" explores immortality and legacy through institutions and art. Call to schedule an appointment for viewing the collection of newly created works around the theme from artists from across the country.
Saturday, January 30VIRTUAL MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATION 10:00 am
Learn about the Virtual Museum of Civilization and add your own ideas on what should be curated. Watch on the Library’s Facebook page and here on the website.
Saturday, January 30
KICK-OFF PANEL:
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ARTS TO SUSTAIN US 1:00 pm
An inspirational panel discussion about how music, literature, art, philosophy and theater contribute to wellbeing from experts in Door County and the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay with a musical performance by the Griffon String Quartet, playing Jacob Gordon’s Six Shakespearean Sketches.
Panelists include: Rebecca Meacham author of two award-winning fiction collections as well as professor of English and Humanities and founding member of UntitledTown Book and Author Festival. Kelli Strickland the Executive and Artistic Director of the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts. Alan Kopischke a university lecturer in both Theater and Arts Management and founding member of the Big Read Door County among other organizations and festivals. And Adam Gaines the Assiciate Professor of Music at the University of Wisconsin - Green Bay.
Sunday, January 31
DYSTOPIAN VIDEO GAME DISCUSSION 2:00 pm
(Zoom & Facebook Live) | Additional details including panelists bios
DYSTOPIAN VIDEO GAME DISCUSSION 2:00 pm
(Zoom & Facebook Live) | Additional details including panelists bios
Popular games like Fallout, Warhammer 40K and others will be discussed along with information about the community of gamers, economics, and more. Moderated by local teens Bjorn Lokken and Brant Grahl and UW GB professors, Dr. Bryan J. Carr, Juli Case, and Chris Williams.
Chapter 11 of the novel Station Eleven opens with the words: "What was lost in the Collapse: almost everything, almost everyone, but there is still so much beauty." We find beauty in nature and the arts. In this book, a troupe of actors and muscians survive for 20 years without the fragile veneer of modern civilization. Does this change their concept of beauty?
Through the words and imagination of the author Emily St. John Mandel, we will explore the meaning of beauty in art and in nature. Presented by Coggin Heeringa from Crossroads at Big Creek.
Monday, February 1
PLAY READING by Peninsula Players 7:00 pm
PLAY READING by Peninsula Players 7:00 pm
Play Reading: “The Dust of Death: The Story of the Great Plague of the Twentieth Century”
(Free Tickets can be ordered at www.PeninsulaPlayers.com)
Before Covid was in the news, plague, diphtheria, cholera, and more were one of the many natural disasters that could end human life as we know it in 'end of the world' fiction. One of these horrific plagues hits England and the world in this 1903 Apocalyptic novel where the disease kills millions, spreading from person to person, via waste, sewers, and causes havoc.
One of the most frightening novels of its time, a time before vaccination was even a remote remedy. Author Frederick Merrick White wrote this Doom of London science-fiction story, in which this horrific catastrophe wipes out London. A masterpiece in its day and as frightening and captivating as ever.
Stage Adaptation by Neil Brookshire will be broadcast on the Peninsula Players’ website. The presentation is only audio. There will be no visual, just like old-time radio.
Tuesday, February 2
BOOK DISCUSSION 11:15 am
BOOK DISCUSSION 11:15 am
(Zoom)
Ephraim Winter Book Club, “Station Eleven” by Emily St. John Mandel, facilitated by Mary Sawyer.
Tuesday, February 2
BOOK DISCUSSION 1:00 pm
(Zoom)
BOOK DISCUSSION 1:00 pm
(Zoom)
Multicultural Book Club:“Station Eleven” by Emily St. John Mandel, facilitated by Laura Kayacan.
Wednesday, February 3
BOOK DISCUSSION 7:00 pm
BOOK DISCUSSION 7:00 pm
Baileys Book Club: “Station Eleven” by Emily St. John Mandel, facilitated by Tracy Opper.
Thursday, February 4
GREAT LAKES/GREAT BOOKS 10:30 am
GREAT LAKES/GREAT BOOKS 10:30 am
(Zoom)
Great Lakes/Great Books Club: “Station Eleven” by Emily St. John Mandel, facilitated by Jerod Santek.
Thursday, February 4
BOOK DISCUSSION 1:00 pm
BOOK DISCUSSION 1:00 pm
(Zoom & Facebook Live)
NWTC Learning & Innovation Center Book Discussion: “Station Eleven” by Emily St. John Mandel, facilitated by Lisa Tetzloff and Stephanie Pabich.
Friday, February 5
PLAY READING from Third Avenue Playhouse 7:00 pm
PLAY READING from Third Avenue Playhouse 7:00 pm
(ThirdAvenuePlayhouse.com)
Play Reading: “The Children” at 7:00 p.m.
Approximately 60 minutes, with live talk back immediately following
Play Reading: “The Children” at 7:00 p.m.
Approximately 60 minutes, with live talk back immediately following
Two retired nuclear physicists, the married couple Hazel and Robin, live in a remote cottage on the British coast while the world outside is dealing with a major disaster at a nuclear power station. They are visited by Rose, who is also a nuclear physicist.
Written by Lucy Kirkwood, the event that served as the inspiration for the play was the 2011 Fukushima nuclear explosion in Japan.
Directed by Marie Kohler and featuring Carrie Hitchcock, Alan Kopischke, and Sheri William Pannel.
Saturday, February 6
INTERSECTION OF MUSIC & POETRY 10:00 am
(Zoom & Facebook Live) | Additional details about the speaker
INTERSECTION OF MUSIC & POETRY 10:00 am
(Zoom & Facebook Live) | Additional details about the speaker
Poet Athena Kildegaard will be guiding a tour of music that brings poetry and song together; stopping in the art song tradition, considering some choral music and ending in the world of new music. (Parts of the music play-back have been removed because of copyright conflicts with YouTube.)
Saturday, February 6
FACES OF THE PANDEMIC PANEL 2:00 pm
FACES OF THE PANDEMIC PANEL 2:00 pm
Local business owners, community leaders and experts will share their experiences through the Covid-19 Pandemic. Moderated by Bret Bicoy.
Panelists include Dr. James Heise the Chief Medical Officer at Door County Medical Center. Dr. Dennis White a licensed Clinical Psychologist. Catherine Young a poet and author as well as former park ranger, farmer, and educator. Kaaren Northrop co-owner of Main Street Market in Egg Harbor. Phil Berndt the Membership Director at Destination Door County.
Featuring 30-40 questions from pop culture and also from the book “Station Eleven” by Emily St. John Mandel. Top 3 winners will receive Destination Door County Gift Certificates including a $50, $30 and $20 prize. Facilitated by Steven Rice. Join us on Zoom where we will be using Kahoot! for the quiz.
Monday, February 8
BOOK DISCUSSION 11:00 am
(Zoom - not recorded)
BOOK DISCUSSION 11:00 am
(Zoom - not recorded)
Washington Island Library: “Station Eleven” by Emily St. John Mandel, facilitated by Deb Wayman.
Monday, February 8
BOOK DISCUSSION 7:00 pm
(Zoom - not recorded)
BOOK DISCUSSION 7:00 pm
(Zoom - not recorded)
Bittersweet Bookies: “Station Eleven” by Emily St. John Mandel, facilitated by Laura Kayacan.
Readers Rampant Book Club: “Station Eleven” by Emily St. John Mandel, facilitated by Nancy Strack and Ann Birnshchein.
Wednesday, February 10LITERATURE WITH A SENSE OF PLACE 6:00 pm
(Zoom & Facebook Live) | Additional details about the speaker
Wisconsin Sea Grant’s Anne Moser will reflect on the sense of place in "Station Eleven" and will suggest other place-based literature about the Great Lakes watershed. Included in the discussion is a short quiz (14:29) is toward the middle of the video, and favorite titles of Great Lakes books (41:28) are shared toward the end.
Thursday, February 11
AUTHOR KEYNOTE 7:00 pm
AUTHOR KEYNOTE 7:00 pm
Featuring a Keynote discussion with Emily St. John Mandel, author of “Station Eleven” and Rebecca Meacham author and UWGB professor.
Bonus Video: School Author Visit
February 11, 2021
* Author recordings were available through the end of February, 2021.
Friday, February 12
Graphic Novelist Aaron Renier, School Program 12:30 pm
(A school program, not open to the public)
Graphic Novelist Aaron Renier, School Program 12:30 pm
(A school program, not open to the public)
Graphic novelist and children's book illustrator, Aaron Renier, takes students through the process of taking an idea and making it real on paper. Through examples from his own work, he describes how he imagines a picture before he draws it, plans it out, and then creates the picture.
After he shares this process, Aaron guides both students that were able to be physically present at the school program and those that virtually attended through this process. Mr. Renier creates prompts and images and based on those random prompts he created a cartoon. He also talks about why he made creative decisions while the middle school students created their own cartoons.
Friday, February 12
SELECTIONS FROM KING LEAR, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, and RICHARD III by Door Shakespeare 7:00 pm
SELECTIONS FROM KING LEAR, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, and RICHARD III by Door Shakespeare 7:00 pm
Scenes from, and references to, William Shakespeare and his plays weave their way through Emily St. John Mandel's Station Eleven. Door Shakespeare will share selections from these plays and discuss how their themes and parallels reverberate through Station Eleven. Door Shakespeare brings together an ensemble of nine actors to bring these scenes to life.
Directed by Charles Fraser. Performed by Sadé Ayodele, James Carrington, Isabelle Dippel, Ross Dippel, Amy Ensign, Heidi Hodges, Donna Johnson, Mark Moede, and Ryan Zierk.
Saturday, February 13FROM BOOK TO SCREEN 2:00 pm
Novelist and television writer Patrick Somerville and author Emily St. John Mandel talk about the screenplay adaptation of the novel “Station Eleven.”
Set across multiple timelines, HBO Max's Station Eleven is a post-apocalyptic series set after a flu-like virus has swept through the world. The series will focus on the survivors who try to hold onto the things that make life worth living, including the arts.
* Author recordings were available through the end of February, 2021.