Get a Front Row Seat to a Global Catastrophe
Global warming lecture by staff writer for The New Yorker
Take in a journalist’s perspective on one of the hottest topics in our culture today: human-induced global warming. On Thursday, October 25, 2007, the Delaware Humanities Forum welcomes Elizabeth Kolbert, staff writer for The New Yorker, and author of Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change. She will share her experiences of traveling the world with top scientists and meeting with policy makers which have formed her unique perspective on global climate change and the human impact on the world in which we live.
The free lecture will begin at 7:00 p.m. in the Baby Grand Theatre in Wilmington, Delaware and will conclude with a question and answer session with the audience. The program begins 6:45 with a reading of a collection of literary works including On the Pulse of Morning by Maya Angelou. Following the lecture, the Forum will host a fundraiser and cocktail reception with this nationally-recognized author. A $65 ticket will admit you to the Wilmington Club, where Ms. Kolbert will be on hand for a meet-and-greet. Books will also be available for sale and may be signed by the author.
IF YOU GO:
Who: Delaware Humanities Forum Annual Lecture featuring Elizabeth Kolbert of The New Yorker.
What: Elizabeth Kolbert shares her unbiased account of visits to Alaska, Greenland, the Netherlands and Vermont to give a front-row seat to the global warming show.
When: Thursday, October 25, 2007.
Poetry reading at 6:45, lecture at 7:00 p.m. Meet-and-greet fundraiser/cocktail reception – immediately following lecture
Where: Lecture — The Baby Grand Theatre, 818 N. Market St., Wilmington, DE 19801.
Price: FREE. Meet-and-greet cocktail reception $65 (a portion is tax-deductible).
Contact: Delaware Humanities Forum, 302-657-0650, www.dhf.org.
This event is the Delaware Humanities Forum’s 2007 Annual Lecture, a signature program of the Forum. The Forum is an independent non-profit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. As an advocate and catalyst for the humanities, the Forum brings together the public and humanities specialists to focus on issues of public interest and concern and promotes the humanities as a resource for all Delawareans.
- Conference on Creating Knowledge Based Partnerships
- RFP issued by The State of Delaware – Division of Corporations