PBS' America Outdoors Screening at Wayfarer Theaters
September 14, 2023 | 7pm
Tickets to the screening and panel are $15
The screening will begin at 7pm, we suggest arriving early.
Wayfarer Theaters
1850 2nd St, Highland Park, IL 60035
Tickets to the screening and panel are $15
The screening will begin at 7pm, we suggest arriving early.
Wayfarer Theaters
1850 2nd St, Highland Park, IL 60035
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Join Brushwood Center and Wayfarer Theaters for a screening of Season One, Episode Six of PBS' America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston. After the screening, Catherine Game (Executive Director of Brushwood Center) will be joined by Adam Carson (Entrepreneur, Drip & Culture), Dawaune Lamont Hayes (Artist & Cultural Curator), and Celeste Flores (Director of Community Building at Mano a Mano Family Resource Center) for a panel discussion on culture and community in the great outdoors.
The screening will take place at Wayfarer Theaters in Highland Park. Wayfarer Theaters is a new collective space for films, live events, and conversation, designed to strengthen the bonds of friendship in our community. Minnesota: A Better World (Season 1, Episode 6) What does the wild mean to Americans today? To find out, Baratunde journeys into Minnesota’s Arrowhead Region, one of the last places where you can hike or paddle your way into the remote wilderness. From passionate birders to harvesters of wild rice, he encounters a fascinating cast of characters—and hears from them why wilderness means so much. Tickets are $15. Limited space available. Click below to purchase your tickets! |
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This event is part of the 40th Annual Smith Nature Symposium Event Series. This year’s theme, Connecting To Our Common Ground, is inspired by honoree Baratunde Thurston and celebrates our 40th anniversary through an inspiring line-up of artists, programs, and change-makers.
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About The Show
AMERICA OUTDOORS with BARATUNDE THURSTON returns with a brand-new season as the best-selling writer, podcaster and comedian travels the country to uncover our complex relationship with the outdoors. From biologists saving snapping turtles to BIPOC mountain bikers, Baratunde meets a fascinating cast of characters with one thing in common: a passion for being outside. Catch up on Season 1, and watch the premiere of Season 2, Wednesday September 6th 8/7c! Baratunde Thurston’s ability to hold space for hard and nuanced conversations juxtaposed with his sense of humor, inquisitive nature, and his ability to synthesize themes of race, culture, politics, and technology earned him a Social Impact Award from iHeartRadio. His TED talk, which sits at over 5 million views and counting, received compliments from MSNBC’s Brian Williams who called his talk “one of the greatest of all time.” Thurston has worked for The Onion, produced for THE DAILY SHOW, advised the Obama White House, and wrote the New York Times bestseller How to Be Black. He serves on the boards of BUILD and the Brooklyn Public Library and lives in Los Angeles, California. As a child, he was a Boy Scout and still remembers how to build a fire without matches. |
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Adam Carson
Adam is a social entrepreneur (a person who establishes an enterprise to solve social problems or effect social change) transitioning out of the public health, healthcare, and community development finance space to focus on tangible solutions communities can launch to address inequity. The first venture on this journey is Drip & Culture Co., a coffee shop in Waukegan, Illinois. The goal of Drip & Culture is to create a space where we build community, sell high-quality coffee, and promote social and civic engagement in and around Waukegan. |
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Celeste Flores
Celeste Flores, a child of immigrant parents, serves as Director of Community Building at Mano a Mano Family Resource Center. She is responsible for developing and implementing civic engagement, immigrant community organizing, and policy advocacy. She also oversees the Democracy in Action program and the Liderazgo program for emerging leaders in Lake County. Celeste recognizes that political engagement is critical at every level of government. In 2022 she was appointed to the Warren Newport Library Board. She was reelected in 2023 and became Vice President of the board. Additionally, in 2022, Celeste was named an Edgar Fellow. Most recently she was chosen to be part of the 2023 Illinois Women Institute for Leadership Training Academy. |
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Dawaune Lamont Hayes
Dawaune is a Regenerative Artist, Cultural Curator, and Spatial Practitioner from Omaha, Nebraska based in Chicago. They work at the intersections of intimate expression, historical reconciliation, and restorative futurism. They use everything from movement to digital collage to visualize their experience. They live by the mantra “Clean Air, Clean Water, Good Food, Good Weed, Best Friends” where they see humanity coming into alignment with our broader ecology to actually heal and thrive beyond our current conditions. |
