Library to Host Exhibit, Discussion on Cornell Rowing

To add to the shared experience of reading and discussing “The Boys in the Boat:  Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold in the 1936 Berlin Olympics,” Tompkins County Public Library’s “Truth Be Told Non-Fiction Book Club” will host a multi-media exhibit and informative discussion about Cornell University Rowing.

“The Cornell Boys (and Girls) in the Boat,” an exhibit featuring a one-man rowing scull, photographs, trophies and other artifacts from Cornell Rowing, is designed to show events from the Big Red’s storied history and showcase the similarities to events described in “The Boys in the Boat.”  

The exhibit will open in the Library’s Avenue of the Friends during Downtown Ithaca’s Gallery Night, March 6 and run through April.

On March 11 at 7 p.m., TCPL will host Christopher J. Kerber, head coach of Cornell’s lightweight men’s rowing team, for a presentation and discussion about Cornell’s rowing program today, how it has changed since the 1930s and how the Cornell program relates to “The Boys in the Boat.”

Kerber’s talk will take place in the Library’s BorgWarner Community Room.

These programs have been made possible through the support of Cornell University Athletics and Cornell University Rowing and are being planned in conjunction with the Library’s Truth Be Told Non-Fiction Book Club’s inaugural discussion of “The Boys in the Boat”  by Daniel James Brown.

For more information about the Non Fiction Book Club contact Tom Burns tburns@tcpl.org or Stephen Salino ssalino@tcpl.org.  For more information about this or other Library exhibits, contact Sally Grubb sgrubb@tcpl.org.