https://youtu.be/aSMJrbpzwDM Novelist and essayist Ann Patchett will discuss her newest collection of essays, These Precious Days, in which she reflects on questions of home, family, friendships, and writing. Advanced registration is required.  This program is being  livestreamed to a virtual audience. This program is supported in part by the Sally Lanagan Fund. In partnership with […]

https://youtu.be/waJXZ5j0pBk H is for Hawk memoirist, Helen Macdonald, will discuss her newest collection of essays, Vesper Flights in which she reflects on “the numinous” of nature – “those moments where mystery arises from the meeting of human art and unpredictable natural phenomena.” Advanced registration is required.  This program is being livestreamed to a virtual audience. […]

https://youtu.be/c_pE5MP3tzo Harvard professor and Curator of Ornithology at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Scott Edwards discusses his research on the processes that have generated biodiversity using birds as models to study patterns of speciation, biogeography, evolution of the genome, and the process of adaptation.  Moderated by David O'Neill, President of Mass Audubon. Advanced registration is […]

Join author and conservationist, Terry Tempest Williams, as she discusses her literary ancestors (Emerson, Thoreau, and Fuller) and her most recent essay collection, Erosion, in which she asks: "How do we find the strength to not look away from all that is breaking our hearts?" Advanced registration is required.  This program is being held in-person […]

“Funny but serious, accessible but rich in meaning, consistently surprising – the world looks slightly different after reading a Billy Collins poem. He’s an American treasure” writes Nick Laird.  In this virtual event, Mr. Collins will read some of his poems followed by a conversation about his life’s work. Advanced registration is required.  This program […]