The Old Home celebrations of the early 1900s sought to spark rural revitalization by appealing to nostalgia. Local festivities beckoned former New Hampshirites to return to the state for summer celebrations filled with performances of bucolic charm: parades, pageants, plays, and pie-eating contests. Join New Hampshire native Andy Colpitts, a theater artist and PhD candidate at Cornell University, as he explores how this invented tradition has now become an authentic expression of regional culture through the intersection of nostalgia and theater. This program, conducted via Zoom, is free for everyone. Advance registration is required. Register through Humanitix: https://events.humanitix.com/free-virtual-lecture-staging-nostalgia-in-the-old-home-movement