🦖🎨Cruisin’ Deep Time with Kirk Johnson and Ray Troll
Schedule
Thu, 26 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm
UTC-09:00Location
Alaska Discovery Theatre | Anchorage, AK
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Join Smithsonian paleontologist Kirk Johnson and legendary Alaska artist Ray Troll for tales from their North American adventures uncovering Earth’s deep history. By combining science and art, this event brings together new stories with visuals that may be familiar to many Alaskans.🎨 Ray Troll is internationally known for his witty, science-inspired artwork. He has created the un-o’-fish-al art for Salmonfest, and his art appears on millions of T-shirts and in films. Ray co-hosts the popular Paleo Nerds podcast and fronts his band The Ratfish Wranglers. He and his wife Michelle live in Ketchikan, Alaska, and run the Prairie Sea Gallery in Kansas.
🦴 Kirk Johnson is a leading paleobotanist known for his research on plants and dinosaur extinction, his PBS documentaries, and his widely read science books. He is the Sant Director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, overseeing the world’s largest natural history collection.
Together, Johnson and Troll have created beloved books, including "Alaska Dinosaurs, Mammoths and More" and "Cruisin’ the Fossil Freeway". They are currently working on a fossil atlas of the United States, slated for publication in 2026.
A reception with the speakers will follow the talk!
This event is in partnership with the Anchorage Museum and is part of the College of Arts and Sciences Community Lecture Series, The Art and Science of Our World: Exploring the Wonder of Nature.
🎟️ Tickets available now:
https://centertix.com/events/uaacas-cruisin-deep-time-with-kirk-johnson-and-ray-troll
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Where is it happening?
Alaska Discovery Theatre, 621 W 6th Ave,Anchorage, Alaska, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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