BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20240821T230000Z DTEND:20240822T000000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Books on Tap: Two Wheels Good DESCRIPTION:Books on Tap meets on the third Wednesday of every month at 6:00 pm at Lake Time Brewery. August's selection is Two Wheels Good by Jody Rosen. Summary: In Two Wheels Good\, journalist and critic Jody Rosen reshapes our understanding of this ubiquitous machine\, an ever-present force in humanity's life and dream life and a flash point in culture wars for more than two hundred years. Combining history\, reportage\, travelogue\, and memoir\, Rosen's book sweeps across centuries and around the globe\, unfolding the bicycle's saga from its invention in 1817 to its present-day renaissance as a "green machine\," an emblem of sustainability in a world afflicted by pandemic and climate change. Readers meet unforgettable characters: feminist rebels who steered bikes to the barricades in the 1890s\, a prospector who pedaled across the frozen Yukon to join the Klondike gold rush\, a Bhutanese king who races mountain bikes in the Himalayas\, a cycle-rickshaw driver who navigates the seething streets of the world's fastest-growing megacity\, astronauts who ride a floating bicycle in zero gravity aboard the International Space Station. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Books on Tap meets on the third Wednesday of every month at 6:00 pm at Lake Time Brewery. August'\;s selection is Two Wheels Good by Jody Rosen. Summary: In Two Wheels Good\, journalist and critic Jody Rosen reshapes our understanding of this ubiquitous machine\, an ever-present force in humanity&rsquo\;s life and dream life&mdash\;and a flash point in culture wars&mdash\;for more than two hundred years. Combining history\, reportage\, travelogue\, and memoir\, Rosen&rsquo\;s book sweeps across centuries and around the globe\, unfolding the bicycle&rsquo\;s saga from its invention in 1817 to its present-day renaissance as a &ldquo\;green machine\,&rdquo\; an emblem of sustainability in a world afflicted by pandemic and climate change. Readers meet unforgettable characters: feminist rebels who steered bikes to the barricades in the 1890s\, a prospector who pedaled across the frozen Yukon to join the Klondike gold rush\, a Bhutanese king who races mountain bikes in the Himalayas\, a cycle-rickshaw driver who navigates the seething streets of the world&rsquo\;s fastest-growing megacity\, astronauts who ride a floating bicycle in zero gravity aboard the International Space Station. LOCATION:Lake Time Brewery 801 Main Ave UID:e.1102.738757 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260422T100836Z URL:https://members.clearlakeiowa.com/events/details/books-on-tap-two-wheels-good-738757 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR