Oomen leads “Port Oneida: Path to the Page” writing workshop
From staff reports
Award-winning writer Anne-Marie Oomen leads a daylong workshop on Friday, July 30 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., for writers at any level, and especially for those interested in history-inspired pieces. Explore your creative muse by spending the day hiking through the farms, woods, and fields of lovely Port Oneida’s historic farming district. Start and end the day at the restored Charles Olsen Farm just north of Glen Arbor. With the oral history of the pioneer homesteads in their beautiful settings as your inspiration, along with guidance and instruction from Anne-Marie, you will have an opportunity to walk, write and share some creative prose. Enjoy a gourmet box lunch and stimulating conversation with other writers. The cost is $70 and space is limited to 15 people. Register at www.phsb.org or call (231) 334-6103.
Anne-Marie Oomen is a published poet, playwright, essayist, and educator. Her writing has won a variety of awards and recognition, and her recent farm memoir, Pulling Down the Barn, is published by Wayne State University Press for their Great Lakes Series. She has taught the Poetry Workshops and Lifestory Writing courses at Northwestern Michigan College, serves as faculty assistant to Pulitzer Prize-wining poet Steven Dunn at the Stone Coast Writers Conference, and currently serves as Creative Writing Instructor at Interlochen Arts Academy.
This writing workshop is sponsored by Preserve Historic Sleeping Bear, a non-profit directed by Susan Pocklington and dedicated to saving the region’s cultural and physical pioneer heritage. Through our collective efforts, we are “Saving the History – Telling the Story.”
Treat Farm Volunteer Project and PHSB Annual Potluck
From staff reports
Preserve Historic Sleeping Bear (PHSB), a non-profit Partner with the National Park, seeks volunteers for a two-day project at the historic Treat Farm just south of Empire, on July 23-24, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. The project, funded by Cherry Republic, will focus on repairs to several weathered outbuildings of this beautifully sited farmstead off Stormer Rd. New and experienced workers are welcome; skilled project coordinators will supervise. Volunteers may sign up for some or all of the project’s timeframe. Workers should wear closed-toe shoes, bring a sack lunch, insect repellent, and sunscreen. Skilled carpenters should bring a hammer, and some portable electric tools, if desired.
PHSB holds its annual members’ Potluck on Saturday, July 24 at 6 p.m., at the historic Charles Olsen Farm’s big red barn. Help celebrate the conclusion of the Treat Farm project, as well as the accomplishments and support of all of PHSB’s members and friends, and learn more about our mission to save the physical and cultural heritage of Leelanau’s pioneer history. Hotdogs and drinks will be provided. Bring a dish to pass, and family and friends. The Charles Olsen Farm is located on M-22, four miles north of Glen Arbor, within the Port Oneida Rural Historic District of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.
For more information and volunteer registration, and to see other 2010 projects and events, please visit: www.phsb.org or call (231) 334-6103.