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Roethke House & Stone House Open House

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The Friends of Theodore Roethke (FOTR) Foundation is thrilled to invite you to our first live, in-person community event in 18 months. Please visit for a wide array of activities on: Thursday, August 12; Friday, August 13; or Saturday, August 14. Our Open House event will feature an all-new Roethke House tour with first time exhibits (June’s bedroom! and the bathroom—yes, the bathroom!), multimedia exhibits and interactivity (use a 1920’s typewriter to transcribe one of Ted’s poems!) and a hands-on ‘Pop-up Library.’ And – for the first time ever – take a sneak peek at the progress we’ve made with restoring the Stone House. The community’s efforts to ‘Save the Stone House’ have been successful, and the Stone House is on its way to becoming a new community space dedicated to literacy, arts, and mental health programming. Construction is ongoing, and we are looking forward to using this space by the end of 2021. We can’t wait to share it with you. Please visit https://friendsofroethke.org/openhouse for more details. Times are 6-9 PM Thurs and Fri. and Sat. 10 am - 1 PM.