As the Leamington Winter of 2013/2014 slowly gives way to Spring, we are eager to walk again through the meditation garden at the Heritage Center, and enjoy the outside features of the museum. While the museum itself is open on weekday mornings, and all are always welcome to come for coffee and tour the facility, the outdoor park is always available to enjoy. Parking is available, and paved walkways make the gardens accessible to all!
Annual Spring Banquet – May 31, 2014 at 6:00 pm at UMEI
Come for a delicious meal, followed by an evening with our special guest! This year we are pleased to have Marlene Epp as our guest speaker! Her topic for the evening will be Mennonites and Foodways: A Miagrope of Meaning. Tickets are $25.00 and are available from any EKMHA board member, or the museum. Call 519-322-0456 or e-mail info@ekmha.ca for more information.
Marlene Epp is a professor of History and Peace & Conflict Studies and Director of Mennonite Studies at Conrad Grebel University College in Waterloo. She teaches courses in Mennonite history, Canadian immigration history, peace history, and food history. Most of her published research is on the history of Mennonite women and includes two books: Women without Men: Mennonite Refugees of the Second World War (2000), and Mennonite Women in Canada: A History (2008). Most recently, she co-edited a collection of essays on food history titled Edible Histories, Cultural Politics: Towards a Canadian Food History (2012), in which she has a chapter on Mennonite cookbooks.
She is the daughter of the late Frank H. Epp and Helen L. (Dick) Epp, who was born on Pelee Island and grew up in Leamington. She is married to Paul Born and they have two young adult sons.
