Wednesday, October 28th, 7:30 pm at No Name Bar
Our next Nerd Nite Winona is a week of Halloween! At least one of our talks this month is sure to be at least a little bit spooky.
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Talk #1 – Ghost in the Machine: The Development of the Estes Method
by Lizzie Streif
Explore the history of spirit communication, with a focus on the technology used to make contact. Learn how ghosts spoke at Spiritualist seances, discover how ghost hunting went mainstream, dive into the Estes Method–the newest innovation in spirit communication, and find out how you can contribute to the field of paranormal research this Spooky Season.
Lizzie Streif is a therapist working towards licensure at Hiawatha Valley Mental Health Center. In their free time, they have spent the past six years exploring the strange and unexplained through deep dives into paranormal investigation.
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Talk #2 – Swashbuckling on the High Seas
by Rob Brault
Sailing through a hurricane on a voyage from France to Ireland aboard the Statsraad Lehmkuhl, a three-masted tall ship from Norway.
Rob is a former English teacher who is thoroughly enjoying his retirement. His other interests include making and using canoes and alpine skis.
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Talk #3 – The Serendipity of Analog Research
by Craig Upright
Greetings from the 20th century! Contemporary digital resources can be conveniently carried around in one’s pocket, but perhaps we have lost some of the skills and pleasures associated with not always finding what we’re looking for.
Craig Upright is a professor of sociology at Winona State University. He is a scholar of social movement organizations, and his 2020 book Grocery Activism: The Radical History of Food Cooperatives in Minnesota examined the tandem rise of 1970s cooperative grocery stores and organic food.