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Museum extends spring series to include two new virtual lectures Published by twalro@presspub. on Sun, 04/04/2021 - 6:53pm
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Tammy Walro
Due to the success of its previous presentations, the National Museum of the Great Lakes is announcing the addition of two more lectures to their 2021 Spring Virtual Lecture Series.
The first added lecture, titled “An Illustrated History of the Soo Locks,” will take place Wednesday, April 14, at 7 p.m. and will feature Michelle Briggs, who, since 2009, has served as the Soo Locks’ Chief Park Ranger.
“Our virtual lectures have surpassed our expectations. We’re breaking attendance records well beyond any we ever saw pre-pandemic,” said Carrie Sowden, the museum’s Archaeology Director and virtual lecture moderator. “Additionally, because our membership extends across the nation and beyond, the virtual presentations have allowed us to continue spr
Following an accident in 2007 in which she was hit by a tractor then out of work for five months, Emily Stewart turned to writing and singing songs.
The singer/songwriter and musician is working on an album entitled âBlessing Hearts & Taking Names.â Her previous recordings are â1â and âSay What You Mean,â both EPs; and the single âRoot to Heart.â
âI always tell people itâs folk, country, blues and roots,â Stewart said of her music.
She primarily plays the guitar and banjo but likes to mix things up by playing other instruments such as the ukelele, zhongruan, mandolin and dulcimer.