Galena LitFest Tamara Dean presents: What the Light is Hiding

Special Event

Based on her essay “Night Vision” from Shelter and Storm: At Home in the Driftless, Tamara Dean explores rural electrification and night vision technology through the stories of nonconformists who over the past century have embraced or sought to conquer the darkness. Tamara will be available to sell and sign her books after the presentation.

January 17, 2026, 2:00 pm
Free to attend, please register here for in-person at the Galena Center for the Arts theater or virtual attendance.

Galena LitFest is the twelfth annual literary festival organized and funded by the Galena Public Library. Multiple in-person and virtual events will be held district wide throughout the month of January.

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