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Last week we hosted @andrewaydin.bsky.social at the Cleveland Foundation for the 90th anniversary of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards and Congressman Lewis, who won the award in 1999. Dawn Arrington, Dir of Comics at the Corner led the interview
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What a weekend! We'll be sharing highlights from our 2nd Rust Belt Symposium, a chance to tell our own stories and imagine new futures rooted in community. Like the #splicecreamtruck, we are "powered by North East Shores" ... and stories! ❤️ @valentinolzullo.bsky.social @katietrostel.bsky.social

Reframing the 'Rust Belt' narrative through the humanities The Rust Belt Humanities Lab at Ursuline College is using community events and guest speakers to help students and residents re-imagine the region and its future.

@andrewaydin.bsky.social, @katietrostel.bsky.social, and @valentinolzullo.bsky.social will be on the Sound of Ideas this morning! #CLE #RustBelt #booksky

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Books at the Market today at the West Side Market with @literarycleveland.bsky.social, Cleveland Public Library and more! @andrewaydin.bsky.social will be signing books at 1pm! #comics #comicssky #booksky #CLE #RustBelt @rustbeltlab.bsky.social @katietrostel.bsky.social

It was a true honor to host one of comics' greats this weekend when @andrewaydin.bsky.social visited Cleveland for the first time. He fit right in! Look for picture and videos: here is a sneak peek @katietrostel.bsky.social @valentinolzullo.bsky.social @topshelfcomix.bsky.social #CLE #RustBelt

We met w/ Dawn Arrington of Comics at the Corner today to plan her conversation w/ @andrewaydin.bsky.social at the Cleveland Foundation this week. Let's celebrate the 90th anniversary of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award and John Lewis' legacy @valentinolzullo.bsky.social @katietrostel.bsky.social

Thanks for the writeup, Cool Cleveland! #RustBeltLab
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Our reading of John Lewis, @andrewaydin.bsky.social, and @natepowell.bsky.social’s March with students from Tri-C and Ursuline College continues. Pictured are some of our book club members. @topshelfcomix.bsky.social @valentinolzullo.bsky.social @katietrostel.bsky.social #comics #Cleveland #rustbelt

Next week @andrewaydin.bsky.social will be at the Cleveland Foundation in honor of the 90th anniversary of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, which John Lewis won in 1999. #booksky #comicssky @topshelfcomix.bsky.social @valentinolzullo.bsky.social @katietrostel.bsky.social #comics #Cleveland #RustBelt

We have a handful of additional tickets available for our April 4th Symposium. Please email katharine.trostel@ursuline.edu if you're interested! @valentinolzullo.bsky.social @katietrostel.bsky.social

Next month: Books at the Market at Cleveland's historic, West Side Market w/ @andrewaydin.bsky.social. Will we see you? Join @literarycleveland.bsky.social, Cleveland Public Library, Comics at the Corner, more! #comics #booksky #CLE #RustBelt @valentinolzullo.bsky.social @katietrostel.bsky.social

Getting our swag ready for our Rust Belt Symposium at #ursulinecollege! Our bags are from Found Surface "Manufacturing eco-friendly soft goods in Cleveland, Ohio." Our event is sold out but you can learn more about our work: www.rustbeltlab.org. @katietrostel.bsky.social @valentinolzullo.bsky.social

The Charles W. Chesnutt Archive team - Seeks to make accessible Chesnutt’s writings addressing topics of race, identity, violence, class, and familial and economic relations.

The founding team of Midstory - A 501(c)(3) non-profit thinkhub progressing the narrative of the Midwest “to drive renewed interest and human capital into post-industrial cities.”

Ben Smith of Splice-Cream Truck - “Splicing Us Together” by recording community members’ stories

Guest Speakers:
Andrew Aydin, creator and co-author of the graphic memoir series, MARCH (National Book Award winner) and RUN

Only three tickets remain for our 2025 Rust Belt Symposium @ursulinecollege on 4/4! Join us as we co-create humanities ecosystems in the Rust Belt. Make connections, learn about opportunities to collaborate, and explore public humanities initiatives in our region. secure.acceptiva.com?cst=6DKzh4

Students @ Ursuline College & Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland are reading March 1-3 by John Lewis, @andrewaydin.bsky.social, & @natepowell.bsky.social this Spring! Prepping for Andrew's visit! @topshelfcomix.bsky.social @katietrostel.bsky.social @valentinolzullo.bsky.social #comics #CLE

Join us on 4/4 & hear from Midstory "a non-profit thinkhub that progresses the narrative of the Midwest by incubating bright, diverse and interdisciplinary thinkers to ... envision the future of our region." secure.acceptiva.com?cst=6DKzh4 @katietrostel.bsky.social @valentinolzullo.bsky.social

Interested in how comics document place? Consider submitting an abstract for a proposed panel on Rust Belt comics for the 2026 MLA conference in Toronto--@modernlanguage.bsky.social. @katietrostel.bsky.social @valentinolzullo.bsky.social
#academicsky #rustbelt #comics Learn more www.rustbeltlab.org

And of course, @atrubek.bsky.social @beltpublishing.bsky.social released a beautiful edition of The Morrow of Tradition as part of their "Revival Series": www.arcadiapublishing.com/products/978....

p.s. @nybooks.com recently recommended a new biography of Chesnutt! Read about it here: www.bowdoin.edu/.../bowdoins....

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Learn more about our work here: www.rustbeltlab.org

Join us on 4/4 for our Rust Belt Humanities Lab Symposium at Ursuline. Learn about the amazing work of the Charles W. Chesnutt Archive Team as they spotlight the legacy of a transformative Cleveland writer & build community around his work. @katietrostel.bsky.social @valentinolzullo.bsky.social

Sina also documented Cleveland for us, located Ursuline College in the heart of the Rust Belt, and cartooned a portrait of Edith Anisfield Wolf, founder of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, which is central to our class. You can learn more about this work and other projects at RustBeltStudies.org #CLE

Thank you @sinagrace.bsky.social for drawing books we read: @derfbackderf.bsky.social's Kent State, @andrewaydin.bsky.social & @natepowell.bsky.social, and John Lewis' March, works by Tiya Miles, Natasha Trethewey, Tracy K. Smith, Isabel Wilkerson, Ned Blackhawk, @atrubek.bsky.social, and more.

Our symposium will feature the Splice Cream Truck: "An ice cream truck with an analog recording studio, splicing communities together through stories!" Tell a story about place for an ice cream! Register: secure.acceptiva.com?cst=6DKzh4
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Couldn’t have done any of this work without Belt! ❤️

Join us on April 4th at Ursuline as we co-create humanities ecosystems in the Rust Belt. Make connections, learn about opportunities to collaborate, and explore public humanities initiatives in our region.
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It’s time for our 2nd Annual Rust Belt Symposium at Ursuline College. Join us as we co-create humanities ecosystems in the Rust Belt. Make connections, learn about opportunities to collaborate, and explore public humanities in our region. @rustbeltlab.bsky.social secure.acceptiva.com?cst=6DKzh4