Sacred Depths of Nature

Wednesday, August 9 at 5:00: The Sacred Depths of Nature, In Prose, Poetry, and Music, with author Ursula Goodenough, soprano Jessica Sanseverino, and pianist Charles Rus.

Biologist Ursula Goodenough uses prose, poetry, and musical metaphors to describe our science-based understandings of the natural world and its creatures, and offers non-theistic spiritual responses that celebrate these understandings. At this event, readings of selected passages from the book will be interspersed with performances by soprano Jessica Sanseverino and pianist Charles Rus, who will offer sonatas by Mozart, chants by Hildegard von Bingen.

Ursula Goodenough is Professor of Biology Emerita at Washington University who retired to Martha’s Vineyard in 2017. She taught cell biology and evolution and engaged in research that focused on the sexual cycle of the green soil alga Chlamydomonas, on ciliary motility, and on algal biofuel precursors. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Microbiology Society, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and served as president of the American Society for Cell Biology.

In person. Email tthorpe@clamsnet.org for more information. Free. Sponsored by the Friends of the Chilmark Library. 508-645-3360.