By way of Midori Barstow:
Sunday, September 17 at 2 p.m.Sponsored by the University of Tennessee, Phillip Hoose will visit Ijams Nature Center as part of a three-day tour of Knoxville.
Hoose is an award-winning author of books, essays, stories and songs and is a founding member of the Children’s Music Network. He has worked for the
Nature Conservancy since 1977.Hoose’s program will include his reflections on the ivory-billed woodpecker and his conservation efforts with The Nature Conservancy. He will also share his talents as a performing musician.
This program is FREE and geared to an audience of all ages.
Please reserve your place early by calling (865) 577-4717 ext. 10.
This program is made possible by the University of Tennessee Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, the sponsor of Phil Hoose's visit to Knoxville.
Here is the invitation/brochure (PDF format).
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Ya really ought to go. That
Ya really ought to go. That book of his about the big woodpecker is outstanding.
(I have a conflict I can't get out of, or I'd hop in the car meself...)
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