Carolyn Forche will be in Lexington Thursday November 10
2:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Lexington History Museum (the old Courthouse on Main Street)
"Writing Poetry of Witness in Relation to Historic Events" with Carolyn Forche
as part of the This is Home Now: A Symposium on Kentucky's Holocaust Survivors event, November 10 & 11
Join the Kentucky Historical Society, the Kentucky Oral History Commission, and the Lexington History Museum for this symposium focusing on the lives of Holocaust survivors who made their homes in Kentucky and the south.
On Thursday, Nov 10, nationally renowned poet Carolyn Forche will lead a workshop on poetry of witness followed by a reception and reading. The reception will feature Jewish delicacies inspired by the cookbook, In Memory's Kitchen: A Legacy of the Women of Terezin and created by chef Ouita Michel of the Holly Hill Inn. The reception will begin at 5:30 p.m., and the reading at 7 p.m. Book signing to follow.
On Friday, Nov 11, several survivors interviewed by the Kentucky Oral History Commission will appear on panels. Keynote speaker Joan Ringelheim, Director of Oral History at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., will discuss the project that inspired "This is Home Now: Kentucky's Holocaust Survivors," an exhibit by Rebecca Howell and Arwen Donahue currently on display at the Lexington History Museum.
For adults. Cost is $20, $10 students, for Thursday only; for both days fee is $25 for KHS members, LHM members, and students or $30 for non-members, which also includes buffet lunch on Friday.
For more information, or to request a brochure and registration form, contact :
Joanie DiMartino,
Adult Programs Coordinator
Kentucky Historical Society
100 West Broadway
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 564-1792 ext. 4467
joanie.dimartino@ky.gov
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