The Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall are hosting a day of commemoration for the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster. Library Director Walker Evans and photographer Mike Haritan speak with QED's Melissa Black about the event program and Mike's work.
The Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall are hosting a day of commemoration for the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster. Library Director Walker Evans and photographer Mike Haritan speak with QED's Melissa Black about the event program and Mike's work.
Walker details what the Carnegie Carnegie has planned for the day. They'll kick off with a film screening of The Babushkas of Chernobyl, a portrait of older women who chose to return to homes in the Exclusion Zone, followed by a presentation by Mike entitled Chernobyl: 30 Years Later, which includes a slideshow of images he took at Chernobyl. There will be performances by the Ridna Shkola children's choir, an original dance by the Kyiv Ukrainian Dance Ensemble inspired by Mike's photograph Gasmask Doll.
The schedule wraps up with a panel discussion with four experts in public health, radiology, politics, and culture, and a discussion of the environmental recovery of the area in the forty years since the explosion. Mike talks about his work, his book, Chernobyl: Aftermath of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster, and his experience touring the Chernobyl area and the nearby city of Pripyat.
Commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall on Saturday, April 25th. Programs begin at 11:00am and run through 3:00pm. Plan your travel with the NFL Draft in mind. Guests are encouraged to register in advance at the Carnegie Carnegie website.