Betsy Gaines Quammen Speaking Event

We are off to a great start with Historic Preservation Month. Thanks to everyone who came to the Cookie Painting Party. Over 100 cookies were painted and consumed! Our next event is an author discussion with Betsy Gaines Quammen at the Story Mansion on Tuesday, May 14 from 6-8pm. Gaines Quammen's newest book True West: Myth and Mending on the Far Side of America explores myths of the West and how, if left unexamined, they distort the realities of the present and exacerbate polarizations. These misperceptions about land, politics, liberty, and self-determination threaten the wellbeing of western communities overrun by newcomers seeking a dream—and the country, unless America recognizes the dangers of building a national identity on illusion. Gaines Quammen interrogates it all by listening, carefully, to people from varying political and cultural perspectives as she seeks to reconcile the deep anger and broad misunderstandings that linger amid myths that define and impede the West and America (https://www.betsygainesquammen.com/true-west). We hope to see you there!