The End of Night: Searching for Darkness in an Age of Artificial Light

Friday, November 21, 2025
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Ecumen Pathstone, 115 Rogers St, Mankato

Presenter: Paul Bogard is an American author and dark sky advocate. A native Minnesotan, Bogard grew up exploring the forest and watching the stars near a lake in the northern part of the state. He has lived and taught in New Mexico, Nevada, Wisconsin, North Carolina, and Virginia. He is currently an associate professor of English at Hamline University. He is the author of The End of Night: Searching for Natural Darkness in an Age of Artificial Light(Little, Brown, 2013), What If Night?  (Keystone Canyon Press, 2020), and To Know a Starry Night (University of Nevada Press, 2021).