TWO LECTURES

"Does Williamsburg Still Matter? 
Preservation and Storytelling in the 21st Century" 
Free Lecture by Jeff Klee, Architectural Historian – Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Friday, June 14, 2013 
6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Place: Villa Terrace Museum, 2220 N. Terrace Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53202

"Messin' in the Kitchen": New Possibilities for Community Public/Oral History in the Digital Age” Free Lecture by Michael H. Frisch, Professor of American Studies and History and Senior Research Scholar at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo

Tuesday June 18, 2013. 6:30-8:30PM 

Place: 2650 N. Wahl Avenue Milwaukee, WI 53211 (North Point Lighthouse)
Both events are free and open to the public 

BLC students will present at the American Folklore Society Annual Meeting

We will be there in full strength at the AFS 2013 Annual Meeting

Yuko Nakamura (University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee), Identifying "Common" Places as Cultural Resources: An Experimental Study on the Transmission of People's Systems to Evaluate Vernacular Places

Sustainable Models: Case Studies and Perspectives on Field Schools Sponsored by the Public Programs Section Section
Guha Shankar (American Folklife Center), chair
Meghann E. Jack (Memorial University of Newfoundland), Gerald Pocius (Memorial University of Newfoundland), Arijit Sen (University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee), Kim Stryker (George Mason University), Chelsea Wait (University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee)

BLC Field School wins national award

Picturing Milwaukee: Thurston Woods Pilot Study, the 2012 BLC Field School directed by Arijit Sen received the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH)  2013 Award of Merit.

The Award of Merit is presented to recognize excellence for projects (including civic engagement, special projects, educational programs, exhibits, publications, restoration projects, etc.), individual achievement, and organizational general excellence.

Sen will receive the award on behalf of the field school participants on Friday, September 20, 2013 at the AASLH annual meeting in Birmingham, AL. The 2013 BLC Field School will be held at the Historic Water Tower Neighborhood.