Smithsonian curator Sabrina Sholts will talk about how the very fact of being human increases our pandemic risks—and gives us the power to save ourselves. With its expansive, evolutionary perspective, the book explains how humanity will continue to face new pandemics because humans cause them, by the ways that we are and the things that…

The bestselling author will chat about his newest book Moon of the Turning Leaves. In the book, Evan and his 15-year-old daughter, Nangohns, are elected to lead a small scouting party on a trip to their traditional home on the north shore of Lake Huron—to seek new beginnings and discover what kind of life—and what…