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Tickets on Sale Now for Birds and People with Christian Cooper!
Don’t miss this inspiring evening with Christian Cooper, Emmy-winning host of Extraordinary Birder and bestselling author of Better Living Through Birding! This event will take place in the Playhouse Theater at Overture Center for the Arts in Madison Wednesday, March 12.
In-person tickets are $35 through Overture Center for the Arts.
Wisconsin Academy Members can request a discount code by contacting Lizzie Condon at econdon@wisconsinacademy.org.
Digital Viewing Option is available for $10!
Christian Cooper will share insights from his forthcoming book, The Urban Owls: How Flaco and Friends Made the City Their Home, exploring the lives of urban-dwelling owls.
Following his talk, Angela Russell, host of Black Oxygen, will join him in conversation to discuss how birds connect people, communities, and nature. The event will be emceed by Wisconsin Academy Executive Director Erika Monroe-Kane.
Be part of the Wisconsin Academy’s Birds & Beyond series—celebrating the deep connections between birds, people, and the planet. A book signing will follow the event.
This event is part of the Birds and Beyond series.
BIPOC Birding Club of Wisconsin is proud to sponsor Birds and Beyond, a series of talks from the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters in partnership with Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance, the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, and Color in the Outdoors, connecting people like you to Wisconsin’s birds and the scientific topics that affect them. Sponsoring Birds and Beyond aligns with our commitment to create safe spaces for people of color in the outdoors through outdoor birding activities and events. Like all programming hosted by the Wisconsin Academy, this series creates opportunities for people to connect, learn, and collaborate to improve life in Wisconsin. We are pleased to join the Wisconsin Academy in furthering that goal!
SERIES SPONSORS
Thank you to our Birds and Beyond series sponsor, the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin.