Pack Library will be celebrating National Trails Day for the first week of June with several events.
National Trails Day was established by the American Hiking Society in 1993 as an annual event to celebrate trails, encourage stewardship of community hiking paths and raise awareness for trail preservation.
Wildlife and Wildflowers with Conserving Carolina
Thursday, June 5 at 4:30pm
Join us and Pam Torlina, a biologist with Conserving Carolina, for a presentation on plant and animal interactions. Plants and animals interact in many fascinating and complex ways that play an important role in the survival of both. Torlina will discuss many different topics including why hummingbirds are attracted to red flowers, why some plants appear to never be visited by animals, and why or how a plant would eat an animal!
Land of the Sky Book Club: George Masa: A Life Reimagined and Even as We Breathe by Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle.
Saturday, June 7 at 10:30am
Special Collections at Pack Library will be holding a Land of the Sky 101 book club meeting at 10:30am on June 7. Land of the Sky 101 is a community learning circle for those who are interested in the history of Asheville, Buncombe County and Western North Carolina. On June 7, they’ll be reading George Masa: A Life Reimagined by Janet McCue and Paul Bonesteel and Even as We Breathe by Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle. Registration is required—sign up here!
Land of Blue Shadows: Mountain Life in Verse & View by George Ellison, Elizabeth Ellison and Quintin Ellison
Saturday, June 7 at 1pm
George Ellison was an iconic writer of Western North Carolina and lived directly adjacent to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Cherokee Indian Reservation. The Land of Blue Shadows is a posthumous collection of his poetry that was collected and illustrated by his descendants, Elizabeth and Quintin Ellison. Elizabeth and Quintin will visit the Pack Library and give a presentation about the book and the processes they used to curate the poetry and create the artwork it is composed of. Participants can buy copies of the book on site through Malaprop's Bookstore. Register in advance to guarantee a seat!
Through June 10, the exhibition “And the green grass grows all around and around and the green grass grows all around” will be on view in Special Collections, featuring work by Swannatopia Experimental Art Club paired with library research resources that highlight the histories of agriculture and arboriculture in our region. Swannatopia’s installation offers “a glimpse into the vision—trees and seeds in anticipation of spring days to come.”
Visitors can also view selected photographs, ephemera, and artifacts related to our regional National Parks on display in the hall outside of the Buncombe County Special Collections reading room. In addition, Pack Youth Services will feature a selection of books for kids of all ages on hiking and outdoor activities.