Join the Strathmore Speakers Series and Onondaga Free Library for an evening with Anthony R. “Tony” Wood, a reporter and editor for the Philadelphia Inquirer and author of the 2021 book, “Snow: A History of the World’s Most Fascinating Flake.” In his presentation, Mr. Wood will provide an entertaining look at snow in all its delightful and fearsome manifestations. His talk will delve into science, history, economics, and popular culture to examine snow’s enduring hold on the imagination. He will discuss the making and removing of snow, the psychology of winter, and the history of snow in literature, art, and popular culture. Finally, Mr. Wood will consider the impact of global warming on snowfall and the potential for causing a water crisis in the West and major losses in the winter recreation industry. A brief Q&A will follow the presentation.
This event will be held on Thursday, March 21st at 7 pm on Zoom. Like all Strathmore Speaker Series and Onondaga Free Library events, this presentation is free and open to the public.
You can register for this event here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYtf-GhqT4iGteIaCsXWIA12UFOlPAQ4P_r
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About Tony Wood
Tony Wood, photo from the Philadelphia Inquirer.
I have been a reporter and editor at the Philadelphia Inquirer since the 1980s. I specialize in writing about weather, although I also have written and co-written series on topics that include coastal overdevelopment, the Gulf Stream, the Jet Stream and property taxation. I have been nominated for Pulitzer Prizes four times. (Never won, no hard feelings.) I previously had worked at United Press International and was a National Endowment for the Humanities fellow at the University of Michigan.
I’ve spent time in Syracuse (I have in-laws up that way), and once wrote an article comparing Syracuse’s snow removal with Philadelphia’s (such as it is).
I am the author of Snow: A History of the World’s Most Fascinating Flake. That was the publisher’s title. Mine was Snow: The History, Science and Metaphysics of Snow in America. The publisher said “metaphysics” has to go. (My wife asked what might be the second-most fascinating flake, dandruff?) Our younger son is one avid winter hiker. He’s done Mount Mansfield at least 10 times. I did it once, by Gondola.
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