UPR Hosts 'The Kitchen Sisters' in Logan April 4-7
Utah Public Radio, a part of Utah State University's College of Humanities and Social Sciences, hosts the Kitchen Sisters for several campus events. The public is invited to a multi-media Tanner Talks lecture in the USU Caine Performance Hall on the Logan campus Monday, April 4, at 7 p.m. The lecture is free but tickets are required and are now available.
Utah State University’s public radio station, Utah Public Radio, will host Peabody Award winning public radio producers Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva, the Kitchen Sisters, in Logan April 4-7. Events include a multi-media Tanner Talks lecture in the USU Caine Performance Hall on the Logan campus Monday, April 4, at 7 p.m.
The Tanner Talks lecture is free to the public but ticket reservations are required and can be made online at the UPR website or through the Caine College of the Arts “Buy Tickets” website.
The Tanner Talks presentation includes personal stories by the Kitchen Sisters about their experiences sharing stories for programs on public radio, including the National Public Radio series “Lost & Found Sound” and “The Sonic Memorial Project.” The Kitchen Sisters also produced “The Hidden World of Girls” and “Hidden Kitchens” heard on NPR’s Morning Edition. The series inspired their first book, Hidden Kitchens: Stories, Recipes, and More from NPR’s The Kitchen Sisters, a 2005 New York Times Notable Book of the Year for 2005 nominated for a James Beard Award for Best Writing on Food.
The Kitchen Sisters will meet with USU students during a campus presentation Tuesday, April 5, at 8 a.m. in the Edith Bowen Laboratory School Auditorium on the USU Logan campus. Students and other attendees should enter the auditorium through the south doors of the school on 700 north.
Kitchen Sisters Productions is a non-profit independent reporting project working to build community through storytelling. Their presentations and visit are made possible through Utah Public Radio and the USU College of Humanities and Social Sciences 2015-16 Tanner Talks.
For more information or tickets contact Utah Public Radio, 435-797-3138 or see the UPR website.
Writer and contact: Kerry Bringhurst, 435-797-1352, kerry.bringhurst@usu.edu
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