After tonight I'm free.
I've been writing in here about my busy
summer doing things for the Marquette Regional History Center. I
haven't been complaining—I love doing tours & programs for
them—but tonight wraps up a two month span of a bike tour, a
walking tour, a newsletter article, and a program, all of which had
to be researched, put together, rehearsed, and finally presented.
And since I didn't want to spend my entire summer putting them
together, I started working on them right after Christmas.
Which means that I've been working on
these things, on and off, for almost eight months now. But after
tonight, I can breathe easy.
“21 Pictures” has probably been the
hardest of the four to put together, for a couple of reasons. One is
that it's a 10 pm show, which means that the humor and the, uhm,
adult elements to it have to be amped up a little. And since there
was no overwhelming “theme” to it (unlike my “Docks of Iron
Bay” tour which was about, obviously, the docks of Iron Bay), it
took me awhile to figure out what I wanted to do with it, aside from
showing a bunch of really cool pictures.
And I hope I've worked it out. I guess
we'll see tonight.;
You're welcome to show up outside the
History Center tonight at 10, If any rain lingers (and it'd better
not) we'll do it inside; otherwise, bring your lawn chairs and your
favorite beverages and I'll show 70-some pictures on the wall of the
building, and tell stories about (but not limited to) where people
went to make out in the 1920s, a bar turned strip club where you
could still hold baby showers, and the single strangest class ever
offered by the Marquette Public Schools. If you can, and if you're
interested, hope to see you there!
Enjoy your weekend, too. I know I'll
enjoy mine, because for the first time in a long time, I will be
free.
8-)
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