Emily Wesenick, youth and family program manager
If you ask my husband if I am the cook in our house, he would likely tell you: “No, but she does bake.” As the –ber months approach, my baking habits become more frequent, filling our kitchen with the delicious smells of banana bread, apple bars, or my favorite, chocolate chip cookies.
This past weekend, I couldn’t stifle the baking urge any longer and tried out a new white chocolate banana bread bar recipe. Folks at the Museum on Monday got a treat as the result of a bit of overbaking on my end. Don’t worry, I kept some at home for my husband and I to snack on and included the recipe at the end of the blog just for you.
While my kitchen heats up, so does programming around the Museum. The education department is brimming with new ideas and community collaboration to help bring new visitors into the Museum’s galleries and making spaces.
As the Museum’s book club leader, the upcoming collaboration with the Central Wisconsin Book Festival has been a must-attend program on my list for several weeks. Dexter Patterson, a birder, storyteller, and educator, baked up a new guidebook, Birds of the Great Lakes that will be featured during a discussion on Friday, September 25. While birding guides are accessible to all, birding as a hobby isn’t always. During Dexter’s talk he also will discuss inclusive birding practices, sustainability, and conservation in the birding community. As the founder of Wisconsin’s BIPOC Birding Club and host of Bird Joy Podcast, he has a unique lens to investigate how birding can become a hobby for all. Copies of his book will be available for purchase and signing after the presentation.
Image from wiscobirder.com
While there are more program recipes in the works, I will stick to sharing baking just recipes for now. You’ll have to check out the newest events calendar to learn more about what we are cooking up here at the Museum this fall!
