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SALTED SPEAKER SERIES
The Salted Speaker Series is a FREE speaking series hosted in partnership with The Livery Theatre and Huron County.
SATURDAY SPEAKERS
ROBERT MCVEIGH
"Compass Minerals: Salt of The Earth"
10:00am - 11:00am
Learn what it's like to work underground at the worlds largest salt mine with special guest Robert McVeigh, an Engineering and Capital Manager with Compass Minerals!
THE MCEWAN FAMILY
"The Salt Man"
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Beth Feagan and Scott MacEwan are two of Peter McEwan's great-great grandchildren. Life-long residents of Goderich, they're delighted to provide an overview of Peter's life as captured in the historical fiction novel The Salt Man. Set in the 1800s, The Salt Man is a compelling tale of adventure, discovery, courage and love that illuminates the early days of Southwestern Ontario's oil and salt industries.
SALLY WALKER
"The Livery Theatre: Forging Our Future"
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Long time volunteer with the Goderich Little Theatre, Sally Walker, will entertain you with stories and photos of people and events that have brought our theatre from its humble origins as a blacksmith’s forge (circa 1840) to the beloved home of our Goderich Little Theatre (since 1983). Also a sneak preview of our exciting coming season and beyond! Sally Walker, retired teacher, community volunteer, author of novel,“101”.
Taylor Marie Graham is an award-winning theatre creator, scholar, and educator who grew up on the shores of Lake Huron / Huron Tract. She has an MFA in creative writing and a PhD in theatre studies from the University of Guelph. Currently, she teaches as a sessional English/theatre professor at Western University. You can find Taylor’s articles in Canadian Theatre Review, Intermission Magazine, Routledge’s Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance, The Conversation, and Canadian Literature. Her book Cottage Radio & Other Plays (Talonbooks) animates a wild cast of Southwestern Ontario characters –particularly its strong, hilarious rural women– with complex histories and relationships to the land. Both Taylor’s artistic and academic work often explores rural feminisms and the decolonization of bodies in space. Find out more at www.taylormariegraham.com
TAYLOR MARIE GRAHAM
4:00pm - 5:00pm
"Theatre, Ghosts, and Salt Deposits"
SUNDAY SPEAKERS
DUNCAN MCGREGOR
10:00am - 11:00am
"Compass Minerals: Salt of The Earth"
Duncan’s presentation will be based on HOW does a theatre director make a story like Streamliners work on a stage? There are 19 scenes, each with a different setting so how do we present the reality of the characters’ circumstances? We don’t have a world class 15 piece swing band on stage so how does the audience experience the music? With the vast array of settings how do the relevant personal stories of the founders manifest themselves? And, what is the relevance of Canadian stories to a Canadian audience? Duncan has a background in professional theatre and also a joy for Canadian community theatre that he has been practising for 50 years. Streamliners is his latest project and one that will be presented here on the stage of the Livery Theatre in October 2024.
THE MCEWAN FAMILY
"Compass Minerals: Salt of The Earth"
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Beth Feagan and Scott MacEwan are two of Peter McEwan's great-great grandchildren. Life-long residents of Goderich, they're delighted to provide an overview of Peter's life as captured in the historical fiction novel The Salt Man. Set in the 1800s, The Salt Man is a compelling tale of adventure, discovery, courage and love that illuminates the early days of Southwestern Ontario's oil and salt industries.
DAVID YATES
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Local Historian
David Yates is a local historian originally from Windsor, Yates has spent the last 45 years living between Goderich and Bayfield. Just retired from 30 years of teaching secondary school history, Yates is a man who has contributed to the community in many other ways as well. He has written a local history column for the local papers and is proud to call Goderich his home, where he and his wife raised their 3 children.
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