Irish novelist (Colm Toibin) gives a reading and a talk at Snite Museum of Art (Univ. Notre Dame)

 

Time: Friday April  8, 2022, 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

 

Location: Snite Museum of Art

Just appointed the Irish Arts Council Laureate for Irish Fiction, Colm Tóibín will give a reading and talk at Notre Dame with his newest book on Thomas Mann, The Magician (Simon and Schuster, 2021) as the centerpiece.The Magician was selected as a Notable Book, a Critics' Top Book, and a Top 10 Book of Historical Fiction by The New York Times, and named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, The Washington Post, Vogue, and The Wall Street Journal.

Colm Tóibín was born in Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford in 1955. He is the author of ten novels, including The Master, winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; Brooklyn, winner of the Costa Book Award; The Testament of Mary; and Nora Webster, as well as two story collections and several books of criticism. He is the Irene and Sidney B. Silverman Professor of the Humanities at Columbia University. 

Happy April!

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Full Pink Moon (April 16, 2022) - first after Vernal Equinox

 the Full Moon in April 2022

Venture outside on the night of Saturday, April 16, 2022 to catch a glimpse of April’s full Pink Moon. This full Moon reaches peak illumination at 2:57 P.M. EDT, but won’t be visible above the horizon until after sunset.

For the best view of this lovely spring Moon, find an open area and watch as the Moon rises just above the horizon, at which point it will appear its biggest and take on a golden hue!

Paschal Full Moon: The First Full Moon of Spring

This year, April’s full Moon is the first full Moon of the spring season, which began with the spring equinox on March 20, 2022. This means that April’s full Moon is the Paschal Full Moon—an important Moon to those who celebrate Easter, since Easter’s date depends on the date of the Paschal Full Moon. 

Turing Award for Computing - 2022

 from FORTUNE dot-com article (March 30)

A pioneer in the development of supercomputers has won this year’s Turing Award, computer science’s equivalent of the Nobel prize.

Jack Dongarra, a professor at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville and a researcher at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, will receive the award and the $1 million check that accompanies it, the Association for Computing Machinery, which administers the prize, said.

Avian Influenza outbreaks (March 2022) U. of Minnesota Contagious infections Agriculture related

 

Outbreaks in Iowa, Michigan, Nebraska, South Dakota

In related developments, four states that reported earlier outbreaks reported more detections on farms and in backyard flocks.

The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship said the virus struck a commercial pullet farm in Franklin County, which is in the north central part of the state. So far, Iowa has reported seven outbreaks.

Michigan reported two more outbreaks in backyard flocks, raising its total to three, according to the APHIS poultry outbreak page. In the latest events, the virus struck a holding in Macomb County, which covers the northeast part of Detroit and its suburbs. The premises keeps 86 mixed-species birds. The other outbreak is in Monroe County, in the state's southeast corner on the Ohio border, at a facility that houses 175 mixed-species birds.

In Nebraska, officials reported two more outbreaks, bringing its total to four. One involves a commercial broiler farm in Butler County that houses 417,000 chickens. Butler County is in the east central part of the state, about 50 miles west of Omaha. The other location is a small backyard mixed flock in Holt County in the north central region.

Elsewhere, South Dakota reported its twelfth outbreak, which involves a commercial turkey farm housing 45,000 birds in Jerauld County, in the east central part of the state, according to APHIS.

March 30 Climate Event (Indiana Univ. South Bend) - Teach-in on Climate Justice

 from school website (IUSB dot-edu)

On Wednesday, March 30, from 6:00-7:30 p.m., IU South Bend will participate in a Worldwide Teach-In on Climate and Social Justice. The event will be moderated locally at the Civil Rights Heritage Center, 1040 W. Washington St., South Bend. The meeting will also include participants via Zoom. IU South Bend will join over 1000 other communities in the Worldwide Teach-In, spearheaded by Bard College.

Great LOGAN (S. Bend, IN agency) Nose-On Luncheon (Tues. March 29, 2022)

 Annual fundraiser luncheon -- supporters are urged during March annually (since 1988) to buy

the trademark "nose" (green ball / slip on) ahead of the Century Center event (downtown S. Bend, IN)

[ web information at Century Center dot-org ]

2022 Great Logan Nose-On is back!

Tickets are now available!

$150.00 – 2 General Admission Tickets
$75.00 – 1 General Admission Ticket

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