BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20250607T003000Z DTEND:20250607T040000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Laura Munson book release party: THE WILD WHY DESCRIPTION:Join Us!\n\nLaura's The Wild Why Book Tour\n\nLocation: 101 Central Ave\n\nDate: Friday\, June 6th\n\nTime: 7-10 PM (doors @ 6:30)\n\n\n\nWhitefish Review hosts local author Laura Munson on her The Wild Why book tour. Evening will include a conversation & reading about her newly released book\, THE WILD WHY: Stories and Teachings to Uncover Your Wonder\, some wild entertainment with Anna Faith\, and music by Little Knotty.\n\n___________________________________________________\n\nThe event is held at The Second Story\, 101 Central in downtown Whitefish. Doors open at 6:30 pm with live music at 7:30 pm by Little Knotty including a choreographed silks performance by Anna Faith of Aerial Wonder. Reading and conversation start at 8 pm.\n\n \n\nLAURA MUNSON is the New York Times\, USA Today\, and international bestselling author of the novel Willa's Grove and the memoir This Is Not The Story You Think It Is. Founder of the acclaimed Haven Writing Retreats\, she has been featured or published in Vanity Fair\, Elle\, Redbook\, Time\, Newsweek\, The New York Times "Modern Love" column\, The New York Times Magazine\, O\, The Oprah Magazine\, and many others. She has appeared on Good Morning America\, The Early Show\, WGN\, NPR\, London's This Morning\, Australia's Sunrise\, and other global media outlets. She lives in Whitefish\, Montana. \n\n \n\n"The late great William Kittredge said that acts of imagination lead to acts of empathy. This wise\, generous\, and dazzling craft-book for the soul does just that\, and in so doing resurrects in the reader the state of wonder that is so vital to our survival."\n\n Chris Dombrowski\, author of The River You Touch\n\n \n\n"In The Wild Why\, Laura Munson deploys self-exploration\, self-sabotage\, confession\, contrition\, 'bonfires\,' undying love for Montana\, and her own line of full-fledged writing retreats\, all aimed at healing the familial\, cultural\, and inter-relational wounds that curtail our sense of wonder. The wonder I felt in finishing Laura's epic? Her recipe worked!"\n\n David James Duncan author of The River Why\, The Brothers K\, and Sun House\n\n\n\nMaria Shriver's Sunday Paper wrote:\n\n"Munson has a way with words. And that is why we are thrilled over the release of her new book\, The Wild Why. Rich in lessons to help us lean into wonder and find our inner authentic voice\, this book is a soul guide leading us to beauty and self-expression."\n\n\n\nMore information @ www.whitefishreview.org\n\nThis event was made possible by our generous individual & corporate sponsors including Whitefish Community Foundation\, Whitefish Credit Union\, Montana Arts Council and 101 Central. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join Us!
\nLaura&rsquo\;s The Wild Why Book Tour
\nLocation: \;101 Central Ave
\nDate: Friday\, June 6th
\nTime: 7-10 PM (doors @ 6:30)
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\nWhitefish Review \;hosts local author Laura Munson on her \;The Wild Why \;book tour. Evening will include a conversation &\; reading about her newly released book\, THE WILD WHY: Stories and Teachings to Uncover Your Wonder\, some wild entertainment with Anna Faith\, and music by Little Knotty.
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The event is held at The Second Story\, 101 Central in downtown Whitefish. Doors open at 6:30 pm with live music at 7:30 pm by Little Knotty including a choreographed silks performance by Anna Faith of Aerial Wonder. Reading and conversation start at 8 pm.
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LAURA MUNSON is the New York Times\, USA Today\, and international bestselling author of the novel Willa&rsquo\;s Grove and the memoir This Is Not The Story You Think It Is. Founder of the acclaimed Haven Writing Retreats\, she has been featured or published in Vanity Fair\, Elle\, Redbook\, Time\, Newsweek\, The New York Times &ldquo\;Modern Love&rdquo\; column\, The New York Times Magazine\, O\, The Oprah Magazine\, and many others. She has appeared on Good Morning America\, The Early Show\, WGN\, NPR\, London&rsquo\;s This Morning\, Australia&rsquo\;s Sunrise\, and other global media outlets. She lives in Whitefish\, Montana.
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&ldquo\;The late great William Kittredge said that acts of imagination lead to acts of empathy. This wise\, generous\, and dazzling craft-book for the soul does just that\, and in so doing resurrects in the reader the state of wonder that is so vital to our survival.&rdquo\;
\n&mdash\;Chris Dombrowski\, author of The River You Touch
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&ldquo\;In The Wild Why\, Laura Munson deploys self-exploration\, self-sabotage\, confession\, contrition\, &lsquo\;bonfires\,&rsquo\; undying love for Montana\, and her own line of full-fledged writing retreats\, all aimed at healing the familial\, cultural\, and inter-relational wounds that curtail our sense of wonder. The wonder I felt in finishing Laura&rsquo\;s epic? Her recipe worked!&rdquo\;
\n&mdash\;David James Duncan author of The River Why\, The Brothers K\, and Sun House
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\nMaria Shriver&rsquo\;s Sunday Paper wrote:
\n&ldquo\;Munson has a way with words. And that is why we are thrilled over the release of her new book\, The Wild Why. Rich in lessons to help us lean into wonder and find our inner authentic voice\, this book is a soul guide leading us to beauty and self-expression.&rdquo\;
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\nMore information @ www.whitefishreview.org
\nThis event was made possible by our generous individual &\; corporate sponsors including Whitefish Community Foundation\, Whitefish Credit Union\, Montana Arts Council and 101 Central.
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