Film: Hidden Rivers of Southern Appalachia
Venue: Lyric Theatre, Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Organizations: Global Change Center at Virginia Tech
Date: Saturday, November 2, 2019
Time: 1:15 - 4:00 PM
Event Types: Family Friendly, Arts & Theatre, Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free

Description:
The Global Change Center at Virginia Tech welcome Freshwaters Illustrated as they present their film "Hidden Rivers of Southern Appalachia" on Saturday, November 2, 2019 at the Lyric Theatre.

Event Schedule:
• 1:15 PM: Pre-Event Festivities
• 2:00 PM: Freshwaters Illustrated Short Film
• 2:15 PM: "Hidden Rivers"
• 3:15 PM: Panel Discussion
• 3:45 PM: Informal Meet and Greet

Hidden Rivers will start at 2:00 pm and will be be preceded by family friendly festivities and followed by a panel discussion.

"Hidden Rivers", a film 10 years in the making, explores the rivers and streams of the Southern Appalachian region, which are home to North America’s most biologically rich waters. The film follows conservation biologists and explorers as they find ways to protect the beautiful and delicate life within our rivers, streams, and lakes.

For more information about the film, visit: https://www.freshwatersillustrated.org/hidden-rivers.

Pre-event festivities will begin at 1:15 pm and include mingling with fun-loving riverine mascots, as well as informational booths that will be hosted by the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, the United States Forest Service, and our other sponsors. Booths will also be selling freshwater-themed merchandise to support Freshwaters Illustrated and their mission.

After the event, the audience is welcome to attend a panel discussion with the filmmaker and representatives from conservation and outreach groups from this region. A meet and greet with the filmmaker and panelists will follow this discussion.

Admission is free and all are welcome.

Freshwaters Illustrated, a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to the conservation of freshwaters, hopes to connect audiences with their local freshwater ecosystems through the use of breath-taking cinematography and photography.

The event, which is sponsored by the Fralin Life Sciences Institute, the Global Change Center, the Lyric Theatre, the New River Conservancy, the New River Land Trust, and Wild Virginia, hopes to inspire and bring awareness of aquatic conservation to Virginia Tech and the regional community.

For more information, visit: https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2019/10/10-18-19-Fralin-Life-Sci-Hidden-Rivers.html or email silknets@vt.edu.

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