March 3 at 7 p.m.
Free and open to the public
Greenway Rise Campus
2132 Ivy Road
Grisham Hall
The Case for Making
An evening with NYT bestselling author Kelly Corrigan and Claire Corrigan Lichty (UVA Class of 2025)
By popular demand, Kelly Corrigan returns to Charlottesville this spring and you are invited! The host of "Tell me More" on PBS and "Kelly Corrigan Wonders" on NPR has co-authored a new children's book with her daughter, debut author Claire Corrigan Lichty, who joins her on stage to discuss the value of making.
Kelly and Claire are hooked on making. They have come to believe that making is an irreplaceable part of every life — not only as a driving factor in individual well being (it always works for them) but also for societal progress. Thanks to widely celebrated, peer-reviewed research in neuroscience, they also know that making is key to brain health — and who doesn’t want more of that?
Join Kelly and Claire as they lay out the case for making as essential to health and progress with people of all ages. They'll also share information about their new book, "Marianne the Maker," coming this June. This event is designed for adults in all stages in their journeys and is open to the public. Invite your friends and neighbors!
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Meet Marianne
Marianne’s days are filled with schedules, structure, and soccer. There’s just one problem: Marianne is a maker. She needs every minute of her weekends to scheme and dream, to draw and design, to build and rebuild! This is the story of how a creator with a crackerjack imagination finds a not- so-great way to skip practice and create her masterpiece. But will her dad understand? Told in delightful rhyme that bounces across George Sweetland’s gorgeous collage-style illustrations (chock-full of hidden gems), Marianne the Maker is sure to kindle the creative spark that lives inside all of us.
Coming June 3, 2025!
About Kelly
Kelly is a New York Times bestselling author of four books about family life, the host of her own PBS show and a podcast called Kelly Corrigan Wonders. Like Claire, she can’t stop making — books, paintings, TV shows, podcasts, meals, mistakes… During the spring she will running around with Claire, heading back to TED and writing another book.
About Claire
Claire is in her last year at The University of Virginia where she is an Echols scholar and probably the school’s only double major in Computer Science and Drama. Making is her life — computer programs, stand up routines, screenplays, code, songs, algorithms, pizzas… During her last semester, she will be interning at a machine learning company as well as a Hollywood production studio.
About the Booth Family Inspiration Speaks Series
St. Anne's-Belfield School hosts innovators and visionaries from around the world as part of our Booth Family Inspiration Speaks series. Funded by a generous endowment in honor of the Booth Family, including former chair of the Board of Trustees Rich Booth, Roxanne Booth, and alumni J.T. '11, Morgan '15, and Kellie '18, each year, Inspiration Speaks speakers seek to challenge, inspire, and encourage discourse on a variety of topics. The events are open to the public and all are encouraged to attend.
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