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Raising the Dead
Using Creative Nonfiction to Bring History to Life

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Date: May 18, 2:00 pm-5:00pm
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Location: Crested Butte Mountain Heritage Museum
Details: Learn to research historical material in order to tell engaging stories that can take on a life of their own! Author Cara Guerrieri and Crested Butte Mountain Heritage Museum Curator Nel Burkett lead a workshop and discussion about how to begin writing history and the research that goes into the project. Ms. Guerrieri will discuss the methods she uses to research historical material to tell engaging stories that can take on a life of their own. She has a long career of writing for publications such as The Gunnison News, Crested Butte News, Gunnison Magazine, Crested Butte Magazine, Colorado Central Magazine, and her work with her mother and father, Richard and Phyllis Guerrieri, to publish their memoirs. Ms. Burkett, who regularly assists researchers like Guerrieri, will provide insight on how to best use local archives and effectively draw on many sources to find the historical content you need for your next story. She will share her experiences using primary sources and oral histories to develop exhibit text for the Museum and how this often results in discovering unknown and unique stories. Following the presentation, get started researching and writing your own historical narrative through guided exercises. Bring your own ideas about the history you would like to explore, and make this class an opportunity to get started writing!
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Upcoming Events
  TIME   EVENT   LOCATION
Saturday, May 18
  8:00am-12:00pm Growler Pre-Ride/Train Hartman's Rocks
  9:00am-12:00pm Cheat Pull Day Legion Park
  9:00am-12:00pm De-pooing Crested Butte Crested Butte Town Hall
  9:00am-12:00pm Town Clean Up & Electronics Recycle Town Hall
  10:00am-5:00pm Colorado Public Lands Trail Work Day Roaring Judy Trail
  2:00pm-5:00pm Raising the Dead Crested Butte Mountain Heritage Museum
  7:00pm-9:00pm The SOD Presents: Center for the Arts Crested Butte
Tuesday, May 21
  5:30pm-7:30pm Beaded Jewelry & Beverages Center for the Arts, 606 6th Street, Crested Butte, CO
  6:00pm-7:00pm Gunnison GoodReads Book Club Gunnison Library
  6:30pm-10:00pm Otis Davis Gunnison Arts Center 102 S. Main St. Gunnison Co 81230
Wednesday, May 22
  5:00pm-7:00pm Crested Butte Magazine Summer Release Party The Public House
  6:00pm-8:00pm May is Preservation Month Town Hall
  7:00pm-10:00pm BLINDSPOTTING Center for the Arts
Thursday, May 23
  6:00pm-9:00pm Mandalas & Mojitos Main Gallery, Gunnison Arts Center 102 S. Main St. Gunnison Co 81230
  7:00pm-8:00pm Off-Season Seminar Series CB Library
Friday, May 24
   Memorial Day Weekend Sidewalk Sale Elk Avenue
  7:00pm-9:00pm Blindspotting Black Box Theatre
  7:30pm-12:00am Ten Minute Play Festival 2nd Ave at Elk
Saturday, May 25
   Memorial Day Weekend Sidewalk Sale Elk Avenue
  8:30am-3:00pm Kid's Original Growler & Skills Clinics Hartman Rocks Base Area
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