A piercing line from Brazil’s most important author, Clarice Lispector, from her last work, “Hour of the star”. I’m very excited to announce that the Americas Society is honoring her on April 22. Fear not, the event is in English and without cost.

Even if it doesn’t help your c.v. (depending on the intensity of the single focus factor at your campus), the Fruit Tree Planting Foundation is looking for applications. They provide everything except the real estate – trees, site design, horticultural technicians and training for care. Spread the word! The world needs more fruit!

Hunter College’s Dept of Urban Affairs and Planning is sponsoring a presentation by the one and only Saskia Sassen on Monday night, March 22 in the 8th Floor Faculty Lounge (Hunter West) at 6pm.  The talk is entitled “A Savage Sorting of Winners and Losers:  Global capitalism in our cities.” I’m confident you all know about her amazing work and am only linking to her web site as a memory jog.

Some of her books –
Cities in a World Economy, Deciphering the Global: Its Scales, Spaces and Subjects , Territory, Authority, Rights: From Medieval to Global Assemblages

I took this picture when the witch hazel started blooming in February. If you’re passing by Teardrop Park (Battery Park City) there are still a few in bloom.

Collaborative Librarianship is great opportunity to publish an article about your genre bending project. Can you manage to work with a librarian? We’re not that bad. And we do the best research!

Finally!  The Dept. of Health nows allows beekeeping in NYC.  Will I try to establish a hive one the rooftop of my co-op?  Maybe I will, maybe I won’t.  But I’m definitely going to establish a bee watching garden this spring.
Find out more about the bees you’re likely to encounter and what this
bee watching thing is all about.