The Feb. 15 workshop will be held from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the James I. Gibson branch library in Henderson. The Feb. 16 workshops will be held from noon to 3 p.m. at the West Las Vegas Art Center and from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Lied Discovery Children's Museum. All workshops are free and open to the public. Grants are available to nonprofit organizations, educational institutions, and public agencies in Nevada. The Nevada Humanities Committee funds a wide range of public humanities programs, including lectures, book discussions, exhibits, conferences, and historic character performances.
Funds are also available for media projects, publications, and educational programs.
For more information, contact Kris Darnall at ext. Bruce Lund, the Moapa Valley community coordinator for The Nature Conservancy, will discuss why public agencies, conservation organizations, and rural communities are often at odds with each other regarding conservation issues - despite their similar interests in preserving the desert. Weistrop has been associated with the Hubble Space Telescope project since 1985. In her presentation, she will discuss her research on the center of active galaxies, the presence of very large black holes in galaxies, and the effect of galaxy collisions on star formation. All University Forum lectures are free and open to the public.