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SUMMARY:Bright Side Bookshop: Astonished By Beauty with Thomas Fleischner
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening with Thomas Fleischner\, celebrating their latest book\, Astonished by Beauty: A Field Guide to the Practice of Paying Attention. The event will begin at 6:00 PM with a reading\, followed by a Q&A and book signing at 7:00 PM. \nAbout the Book: An invitation to slow down and experience the world through the mindful practice of natural history. \nWhat happens when we truly pay attention to the natural world? Astonished by Beauty offers a thoughtful and practical guide to reconnecting with nature through the practice of natural history. Through a series of brief\, intimate stories from the Alaskan Arctic to the Amazon\, Fleischner reveals how both easy and meaningful it is to deepen our connection with the land and its creatures. Readers are invited to learn how to look closely\, see clearly\, and feel deeply the living world around them\, while recognizing the vital link between our well-being and the health of the Earth. Offering simple\, grounded steps to nurture this bond\, the book is part reflection\, part guide\, calling for a life lived with care\, presence\, and respect for the wild beauty that surrounds us. \nAbout the Author: Thomas Lowe Fleischner\, a naturalist and conservation biologist\, is a leading voice advocating for the importance and rejuvenation of natural history. He is the author of numerous articles and professional papers\, and author or editor of four books\, including The Way of Natural History\, and Nature\, Love\, Medicine: Essays On Wildness and Wellness. He was the founding director of the Natural History Institute\, Faculty Emeritus at Prescott College\, and elected Fellow of the Linnean Society of London. He has served as Chair of the Natural History Section of the Ecological Society of America\, on the Board of Governors of the Society for Conservation Biology\, and as President of its Colorado Plateau Chapter. Recently\, he has led and coordinated efforts to recognize the high biodiversity values of the Mogollon Highlands Ecoregion of the American Southwest. He lives in Prescott\, Arizona. \nBooks will be available for purchase at the event. \nThis event is free and open to the public! No RSVP required unless otherwise noted.
URL:https://scitechinstitute.org/event/bright-side-bookshop-astonished-by-beauty-with-thomas-fleischner/
LOCATION:Bright Side Bookshop\, 18 N. San Francisco St.\, Flagstaff\, AZ\, 86001-5230\, United States
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SUMMARY:Bright Side Bookshop: Flagstaff Through the Lens of Time Walking Tour
DESCRIPTION:Join ecologist\, author\, and photographer John L. Vankat for an easy\, guided walk in downtown Flagstaff. \nVisit key locations highlighted in his book “The San Francisco Peaks and Flagstaff Through the Lens of Time.” Discover what repeat photography can show us about changes in our mountain town and the San Francisco Peaks over the past 150 years. Walks begin and end at Bright Side Bookshop\, where John’s award-winning book is available for purchase. \nThe event is free\, but registration is required: email Soulstice Publishing at lensoftime@soulsticepublishing.com to sign up.
URL:https://scitechinstitute.org/event/bright-side-bookshop-flagstaff-through-the-lens-of-time-walking-tour-3/
LOCATION:Bright Side Bookshop\, 18 N. San Francisco St.\, Flagstaff\, AZ\, 86001-5230\, United States
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SUMMARY:Bright Side Bookshop: Food\, Healing\, and Decolonization - A Conversation with Indigenous Chef Nephi Craig
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening with Nephi Craig\, celebrating his book\, Our Knives Will Save Us. The event will begin at 6:00 PM with a reading\, followed by a Q&A and book signing at 7:00 PM. \nBooks will be available for purchase at the event. \nThis event is free and open to the public! RSVP is encouraged but not required! \nAbout The Book:  \nFrom Indigenous chef Nephi Craig\, a searing personal and cultural reckoning that demonstrates the power of food to heal intergenerational wounds At just eighteen years old\, Nephi Craig was facing a felony charge that could have put him in prison for years. Having struggled with substance abuse throughout his teens\, his life had come to a dizzying halt. So when a judge ordered three years of probation instead—on the condition he attend work or school—Craig took it as an opportunity for a new lease on life. Not long after\, he enrolled in a culinary arts program a few hours from Whiteriver\, Arizona\, where he had grown up on the White Mountain Apache Tribe Reservation. Expecting little more than a means to an end\, Craig quickly discovered a