With Restauration Through Hell Gate to the Promised Land

Join us on Sunday, November 8th at 1pm CST on a voyage, “With Restauration Through Hell Gate to the Promised Land”.

The Slooper Society of America have partnered with Vesterheim, the National Norwegian-American Museum and Heritage Center to offer this free 75-minute live presentation on November 8th at 1pm (CST)!

Norwegian storyteller Anne Elisebeth Skogen will join the webinar live from Ryfylkemuseet in Sand, Norway, to tell the story, With Restauration Through Hell Gate to The Promised Land.

There will be a host-led talkback following the performance. Guests will also hear from Slooper Society Vice President Kirk Mies, as well as Vesterheim President/CEO Chris Johnson about new and exciting updates taking place at Vesterheim.


Register Here

Registration at the above link is required!
After registering, you will receive a seperate confirmation email containing information on how to join the live webinar on November 8th.

About the Guest Speaker:

Anne Elisebeth Skogen grew up in the little town of Egersund, Norway, south of Stavanger. For the last 37 years, she has lived in Sand, in the fjords northeast of Stavanger. She is a teacher with additional education in drama and storytelling, and has spent the last 20 years teaching drama and theatre at a culture school for youth. Now retired, Anne Elisebeth runs her own storytelling business, telling stories for schools, organizations, festivals, and companies. She practices her stories in her “outdoor office”– while hiking in the mountains and in the woods! She has visited the United States with a tour in 2012, and performances in 2010, 2011, and 2018, and participated twice in the Moth Story Slam in New York. She is married to a historian, and they share an interest in Norwegian emigration. They have four children and two grandchildren.