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SUMMARY:Kate Myers: Salty
DESCRIPTION:Put on your sunglasses for this fun summer murder mystery! Join us on Tuesday\, July 8 from 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm as we dive in with Kate Myers and her new book\, Salty. This story follows two sisters who team up to uncover the real designs behind their rich employer’s shady development plans. Kate will discuss her work with local author Erika Montgomery\, then answer questions and sign books. Copies of Salty will be available for purchase at the event. \nThis free\, public event will be hosted in partnership with Give Rise Studio at their location. For accessibility requests\, email info@curiousiguana.com at least two (2) weeks prior to the event. \nAbout the book: Denise has been a yacht captain for half her life. She lives for storms on the Caribbean Sea and stingrays\, has amazing pocket knife skills\, and wouldn’t be caught dead socializing on the boat. She uses those knives to cut her own hair\, and it shows. \nHer sister Helen is ten years younger and always wears accessories that prompt people to ask about her travels. The two haven’t seen each other in years. Helen’s made a career out of putting the hospitable in hospitality and was just fired yet again for hooking up with a guest. With every HR bridge burned\, she joins Denise’s crew working the boats. \nThe clashing sisters are immediately thrown into the deep—their first charter is the Falcon family\, shady real estate developers who mowed down Helen and Denise’s childhood home to build condos along the beautiful peninsula here. The Falcons treat everyone like pawns—from their future daughter-in-law\, gullible Poppy\, who has no idea what she’s marrying into\, to the uptight yacht concierge\, Geoff\, who’s looking for love in very wrong places. \nWhen the Falcon condo building collapses—and a dead body turns up beside it—Helen and Denise comb through the boat\, marina\, and beyond to uncover just how low the Falcons will sink in order to stay afloat—before the big storm wipes out the evidence. \nAbout the author: Kate Myers is the author of the national bestseller Excavations. Her writing has appeared in Elle\, BuzzFeed\, and Self magazines. She studied archaeology at the University of Pennsylvania and has lived in New York\, Los Angeles\, and Washington\, DC\, where she’s worked for CBS in television development and for CollegeHumor. She now resides in Annapolis\, Maryland\, with her husband\, daughters\, and dog. \nAbout the moderator: A card-carrying cinephile and native New Englander\, novelist Erika Montgomery lives with her family in western Maryland. She is the author of A Summer to Remember and Our Place on the Island.
URL:https://curiousiguana.com/event/kate-myers-salty/
LOCATION:Give Rise Studio\, 125 S Carroll St #101\, Frederick\, MD\, 21701\, United States
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SUMMARY:Beth Norcross and Leah Rampy: Discovering the Spiritual Wisdom of Trees
DESCRIPTION:LOCATION + TIME CHANGE \nPlease join us Thursday\, July 10 at Give Rise Studio from 7 pm-8 pm for an evening with authors Beth Norcross and Leah Rampy as they discuss their latest book\, Discovering the Spiritual Wisdom of Trees. Drawing on their collective knowledge of spirituality\, ecology\, and forestry\, Beth and Leah reveal the profound impact trees can have on our lives. After discussing their work\, Beth and Leah will answer questions and sign books. Copies of Discovering the Spiritual Wisdom of Trees will be available for purchase at the event. \nThis event is presented in partnership with the Multi-Faith Alliance of Climate Stewards. It is free and open to the public. For accessibility requests\, email info@curiousiguana.com at least two (2) weeks prior to the event. \nAbout the book: There is great wisdom to learn from trees\, and when we connect intimately with them\, we can deepen our spiritual lives and grow in the understanding that all beings are part of the fabric of the holy. \nThere’s something about a majestic redwood\, the sweet pink blossoms of a cherry tree in spring\, or even a scrawny little pine that moves us in ways we don’t fully comprehend. Trees have much to offer as soul friends\, and their millennia of growth and loss provides deep wisdom\, if we pay attention. The Spiritual Wisdom of Trees encourages us to revel in the beauty and wonder of trees as they increase our capacity to bear witness to loss and grief and model adaptation and resilience. Integrating science and spirituality\, coauthors Beth Norcross and Leah Rampy explore the knowledge held within the living world of trees and planted within each of us. \nDrawing on extensive experience in both forest ecology and spirituality\, Norcross and Rampy invite us into a deep mutual relationship with trees\, whose wisdom provides comfort\, resilience\, guidance\, and hope during these challenging times. \nExpanding on their popular six-week video course offered through The Center for Spirituality in Nature\, Norcross and Rampy offer us guidance and practices based on their experiences leading walks\, retreats\, and pilgrimages for over two decades. Having witnessed the profound healing and restorative power of trees\, they offer us the wisdom of trees as wordless ministers to weary souls. When we learn the ecology of the forest and how to be present to the trees\, our eyes are opened to the awe and wonder of our world\, deepening our sense of sacred oneness. \nAbout the authors: \nWith training in spirituality\, ecology\, and forestry\, Beth Norcross founded the Center for Spirituality in Nature\, which offers opportunities to deepen spirituality through nature and to nurture loving relationships with Earth and Spirit. She speaks\, writes\, and leads programs that encourage people to open to the natural world for delight\, wonder\, guidance\, and spiritual deepening. She co-founded the Green Seminary Initiative\, which infuses Earth care into theological education. An adjunct professor at Wesley Theological Seminary\, where she earned a master of theological studies and a doctor of ministry\, she has created and taught classes related to faith and ecology. She lives with her husband in Virginia. \nLeah Rampy is a writer and retreat leader who weaves ecology\, spirituality\, and stories to encourage deeper connections to the natural world and strengthen the ties between Earth and the human soul. She is the author of Earth and Soul: Reconnecting amid Climate Chaos. She has led spiritual pilgrimages\, retreats\, and seminars and is founder and leader of Church of the Wild Two Rivers. She holds a PhD in curriculum from Indiana University\, has taught in public schools and universities\, held leadership roles in Fortune 100 companies\, and headed a nonprofit organization dedicated to contemplative living and leadership. Rampy resides with her husband in a cohousing community in West Virginia.
URL:https://curiousiguana.com/event/beth-norcross-and-leah-rampy/
LOCATION:Give Rise Studio\, 125 S Carroll St #101\, Frederick\, MD\, 21701\, United States
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SUMMARY:Linda Murphy Marshall and Rhonda Zimlich
DESCRIPTION:On Sunday\, July 20 from 2:00 pm-3:00pm\, please join us for a special afternoon at the Middletown Senior Center with authors Linda Murphy Marshall and Rhonda Zimlich. Linda and Rhonda will discuss their novels Immersion and Raising Panic\, focusing on the protagonists’ journeys of self-discovery. After their talk\, the authors will answer questions and sign books. Copies of Immersion and Raising Panic will be available for purchase at the event. \nLocation: Middletown Senior Center – 101 Prospect St\, Middletown\, MD 21769 \nThis event is free and open to the public. For accessibility requests\, email info@curiousiguana.com at least two (2) weeks prior to the event. \nAbout Linda Murphy Marshall: Linda Murphy Marshall has a Ph.D. in Hispanic Languages and Literature and an MA in Spanish from St. Louis University\, where she was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa\, and she earned an MFA in Creative Writing at Vermont College of Fine Arts. In addition\, she worked as a multi-linguist for the government for nearly 30 years\, studying and working in more than a dozen languages. For five years she worked as a Senior Research Scientist at the University of Maryland’s Center for Advanced Study of Language/CASL\, a language think tank\, specializing in African languages. Her 2022 memoir\, Ivy Lodge: A Memoir of Translation and Discovery received a starred review from Kirkus. Her award-winning second memoir\, Immersion: A Linguist’s Memoir\, was published in 2024. She is an Associate for the National Museum of Language and a docent at the Library of Congress in Washington\, D.C. Her essays have appeared in more than two dozen publications\, including the Los Angeles Review\, Dorothy Parker’s Ashes\, The Catamaran Literary Reader\, Maryland Literary Review\, Brevity’s Nonfiction Blog\, and elsewhere. https://lindamurphymarshall.com \nAbout Immersion: Immersion is a memoir that takes the reader on a captivating emotional and physical journey through Linda Murphy Marshall’s life: from the longstanding\, crippling impact of family members’ low expectations and abuse\, to her discovery as a young adult that she possesses special skills in foreign languages. \nLinda is taught from an early age that she has little of value to offer the world. But her love of and affinity for languages enables her to create a new life—to separate herself from her toxic environment and to build a successful\, decades-long career as a professional multilinguist. It’s a rewarding vocation\, but a challenging one: her assignments with the US federal government take her on some hair-raisingly dangerous journeys\, some to countries with unstable governments and even active war zones. But these sometimes-harrowing experiences teach her how to open the “windows” around her\, unearth