Upcoming Talks
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2012
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Fall talk series are pending.
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Talks Already Given
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2012
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April 19, 2012 - "Travel Writer"
Gary P. West, Bowling Green, KY |
March 1, 2012, - "The Buffalo Trace Distillery"
Amy Preske, PR & Events Manager, Buffalo Trace Distillery |
February 9, 2012 - "Georgia Powers: A Grassroots Civil Rights Leader in Kentucky"
Anne Onyekwuluje, Department of Sociology, WKU |
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November 10, 2011 - "The Corvette in Literature and Culture"
Jerry Passon, Historian, Hopkinsville Community College
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September 8, 2011 - "The Kencukty Fresh Cookbook"
Maggie Green, Owner of The Green Apron Company
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October 13, 2011 - "Greyhound to Vegas: The Odyssey of Hilda Reynolds Krause"
Robert Dickey, St. Augustine, FL
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April 7,2011 - The Modern South: So Much to Consider
Janna McMahan, Kentucky novelist
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March 3, 2011 - To Make Madness Beautiful: The Creation of the Kentucky Tragedy
Matthew Schoenbachler, Dept. of History, University of North Alabama, Florence, AL
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February 10, 2011 - German Jackboots: Housing German Prisoners of War in Kentucky
Antonio Thompson, Dept. of History and Philosophy, Austin Peay State University,
Clarksville, TN
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2010
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November 11, 2010 - "Kenn's Farmhouse Cheese: A Story"
Kenny and Beverly Mattingly, Owner of Kenn's Farmhouse Cheese
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October 28, 2010 - Images of America: Barren County
Nancy Richey, WKU Libraries
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October 14 , 2010 - Cullinary Tourism
Chef Albert Schmid, Sullivan University, Louisville, KY
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September 9, 2010 - Steamboating on the Western Waters: Bicentennial Reflections
Mark Wetherington, Exec. Director, Filson Historical Soceity, Louisville, KY
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April 8, 2010 - The Missing and the Lost: "A Girl in the Woods" and "The Condemned"
David Bell, Dept. of English, WKU
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March 4, 2010 - One Step Ahead of Hitler: A Jewish Child's Journey Through France
Fred Gross, Author and former Courier Journal reporter
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February 11, 2010 - "Prince Madoc and the Welsh Indians: a Myth of the Old West "
Ron Fritze , Dean of Arts & Sciences, Athens State University
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2009
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November 12 , 2009 - Charles Garvin: Dynasty of Dimes
Robert Dickey, Lawyer and Former Beech Bend Publicist
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October 29, 2009 - Tales from Funeral Parlors
Lynwood Montell, Dept. of Folk Studies, WKU
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October 15, 2009 - Western Kentucky Coal Miner
Michael Guillerman, Former Coal Miner
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September 10, 2009 - Jossie Underwood and Her Civil War Diary
Nancy Baird , Dept. of Library Special Collections, WKU
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April 9, 2009 - "You Can Go Anywhere From the Crossroads of the World"
Georgia Green Stamper, Commentator, NPR WUKY; columnist, The News Herald
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March 5, 2009 - "The Body Farm Novels" by Jefferson Bass
Dr. Bill Bass, University of Tennessee's Forensic Anthropology Center and Jon Jefferson,
Journalist, Writer, Documentary Filmmaker
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February 12, 2009 - "Rare Wildflowers of Kentucky"
Dr. Thomas G. Barnes, Dept. of Forestry, University of Kentucky
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2008
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December 4, 2008 - "Kentucky's Hidden Heritage: Traditional Healers and the Folk-Magic Tradition"
Jack Montgomery, Coord. of Collection Services, Western Kentucky University
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November 13, 2008 - "Lost Men" and "World Famous Love Acts" The Art of Creative Writing
Brian Leung, Dept. of English University of Louisville
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October 23, 2008 - "It's Not News, It's FARK"
Drew Curtis, FARK.com
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September 11, 2008 - "Lonesome Cowgirls and Honky-Tonk Angels" The Women of Barn Dance Radio
Dr Kristine M. McCusker, Dept. of History, Middle Tennessee State University
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April 10, 2008 - " Appalachian Home Cooking"
Dr. Mark F. Sohn, Professor, Pikeville College
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March 6, 2008 - Kentucky Derby History
Ronnie Dreistadt, Outreach Educator, Kentucky Derby Museum
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February 14, 2008 - Healing Kentucky: Healthcare in the Bluegrass State
Nancy Baird, WKU Libraries
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2007
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November 8, 2007 - The Longest Caves in the World: Kentucky's Mamoth Cave Systems
Dr. Chris Groves, Dept. of Geography & Geology, WKU
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October 11, 2007 - Lincoln as Lawyer
Dr. Brian Dirck, Historian, Anderson University, Indiana
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September 13, 2007 - Floral Design in Kentucky and Abroad
Roger Dennis, Dept. of Agriculture, WKU
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April 5, 2007 - "Ginseng Dreams: The Secret World of America's Most Valuable Plant"
Kristin Johannsen, Author
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March 8, 2007 - "Teasing Secrets from the Dead"
Emily Craig, State Forensic Anthropologist
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February 8, 2007 - "James Archambeault's Historic Kentucky"
James Archambeault, Photographer
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February 2007 - Works by Bowling Green Artist Thelma Green on display at Barnes &
Noble.
