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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Talk: For the Love of Mars: A Human History of the Red Planet with Smithsonian Curator Matt Shindell
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, June 3rd at 1:00 PM CDT \nhttps://libraryc.org/franklinparishlibrary/48531 \n  \n\n\nMars and its secrets have fascinated and mystified humans since ancient times. Due to its vivid color and visibility\, geologic kinship with Earth\, and potential as our best hope for settlement\, Mars embodies everything that inspires us about space and exploration. For the Love of Mars surveys the red planet’s place in the human imagination\, beginning with ancient astrologers and skywatchers and ending in our present moment of exploration and virtual engagement. \nYou’re invited to come learn alongside Matt Shindell\, National Air and Space Museum curator\, as he introduces viewers to historical figures across eras and around the world who have made sense of this mysterious planet. Shindell will highlight historical figures such as: \n\nMayan astrologer priests who incorporated Mars into seasonal calendars and religious ceremonies;\nBabylonian astrologers who discerned bad omens;\nfigures of the Scientific Revolution who struggled to comprehend it as a world;\nVictorian astronomers who sought signs of intelligent life; and\n20th- and 21st-century scientists who have established a technological presence on its surface.\n\nAlong the way\, we will encounter writers and artists from each period who take readers and viewers on imagined journeys to Mars. \nBy focusing on the diverse human stories behind the telescopes and behind the robots we know and love\, Shindell will show how Mars exploration has evolved in ways that have also expanded knowledge about other facets of the universe. Register now for this captivating voyage through time! \nAbout the Author: Matthew Shindell\, Ph.D.\, is a historian of science with a background in science studies. He is Curator of Earth and Planetary Science at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. He is responsible for the Museum’s collection of spacecraft\, instruments\, and other artifacts related to the exploration and study of our Earth and solar system. He co-hosts the Museum’s podcast\, AirSpace. He curated the Museum’s permanent exhibition\, Exploring the Planets\, and is leading a curatorial team developing the exhibition Futures in Space. Shindell is the author of For the Love of Mars: A Human History of the Red Planet (2023) and The Life and Science of Harold C. Urey (2019)\, coauthor of Spaceships (2023)\, Our Future in Space (2023)\, and Discerning Experts (2019)\, and co-editor of Smithsonian American Women (2019). \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe views expressed by presenters are their own and their appearance in a program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by Franklin Parish Library.
URL:https://franklinparishlibrary.org/event/virtual-author-talk-for-the-love-of-mars-a-human-history-of-the-red-planet-with-smithsonian-curator-matt-shindell/
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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Talk: Psychological Thrillers and the Queen of Twists– An Author Talk with Freida McFadden
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nThursday\, June 13th at 7:00 PM CDT \n\n\nGet your popcorn and take a seat as we pick the brain of the queen of twists herself\, Freida McFadden! McFadden will join us to chat about writing psychological thrillers\, her mega-bestselling hit The Housemaid series\, in particular her forthcoming (June 11\, 2024) third installment\, The Housemaid Is Watching. \nThe next installment is full of unbelievable twists and tension as it continues to follow Millie Calloway. She used to clean other people’s houses—now\, she can’t believe this new home is actually hers. The charming kitchen\, the quiet cul-de-sac\, the huge yard where her kids can play. She and her husband saved for years to give their children the life they deserve. \nEven though she’s wary of their new neighbor\, Mrs. Lowell when she invites them over for dinner\, it’s their chance to make friends\, so they accept the invitation. Mrs. Lowell’s maid opens the door wearing a white apron\, her hair in a tight bun. Millie knows exactly what it’s like to be in her shoes. But the maid’s cold stare gives her chills… \nThe Lowells’ maid isn’t the only strange thing on their street. Millie’s sure she sees a shadowy figure watching them. Her husband leaves the house late at night. And when she meets a woman who lives across the way\, her words chill to the bone: Be careful of your neighbors. \nMillie wonders: Did they make a terrible mistake moving their family here? \nAbout the Author: #1 New York Times\, Amazon Charts\, USA Today\, Wall Street Journal\, Sunday Times\, and Publisher’s Weekly bestselling author Freida McFadden is a practicing physician specializing in brain injury who has penned multiple bestselling psychological thrillers and medical humor novels. Freida’s work has been selected as one of Amazon Editors’ best books of the year\, she is the winner of the International Thriller Writers Award for best paperback\, and she is a Goodreads Choice Award winner. Her novels have been translated into over 30 languages. \nFreida lives with her family and black cat in a centuries-old three-story home overlooking the ocean\, with staircases that creak and moan with each step\, and nobody could hear you if you scream. Unless you scream really loudly\, maybe. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe views expressed by presenters are their own and their appearance in a program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by Franklin Parish Library.
URL:https://franklinparishlibrary.org/event/virtual-author-talk-psychological-thrillers-and-the-queen-of-twists-an-author-talk-with-freida-mcfadden/
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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Talk: Unpacking a History of Systemic Racism in the American Education System with Tiffany Jewell
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, June 20th at 1:00 PM CDT \n\n\nJoin us as #1 New York Times bestselling author Tiffany Jewell highlights the inequities Black and Brown students face from preschool through college as she presents lessons and knowledge from her new book Everything I Learned About Racism I Learned in School. \nFrom preschool to higher education and everything in between\, Everything I Learned About Racism I Learned in School focuses on the experiences Black and Brown students face as a direct result of the racism built into schools across the United States. \nThe overarching nonfiction narrative follows author Tiffany Jewell from early elementary school through her time at college\, unpacking the history of systemic racism in the American educational system along the way. Throughout the book\, other writers of the global majority share a wide variety of personal narratives and stories based on their own school experiences. \nEverything I Learned About Racism I Learned in School provides young folks with the context to think critically about and chart their own course through their current schooling—and any future schooling they may pursue. A true “don’t want to miss” event–so register now! \n  \nAbout the Author: Tiffany Jewell is a Black biracial writer\, twin sister\, first-generation American\, cisgender mama\, anti-bias antiracist (ABAR) educator\, and consultant. She is the author of the #1 New York Times and #1 Indie Bestseller\, This Book Is Anti-Racist\, a book for young folks and everyone to wake up\, take action\, and do the work of becoming antiracist as well as The Antiracist Kid: A Book About Identity\, Justice\, and Activism the recently released Everything I Learned About Racism I Learned in School (2024). \nTiffany has been working with children and families for nearly two decades and has worked as a Montessori educator for fifteen years. She enjoys exploring social justice with young folks\, especially the history of racism and resistance\, economic justice\, and socially and personally constructed identities. Tiffany enjoys working with educators and supporting them building strong\, authentic communities in which every child can be seen and valued. She is the co-founder\, alongside Britt Hawthorne\, of ABARatSchool\, an organization that strives to support educators and caregivers in their anti-bias anti-racist journeys. She also served as the president of the founding board of the national organization Montessori for Social Justice- seeing it through to completing nonprofit status and creating a strong mission to support and amplify Montessorian of the Global Majority across the country. Tiffany lives on the homeland of the Pocumtuc and the Nipmuck with her two young storytellers\, husband\, and a turtle she’s had since she was nine years old. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe views expressed by presenters are their own and their appearance in a program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by Franklin Parish Library.
URL:https://franklinparishlibrary.org/event/virtual-author-talk-unpacking-a-history-of-systemic-racism-in-the-american-education-system-with-tiffany-jewell/
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