Meeting Hall

Author Elizabeth Rush will discuss her book "The Quickening: Antarctica, Motherhood, and Cultivating Hope in a Warming World"

An NPR Best Book of the Year
A 2025 National Endowment for the Arts Big Reads Selection
A National Geographic Best Travel Book
Winner of the CLMP Firecracker Award in Creative Nonfiction
Finalist for the Housatonic Book Award in Nonfiction
Honorable mention for the SEJ Rachel Carson Environment Book Award

“The Quickening is a book of hope.”—Elizabeth Kolbert, author of Under a White Sky

The State of Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management Division of Planning and BETA Group Design Team to present the Final Master Plan for Beavertail State Park.