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This presentation will focus on various pieces of modern-day literature composed by scientifically-trained, female writers, including neuroscientist and bestselling author of Still Alice, Lisa Genova, and gerontologist and author of Olive Kitteredge, Elizabeth Strout. How did they use their understanding of science to approach their stories? The presentation will be led by computer scientist-turned writer, Annette Januzzi Wick, author of I’ll Have Some of Yours. Book signing to follow.

 

Our country is experiencing a shift toward combining external, physical, and technological successes of healthcare/treatment with the internal, non-physical exploration of healing and disease prevention models. The consumer ground swell of interest in complementary therapies has created a need for more research and creative out-of-box thinking about whole person wellness.  The integrative health tsunami is coming!  Get ready to learn about some interesting health developments eagerly awaited within the next 5-10 years. Lecture by Dr. Cathy Rosenbaum.

Free and open to the public. Registration required. Doors open at 6:30.

Rama Kasturi, a PhD in Chemistry,  calls herself an accidental artist.  Her intimate relationship with Burnet Wood’s natural world afforded her the space and time to heal from the traumas of her breast cancer diagnosis and treatment, the death of her beloved walking companion Argos, and providing palliative care for her mother battling metastatic breast cancer.  Dr. Kasturi attributes daily walks with her rescue dogs on the wooded trails of her neighborhood park with helping her regain robust physical, mental, and spiritual health. Her book, Four Seasons in Burnet Woods,  depicts that journey through her nature photography.

Free and open to the public. Registration Required. Doors open at 6:30

Celebrate Earth Day with a screening of A Force for Nature: Lucy Braun. Screening followed by Q&A with filmmaker Meg Hanrahan, moderated by 2020 Lloyd Fellow Elissa Yancey.

E. Lucy Braun (1889-1971) was one of the foremost ecologists, botanists and preservationists in American history. As a leader of the early conservation movement, she helped preserve natural sites throughout Ohio and Kentucky. The documentary includes stories from those who knew Braun, commentary from scholars, archival photographs and documents, and beautiful nature videography.

Free and open to the public. Registration required. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

In a world of changing habitats and climate, scientists are developing strategies and methods to ensure that the world does not lose the diversity of plants that are so vital to human existence.  This lecture will look at these methods, from large seed banking efforts to technologies that can be harnessed where seed banking leaves off, and will ask the question, “Can we save all species of plants for future generations?”

Dr. Valerie Pence is Director of Plant research at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden and renowned expert.

 

Celebrate the opening of the Lloyd Library and Museum’s latest exhibition, Women and Nature, featuring some of the most unique items created by women from Lloyd collections. The exhibition will feature works by naturalists, botanists, mycologists, horticulturists, and explorers, including pioneers of scientific illustration Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) and Elizabeth Blackwell (1707-1758), daughters who were taught to paint the illustrated works of their fathers, Elizabeth Albin and Eliza and Sarah Maund, and designer of over 400 gardens, Gertrude Jekyll. Two of the more visually stunning books on display will be Familiar Indian Flowers by Lena Lowis (1878) and Illustrations of the Fungi of Our Fields and Woods  by Sarah Price (1864). The Lloyd Gallery will feature Four Seasons at Burnet Woods, photography by Rama Kasturi.

Members of Muse Cincinnati Women’s Choir will preform at 6 p.m. Free and open to the public. Light refreshments.