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People of the Sturgeon at Book Fest October 10
Two co-authors of one of the latest books from the Wisconsin Historical Society Press that is garnering a lot of attention, People of the Sturgeon, will be on hand to talk about and sign copies of their book as part of the Wisconsin Book Festival on Saturday, October 10. The event will be held at 10 a.m. in a fitting venue — the historic Brittingham Boathouse on the shores of Lake Monona at 601 North Shore Drive in Madison. Kathy Kline and Ron Bruch will talk about the book project and celebrate the conservation efforts that have made Wisconsin's lake sturgeon population, which once teetered on the edge of extinction, the world's largest and healthiest. The public is welcome to stop by to meet the authors, share fish tales, and enjoy coffee and doughnuts.
The book chronicles the history of the ancient fish and the cultural traditions it has spawned, and discusses topics such as fish laws, the art of spearing and women in the sport.The book, filled with folk art, recipes and more than 215 images, also includes a collection of interviews with sturgeon spearers who all have a good fish tale to tell.
Other Book Festival Events
Other Wisconsin Historical Society Press authors making Madison appearances during the book festival are Bruce Allison, author of If Trees Could Talk: Stories about Wisconsin Trees, and Terese Allen, co-author of The Flavor of Wisconsin: An Informal History of Food and Eating in the Badger State. Allison will speak at 2 p.m. Saturday, October 10, in the Rotunda Studio at the Overture Center for the Arts, 201 State Street. Allen will speak at 2 p.m. Sunday, October 11, in Promenade Hall, also in the Overture Center.
Celebrating Books and Architecture
This is the second year that the Wisconsin Historical Society Press has teamed with other organizations to celebrate books and architecture for the Wisconsin Book Festival. Built in 1910, the Brittingham Boathouse is Madison's oldest surviving park structure and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1977.
The Overture Center for the Arts, which integrates more than a dozen new theaters, galleries, and elegant performance and meeting spaces, was designed by world-renowned architect Cesar Pelli. The center's construction was made possible by a multimillion gift from Madison business leader and philanthropist W. Jerome Frautschi. The Wisconsin Historical Society celebrated the lifetime achievements of Frautschi and his wife Pleasant Rowland Frautschi, who donated a 4,000-pipe concert organ that graces the stage of Overture Hall within the Overture Center, during the Fourth Annual History Makers Gala in Milwaukee in May 2009.
:: Posted October 5, 2009
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