Birding While Black
Liberty Hall
644 Massachusetts St, Lawrence, KS 66044, USA
Lawrence
Kansas
38.9714784
-95.23565639999998
Description
Dr. J. Drew Lanham is on a mission to diversify the ornithology community. Hear him talk about his passion for nature, birding, conservation ethics, and what happens when a black man goes birding in rural American woodlands.
Lanham is intrigued with how culture and ethnic prisms can bend perceptions of nature and its care. He is the author of The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man's Love Affair with Nature and Sparrow Envy, a book of poetry. The Home Place was named a 2017 Nature Book of Uncommon Merit, the first time in the Burroughs Association history such a designation was awarded. The Home Place was also recently named the 2018 winner of the Southern Environmental Law Center's Reed Environmental Writing Award. A book signing will follow Dr. Lanham's talk and copies of The Home Place will be available to buy courtesy of the Raven Book Store.
Lawrence Public Library is partnering with the Langston Hughes Center of KU as part of our ongoing series, Diverse Dialogues on Race and Culture. Additional partners include National Endowment for the Humanities, Lawrence Public Library Foundation, Friends of the Lawrence Public Library, NAACP Lawrence Kansas Branch, Kansas Native Plant Society, Audubon of Kansas, Jayhawk Audubon Society, Topeka Audubon Society, Kansas Association for Conservation & Environmental Education, Friends of Lawrence Area Trails, Baker Wetlands and the Raven Book Store.
Doors open 1 hour prior to start time.
Event is in the Main Theater with balcony and floor seating. The top tier of the Main Theater floor is wheelchair accessible.
Please be advised that firearms or weapons of any kind are not permitted in Liberty Hall. All entrants to public events may be subject to wanding and/or pat-down and bag searches upon each entry to the facility. Please arrive early to ensure entry prior to event start time.
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Start:
2018-05-24T19:00:00-05:00
End:
2018-05-24T20:30:00-05:00
Category
Performances
Tickets
General Admission
0.0
USD
580
General Admission - ADA
0.0
USD
20