This 30-minute documentary focuses on women's use of quilting as a form of expression.
The project is part of a recently completed year-long study on global quilting traditions.
Broadcasting students Maika Bauerle and Michaela Stevens completed this portion of the depth report. The project was supervised by broadcasting professor Rick Alloway.
Lincoln's Bennett Martin Library is the host of a reading with Joe Starita, a professor, former Journal Star city editor and author.
Starita teaches at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln School of Journalism and Mass Communications. His previous work includes the book The Dull Knifes of Pine Ridge: A Lakota Odyssey.
In 1879, Ponca Chief Standing Bear challenged decades of Indian policy when he stood in a federal courthouse in Omaha and demanded to be recognized as a person by the U.S. government. In Starita’s latest book, I Am a Man: Chief Standing Bear's Journey, he masterfully portrays Chief Standing Bear’s struggle to right a horrible injustice.
The reading will take place at the Bennett Martin Library at 2 p.m. April 19 in the Jane Pope Geske Heritage Room of Nebraska Authors.
