The national debt of the United States is at record levels and on an unsustainable course. Learn the future implications of this and potential solutions, as Jeff Thiebert, national grassroots director of the nonpartisan Concord Coalition, describes the causes and consequences at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, February 8, in Cole Cinema of the Campus Center at Find out more »
Learn Best Winter Pruning Techniques
Winter can be the best time to prune trees. Landscape staff from St. Mary’s College of Maryland and Historic St. Mary’s City (HSMC) will demonstrate the best winter pruning techniques Saturday, February 12. Meet at the HSMC Visitor Center at 10 a.m. Wear work shoes and bring hand pruners and/or loppers if you have them Find out more »
Exploring the Role of Fencing at the Calvert House
In the 17th century, fences played a large role in changing frontier plantations to a more urban environment. Timothy B. Riordan, director of archaeology at Historic St. Mary’s City (HSMC), will discuss the role in his talk “’A good substancial fence of loggs . . .:’ Creating landscape out of wilderness at the Calvert House” Find out more »
The Great Unknown: Oceans
Think the age of exploration ended centuries ago? Think again: Earth’s deep seas remain some the most unknown, mysterious places known to man. Ben Evans, of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), will discuss modern-day oceanic exploration at 4:40 p.m. Wednesday, February 2, in Schaefer Hall 106, as part of the Natural Science and Find out more »
Twain’s Troubles with Slavery
Lawrence Howe, professor at Roosevelt University, will describe Mark Twain’s conflicts with slavery at 8:15 p.m. Thursday, February 3, in the Daugherty-Palmer Commons at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. “His discussion,” said Twain expert Ben Click, English professor at St. Mary’s, “will show that while his book Huckleberry Finn offered considerable insight into the travesty Find out more »
Don’t Fence the Land
Gabrielle Tayac, historian at the National Museum of the American Indian, will talk about the impact of fences on Native Americans in her talk “We Do Not Fence the Land: Indigenous Concepts of Land Stewardship” at 2 p.m. Saturday, January 29, in the Glendening Annex at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. The talk is part Find out more »
College Poetry Reading January 27
Poet Gina Franco will read from her works at 8:15 p.m. Thursday, January 27, in Daugherty-Palmer Commons at St. Mary’s College of Maryland as part of the VOICES Reading Series. The evening is free and open to the public. Franco is currently working on a manuscript of poems entitled Mother Lode about copper mining in Find out more »
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