her true self\, and develop a healthy sense of self-worth—and ultimately\, paradoxically\, her work and travel so far from home allow her to come home to herself. \nAbout Rhonda Zimlich: Rhonda Zimlich is the Director of the MFA in Creative Writing Program at American University in Washington\, DC. Her debut novel\, Raising Panic\, won the 2023 Book Award from Steel Toe Books. Her writing focuses on history\, grief\, and intergenerational trauma\, with an occasional ghost story. She is also the recipient of the 2024 Nonfiction award from Barely South Review\, the 2021 Mental Health Awareness Contest for Fiction from Please See Me\, the 2020 Literary Award in Nonfiction from Dogwood Journal at Fairfield University (that same essay earned her an honorable mention in America’s Best Essays\, 2021). Additional work has appeared in Brevity\, American Story Review\, Santa Fe Writers Project\, Chestnut Review\, and more. More at www.rhondazimlich.com \nAbout Raising Panic: Set in 1978\, a time of Ditto jeans and rabbit’s foot keychains\, Raising Panic captures the bond of sisters struggling to find security in an alcoholic home and their attempt to escape. PJ McCormack wants nothing more than to leave her rural valley and alcoholic mother\, the way her father did years earlier. But she cannot leave behind her nine-year-old sister\, Panic. Instead\, she teaches Panic about survival\, hoping to prepare her to someday leave. After Panic witnesses the historic PSA 182 jetliner crash (the first televised mass-casualty event in the U.S.)\, the family is thrown into crisis\, solidifying the sisters’ plan to leave. As their situation spins out of control\, they’ll learn the reason behind their father’s disappearance\, the source of rabbit’s foot keychains\, and the origin of Panic’s name.
URL:https://curiousiguana.com/event/marshall-and-zimlich/
LOCATION:Middletown Senior Center\, 101 Prospect St\, Middletown\, MD\, 21769\, United States
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SUMMARY:Richard C. Harwood: The New Civic Path
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, July 24 from 6:00-7:30 pm\, Curious Iguana and Frederick County Public Libraries are excited to welcome Rich Harwood\, author of The New Civic Path. Rich has been working with communities for almost 40 years\, and he has proof that social change starts locally. Rich will share how community members can restore hope and belief in each other\, their community\, and their nation. After his presentation\, Rich will answer questions and sign books. Copies of The New Civic Path will be available for purchase at the event. \nThis free\, public event will be held in the community room at the C. Burr Artz Public Library branch in Downtown Frederick. \nFor accessibility requests\, email info@curiousiguana.com at least two (2) weeks prior to the event. \nAbout the book: The New Civic Path: Restoring Our Belief in One Another and Our Nation \nWe are suffering from a crisis of belief in our country today.  So many people have lost faith in America—in our leaders\,  institutions\, and even one another. The status quo is not  working for far too many of us. Our central task today is to  meet this historic moment. But how do we grow our belief that we can get things done together—not as Republicans  or Democrats or Independents\, but as Americans?  How do we rebuild trust and reclaim agency? \nIn this deeply personal manifesto written while crisscrossing the country for his “Enough. Time Build.” civic campaign\, Richard C. Harwood reveals how we can address the fundamental challenges holding us back in America today. We must dedicate ourselves to forging a new civic path that grows our belief that we can move forward amid our real differences. \nThe New Civic Path is a must-read for those who want to spark civic renewal and get our communities and the country moving again. \nAbout the author: Richard C. Harwood\, President and Founder of The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation\, is an innovator\, author\, and speaker. For 35+ years\, he has devoted his career to revitalizing the nation’s hardest-hit communities\, transforming the world’s largest organizations\, and reconnecting institutions to society. He has been recruited to solve some of the most difficult problems of our time\, including being called into Newtown\, CT\, after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School. He has appeared in numerous national media outlets and has written scores of articles\, groundbreaking reports\, and nine books. In 2025\, Rich and the Institute are doubling down on the success of last year’s “Enough. Time to Build.” Campaign with the Campaign for the New Civic Path\, anchored by Rich’s manifesto\, The New Civic Path: Restoring Our Belief in One Another and Our Nation.
URL:https://curiousiguana.com/event/richard-harwood/
LOCATION:C. Burr Artz Public Library\, 110 E Patrick St\, Frederick\, MD\, United States
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