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UW-Madison Libraries Hosts Wisconsin Story Project’s Storybooth

Posted 08/16/2010

On August 23, Wisconsin Story Project will install the Wisconsin Storybooth in Memorial Library to collect personal recollections of the Sterling Hall bombing.  A joint project of Wisconsin Story Project and the UW-Madison Oral History Program (a part of the UW-Madison Libraries), the booth will be a chance to collect short recollections of those who experienced life in Madison on August 24, 1970 for inclusion in the UW-Madison Archives and as research for WSP’s next documentary theater project.

The booth will be in Memorial Library through August 29 and open to the public.  Representatives of both the UW-Madison Oral History Program and Wisconsin Story Project will be on hand to assist community members with sharing and recording their stories.

Founded in 2008 by Talish Barrow, Mike Lawler, and Christina Martin-Wright, Wisconsin Story Project is a non-profit artist collective dedicated to the gathering and creative sharing of stories from Wisconsin.  WSP recently staged its first full theatrical production, Cancer Stories, in The Playhouse at the Overture Center.  It hosts monthly Storyshares, live storytelling events, and The Project Lodge in Madison, and also produces a semi-regular podcast called the Wisconsin Storycast, available on iTunes or at wisconsinstory.org.

Built with the generous support of the Spring Green Area Arts Coalition and American Players Theatre, the Wisconsin Storybooth debuted as part of an art installation called Cancer Stories...Art in the Playhouse Gallery of the Overture Center in May 2010.  It will next be used at the annual event for the charity organization 4PeteSake in Spring Green, Wisconsin, and then be used to collect local memories of the Sterling Hall bombing of 1970 during the fortieth anniversary of the event.

 





 



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