Event Calendar 4 February 2010, Thursday (Brigham City) Heart and Soul: Celebrating the Creative Spirit Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm Location: Brigham City; Brigham City Library- 26 E Forest St "The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greates Scientific Problem of His Time" by Dava Sobel The thorniest scientific problem of the eighteenth century was how to determine longitude. Many thousands of lives had been lost at sea over the centuries due to the inability to determine an east-west position. This is the engrossing story of the clockmaker, John "Longitude" Harrison, who solved the problem that Newton and Galileo had failed to conquer, yet claimed only half the promised rich reward. Scholar: Julie Rich, Weber State University, Geography Department Contact: Sue Hill to reserve a copy of this book and next month's book "The Reluctant Mr. Darwin: An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of His Theory of Evolution" by David Quammen at 435-723-5850. (St. George) The Living Roots of Music Time: 7:30pm Location: St. George; Dixie State College; Eccles Fine Arts Center Concert Hall Lauren Pelon will discuss the role of music in various cultures and talk about the attitudes of philosophers, church fathers, and governments toward it. Pelon will also demonstrate 25 ancient and modern wind, string, and free reed instruments, using ancient andmodern musical texts and voice. Contact: Lauren Pelon at 651-388-8945 or visit www.suu.edu/ss/success/convo/ For questions regarding this calendar, contact: Maria K. Torres