Gina Siepel: To Understand a Tree encapsulates 6 years in communion with a single tree. Bridging art, ecology, and queer experience, the project approaches wood as a living being and explores interconnection, habitat, and environmental responsibility. Organized by the Museum for Art in Wood and curated by Jennifer-Navva Milliken.

Book Group:Black Boy Wednesday, October 8, 12 - 1 p.m. Hildreth-Mirza Great Room Join The Griot Institute to discuss Black Boy by Richard Wright. Wright's once controversial, now celebrated autobiography measures the raw brutality of the Jim Crow South against the sheer desperate will it took to survive as a black boy. Enduring poverty, hunger, fear, abuse, and hatred while growing up in the woods of Mississippi, Wright lied, stole, and raged at those around him—whites indifferent, pitying, or cruel and blacks resentful of anyone trying to rise above their circumstances. Desperate for a different way of life, he made his way north, eventually arriving in Chicago, where he forged a new path and began his career as a writer. Books will be given to the first 15 registrants. Lunch will be provided. Please register by Friday, October 3. https://forms.gle/8mxF5Lf8oEdUaZJr9 (https://forms.gle/8mxF5Lf8oEdUaZJr9) 

Star Gazing: Pennsylvania Quilts RevisitedThis exhibition – featuring quilts from Pennsylvania quilters and collectors – turns the eyes of post-internet contemporary art to look anew at traditional quilts and quilt making.

If there's one thing all organizations in today's economy have in common, it's that they are undergoing change. But change can only be effective if the employees embrace it. Their ability to adapt will determine the competitiveness and success of your organization. This course focuses on the role of individual performers in implementing change in the workplace. Participants discover their Change IQ, learn about the phases of change that many people experience and are introduced to best practices that will enable them to tackle and overcome the new business challenges of today and tomorrow.