Utah Humanities Council guest presents ‘Understanding Utah’s Lands through Books’

LOGAN, UT – Utah State University’s Museum of Anthropology presents a guest speaker at its next “Saturdays at the Museum” series with support from the Utah Humanities Council’s Public Square series. Guest speaker is Hal Crimmel, whose presentation, “Understanding Utah’s Lands Through Books,” is offered Saturday, June 26, at 1 p.m.
          
Passages from books written by Edward Abbey, Terry Tempest Williams and Ellen Meloy, some of Utah’s leading writers, are used to discuss topics that include conservation and preservation, pollution, water issues, tourism and energy development in Utah.
          
In addition to the presentation, the Museum of Anthropology will have a mini-exhibit that showcases the differences in land use throughout Utah.  The museum will also have books and coloring pages for children.
          
Crimmel, the Saturday guest at USU, teaches writing and literature at Weber State University and served as a Fulbright Scholar in Austria in 2004. His 2007 book “Dinosaur: Four Seasons on the Yampa and Green Rivers” is forthcoming from the University of Arizona Press. He has served as a road scholar for the Utah Humanities Council for several years, speaking about literature of the environment.
          
The USU Museum of Anthropology is on the USU campus in the south turret of the historic Old Main building, Room 252.
          
USU students and members of the public are invited to the museum anytime during open hours. It is open six days a week, with regular hours Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free. For Saturday activities, free parking is available in the adjacent lot, south of the building.
          
Funding for Saturday events is provided by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services. More information about the IMLS is available online (www.imls.gov).
          
For more information on this event, call museum staff at (435) 797-7545 or visit the museum website (anthromuseum.usu.edu).
          
The Museum of Anthropology is part of the Anthropology Program at USU.