Three Saturdays—January 17, 24 & 31, 2009
Kaufmann Theater and Linder Theater
(both on the first floor of the Museum)

FREE with Museum admission

INTRO | JAN 17 | JAN 24 | JAN 31

JANUARY 31 EVENTS

INTERNATIONAL FOCUS: A CHANGING ARCTIC

These programs focus on the work of advocates, scientists, and local communities in documenting climate change in the Arctic region.

1:00 pm
and
4:00 pm
KAUFMANN THEATER
1st Floor

Nukariik: Inuit Cultural Performers
Performance

Nukariik
Courtesy of Nukariik

In this live performance, Karin and Kathy Kettler, two talented Inuit sisters from Kagiqsualujjuag, Nunavik, in northern Quebec, demonstrate a unique blend of contemporary and traditional Inuit cultural performance styles. Nukariik, which means "sisters" in the Inuttitut language, will include explanations and demonstrations of throat singing, drum dancing, and ajaja songs.

This program is supported by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.

2:00 pm
KAUFMANN THEATER
1st Floor

Expedition: Ellesmere Island
Panel Discussion

Members of the Ellesmere Island Expedition on location.
Courtesy of the Will Steger Foundation

Polar explorer and environmentalist Will Steger and a team of six 22- to 28-year-old explorers finished a 1,400-mile dogsled expedition across Ellesmere Island in Canada in 2008. The team included two Norwegians, Sigrid Ekran and Thorleif Tobias Thorleifsson, whose goal was to document the impact of climate change in the Canadian Arctic. In this presentation, Will Steger and Thorleif Tobias Thorleifsson will present their eyewitness accounts and share their experiences from the frontlines of global warming.

This program is cosponsored with The Royal Norwegian Consulate General.

All programs subject to change. All programs are free with suggested Museum admission. Neither tickets nor reservations are required. Seating is limited and is on a first-come,first-served basis.

We recommend that you arrive in plenty of time to enter the Museum and locate the program space. Please use the main entrance at Central Park West at 79th Street.

For further information, call the Museum’s Department of Education at 212-769-5315 weekdays between 9:00am and 5:00pm weekdays.

Living in America is developed and coordinated by Roberto Borrero (Taíno), Senior Program Coordinator, American Museum of Natural History.