City Barbeque Food for Thought Series: A Swedish Nightingale and the Feejee Mermaid: The Life and Legacy of P.T. Barnum
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Join us at the Cold Spring Branch for the next talk in the 12th Annual City BBQ Food for Thought Spring Lecture Series. Dr. Andrea Sutherland of the NKU History and Geography Department will talk about the life and legacy of P.T. Barnum.
Enter the world of entrepreneurs and showman P. T. Barnum, who transformed popular culture in the nineteenth century. His exhibits, traveling shows, and humbugs shocked and entertained people across all ages and economic classes. Come and learn about the Feejee Mermaid, Joice Heth – George Washington’s nurse, the Leviathan, and so much more.
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About the Presenter:
D
r. Sutherland focuses on early United States history to 1877. She enjoys teaching courses from the early colonial period through the Civil War, and she is well-versed in the history of Kentucky and the American South. Her research interests are focused on the Early Republic period of United States history, with an emphasis on nineteenth-century Kentucky, family and community life, and slavery.
For those that can’t attend in-person:
The talk will be filmed by Campbell Media and airs the following week on Sunday and Wednesday at 4:30 PM on CCMC (Cincinnati Bell Ch. 810 and Spectrum Ch. 202). It is also available on the Campbell Media Website or the Campbell Media App on Apple TV and Roku.
About our Community Partners:
Campbell Media is a service of the Campbell County Cable Board. The Cable Board was created by an Interlocal Agreement among the Campbell County Fiscal Court and 11 local cities within the County. The member cities are Highland Heights, Alexandria, Bellevue, Southgate, Wilder, Silver Grove, Melbourne, Crestview, Woodlawn, California, Mentor and Fiscal Court serving the unincorporated county. The Cable Board administers the cable television franchise agreement with Spectrum and Cincinnati Bell Extended Territories. The Board is made up of representatives from government agencies.
Campbell Media’s goal is to reach out to its community by providing a wide range of media tools and mechanisms while maintaining a direct outlet for community programming through cable channels.
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Age Range: 18+
Snacks Provided: Yes
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