Road Reports

Video Bonanza! Michigan Foodways Video Available Online

Michigan's tour of Key Ingredients: America by Food may have just ended, but the depth of scholarship on Michigan foodways that informed the activities in host communities and formed the content of the companion exhibition, Michigan Foodways, has created a lasting legacy. The Michigan Humanities Council posted a video highlighting unique Michigan dishes on YouTube. Take a look at this fun and informative video! Also, make sure to visit the Michigan Foodways website, featured in an earlier post on the Road Reports blog, at www.michiganfoodways.org.

-- Robbie Davis, SITES/Museum on Main Street, Washington, DC

Roots Run Deep in Campbell County

New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music kicked off in LaFollette, Tennessee in March, and the Campbell Cultural Coalition pulled out all the stops in order to provide us with an expansive view into roots music traditions in Campbell County through their local companion exhibit.

This all-volunteer organization -- that's right . . . ALL-volunteer -- worked tirelessly with their project scholar Christie Burns, an independent folklorist from Chattanooga. Their companion exhibit tells a comprehensive story of roots music in the area from first inhabitants all the way to modern living traditions.

Christie, whom I can't praise highly enough, built an informative and elegant multimedia component to accompany the exhibit, and I invite you all to take a gander. If you can't make it to LaFollette to see the exhibit . . . here's the next best thing. Great job Campbell County and Christie Burns!

-- Paul McCoy, Program Officer, Humanities Tennessee, Nashville, TN