March Low Power Happy Hour

Low Power Happy Hour is a new speaker series featuring local professionals who work in and around the topic of sustainability. Join us on the second Wednesday of each month for cocktails, live acoustic music, and a Q&A with that night’s speaker.

About the Speakers

David Hassler directs the Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University. He is the author or editor of ten books of poetry and nonfiction, including Speak a Powerful Magic: Ten Years of the Traveling Stanzas Poetry Project and Red Kimono, Yellow Barn, for which he was awarded Ohio Poet of the Year 2006. His play, May 4th Voices: Kent State, 1970, was produced in 2020 as a national radio play by the WKSU NPR station.

Kimberlee Medicine Horn Jackson, MFA, MA is an enrolled member of the Ihanktonwan Nation (Yankton Sioux) in South Dakota. Jackson writes poetry and creative nonfiction essay about contemporary and historical events important to Indigenous people’s lived experiences in the United States. Recently, Jackson curated the Big Read Northeastern Ohio: An Interactive poetry project featuring Joy Harjo’s An American Sunrise. Her poems can be found in The Dakota Quarterly, The Yellow Medicine Review: A Journal of Indigenous Literature, Art and Thought, Common Threads and other places in digital format.

About the Artist

A glimpse of gospel, jazz, and soul from the great legends is what inspires the sound of
pianist Theron Brown’s music. But the reason he plays is to encourage and influence people
through his talents.

Born and raised in Zanesville, Ohio, Theron currently resides in Akron, Ohio, where he is the
artist coordinator for Curated Storefront, artist director at I Promise School, and the
founder and artistic director of the Rubber City Jazz & Blues Festival which takes place
annually in Akron, Ohio’s downtown historic district. You can see him regularly performing
at many jazz clubs and theaters in northeast Ohio. Theron is immensely involved in
promoting the arts scene in Ohio.

What to Expect

• 6:00: Cocktail Hour
• 7:00: Music Performance
• 7:30: Speaker Presents
• 8:15: Q&A with Speaker
• 8:30: Music Performance

Conservancy Members: $22 | General Admission: $25

COVID Safety Guidelines

Per federal COVID guidelines, all individuals (regardless of vaccination status) must wear face coverings in federal buildings and whenever physical distancing cannot be maintained outside. Please bring a mask and be prepared to wear it. We will provide face coverings and hand sanitizer to those that need it. Conservancy staff will continue to wear face coverings for the safety of our participants.