{"id":3079,"date":"2021-11-06T17:55:03","date_gmt":"2021-11-06T23:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/normangilliland.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=3079"},"modified":"2025-11-16T12:48:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T18:48:30","slug":"out-and-about-with-norman","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/normangilliland.com\/wordpress\/out-and-about-with-norman\/","title":{"rendered":"Out and About with Norman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Saturday, September 27, 2025 — Norman hosts and narrates two performances of two Radio Sci-Fi Favorites:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

“Rocket from Manhattan” and “The Veldt,” produced by Tim Troy and the Lawrence University Theatre of the Air for the annual Door Kinetic Arts Festival in Bailey’s Harbor, WI<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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On Saturday, December 2, at 7 pm, at the Perry Auditorium in Menasha, Wisconsin, the Skywave Players will present two new comedies–“Verity’s Calling” and “Copper Sky, Silver Rain.” For tickets, go to:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Tinyurl.com\/Theatre4TheMind<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Friday, May 26, 2023, at 9 a.m. I’ll interview New York Times bestselling author James Grippando at the Koller Library in Manitowish Waters, Wisconsin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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James Grippando’s latest thriller deals with a threat to all of us.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We’ll discuss his career as a defense attorney, his three latest books, and his new play Watson<\/em>, based on the stormy relationship between IBM founder Thomas J. Watson and his son.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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On Sunday, February 5, 2023, Wisconsin Public Radio will broadcast the two-man play Necessary Sacrifices<\/em> by Richard Hellesen, featuring Baron Kelly as Frederick Douglass and yours truly as Abraham Lincoln in conjuction with the Re:mancipation project of the Chazen Museum. Hear it at https:\/\/chazen.wisc.edu\/listen-to-necessary-sacrifices-here\/<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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On Friday, June 9, 2022, I introduced Friedrich Kiel–or his music at least–to the season premier audience of Midsummer’s Music in Egg Harbor, Wisconsin.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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On Thursday, May 26, 2022, I interviewed New York Times best-selling author Kate Quinn about her latest book, The Diamond Eye, and other books for the Koller Library in Manitowish Waters, WI<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Wednesday, November 17, 2021, I interviewed author, journalist, essayist, social commentator and actress Sarah Vowell at the 2021 Wisconsin Library Association Conference<\/strong> in Green Bay.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You may have heard Sarah voicing Violet in the two Incredibles<\/em> movies.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Or seen her witty dialogues on the Tonight Show with David Letterman.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

But she’s also the author of 7 highly informative and entertaining nonfiction books, including Lafayette in the Somewhat United States.<\/em><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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