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2011-12 Events
EdmondsCCRead: Timothy Egan Presents The Big Burn
February 8, 2012 • 12:30 PM
Join author Timothy Egan to discuss the EdmondsCC Community Read for 2011-12, his book, "The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America." Free. Open to all.
About The Big Burn
On the afternoon of August 20, 1910, a battering ram of wind moved through the drought-stricken national forests of Washington, Idaho, and Montana, whipping the hundreds of small blazes burning across the forest floor into a roasting inferno that jumped from treetop to ridge as it raged, destroying towns and timber in the blink of an eye. Forest rangers had assembled nearly ten thousand men—soldiers, college boys, day workers, immigrants from mining camps—to fight the fire. But no living person had seen anything like those flames, and neither the rangers nor anyone else knew how to subdue them. In this epic story of an America outgrowing its manifest destiny, Timothy Egan narrates the struggles of the overmatched rangers against the implacable fire while also drawing a dramatic portrait of president Teddy Roosevelt and his chief forester, Gifford Pinchot, who did no less than create the idea of public land as our national treasure and conservation as a national value.
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Edmonds CC Read: Timothy Egan presents "The Big Burn"
The Big Burn Community Read, Author Timothy Egan
February 8, 2012 • 12:30
The author of our Edmonds CC Community Read book presents in the Black Box Theatre. The Big Burn tells the true story of the fire that blazed through drought-stricken Northwest national forests in 1910 and the forest rangers, soldiers, college students and immigrants who fought it. It paints a portrait of president Teddy Roosevelt and his chief forester, Gifford Pinchot, who turned public land into a national treasure and established conservation as a national value.
Timothy Egan is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and the author of six books, including The Worst Hard Time, a history of the dust bowl, which won a National Book Award for nonfiction and was a Washington State Book Award winner. He writes a weekly column, “Outposts,” for The New York Times.
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Edmonds CC Read: Timothy Egan presents "The Big Burn"
Womens History Month: Awareness Week Events
February 21, 2012
Join us for Womens' History Month events. All events are in the Black Box Theatre in Mukilteo Hall except where noted. Free. Open to the public
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Tues., Feb. 21
History of Women’s Movement/Current Issues, with instructor Gem Baldwin and Portrayal of a Historical Women’s Movement Female Figure, with actress Debbie Dimitre.
6-10 p.m., Tues., Feb. 21
Human Trafficking – Local and Global
12:30-1:30 p.m., Wed., Feb. 22
A Female Immigrant’s Journey to Success, with international author Angie Chau. Book signing after lecture.
12-1:30 p.m., Thurs., Feb. 23
Oppression of Middle Eastern Women, with Edmonds CC faculty panel and moderator Christina Fusch, instructor; and Belly Dancing: History and Demonstration.
2-4 p.m., Fri., Feb. 24 | Meadowdale Hall, hallways
Women’s History Month Art Walk, Edmonds CC Art students’ work is showcased.
5-7 p.m., Fri., Feb. 24 | Art Gallery, Lynnwood Hall, third floor
Heart and Grace Art Reception, join us for a culminating event for Women’s History Awareness Week featuring art, music, and culinary delights.
Human Trafficking-Local And Global: Womens History Month
February 21, 2012 • 6:00-7:30 PM
Attend a presentation on Human Trafficking as part of the college's Womens' History Month: Awareness Week events In the Black Box Theatre.
History Of Women’s Movement/Current Issues: Womens History Month
February 21, 2012 • 11:30 AM
As part of the college's Womens' History Month: Awareness Week events Edmonds CC anthropology instructor Gem Baldwin presents a "History of Women’s Movement/Current Issues" and actress Debbie Dimitre provides a "Portrayal of a Historical Women’s Movement Female Figure". In the Black Box Theatre.
A Female Immigrant’s Journey — Author Angie Chau: Womens History Month
February 22, 2012 • 12:30-1:30 PM
Attend a presentation on A Female Immigrant’s Journey to Success, with international author Angie Chau as part of the college's Womens' History Month: Awareness Week events. Chau signs her book "Quiet As They Come," after the lecture. In the Black Box Theatre.
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A Female Immigrant's Journey to Success: international author Angie Chau, interviewed by Min Carrico
Opression Of Middle Eastern Women: Womens History Month
February 23, 2012 • 12:30-1:30 PM
Edmonds Community College Arabic instructor Christina Fusch moderates a panel discussion on the Opression of Middle Eastern Women as part of the college's Womens' History Month: Awareness Week events. In the Black Box Theatre. A presentation on the history of belly dance and demostration follows.
