FAMILY PROGRAM
“Birds of the Mississippi River”
1-3 pm Saturday, March 1
Auditorium program begins at 1 pmFree admission to the Figge and Audubon programs from 12:30-3 pm!
Park ranger Wendy Frohlich will explain how to use a field guide, identify birds by sight and sound and writed field notes. This program, which is open to ages 8 and up, starts promptly at 1 pm. Bird-related activities plus refreshmens will be available from 1-3 pm. In the Community Gallery, local wildlife artist Brent Langley will talk about his own work and show a painting in progress.
ART & BOOKS
John James Audubon: The Making of an American by Richard Rhodes
7 pm Wednesday, March 12
Malmros Room, Bettendorf Public LibraryFree
Dick Sayles, Quad Cities Audubon Society board member, will lead a discussion of this important biography, published in 2004, the first major Audubon biography in 40 years, and the first to illuminate fully the private and family life of the master illustrator of the natural world. Books will be available for loan on a first-come basis at the Bettendorf Public Library Information Desk starting Monday, February 4. For more information, please contact Hedy Hustedde at hhustedde@bettendorf.org.
Poetry Reading and Discussion
"The Eye is the Light of the Body: Poetry and Discussion on the Art of John James Audubon" Thomas Joswick2:30 pm Thomas Joswick, professor emeritus of literature at Western Illinois University, will explore the aesthetic, ecological and historical significance of Audubon's art. Over his career, Thomas Joswick has taught and written widely on 19th century American literature, with a special emphasis on nature writing and art during recent years. He has lectured and read his poetry on John James Audubon to numerous groups. Recently, five of his poems were awarded the Editors' Prize for Poetry in Isotope: A Journal of Literary Nature and Science Writing.
