Date and Time for this Past Event
- Wednesday, Aug 11, 2021 7pm - 9pm
Details
This panel will feature six participants who know hitchhiking intimately: three from the mid-20th century and three from the early 21st century. They will discuss their experiences from the two eras and compare notes on techniques, joys, and challenges.
Hosted by James Deutsch
James Deutsch is a curator and editor at the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, where he has helped plan and develop many different public programs. He also serves as an adjunct professor—teaching courses on American film history and folklore—in the American Studies Department at George Washington University.
Panelists Include:
Agnotti (they/she) is a Chicago native who is passionate about the intersection of social justice, community dialogue, and performing arts. They facilitate workshops employing a variety of pedagogical techniques such as InterPlay, Theatre of the Oppressed, and Devising. Since 2013, she has been hired by InterPlay to produce and facilitate events around the world as well as recently becoming their Development Director. She is also freelancing for a number of theatre companies and schools, as a teaching artist, performer, and facilitator offering workshops in drama, puppetry, storytelling, musical theater, and movement. Visit www.agnotti.com for more details.
Alex Bildsoe (she/her) is an artist, illustrator, writer, and baker from Minnesota. She writes about the world around her (both real and imagined) in intricate detail, and her visual work often follows in this style, using both intricate linework and a childlike sensibility. Often cuisine and food sensory / ritual experiences are woven into this. Her insatiable curiosity leads her as perpetual student of existence. Alex received a studio arts degree from Beloit College and a master’s degree in authorial illustration from Falmouth University. She currently lives in the Hudson Valley in New York, and is wrapping up a three-year-long zine project called The New Manifesto. Find out more at www.alexandrabildsoe.com/.
Sarah Gottlieb is a dancer, choreographer, and cultural worker. Through dance performance and movement education, Sarah explores how social justice affects our lives and bodies. Sarah’s love for nature, adventure, and human connection has inspired her to hitchhike over 25,000 miles throughout the US, Latin America, and Europe. Originally from Chicago, Sarah continues to embrace the joys and challenges of an international lifestyle and currently resides in Granada, Spain. You can find out more about Sarah’s work at https://sarahgottlieb.org, and follow her on Facebook and on Instagram, @mybody.compass
Ed Levy grew up in "Bawlmer Merlin" in a carless household. His wanderlust encouraged him to start hitchhiking at age 14 and to hitch to 49 states by the time he was 20. He hitched around Europe for six months when he was 23 and has now traveled to 82 countries with nearly all the others on his want to go list.
Herb Levy directed local and national nonprofit organizations for more than 31 years. He continues to serve in the leadership of several nonprofit boards. He’s a child of the 1960s. Some of his fondest times were spent with his thumb out exploring the US.
