Dr. Jane Goodall, one of the world’s most preeminent primatologists, will visit Baltimore next month to reflect on her decades-long career of observing chimpanzees and advocating for conservation.
Lyric Baltimore will host “An Afternoon with Jane Goodall” on March 23 at 3 p.m. Tickets will go on sale Friday, Feb. 14, at 10 a.m. and can be purchased online or in person at The Lyric Box Office.
Goodall, 90, is the author of several books, including her most recent publication, ““The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times.”
When Goodall was 26 years old, she traveled to what is now Gombe, Tanzania to pursue her passion for wildlife and Africa. Mentored by paleoanthropologist Dr. Louis Leakey, Goodall began studying wild chimpanzees.
Through her observations, Goodall found that chimpanzees make and use tools – a discovery that changed how we view connections between humans and other animals.
In 1977, she founded the first Jane Goodall Institute, which now has 25 chapters across the globe working to support Goodall’s vision for conservation.
The institute’s Tacare program has cared for almost 200 rescued chimpanzees and other wildlife in two sanctuaries. The program also maintains the longest-running wild chimpanzee study in Gombe, and engages with young people through hands-on projects through Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots.
