Year 2 of QWERTYFEST MKE exceeded our expectations in every way. It was an incredible weekend that celebrated the invention of the typewriter in Milwaukee as well as history, writing, and innovation in general. It was also a helluva lot of fun. QF co-organizers want to give a heartfelt thanks to the many people who made this event happen. We are fortunate to have a wide base of supporters who wanted to help us see this event happen. We are looking forward to seeing what we can accomplish on 2025, and we will have some dates very soon. Here's a run down of everything that happed at QF 24. Photos by Royal Brevväxling Friday, June 21: Typewriter Ball at Turner Hall The Clackathon returned with another exciting display of creativity. The wonderful performers and crew that participated: WOO crew/ Fabrication Assistant: Sedy Bee All Evil Sponsors: Freesia McKee Intimidating Judge 1: Rocky Intimidating Judge 2/ Story Consultant: Becky Franzel Leader of the WOO Crew/ Fabrication Assistant: Kirsten Meier Cowardly Cliff/ Story Consultant: Matthew Filipowicz The Poet Laureate of a Trash Mountain the Size of Texas: Kay Kro Homeless Animal: Ben Yela Super Duper Senior/ Costumes / Props: Leslie Vaglica Engineer of Tomorrow’s Typewriter: Mikal Floyd Pruitt The Dandy Troubadour: Dandy Freling Host/ Director/ Writer/ Producer/ Stage Manager: Anja Notanja Sieger Choreographer: Brian Rott Our headlining act was the Boston Typewriter Orchestra. We were thrilled to bring them to town to perform. Saturday, June 22: QWERTYFEST presentations and workshops at Charles Allis Art Museum and Whisky Type after party at Great Lakes Distillery Librarian and author Amy Waldman gave a presentation on library resources, QF co-organizer and author Tea Krulos was joined by author Ben Riggs to discuss Wisconsin's connections to the fantasy genre, QF co-organizer and writer Molly Snyder read some of her work, and keynote presenter Richard Polt, author of "The Typewriter Revolution" gave a talk titled "Revolution Forever." Sunday, June 23: National Typewriter Day Activities "QWERTY Journey" tour at Forest Home Cemetery Typewriter Brunch Open Jam 2 at X-Ray Arcade Mapping the Qwertyverse presentation at Central Library Rare Books Room Anchor Press Open House at Charles Allis Art Museum The Qwertyverse is a project we've collaborated on with Prof. Jason Puskar (pictured) and his students. It's a site that has an archive of typewriter related documents, a mapping project, and an oral history collection. Jason talked about the project's already impressive start in Central Library's Rare Books Room. See link to Qwertyverse below. Links
Royal Brevväxling: Royal Brevväxling - Brevväxling.com (brevvaxling.com) DarkFusion Systems: DarkFusion Systems, LLC Wendy Lynn Markus: Wend O'Lynn The Fiddler (wendolynn.com) Bakehouse 23: Facebook Anja Notanja Sieger: www.laprosette.com Boston Typewriter Orchestra: bostontypewriterorchestra | Twitter, Instagram, Facebook | Linktree Richard Polt: The Typewriter Revolution blog (writingball.blogspot.com) Kay Kro: The Traveling Typist Lisa Floading: Lisa Floading (@platen_place) • Instagram photos and videos Amy Waldman: Bookshop.org Tea Krulos: teakrulos.com Ben Riggs: Ben Riggs (writerbenriggs.com) Molly Snyder: Molly Snyder (@mollysnydermke) • Instagram photos and videos Carolyn Wynnack: The Whisky Type Vox Starling: Facebook The Qwertyverse: Welcome · The Qwertyverse · UWM L&S Omeka Anchor Press, Paper and Print: www.anchorpresspaperandprint.org Central Library Rare Books Room: Richard E. & Lucile Krug Rare Books Room · MPL Sponsors Retrospekt: retrospekt.com Awkward Nerd Events: Awkward Nerd Events Woodland Pattern: Woodland Pattern - for Poetry & the Arts, Milwaukee, Wisconsin OnMIlwaukee: OnMilwaukee 91.7FM WMSE: WMSE - 91.7FM
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