16 Adult Programs Unless otherwise noted, all programs are for adults, require registration, and will be held in the Library Community Room. Registration opens May 1. JUNE The Reporting Project and the Future of Local News with Jack Shuler and Julia Lerner Wednesday, June 3 7–8:00 PM The Reporting Project is a nonprofit news outlet based at Denison University on a mission to tell the important and interesting stories about people and places in and around Licking County. Jack Shuler is a professor and chair of the Journalism program at Denison University. Julia Lerner is managing editor of The Reporting Project and teaches in Denison’s Journalism program. Classic Film Screening: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Sunday, June 7 2:30–4:30 PM Celebrate America’s 250 with a viewing of this 1939 classic starring Jimmy Stewart and Jean Arthur. Popcorn provided. Infinite Earths! How Comics and Logic Map the Multiverse with Sam Cowling Tuesday, June 16 7–8:00 PM Stories with alternate timelines abound in films and TV. This talk explores parts of these parallel histories and the challenges that arise when we start to tell stories that cross the multiverse. Sam Cowling is Professor of Philosophy at Denison University, and the author of Abstract Entities and Philosophy of Comics. As a philosopher, he has written about the existence of possible worlds, the meaning of speech balloons, and the relationship between truth and simplicity. A product of the Canadian west coast, he is now an avid enthusiast of Ohio’s rich comics history. Adult Programs Teens are welcome to attend these programs.
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