[Durham INC] Fw: "Conversation with a Tramp: An Evening with John Muir"

[Melissa Rooney]

Something for everyone in Chapel Hill this week, and it's free :)
 
I hope to take my kids to this performance, as we learned to appreciate John Muir's legacy (and eccentricity)  when camping in Sequoia (and Kings Canyon) National Park last year.

Thanks UNC :)

Melissa

Melissa Rooney
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--- On Sun, 1/18/09, Christian Stalberg <cstalberg at ccalternatives.org> wrote:
From: Christian Stalberg <cstalberg at ccalternatives.org>
Subject: [durhamenviro] "Conversation with a Tramp: An Evening with John Muir"
To: durhamenviro at yahoogroups.com, "code green" <codegreen at codegreen.us>, cleanenergydurham at yahoogroups.com, "NCgreens" <ncgreens at yahoogroups.com>
Date: Sunday, January 18, 2009, 4:31 AM



 
 


  
  
    Actor to bring John Muir back to 
      life in show about early environmental advocate 
     
  

  
  
    Tuesday, January 13, 2009 
  
    Actor Lee Stetson will perform “Conversation with 
      a Tramp: An Evening with John Muir” at 7 p.m. Jan. 22 at the University of 
      North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The free public event will take place in 
      the Hanes Art Center auditorium.

In this one-man show, Stetson will 
      play John Muir, the 19th- and early 20th-century naturalist, author and 
      early advocate of preservation of U.S. wilderness. As Muir, Stetson will 
      transport his audience back to the Old West, recalling Muir’s astonishing 
      adventures in the Sierra Nevada. Stetson’s guests will learn about the 
      roots of American environmental activism while laughing at Muir’s tales 
      and waiting for a big decision from Washington—the outcome of which will 
      always be remembered as the first great battle for environmental 
      integrity.

Stetson has been depicting Muir in shows for 26 years. 
      His play “Conversation with a Tramp” has been presented at Yosemite 
      National Park every summer since 1983. The showing is sponsored by the UNC 
      Institute for the Environment and the UNC Scholars 
      Program.

UNC Institute for the Environment 
      contact: Lindsay Leonard,
      
       lindsle at email.unc.edu
      
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News Services contact: Susan Houston, (919) 
      962-8415,
      
       susan_houston at unc.edu
 

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