Library books Yellowstone adventurer, impeachment expert for upcoming programs
Bozeman Public Library is a great community resource for those working on projects personal or academic, but the downtown space also hosts a number of engaging events open to all. Here’s a look at what’s coming up.
Local outdoorsman Phil Knight fronts the “Adventures in Greater Yellowstone” slide show presentation on Tuesday, January 7th. The event begins at 6:15pm in the Community Room.
Through slides, video clips and stories, Knight will take attendees on a series of back and front-country adventures throughout the Yellowstone region, including a 640-mile backpack trek, canoe trips into the remote wilds of Yellowstone, and his quest to climb the highest peak in all the Yellowstone region’s mountain ranges.
International Film Night continues with Kim Ki-duk’s Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring on Wednesday, January 8th. The film is Rated R and will begin at 6pm in the Community Room.
A young Buddhist apprentice is mentored by an aging monk (Yeong-su Oh) at a secluded monastery in the Korean wilderness. As a teenager, the apprentice (Jae-kyeong Seo) encounters a girl who arrives at the monastery seeking assistance with her health. Over the course of a few days, the boy is tempted away from his spiritual existence into a sexual relationship. He leaves the monastery to follow the girl into a modern way of life he has never known and is unprepared for.
As part of the Library’s ‘Surviving and Thriving in a Montana Winter’ presentation series, “3 Tips for Staving Off Winter Blues” will take place Thursday, January 9th. The evening will begin at 6pm in the Community Room.
Learn three habits that you can add to your days to stave off the winter blues. In this hourlong talk, Integrative Nutrition Health coach Karen Mitchell will share lifestyle and nutrition tips to help keep your mood high during the cold and dark winter months. In her practice, Mitchell weaves together nutrition and wellness expertise with everyday mindfulness to help clients heal their bodies and live the life they wish for. Her unique story includes continuing to heal from SIBO and an autoimmune disease and their subsequent co-infections.
The public is invited to take part in the next Wonderlust Friday Forum, set for January 10th in the Community Room. “Impeachment: Past, Present & Future” with Dr. Nicol Rae, Dean of the MSU College of Letters and Sciences, will unfold from noon–1:30pm.
Rae will discuss the presidential impeachment power in the US Constitution and how it has played out over our history. Why did the framers give Congress the power to impeach and remove presidents? What are the criteria they set forth for this drastic action? What’s the history of our three presidential impeachments – and one near impeachment? What does the impeachment and Senate trial of President Donald J. Trump suggest about the impeachment process and the current state of our politics and government?
Rae holds a doctorate in politics from Oxford University. He co-authored Impeaching Clinton: Partisan Strife on Capitol Hill (2004) and has served in his MSU role since 2013.
The monthly speaker series is sponsored by MSU Wonderlust, a nonprofit organization affiliated with Montana State University’s Extended University and hosted by the Library. It is open to the public. There is no fee to attend or registration needed. For more information, please visit http://montana.edu/wonderlust.
Located at 626 E Main St., Bozeman Public Library creates opportunities that inspire curiosity, exploration and connection. For more information about other library happenings, please visit www.bozemanlibrary.org. •