

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Driftwood with Jessica Whitehead
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 24 Mar, 2026 at 12:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: Note: Rescheduled from Sept. 23, 2025

"I need a flood in my soul, to carry off all the old drift and the flimsy habits that have extended down to the water's edge."—Harlan Hubbard, Journals

Writer, artist, and sustainability pioneer Harlan Hubbard (1900–1988) lived a quiet, unassuming life, and yet he is thoroughly embedded in Kentucky's historical memory. While some may know of Hubbard's shantyboat sojourn on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers with his wife, Anna, or of Payne Hollow, their hand-built homestead, few know the full story. After four decades of transformation, Hubbard emerged in middle age as the rightful heir to the Transcendentalist ethos, ready to envision a unique existence of simplicity and wild beauty akin to that of the revered Henry David Thoreau.

In this comprehensive biography, Jessica K. Whitehead reveals why Hubbard is beloved by his fellow Kentuckians and has been an inspiration to generations of readers interested in art, adventure, and environmentalism. Driftwood delves into Hubbard's family background, education, and relationships, and into his theories on art, writing, music, and philosophy. Using journals, letters, paintings, manuscripts, and sketches, Whitehead pieces together the distinct phases of Hubbard's life, providing new insights into his character and legacy. By examining his perspectives on creativity and responsible living, Whitehead connects the early Hubbard, who grappled with his identity and yearned for travel, with the confident and intentional Hubbard of Payne Hollow.

https://driftwoodharlanhubbard.com/

"Driftwood: The Life of Harlan Hubbard" is a complex portrait of a person who deserves a place alongside other iconic American thinkers and artists in the nation's broad cultural history. It offers a vivid depiction of Hubbard, the traces he left behind, and his template for sustainability in our modern ecological landscape.

Presenter Bio: Jessica K. Whitehead, writer and curator of collections at the Kentucky Derby Museum in Louisville, Kentucky, is coauthor of The History of the Kentucky Derby in 75 Objects and a contributor to The Watercolors of Harlan Hubbard: From the Collection of Bill and Flo Caddell.
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- **Event Categories**: art, kentucky-derby, literary-art, trips-adventures, fine-arts
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 30

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Wheeling
- **state**: WV
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Lunch With Books at the Ohio County Public Library
- **lat**: 40.063815838283
- **long**: -80.720057623965
- **full address**: Lunch With Books at the Ohio County Public Library, 52-16th Street,Wheeling,WV,United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Tue, 24 Mar, 2026 at 12:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Lunch With Books at the Ohio County Public Library, 52-16th Street,Wheeling,WV,United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Lunch With Books at the Ohio County Public Library
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, kentucky-derby, literary-art, trips-adventures, fine-arts
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Driftwood with Jessica Whitehead ?
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