Join us in welcoming Craig Childs back to Durango to celebrate his latest book, Apocalyptic Planet: Field Guide to the Everending Earth. Tickets are $5 in advance, $7 at the door, and are available at Maria’s Bookshop and the Durango Arts Center. Doors and cash bar open at 6 p.m. and Childs will begin his presentation at 6:30, which will be followed by book signing in the gallery. Apocalyptic Planet is an exhilarating, surprising exploration of our globe: a combination of science and adventure that reveals the ways in which our world is constantly moving toward its end and of how we can change our place within the cycles that rule the planet. He travels from the deserts of Chile, the driest in the world, to the genetic wasteland of central Iowa, to the site of the drowned land bridge of the Bering Sea, uncovering the micro-cataclysms that predict the macro: forthcoming ice ages, super volcanoes, and the conclusion of planetary life cycles. Childs delivers a sensual feast in his descriptions of the natural world, and a bounty of unequivocal science that provides us with an unprecedented understanding of our future. Craig Childs is a writer who focuses on natural sciences, archaeology, and remarkable journeys into the wilderness. He has published more than a dozen critically acclaimed books on nature, science, and adventure. He is a commentator for National Public Radio’s Morning Edition, and his work has appeared in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Men’s Journal, Outside, Orion, and High Country News.