Partners Make Extraordinary Challenges Easier!

Mega thanks to the Passumpsic Savings Bank, which is sponsoring producer/director Bess O'Brien at My Story Matters! The Passumpsic team supports community and the excitement of three-dimensional history, and we're grateful for such terrific support.

FLASH NEWS! There are still some slots open for students in Bess O'Brien's day-long workshop "High School History: The Musical." Whether your talents are in acting, music, creative thinking, or the quirks and mysteries that make history such an adventure, consider joining this group for your adventure on April 8. You'll develop a real musical with Bess's coaching, and perform a "first draft" of it on stage. Bring one small costume prop (a hat, gloves, moustache, apron, shovel, you name it) and have in mind your own top character from the past. There's lots of room for action and delight at this workshop.

In History's Kitchen with Lauren Anderson

You've found it -- a recipe right out of Colonial times. But do you really want to try baking in an open fireplace this week? Or, you want to jazz up your Civil War report by offering a serving of hardtack, the enduring but generally tooth-breaking biscuit that soldiers carried with them: How can you find the recipe? Or, your Aunt Grace gave you her recipe for Depression-Era mock beef stew -- er, what ARE those ingredients and how can you substitute others and still have something tasty and true to the era?

Lauren Anderson has wrestled with questions like these. She'll present "In the Kitchen with History" at My Story Matters! Seasoned in the culinary arts, energetic, enthusiastic, and ready to show you a few tricks of the stove or cookbook, she'll get you started on your next project. Bring a notebook along.

FLASH NEWS! So many people have signed up for Lauren's presentation that she'll be offering it in both sessions II and III. Teachers and other coordinators, please watch for an e-mail that will help us sort out who'll be where and when (thank you!).