Tawanda Twain – Movie, Music & Musings
If the writings and philosophies of Aldo Leopold have made an impact on you, please join us for a very special evening in Springfield, MO.
The Springfield Conservation Nature Center is hosting a public film premiere of Green Fire—the full length documentary film about Aldo Leopold on Friday, November 18, from 7-9pm. We’re calling the evening, Movie, Music, and Musings. We have a Leopold Education Project Facilitator (Curt Carter) coming from Illinois who also happens to be an accomplished musician. After the film showing, he will play a few songs (all Leopold-inspired original songs) and intersperse this with a few preselected Leopold quotes read by a few folks. Afterwards, we’ll move to the classroom for a reception (Dutch Oven desserts), maybe have more background music, possibly a short time for an open microphone for others to read their favorite quotes, and a couple of contests involving the Sand County Almanac books we’re requesting folks to bring along with them (oldest, newest, most dog-eared, most highlighted, etc).
The weekend will also include two Leopold Education Project workshops led by Curt Carter and Celeste Prussia (Missouri LEP facilitator and manager of the Missouri State University’s Bull Shoals Field Station). One workshop will be held on Friday, November 18, from 1-4pm and the second on Saturday, November 19, from 9am-12 noon.
At the beginning of the film premiere, as folks arrive (sometimes as much as 45 minutes early), we’ll have a PowerPoint presentation going that demonstrates the impact Leopold has had on a variety of folks, like yourself. We’ll see people in nature and hear or see their favorite Leopold quotes.
Feel free to pass this along to other people, and mark your calendar now for these programs. We’ll get a flier out in mid-October to help with promotion. Registration doesn’t begin until November 1.
Here is information about the programs:
Nature And The Arts: Green Fire—Movie, Music, and Musings – Friday, November 18, 7-9pm
Enjoy the Springfield premiere of the first full-length documentary film ever made about Aldo Leopold—the father of the movement for wilderness and wildlife conservation. Leopold was a forester, hunter, philosopher, educator, writer, and outdoor enthusiast who spent his life observing, sketching, and journaling his natural surroundings. After his death in 1948, a collection of his essays was published in A Sand County Almanac—one of the most respected and beloved books about the natural world ever published. Through Leopold’s examples, the film challenges the viewer to contemplate their own relationship with nature. The evening will include Leopold-inspired original live music performed by Curt Carter, a certified facilitator with the national Leopold Education Project and half of the well-known folk duo Carter and Connelly. Musings of favorite quotes and a reception will be included in this event cosponsored by Missouri State University’s Bull Shoals Field Station. Bring your own copy of A Sand County Almanac and join us for this special evening of movie, music, and musings. Ages 12-adult. Registration begins November 1. Call 417/888-4237.
Leopold Education Project Training – Friday, November 18, 1-4pm or Saturday, November 19, 9am- 12 noon
Parents, educators (formal and non-formal), and leaders—you are invited to participate in an introductory Leopold Education Project (LEP) training presented by certified facilitators Celeste Prussia and Curt Carter. Using Leopold’s classic book, A Sand County Almanac, you will participate in a variety of hands-on outdoor explorations to help you “read the land.” These activities are designed to be shared to help others discover nature and to instill a land ethic among tomorrow’s stewards. While the class is free, required workshop materials cost $20. Please bring a check payable to Missouri State University. Dress for the outdoors. Ages 15-adult. Registration begins November 1. Call 417/888-4237.
