“Wolf Age”: The Wolves of Myth and Lore with Nikolas Katrick

Thursday, December 1st, 2022.  7-8:30pm.  

Webinar (zoom)

Sliding Scale $5-15

Open to teens and up!  Younger folks are welcome if accompanied by an adult.

Stories are a powerful way to teach about the world around us.  In the case of wolves, popular folktales like “Little Red Riding Hood” have skewed the narrative.  Mythological wolves may seem vicious and scheming – but that itself is a myth.  There are countless tales of wolves from all over the world that break these modern stereotypes of wolves in legend, from The Firebird to the vuchari, Skadi to the Völsungs, and Bisclavret to Thiess.Join the Museum’s director Nikolas Katrick for an evening of story and myth, and get ready to toss aside the binary ideas of “good” and “evil” for a more complex understanding of legendary wolves as teachers, allies, and ambassadors to the wilderness.

Presenter Bio:Nikolas Katrick is the Executive Director of The Nature Museum, and works as both an educator and non-profit leader who weaves science, story, and spirituality to draw people into the mystery of the natural world. During his studies at the Marlboro College Graduate Program (MS Management ‘16), he founded the small Vermont non-profit Wolfgard Northeast, whose mission is to help wild canids thrive in Vermont.  When not at the museum, he is an active volunteer with earth-centric spiritual communities and the Marlboro Volunteer Fire Company.  He loves to explore cold climate landscapes and mountains, wander around the forest with his husband, build things, and write contemporary fiction about werewolves.