"After Revolution: Mapping Gender and Cultural Politics in Neoliberal Nicaragua" by Florence E. Babb will be discussed on Wednesday, April 27, from noon to 1 p.m., in the Seminar Room of the Hartford Public Library, 500 Main St.

An anthropologist, Babb focuses on life of lower-income people in Nicaragua in the 1990s, after the revolution and Contra war. The author is especially concerned with gender issues.

This program is sponsored by the Hartford Public Library and the Hartford/Ocotal Sister City Project, which fosters friendship and mutual understanding of people in the areas of Hartford and Ocotal, a city in northern Nicaragua.

The event is free and visitors are encouraged to bring a brown-bag lunch. For more information, call (860) 695-6300.