An Evening with Carl at Orchard Inn
September 24 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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An Evening with CARL – In His Own Words
Our celebrated actor, Steve Carlisle, will portray Carl Sandburg between each of the fabulous 4 courses of a dinner inspired around the family’s Flat Rock farm – Connemara, reading some of his poetry and talking about his life.
Event Details
Hors d’oeuvres begin at 6:00 and dinner at 6:30
Thursday, September 24th
$100 per person plus tax & tip
Call (828) 382-8397 for reservations.
Carl Sandburg (1878–1967) was a renowned American poet, biographer, journalist, folklorist, and historian. He is best known for his poetry celebrating American working-class life, as well as for his monumental, Pulitzer Prize–winning biography of Abraham Lincoln.
In the later part of his life, from 1945 until his death in 1967, Sandburg lived in Flat Rock, North Carolina, at a home called Connemara. The peaceful setting provided him with a retreat where he could continue writing while his wife, Lillian “Paula” Sandburg, raised champion dairy goats on the property.
Today, Sandburg’s home is preserved as the Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site, managed by the National Park Service. Visitors can explore the house, its grounds, hiking trails, and even see descendants of Paula’s original goat herd.
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