By request, we have the preliminary LauraPalooza 2012 schedule. Please note that we’re in the process of finalizing contracts for two speakers not yet listed on this schedule. Now including two additional speakers! (Who’s excited?)
Wednesday
Ice Cream Social, Julia A. Sears Residence Hall
Open to all.
Thursday
Welcome Address: Amy Lauters
Literary Laura:
o Elizabeth Nolan Connors: Laura and Louisa: “Little House” and “Little Women” through Time
o Kay Weisman: What Would Laura Read? A Look at the Youth’s Companion of 1879
o Emily Woster: Little Books on the Prairie: Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Reading Life
o Eddie Higgins: Translating Little House into “English” – A UK Fan’s Perspective
History and Context
o Barb Mayes Boustead: Wilder Weather: What Laura Witnessed
o Jim Hicks: Children of the Brewster School
o Susan Thurlow: Dr. George Tann, Black Frontier Physician
o Helen Gunnarson: The Legalities of Roger and Rose
Legacy Luncheon
Honoring notable contributions to Laura’s world.
Featured Speaker: William Anderson
Dean Butler & Dale Cockrell: Pa’s Fiddle Project Presentation & Viewing
Author’s Reception With Amber Waves Band
Friday
Featured Speaker: Barbara Walker, author of The Little House Cookbook
Three Interactive Workshops:
Food of the Little House
Needlework of the Little House (Quilting Bee)
More Music of The Little House
Box Lunch Social with Breakouts
Linda Halpin: “Quilting with Laura”
Educator Panel:
Featuring Judy Green, Connie Neumann, Melanie Stringer, and Ann Weller Dahl
Breakout Group Discussions
Alison Arngrim, “Confessions of a Prairie ….”
Saturday
Julie Williams, “Carrie Ingalls, Frontier Presswoman”
Farm and Handwork
o Sarah Uthoff: Laura Ingalls Wilder: What a Doll!
o Sanford Clark: Little Locavore on the Prairie
o Kelly Kathleen Ferguson: A Twenty-First Century Look at the “Farm Cure”
Contextualizing Television
o Benjamin Lefebvre:
The House that Pa Built: Patriarchy, Nostalgia, and Nationhood in Michael Landon’s Little House on the Prairie
Spelling Bee/Silent Auction
Closing Lunch
Optional: Walnut Grove Field Trip/Pageant