All programs FREE unless otherwise noted. For more information, contact the venue.
February 3
“Wild Words & Art” contest begins. Co-sponsored by The Hawk Eye and Burlington Fine Arts League. Deadline to submit entries is March 21.
“Iowa’s Changing Landscape,” by Robert Sayre, author, Emeritus Professor of English, University of Iowa. 2 p.m. Burlington Public Library. Co-sponsored by Rand Lecture Trust and Humanities Iowa.
About the speaker
LHG film series “Kilowatt Ours,” 6:30 p.m. Burlington Public Library. Discussion to follow, led by Dan Ring. Free. No registration required. Refreshments will be served.
About the film
LHG film series (Family Night) “Respect Yo' Mama,” followed by "The Lorax," 6:30 p.m. Burlington Public Library. Discussion to follow, led by Jerry Parks. Free. No registration required. Refreshments will be served.
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Author Susan Flader leads discussion of “Thinking Like A Mountain,” a portrait of Aldo Leopold. 7 p.m. Burlington Public Library. Co-sponsored by Rand Lecture Trust & Humanities Iowa.
About the speaker
Susan Flader — Author of “Thinking Like a Mountain: Aldo Leopold and the Evolution of an Ecological Attitude Toward Deer, Wolves, and Forests,” will share her perspective of Aldo Leopold derived from years of research. She received her Ph.D. in History and Humanities from Stanford, taught at the Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin and is retired as professor of History at the University of Missouri at Columbia. She has also authored : The Great Lakes Forest: An Environmental and Social History (1983); The River of the Mother of God and Other Essays by Aldo Leopold with J.B. Callicott (1991); and Exploring Missouri's Legacy: State Parks and Historic Sites (1992). She is past president of the American Society for Environmental History and serves on many other professional and environmental boards and committees. fladers@missouri.edu
• EARTH DAY CLEAN-UP - Des Moines County. Meet at Port of Burlington on the riverfront. 8 a.m. to noon.
• “Wild Words & Art” contest winners will receive awards and poetry and essay contest winners will read their selections at Starr’s Cave Nature Center. Also readings from A SAND COUNTY ALMANAC by Aldo Leopold. Event is 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
“Wild Words & Art” contest winners - announced and published in The Hawk Eye.
LHG film series “Who Killed the Electric Car,” 6:30 p.m. at the Burlington Public Library. Discussion to follow, led by Jerry Rigdon. Free. No registration required. Refreshments will be served.
About the film
This 2006 documentary explores the roles of automobile manufacturers, the oil industry, U.S. government, batteries, hydrogen vehicles and consumers in limiting the development and adoption of the technology of the battery electric vehicle, using GM’s EVI as an example.
• Birdwatching walk at Starr’s Cave Nature Center. 11627 Starr’s Cave Rd. 6:30 a.m. Please pre-register by calling (319) 753-5808
• “Fork to Fork” a talk about organic gardening and the edible landscape by David Cavagnaro, photographer and organic gardener from Decorah, Iowa, 2 p.m. Burlington Public Library
About the speaker
David Cavagnaro — “Fork to Fork” organic gardener and professional photographer. Over 15 years of intensive flower, fruit and vegetable gardening in Central California resulted in the beginnings of a new “career” in horticultural photography. Eight subsequent years managing the genetic preservation gardens for Seed Savers Exchange in Iowa lead David to establish his own three acres of personal flower and vegetable gardens near Decorah. As a professional photographer, Cavagnaro has contributed to over 45 national and international books on natural and horticultural subjects. He has had museum exhibits at the Oakland Museum of Natural History, Point Reyes National Seashore Visitor Center, the Smithsonian “Seeds of Change” exhibit and many others. His books include: Feathers with Frans Lanting, The Pumpkin People, Almost Home, This Living Earth and Living Water. His passion for the natural beauty of the earth is conveyed through his gardening experiments and his photographs.
A wildflower walk. Crapo park or Starr’s Cave Nature Center* 2:00 p.m.
Thomas Dean discusses "Grace of Grass & Water" and Steve Semken comments on Iowa Small Press Publishing. Arts For Living Center, 7th & Washington, Burlington.
About the speakers
Thomas Dean — Dean founded and directs the Project on Place Studies and is adjunct professor of Literature Science and arts at the University of Iowa. He has a Ph.D. in English and is special Assistant to the President for communications and research at UI. He will lead a discussion of a newly published book by Ice Cube Press - GRACE OF GRASS AND WATER - This collection honors the memoryof nature writer and visionary, Paul Gruchow through the words of many he touched as mentor, teacher, colleague, friend. It brings together new writings by award winning authors Mary Pipher, Bill Holm, Carol Bly, Jim Heynen, Mark Vinz, Gary Deason, Louis Martintelli, Bob Artley and Thomas Dean as well as one of Paul Gruchow’s last essays.
Steve Semken & Ice Cube Press — Semken earned a degree in history and English from the University of Iowa in 1987 and a master’s in English from the University of Kansas in 1990. While in college, reading Wendell Berry’s writings on the passing of community and farm life especially struck a chord with Semken. He began publishing a newsletter called Sycamore Roots in which he shared stories of people who were exploring why they lived where they lived. In l993, Semken began operations of Ice Cube Press out of the North Liberty home he shares with his wife & daughterHe focuses on publishing “place-based” books. His desire: To share stories about where we live and to demonstrate the value and the importance of the place we call home. Ice Cube Press is one of the longest-running, non-state-subsidized publishers in Iowa. www.icecubepress.com
Displays at Burlington Public Library, Port of Burlington Welcome Center, Leopold Loft at Starr’s Cave Nature Center.
• Burlington Public Library, 210 Court St. (319) 753-1647
• Starr’s Cave Nature Center, 11627 Starr’s Cave Rd. Burlington, IA (319) 753-5808