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NON:op + pt.fwd present "Six Words" Youth Writing Workshop

Sat, May 07

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McLean County Museum of History

Youth workshop to write brief reflections on the Central Illinois pandemic experience.

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NON:op + pt.fwd present "Six Words" Youth Writing Workshop
NON:op + pt.fwd present "Six Words" Youth Writing Workshop

Time & Location

May 07, 2022, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM

McLean County Museum of History, 200 N Main St, Bloomington, IL 61701, USA

About the event

On Friday, June 24 at 7:00 p.m., NON:op Open Opera Works, pt.fwd, and the McLean County Museum of History are pleased to co-host a youth workshop for Six Words, a newly-commissioned musical work by Edward Breitweiser. The event will be presented at the Museum, and is free and open to McLean County residents between the ages of 13-18.

Using archival research, community dialogue, and collaborative music-making, Six Words will engage directly with Central Illinois residents to reflect on our collective experience of the COVID-19 pandemic. Six Words will take the McLean County Museum of History’s COVID-19: The McLean County Experience as a starting point to ask local residents about their pandemic experiences, and to preserve them for future generations. Breitweiser will collaborate with local non-profits and youth organizations to create a communal space for telling and hearing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Bloomington-Normal area. These diverse experiences…

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