The Lopez Island Library is pleased to present as its next series of community programs: SHELTER. As we move into autumn and winter on the island we think more about our shelters. The series has been created to highlight the library’s extensive and varied collection of books and media on house design and everything in between and will feature great evenings with Dee Williams a pioneer of the tiny home movement and the author of the newly published memoir “The Big Tiny” (October 28th 7:00 PM LCCA), Nelson Treehouse Masters (November 13th, 7:00 PM, Woodmen Hall), and Historic Barns of the San Juan Islands (December 9th, 7:00 PM at Woodmen Hall) with architectural historian Boyd Pratt. The first program in the series will be Saturday, October 17th, 7:00 PM at Woodmen Hall when Steve Badanes of Jersey Devil Design/Build takes the stage. For 40 years Steve Badanes has nomadically traveled the country and the world as part of Jersey Devil, living on jobsites in tents and trailers and building their designs in the U.S, Mexico, India, Ghana, Cuba, Costa Rica, and Finland. Jersey Devil’s countercultural work is organic in the true sense of the word with a strong commitment to building as well as designing. One of the artists behind the Fremont Troll (familiar to many of us) who shelters himself under the Aurora Bridge in Seattle, Steve Badanes will share his decades of work through images and discussion. Steve teaches architecture at the University of Washington, where he directs the Neighborhood Design/Build Studio, and is a visiting professor at several architecture schools including yestermorrow Design/Build School (think with your hands) in Warren, Vermont. This new series is truly for Lopez Islanders as the days get shorter and we nestle in for the cooler months. Join your library for some great evenings featuring the pure joy of Shelter and stop by the library to find inspiration and solutions within its interesting selection of books on architecture and home design. This series is presented by Friends of the Lopez Island Library and through a generous gift from the Ramsey Shirk Fund.