Geology lecture series continues

ROXBURY — Professor Robert Thorson of UConn presented the initial talk in the Minor Memorial Library’s series “Land and Culture: A Deep Look at the History of Land Use” Feb. 7.

This series of talks, co-sponsored by the Roxbury Conservation Commission and the Roxbury Land Trust and funded by a grant from Connecticut Humanities, will explore the many ways people and their cultures have interacted with the local landscape.

The series continues on Feb. 21 at 7 p.m. with a presentation by Lucianne Lavin of the Institute for American Indian Studies on the ways in which Native Americans interacted with the local landscape, and on March 7 with a discussion of the rise and fall of water-powered industry in Litchfield County presented by Peter Vermilyea.

The series concludes with two presentations by Kyle Turoczi on how to read the landscape. On Thursday March 21, Turoczi will present an illustrated lecture on land features that can be “read: and on Saturday, April 6 he will lead a field walk on a Roxbury Land Trust Property.

The mission of the Minor Memorial Library is to promote and encourage literacy and to serve the needs of the Roxbury Community by providing free access to ideas and information through a diversity of library materials, programs, services, and experiences.

The library is handicappedaccessible. Call the library at 860350-2181 or visit the website at www.minormemoriallibrary.org for more information and directions.