Tuesday, August 18 at 6:00 pm
Talking Leaves…Books and Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center presents
Join us at Hallwalls for an evening with Christen E. Civiletto, environmental lawyer, law school adjunct, former Niagara Falls resident, and author of Thundering Waters: The Toxic Legacy of Niagara Falls.
This event will consist of a presentation from the author to be followed by book signing. This presentation is free and open to the public with books for purchase available from Talking Leaves. The best ways to show your support are purchase of a book from Talking Leaves and donation to Hallwalls via donation station at the event.
"Simultaneously a crime thriller, environmental exposé, geographic history, and personal memoir, Civiletto's granular examination of an ecological disaster makes for sobering, frightening reading."
—Booklist
"Welcome to the true crime book about a waterfall. In this book, author Christen E. Civiletto takes us to Niagara Falls, but rather than focusing on the natural beauty, she dives deep into the millions of tons of toxic and radioactive waste that’s been dumped, incinerated, and vented into the area over decades ...