# Event Details

- **Event Name**: A Thousand Thousand Slimy Things: A Natural History of the Sea from the Bottom Up
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 15 Apr, 2026 at 06:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: From sea serpents to seaweed, slimy things have long tended to lurk among the frontiers of natural knowledge, reflecting not only the anxieties of each age but also, in many cases, new possibilities. At once generative and destructive, mysterious and manifest, and masculine but sometimes feminine, slime flowed through oceanic understanding and welcomed new people to contribute to it, thereby producing natural knowledge both literally and figuratively “from the bottom up.” Across an expanding Atlantic world Africans, Native Americans, women, and even pirates described the ocean’s currents, creatures, and coastal environments, adding their observations to the growing body of knowledge about the physical and biological makeup of the sea. Indeed, as this presentation posits, close focus on the sea’s slimy things and the curious people drawn them may even provide new ways of imagining the ocean’s present and future.

Christopher L. Pastore is Associate Professor of History at the University at Albany, State University of New York, where he teaches courses in environmental history, early America, and the Atlantic world. He holds a Ph.D. in History and M.S. in teaching from the University of New Hampshire, an M.F.A. in nonfiction creative writing from New School University, and a B.A. in Biology from Bowdoin College. He is the author of Between Land and Sea: The Atlantic Coast and the Transformation of New England (Harvard University Press, 2014) and is currently writing an environmental history of the Atlantic world from the ancient period through the nineteenth century.

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- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ballston-spa/a-thousand-thousand-slimy-things-a-natural-history-of-the-sea-from-the-bottom-up/200029748300656
- **Event Categories**: nonprofit, art, literary-art, workshops
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 3

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Ballston Spa
- **state**: NY
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 21 Fairground Ave., Ballston Spa, NY, United States, New York 12020
- **lat**: 43.00221
- **long**: -73.85507
- **full address**: 21 Fairground Ave., Ballston Spa, NY, United States, New York 12020

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is A Thousand Thousand Slimy Things: A Natural History of the Sea from the Bottom Up being held?
  - **A:** A Thousand Thousand Slimy Things: A Natural History of the Sea from the Bottom Up takes place on Wed, 15 Apr, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Wed, 15 Apr, 2026 at 06:00 pm at 21 Fairground Ave., Ballston Spa, NY, United States, New York 12020.
- **Q**: Who is organizing A Thousand Thousand Slimy Things: A Natural History of the Sea from the Bottom Up?
  - **A:** A Thousand Thousand Slimy Things: A Natural History of the Sea from the Bottom Up is organized by Saratoga County History Center.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** A Thousand Thousand Slimy Things: A Natural History of the Sea from the Bottom Up is ideal for art lovers, trade professionals, collectors, and exhibition enthusiasts exploring the latest in their field. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Ballston Spa, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If A Thousand Thousand Slimy Things: A Natural History of the Sea from the Bottom Up sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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