Jane Brox, the award-winning author of Clearing Land: Legacies of the American Farm and Five Thousand Days Like This One, speaks about her latest book: Brilliant – The Evolution of Artificial Light, in the Murray Function Room on the Boston College Campus on Tuesday, September 28, beginning at 7 pm. Free, part of the Lowell Humanities Lecture Series. 617-552-3191, or email carlo.rotella@bc.edu. For directions, log on to www.bc.edu.