Provided by Marcia Wessels
Gather with us at the Warner Town Hall on Saturday August 6th at 6:30pm to interact with Tom Wessels as he joins us remotely from his home in Maine. Our audience is asked to submit photos of interesting features that they have seen while walking in the woods or through past agricultural landscapes. Tom will view these photos, perhaps ask participants for additional information, and then offer his observations and description as to what was happening in the natural setting. Note the earlier start time for this program.
Tom Wessels is a terrestrial ecologist and professor emeritus at Antioch University where he founded the master’s degree program in Conservation Biology. He has conducted programs on ecology and sustainability throughout the country for over three decades. Tom is the author of numerous books including the well-known Reading the Forested Landscape and his latest, New England’s Roadside Ecology: Explore 30 of the Region’s Unique Natural Areas.
Send your photos to [email protected] along with your name and the photo location so we can project them on the big screen and share them with Tom to interpret. Wessels’ books can be purchased that evening at Town Hall or anytime at MainStreet BookEnds.
The Tory Hill Authors Series is an annual summer event sponsored by the Warner Historical Society showcasing locally and nationally known authors reading and talking about their works and personal experiences. A dessert social is held following the readings. Single tickets are ten dollars or a packet of three for twenty-four dollars may be purchased at the door, on-line at www.ToryHillAuthorsSeries.com, the Warner Historical Society and MainStreet BookEnds.
New this season are activities that let the audience explore the authors’ work in more depth. We have held a reading of one of Eugenie Carabatsos’ short plays and a fly-tying workshop to complement David Carroll’s book Trout Reflections. After Tom Wessels teaches us to “read the forested landscape” join Richard Cook, Rebecca Courser, and Sherry Gould on September 18th on a walk to interpret Warner’s historic landscape.
The Warner Historical Society formed over 50 years ago to preserve, educate about and keep alive Warner’s heritage. The Society has yearly exhibits and programs in the Upton Chandler House Museum on Main Street and maintains the Lower Warner Meeting House which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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