February 1, 2007 - Opening reception
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2006
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November, 9, 2006 - "Political Scandals in Kentucky"
James Klotter, State Historian of Kentucky
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October 12, 2006 - Heaven Hill Distilleries
Larry Kass, Corporate Communications Manager
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September 14, 2006 - "When Secrets Die"
Lynn Hightower, Mystery Writer
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April 6, 2006 - "Western Kentucky University: the First 100 Years"
Nancy Baird, Kentucky History Specialist, WKU Libraries
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March 9, 2006 - Center for Popular Music, Middle Tennessee State University
Paul F. Wells, Director
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February 9, 2006 - Rebecca Ruth Candy Factory
Charles Booe, President
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All through February, 2006
Works by Bowling Green Artist Granville Mitchell on display at Barnes & Noble
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2005
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December 1 - "Napoleon in Rags"
Kirby Gann, Author and Managing Editor
Sarabande Books
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November 10 - "A Total Light Process: New & Selected Poems"
James Baker Hall (former Kentucky Poet Laureate)
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October 13 - Jackson's Orchard and Nursery Inc.
Bill Jackson, Proprietor
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September 8 - "Hillbilly: a Cultural History"
Dr. Anthony Harkins
Department of History, WKU
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2004
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November 11 - Daniel Boone
Dr. Michael A. Lofaro
Department of English, University of Tennessee
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October 14 - Thomas Merton
Dr. Paul M. Pearson
Director and Archivist of The Thomas Merton Center, Ballarmine University
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September 9 - Happy Chandler as Baseball Commissioner
William J. Marshall, Jr.
Director of Special Collections and Archives, University of Kentucky
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April 15 - Beyond the Ballads: Jesse James as Confederate Outlaw
T. J. Stiles
Author
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March 11 - African American Artist
Alice Gatewood Waddell
Artist
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February 12 - John G. Fee: Kentucky Abolitionist & Educator
Dr. Marion Lucas
Department of History, WKU
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2003
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November 13 - The Bosnians Come to Bowling Green
Vlasta Viteskic, Reference Librarian, Bowling Green Public Library
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October 9 - The Moonlite Bar-B-Q Inn
Pat Bosley, Special Project Coordinator
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September 11 - The Roots of Appalachian Christianity
Elder John Sparks, Minister of the Old Zion Association of United Baptists
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February 13 - Kentucky's Not a Place: It's a Chicken
Jonathan Jeffrey, WKU Library Special Collections
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March 13 - Railroads and Southern Culture
Joseph Millichap, WKU English Department
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April 10 - Old Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes
Jeff Todd Titon, Brown University Music Department
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2002
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November 7 - Skaker Culture
Tommy Hines, Shaker Museum
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October 10 - The Philistines Are Upon Us: The Civil War Comes to Bowling Green
Dr. Michael Trapasso
Dept. of Geography and Geology, WKU
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September 12 - The World Through the Eyes of a Kentucky Artist
Helen Crocker, Kentucky Artist
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April 11 - Duncan Hines: The Cake Man
Jonathan Jeffrey, Kentucky Library
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March 14 - Warren County Women
Dr. Carol Crowe-Carraco
Dept. of History, WKU
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February 7 - Jonesville / Shake Rag: Historic Black Community of Bowling Green
Maxine Ray / Dr. John Long,
Dept. of Philosophy and Religion, WKU
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For more information, call (270) 745-6121
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