Loads of Laughs: Humor in Print and Everyday Life

August 16-19, 2009

Get your funny bone ready for a laugh-in bound to leave you bellyaching with good times.

Consider a cross-section of humorous authors and find out who most matches your sense of humor; perhaps it’s the wit of Dorothy Parker or the satire and wordplay of Garrison Keillor. Discuss the attributes of successful humorists, add to your own reading list and try your hand at humorous writing after you learn the techniques of humorists, cartoonists and essayists. Explore gelotology, the study of laughter, through reviewing the stages of human development in relation to what is deemed as funny. Engage in games designed to generate giggles and good health through sharing laughs and humorous life experiences.