This year’s event will include:
Join us for this special program to be held at the The Grand Theater in downtown Wausau.
Since 2013, journalists Deborah and James Fallows have traveled to small communities in every part of the country. These communities have faced economic shocks, political crises and other serious hardships. Each place they went, they talked with teachers, business creators, mayors, religious leaders, students, artists and architects, librarians and others involved in shaping their community’s future. As they traveled across the country, at low altitude in their small airplane, they viewed the patterns of river and hill from above. These features explain the pattern of American settlement. On the ground, they saw the emerging pattern of American reinvention.
These travels culminated in the 2018 national best seller Our Towns: A 100,000-Mile Journey into the Heart of America.
OUR TOWNS is a 2021 HBO documentary, based on the Fallows' best selling book. The film features eight of the towns included in Our Towns: A 100,000-Mile Journey into the Heart of America. The documentary can be streamed on HBO Max.
Deborah Fallows is a writer and linguist. She has written extensively on language, education, families and work, China, and travel for The Atlantic, National Geographic, Slate, The New York Times, The LA Times, and The Washington Monthly. She has been a fellow at New America and a senior research fellow at the Pew Research Center.
James Fallows is a longtime writer for The Atlantic magazine. He has reported for the magazine from around the world since the late 1970s, including extended assignments in China, Japan, and Southeast Asia, and within the United States in Texas, Washington state, and California. He has written 12 books and won the American Book Award, the National Magazine Award, and a documentary Emmy. He has also done extensive commentary on National Public Radio. He now hosts a Substack site, called Breaking the News.
VIP Networking Event
If you would like to participate in the VIP Networking Event which will precede this program from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., please register here. The cost is $50 and includes an opportunity for you to grow your personal and professional network, as well as a cocktail reception and hors d'oeuvres.
Sponsors
Sponsorship opportunities are still available. Please contact Brian Otten at botten@wausauchamber.com or 715-848-5947 for investment levels and benefits.
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Admission
5:30 p.m.- 6:00 p.m. - Registration
6:00 p.m. - 8 p.m. - Program, Cash Bar