“Trail Magic” documentary Premiers May 29th

Grandma Gatewood documentary premiers May 29 Posted by Dave Tabler | February 27, 2015 Please welcome guest author Bette Lou Higgins. Higgins is a founder and current Artistic Director of Eden Valley Enterprises, where she helps spread the “Ohio Gospel” through an assortment of living history programs. These programs, designed to make the history of…

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Puffin Foundation West Grant!

We are happy to announce that the Puffin Foundation West has awarded us a grant in support of our documentary about Grandma Gatewood! This gift will go towards the matching requirements from our Ohio History Fund grant and puts us at about the half way point of our goal of $10,000. We have been working…

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Trail Magic Live #2 Emma, the “grandmother” of the Ultralight Movement

[vimeo 85454601 w=500 h=281] Emma Gatewood was probably the inventor or at least one of the earliest adopters of “Ultralight” back backing. Her life skills and years of commonsense applications, we would say now “adaptive technology” made her hikes possible with a minimum of gear. She thoughtfully preplanned the equipment, food and minimum support materials…

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Women Making Moves- Four weeks of “HerStory”

The First of several events cohosted by Women Making Moves and EVE, Tuesday, March 4, 2014 at Lorain County Community College: Alisa Riccardi will portray Cleveland photographer, Margaret Bourke-White – famous WWII photo-journalist and the first accredited female war correspondent. After the event meet the producers of the Emma Gatewood story “Trail Magic” documentary film. Come celebrate Women’s…

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“Trail Magic” — A Festival Dedicated to the life of Emma Gatewood

produced by Eden Valley Enterprises and TrueNorth Cultural Arts at the French Creek Nature & Arts Center 4530 Colorado Ave. Sheffield Village, OH 44054 Emma Gatewood was the first woman to solo thru-hike the Appalachian Trail in 1955. Come join us for this celebration of her life! Auditions “Trail Magic” a new play by Kelly…

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Lessons Yogi Bear Taught Us

Yogi: “Hey Boo Boo, I see a pic-a-nic basket.” Boo Boo: “Yogi the park ranger does not want us bothering the humans” Yogi: “We’re not bothering them, we’re entertaining them”. On our trip to Mt. Katahdin last fall we had a chance to meet up with Bruce Grant, from MATC. In the course of our…

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Katahdin’s Trail Magic

We just got back from a shoot in Millenocket Maine and Baxter State Park this past week. The weather was decent, the fall foliage was spectacular, and the people at the park could not have been nicer. We set out to connect with the through hikers coming in across the Hundred Mile Wilderness. We met…

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