Art & Cultural Events List

These events are free and open to the public. Children are welcome in the company of an adult. MIGRATORY BIRD WALK Saturday, May 5 8 to 10 am Street end of Neville Place driveway 650 Concord Avenue Migratory birds such as Baltimore orioles, yellow warblers, and warbling vireos come to Fresh Pond to nest and raise their young. Other species, including waterfowl and many songbirds, use it as a resting place while heading farther north. Now is the time to see them all. Beginners are welcome! If you don’t have binoculars you may borrow a pair from us. A TOUR OF THE WATER PURIFICATION FACILITY Monday, May 7 6 to 7:30 pm Water Purification Facility front door 250 Fresh Pond Parkway Come learn where your tap water originates, how it is purified to make it safe and tasty for drinking and cooking, and the role Fresh Pond plays in the process. Members of the Cambridge Water Department staff will describe the process, answer your questions, and give a tour of the building. VOLUNTEER TRAINING WORKSHOP Monday, May 14 6 to 8 pm Water Purification Facility front door 250 Fresh Pond Parkway In this hands-on workshop, Jessica Gerke, New England Wild Flower Society’s Plant Conservation Coordinator, will help you identify plants, both native and nonnative, and work with volunteers on restoration and maintenance to promote healthy, biologically diverse urban habitats at Fresh Pond. Jess will lead another training workshop Monday evening, July 23. FRESH POND DAY! Saturday, May 19 10 am to 2 pm Kingsley Park 250 Fresh Pond Parkway Come celebrate the land, water, wildlife, and people that make Fresh Pond Reservation a unique and vital place! Live music, snacks, scavenger hunt, picnics, storywalk, face painting, fix-a-leak, container gardening, fire trucks, storytelling, arts and crafts, Davey the Clown, tours and open houses, life under a log, nature drawing, stilt walking lessons, and dog training clinics. For more information call 617-349-6489 or go to www.cambridgema.gov/cwd. FRESH POND DAY: WOODLAND RESTORATION PROJECT VISIT Saturday, May 19 10:30 am to 1:30 pm Directions at FFPR information table Fresh Pond’s Woodland Restoration Project has been planted primarily with species that historically (when European settlers arrived) were native to what is now Middlesex County. There is a circular path to walk on and, during Fresh Pond Day, the plants will be labeled. This is a good place to learn about native plants that you might want to use in your own garden. No dogs, please! EARLY MORNING BIRD WALK Sunday, May 20 7:30 to 9:30 am Street end of Neville Place driveway 650 Concord Avenue The early bird gets the worm, and the early birder gets to see that bird having breakfast. Birds wake up hungry and are most active in the morning. We will look for year-round residents plus migrants that are back at Fresh Pond for the breeding season or passing through on their way to northern nesting grounds. We have binoculars to lend and will show you how to use them. A FRESH POND RESERVATION WALKABOUT Monday, May 21 6 to 7:30 pm Water Purification Facility front door 250 Fresh Pond Parkway Chip Norton, Watershed Manager for the Cambridge Water Department, will give a walking tour of recently restored areas as well as ongoing and future restoration projects at Fresh Pond Reservation. He will answer your questions about watershed management at Fresh Pond using maps and diagrams to help illustrate the goals of major projects. Please register for each event that you plan to attend. You will receive directions and information on parking when you register. E-mail Elizabeth Wylde at friendsoffreshpond@yahoo.com or call 617-349-6489 and leave your name and phone number.