Elk River Arts & Lectures hosts Mammoth-based environmental journalist Lisa Baril as part of our ongoing Lecture Series. The event will take place at Elk River Books, 122 S 2nd Street in Livingston. It is free and open to the public.
Baril will be reading from her recent book The Age of Melt: What Glaciers, Ice Mummies, and Ancient Artifacts Teach Us about Climate, Culture, and a Future Without Ice. Described as an entertaining pop-sci narrative investigating ice patch archaeology and the role of glaciers in the development of human culture, Baril’s book explores the deep-rooted cultural connection between humans and ice through time.
Glaciers figure prominently in both ancient and contemporary narratives around the world. They inspire art and literature. They spark both fear and awe. And they give and take life. In entertaining and enlightening prose, Baril travels from the Alps to the Andes, investigating what these artifacts teach us about climate, culture, wilderness, and what we gain when we rethink our relationship to the world and its most precious and ephemeral substance—ice.
This event is sponsored by Elk River Arts & Lectures, a nonprofit organization dedicated to cultivating and celebrating the literary arts in Park County. Since 2013, Elk River Arts & Lectures has hosted dozens of poets, novelists, science writers, memoirists, journalists, visual artists, historians and other innovative thinkers. Our goal is to expose the Park County community to new voices and ideas, while showcasing the talent our home ground has nurtured. The 2025 Arts & Lecture series is made possible by the AMB West Community Fund, the Park County Community Foundation and through the generous support of individual donors.
