Community Calendar

Monday August 4th 7:00 to 8:00 pm

Entwined: Dispatches from the Intersection of Species

What can octopuses’ nine brains teach us about climate resilience?
How can great horned owls’ keen hearing illuminate relationship dynamics?
Does playing with kelp cultivate respect for the value of living things?
What can our 8.7 million “more-than-human” neighbors teach us about life?

Entwined: Dispatches from the Intersection of Species explores
these questions through a collection of fourteen original essays
by Bridget A. Lyons, a traveler, explorer, and former wilderness
guide who has encountered countless animals and plants in their
native environments.

Set in locations ranging from Alaska and California to Mexico and
Honduras, Lyons’s stories are braided with careful observation,
scientific research, and wonder to foster connection between us
and our nonhuman neighbors.

Includes 9 original linoleum block prints by the author

Once a month, read and discuss a banned book. Explore what caused these books to be banned, what being banned means, and how this impacts us as a society. We will talk about the who and the why, and if we agree or disagree. Stop by the Medford Reference desk to pick up a copy of the month's current title while supplies last!

June: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

July: Fifty Shades of Grey by E L James

August: Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein