Danae Wolfe – conservation educator and founder of Chasing Bugs – shares six simple conservation practices to preserve and protect the bugs in your backyard.
She also explains that, while pollination is important, our littlest neighbors do a lot more for our backyard than keep our flowers blooming.
Art historian Felicia Zavarella Stadelman shares her ten most fascinating facts about artist and Renaissance man Leonardo da Vinci. She explains his remarkable contributions to art, science, and engineering.
Finally, she breaks down the reason for The Mona Lisa’s fame and describes its infamous theft a century ago.
By the way, we have several art programs available in their entirety on our YouTube channel, including Zavarella Stadelman’s talk on Vincent Van Gogh. We also have our own Barb Hauer’s discussion of post-Impressionists and celebration of women artists like Helen Dryden and Lee Miller.
Andrew Bishop, the regional restoration manager for The Nature Conservancy, discusses how the TNC has worked to improve our region’s water quality and restore habitats for rare and threatened species.
He also shares how the Conservancy has worked with its partners to improve wetland, flood plain and coastal-plant communities along Lake Erie, in the Great River and Cuyahoga River watersheds, and right here in Mentor.
Finally, he concludes by offering tips on how you can help!
By the way, if you’re interested in conservancy, discover how you can be a better backyard steward for bugs during a free online program we’re hosting at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 2. Danae Wolfe – conservation educator and founder of Chasing Bugs – will share six simple conservation practices to preserve and protect the bugs in the backyard.
She’ll discuss light pollution, integrated pest management, eliminating invasive plants, and more.
Wolfe’s talk is free to watch and will be hosted via Zoom. To get the Zoom link, you can either register on our website or call us at (440) 255-8811 ext. 247.
Cailey and Meg share what books they’re bringing to the beach this summer, including Last Summer at the Golden Hotel by Elyssa Friedland (which gave our librarians major Dirty Dancing vibes), Second First Impressions by Sally Thorne, Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala, and Maps for the Getaway by Annie England Noblin.
Most of the books they discuss can also be borrowed as ebooks using OverDrive or Libby. All you need is your Mentor Public Library card.
For this month’s Civil War talk, Ranger Alan Gephardt from James A. Garfield National Historic Site traced the history of the US Navy from its wooden and ironclad ships during the Civil War to the origin of the “Steel Navy.”
Our Civil War series continues next month at noon on Wednesday, Aug. 11. The rangers will discuss field communications during the war. We will be meeting in person at our Main Branch! We look forward to seeing you here. Registration is required, and you can sign up on our website.
Finally, if you’re interested in Civil War history, several talks in our series can be viewed online in their entirety, including: