Tea Time Tranquility at the MuseumEvery Thursday, September 05 – November 21, 4:30 p.m.Samek Art Museum, Top floor, Elaine Langone Center on the campus of Bucknell University701 Moore Avenue, Lewisburg, PA 17837Take a break from the world and savor afternoon tea at the Samek Art Museum. In the serene setting of our exhibition, Slow Looking, a different guest speaker each week will lead an informal chat with guests on a topic related to the show, from surrealism to how to collect art. Come to one, two, or all in the series! For more information about the topics and our guest speakers, please visit museum.bucknell.edu.

Writers in Conversation: The Ongoing AncientSrikanth Reddy & Michael Bazzett, moderated by Dan Beachy-QuickTuesday, December 3, 7pm on ZOOMhttps://bucknell.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMsd-GsrjMpG91idEtMgUsjL-PgGce5FWqc (https://bucknell.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMsd-GsrjMpG91idEtMgUsjL-PgGce5FWqc)Poets Srikanth Reddy and Michael Bazzett will join West Branch contributing editor Dan Beachy-Quick will discuss the persistence of the ancient in contemporary poetry. Moderator Dan Beachy-Quick is Professor of English at Colorado State University and the author of many publications in multiple genres, including six collections of poetry. Michael Bazzett is the author of four collections of poetry and the translator of the Mayan origin epic The Popol Vuh, which was acclaimed by The New York Times. Srikanth Reddy's latest book of poetry is Underworld Lit, a finalist for the Griffin International Poetry. Reddy is the poetry editor of Paris Review and a professor at the University of Chicago.

He has recorded and/or performed with Junior Wells, George Porter Jr., Dr. John, Willie Nelson, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, Billy Joe Shaver, Maria Muldaur, James Cotton, Cyril Neville, Kenny Aronoff, Allen Toussaint, Kim Wilson, Jimmy Thackery, Charlie Musselwhite, Kenny Neal, Chris Layton, Ivan Neville, Jimmy Hall, Jim Lauderdale, Anders Osborne and Alvin Youngblood Hart, to name a few. Benoit's accomplishments as a musician are matched only by his devotion to the environmental health of his native Louisiana wetlands. He is the founder and driving force behind Voice of the Wetlands, an organization working to preserve the coastal waters of his home state. He received the Governor's Award for Conservationist of the Year from the Louisiana Wildlife Federation. Benoit also starred in the iMax motion picture Hurricane on the Bayou, a documentary of Hurricane Katrina's effects and a call to protect and restore the wetlands.