talent and passion for cooking. He also experienced a profound dissonance as the only Indigenous person in the kitchen\, preparing European recipes that—disguised by their French and Italian names—relied on ingredients native to the Americas. Craig untangled the buried histories of Indigenous cultivars such as tomato\, cacao\, and amaranth\, each one a portal into possibility as well as a marker of the violent legacy of colonization. As he did so\, he found new ways to honor his Apache and Navajo roots and build Indigenous food sovereignty. His journey led him around the world\, from top fine-dining restaurants in the United States to high-profile banquets in Brazil\, England\, Germany\, and Japan. All the while\, Craig wrestled with addiction\, entering one treatment center after another in the hopes that he could get—and remain—sober. In the heat\, frenzy\, and collaborative energy of restaurant kitchens\, Craig found a lifeline. But when he was faced with the difficult decision of choosing between a career-defining executive chef job and an opportunity to serve his community back on the Rez\, he realized his true vocation. Interweaving personal reflection with illuminating cultural insight\, Our Knives Will Save Us offers a vision of hope: one where food is decolonized and cooking is a pathway to healing for all of us. \nAbout The Author:  \nNephi Craig is the executive chef of Café Gozhóó in Whiteriver\, Arizona\, on the White Mountain Apache Tribe\, and an advanced certified relapse prevention specialist (ACRPS) and behavioral health technician (BHT) currently serving as the nutritional recovery program coordinator at the Rainbow Treatment Center. Craig is the founder of the Native American Culinary Association (NACA)\, an organization that is dedicated to the research\, refinement\, and development of Native American cuisine. His work has been recognized in national and international publications such as Newsweek\, Forbes\, Food & Wine\, and The Guardian.
URL:https://scitechinstitute.org/event/bright-side-bookshop-food-healing-and-decolonization-a-conversation-with-indigenous-chef-nephi-craig/
LOCATION:Bright Side Bookshop\, 18 N. San Francisco St.\, Flagstaff\, AZ\, 86001-5230\, United States
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SUMMARY:Bright Side Bookshop: An Evening with Heather Hansman\, Author of Fierce Country
DESCRIPTION:In partnership with American Rivers\,we’re excited to host Heather Hansman\, author of Fierce Country: The Untold Story of Three Women Who Ignited America’s Love for the Wild and Melissa Sevigny\, author of Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon. \nHansman and Sevigny will join us for a reading\, book signing and Q & A at Lumberyard Brewing. The event will begin at 6:00 PM. Tickets are $5\, and all proceeds will be donated to local non-profits. \nBooks will be available for purchase at the event. \nAbout the Book: \nFor readers of Susan Casey and Rinker Buck\, the inspiring\, untold story of three incredible women who pioneered the outdoor movement in America. \nIn the spring of 1945\, when even the most courageous outdoor enthusiasts had yet to see the depths of the Grand Canyon\, Georgie White jumped into the river at Diamond Creek with just a lifejacket and a backpack full of food. Shortly thereafter\, she became the first woman to row the Grand Canyon. At the same time\, she also exclusively wore leopard print leotards and subsisted only on canned tuna and beer.\nWhile Georgie was running the river\, Anne LaBastille was building her life in the Adirondacks. She would go on to become a celebrate author\, ecologist and an emblem of the back to the land movement.\nAnd in the Rockies\, Dolores LaChapelle\, was burnishing her name as one of the best skiers in America. She was climbing and skiing first descents before National Geographic and Warren Miller created an entire industry around such feats.\nIn Fierce Country\, outdoor journalist and celebrated author of Powder Days\, Heather Hansman brings these women’s fascinating lives to the forefront of the outdoor movement\, affirming the rightful place in the larger story of an evolving American landscape. \nAbout the Author: HEATHER HANSMAN is an award-winning freelance writer and celebrated author of Powder Days: Ski Bums\, Ski Towns\, and the Future of Chasing Snow. She’s Outside magazine’s environmental columnist and a contributing editor at Backcountry Magazine. Her work has been included in The Best American Essays 2015. She once won a bag of pasta in an Italian big-mountain-skiing contest (tenth place out of eleven women). She lives in Seattle\, Washington.
URL:https://scitechinstitute.org/event/bright-side-bookshop-an-evening-with-heather-hansman-author-of-fierce-country/
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