Greenbelt and Governor’s Academy are excited to welcome critically acclaimed author and naturalist Sy Montgomery and talented wildlife illustrator Matt Patterson for an evening of storytelling about their experiences from their book, “Of Time and Turtles." If you're not already familiar with Sy, learn more via the links below!
Hosted by Governor's Academy in their auditorium, Wilkies Center for the Performing Arts, in Byfield MA
5:30 PM Check-in opens
6 PM Brief Intro and Welcome by Greenbelt President, Chris LaPointe
6:15 PM Presentation by Sy and Matt
7 PM Q&A with Sy and Matt
7:30 PM Book signing opportunity
Thank you to Copper Dog Books of Beverly for joining us at the event! Copper Dog Books will have "Of Time and Turtles" and soon-to-be-released children's book, "The True and Lucky life of a Turtle" available for purchase.
Members will have first access to tickets, sold at $10 each. While we pride ourselves on offering free events for a majority of our programs, including Member Appreciation events, this nominal ticket price will help us ensure that the event is fully attended and make this program possible.
Members will have a two week window of exclusive access to tickets, before being made available to the general public. There will not be a waitlist for this event; tickets will be first come, first sold.
Tickets are non-refundable; If your plans change and you can no longer attend the event, you are welcome to transfer your ticket to a friend, with the expectation that you notify the event host of the ticket transferee’s names for smooth check-in. Thank you!
Learn more about Sy Montgomery below:
Sy joined her longtime friend Steve Curwood, host of Living on Earth, to talk about what we can learn from turtles. Listen here.
Watch as Sy tells NASA’s Goddard Storylab about How to be a Good Creature.
More hardshell talk with Robin Young, host of Here & Now on WBUR. Listen here
Watch Sy's Ted Talk on What a broken shell can teach us?