EVENT
What the Water Knows: A Reading
September 28, 2023
6:30 pm–8pm
Inspired by the elemental power of water to give rise to story, three noted authors will share their work. Nina MacLaughlin will read from Wake, Siren, a recasting of Ovid’s myths in which the stories of monstrous transfiguration are sung, finally, by those transformed. Christina Thompson will share from her book Sea People, a story of miraculous navigation, and Tracy Winn will read House in the Field, River in the House, a short story based on a recent climate disaster.
Doors open at 6pm
Current Exhibit
Moving Water: From Ancient Innovations to Modern Challenges
Ancient civilizations engineered water systems that sustained communities for thousands of years. This exhibition spotlights six places that innovated ways to deliver, and control water for human use. It also looks at how climate change is impacting all of those places, forcing public officials to consider new ways to keep the water flowing.