Slow Food of the Bluegrass
Featured Speakers:
Jim Embry of the Sustainable Communities Network, Susan Lambert of the RE Strategies and Slow Food Bluegrass, and Bob Perry of UK Food Systems Initiative.
Date:
November 21, 2008, 3:00-5:00pm.
Where:
110 Patterson Office Tower, Lexington KY 40506
Cost: Free.
Katha Pollitt Lecture
Featured Speaker:
Katha Pollitt, "When the Personal Meets the Political."
Date:
November 20, 2008, 4:00pm.
Where:
Grand Ballroom of the Student Center.
Reception and Book Signing to Follow.
Bluegrass Symposium
Featured Speaker:
Dr. Mary Marshall Clark, Columbia University
Dates:
March 27, 2009: Keynote Address, "Documenting Catastrophe through Oral History."
March 28, 2009: Research Paper Panels.
Where:
Keynote Address: W.T. Young Library Auditorium.
Panels: 18th floor, Patterson Office Tower, Lexington KY 40506
Cost: Free.
Closing the Food___ Gap
A Regional Conference to explore new ways to grow food, eat locally, strengthen community and support local economy in Kentucky.
Featured Speaker:
Mark Winne, author of Closing the Food Gap, Resetting the Table in the Land of Plenty.
Dates:
October 16, 2008, 6:00-8:30pm: Reception, Books Signing, Dinner, and Speech with Mark Winne.
October 17, 2008: Speakers, Panels, Workshops.
October 18, 2008: Community Garden Workshops.
Where:
Community Action Center, UK Cooperative Extension Service, 1140 Red Mile Road, Lexington, KY.
Cost: $70.00
Website: http://www.sustainlex.org.