Ruskey to speak on canoe adventure
Published 11:24 pm Saturday, July 28, 2012
John Ruskey, a river guide, canoe builder, musician, artist and writer who lives in Clarksdale will be the Lower Delta Talk series speaker on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in the Fine Arts Room of the Sharkey Issaquena Library.
Ruskey has been paddling the Mississippi River since 1982. His presentation will showcase photos, video and music from a 300-mile-long Canoe Adventure from Memphis to Vicksburg on the Lower Mississippi River riding the crest of the Great Flood of 2011.
Admission is free. For more information visit www.lowerdelta.org.