Streaking in Tongues, Lena Maude, Olivia Kingery, Eli Sparkman

Friday, August 28 and Saturday, August 29 (7-10pm)
All Ages, Free Admission, Outdoors

2 Bands 2 Writers 2 Nights with:

STREAKING IN TONGUES are an experimental father/son music project based in Marquette, Michigan. The multi-instrumentalists, Ronnie Ferguson and his son Elliott, are known for their critically-acclaimed albums, multimedia concerts, and creative music videos. Live from Lockdown, their first live album, was captured in the duo’s living room with one microphone in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. All of the songs have been previously released, but here they are reinterpreted, undergoing revelatory evolutions. The result is a hypnotic, intimate recording that plays out like a psychedelic night of prayer and lamentation. www.streakingintongues.com

Lena Maude is a singer-songwriter based out of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. She is also a sketch artist and watercolorist. Her whimsical sound and fury, excellent range and witty borderline social activism establish her as uniquely clever, quirky and modest. www.lenamaude.com

Olivia Kingery is a farmer of plants and words in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. She is an MFA candidate at Northern Michigan University, where she reads for Passages North. Her wild, singular poetry is filled with beauty, passion, and a deep connection to the natural world. When not writing, she is in the woods with her Chihuahua and Saint Bernard.

Elijah S Sparkman writes fiction and does journalism for the North Wind. His arresting work is equal parts playful and profound. He is also the host of the Onion Truck radio program on WUPX.