Monday, March 26, 2012
SOMERVILLE NAVE GALLERY EVENTS - April 11 & 22, 2012
For all you yarn enthusiasts out there, we've got TWO Knit & Sips for you in April.
Wednesday, April 11
5:30 pm to 8 pm
Hosted by Margaret Ryan
Nave Gallery
Sunday, April 22
2:00 pm
Hosted by Tori Costa
Nave Gallery
Come join us for lots of crafty fun.
About Knit & Sip Crochet Soirees
Each November, the Nave Gallery hosts Wrap Around, a sale of affordable handmade goods. All proceeds help fund the amazing work of the Somerville Homeless Coalition, and anything not sold is donated to them.
Join our monthly meetup, and knit, crochet, and create items for next November's sale. This is a really fun way to get your craft on and help keep someone warm during our very cold (normally) winters.
To keep up to date on events, join the meetup group at: http://www.meetup.com/Knit-Sip-Crochet-Soirees/.
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Tori Costa
Marketing Professional
617-259-8386
http://www.linkedin.com/in/toricosta
www.somervilleartscouncil.org
www.navegallery.org
http://lifein365.blogspot.com/
http://www.meetup.com/Knit-Sip-Crochet-Soirees/
Wednesday, April 11
5:30 pm to 8 pm
Hosted by Margaret Ryan
Nave Gallery
Sunday, April 22
2:00 pm
Hosted by Tori Costa
Nave Gallery
Come join us for lots of crafty fun.
About Knit & Sip Crochet Soirees
Each November, the Nave Gallery hosts Wrap Around, a sale of affordable handmade goods. All proceeds help fund the amazing work of the Somerville Homeless Coalition, and anything not sold is donated to them.
Join our monthly meetup, and knit, crochet, and create items for next November's sale. This is a really fun way to get your craft on and help keep someone warm during our very cold (normally) winters.
To keep up to date on events, join the meetup group at: http://www.meetup.com/Knit-Sip-Crochet-Soirees/.
--
Tori Costa
Marketing Professional
617-259-8386
http://www.linkedin.com/in/toricosta
www.somervilleartscouncil.org
www.navegallery.org
http://lifein365.blogspot.com/
http://www.meetup.com/Knit-Sip-Crochet-Soirees/
Saturday, March 24, 2012
SOMERVILLE SALON SERIES: FIBER
March 2012 Salon Series: Fiber
Wednesday, March 28 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Arts at the Armory
191 Highland Ave.
Fiber, curated by Alexis Kochka, will explore how artists use craft materials and techniques, such as felting and stitching, to create dynamic work.
Come see and hear how two artists are fusing time honored practices with contemporary art making. Sculptor, Jessie Vogel, incorporates shadow and storytelling into her soft sculptures. Joetta Maue uses stitching to draw narrative portraits onto fabric.
More info: www.somervilleartscouncil.org
Wednesday, March 28 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Arts at the Armory
191 Highland Ave.
Fiber, curated by Alexis Kochka, will explore how artists use craft materials and techniques, such as felting and stitching, to create dynamic work.
Come see and hear how two artists are fusing time honored practices with contemporary art making. Sculptor, Jessie Vogel, incorporates shadow and storytelling into her soft sculptures. Joetta Maue uses stitching to draw narrative portraits onto fabric.
More info: www.somervilleartscouncil.org
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
SOMERVILLE VINAL RECORDS LISTENING PARTY - March 21, 2012
Somerville Grooves Listening Party tomorrow (Wed.) night!
When: Wed, March 21
Where: Somerville Grooves, 26 Union Square
Description: For four Wednesday evenings in March selected vinal masters will spin from the Somerville Grooves collection.
On deck for tomorrow: Local Spotlight Mickey Bliss and Club Bohemia spotlight some of the best bands playing out in Cambridge and Somerville today, from longtime favorites like the Lyres, the Neats and the Neighborhoods to current live favorites, with in-store performances from members of Old Hat and Hooker Clops.
This is part of the Somerville Arts Council's ArtsUnion winter events (even though it feels like summer!)
When: Wed, March 21
Where: Somerville Grooves, 26 Union Square
Description: For four Wednesday evenings in March selected vinal masters will spin from the Somerville Grooves collection.
On deck for tomorrow: Local Spotlight Mickey Bliss and Club Bohemia spotlight some of the best bands playing out in Cambridge and Somerville today, from longtime favorites like the Lyres, the Neats and the Neighborhoods to current live favorites, with in-store performances from members of Old Hat and Hooker Clops.
This is part of the Somerville Arts Council's ArtsUnion winter events (even though it feels like summer!)
Monday, March 19, 2012
MIT MONDAY NIGHT LECTURE SERIES
MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology
Spring 2012 Monday Nights Lecture Series
Experiments in Thinking, Action, and Form
…………………………………………………………………………
Monday, April 2, 7p
Playback: Broadcast Experiments 1970 and Now
Gloria Sutton, Assistant Professor, Northeastern University
…………………………………………………………………………
In the 1970s, broadcast television, cable, and even satellite transmissions were considered viable outlets for visual artists to experiment, tamper, and often times, spectacularly fail with, all the while engaging in a generative model of art production. This talk focuses on the institutionalization of media art with a particular emphasis on the Long Beach Museum of Art’s prescient move to set up a media art center and commission artists to create a broadcast channel to distribute their works in the early 1970s. The museum was one of the first to consider video as a collecting category, managed a thriving residency program, operated a public editing facility, and launched the “museum channel.” Gloria Sutton is a contemporary art historian and a curator. She received the Emily Hall Tremaine Award as a co-curator of How Many Billboards in 2008.
Location:
ACT Cube, Wiesner Building (E15-001)
20 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA | MAP
For more information:
http://actwebsite.media.mit.edu/projects-and-events/lectures/2012-spring/
act.mit.edu
About the Lecture Series
…………………………………………………………………………
Art, culture, and technology. What is the potential of such an intersection in the present? Being cognizant of historical and unusual crossings while exploring more profound investigations and productions suggest experiments in thinking, action and form. Questions raised by pursuing this matrix lead to a variety of histories of the present, the combination of official and unofficial versions throughout the world; animated by examination and reflection these histories may be transformed by creation.
It is easily possible to feel indifference toward the “merely interesting.” In response to what can appear as a perpetual state of “interesting” spectacles and data flow, the invited speakers address these paradoxes of living. Their presentations and discussions will serve as opportunities to grapple with productions, conditions, and perspectives that can stimulate other kinds of responses. The speakers will not invite smooth or easy receptions of the aural, visual, or spatial operations with which they are engaged, but will, in contrast, raise questions from the perspective of producers and analysts about present and past forms of being and production.
Renée Green
Director, Associate Professor
MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology
Upcoming Lectures
…………………………………………………………………………
April 9
Projects and Protocols: Conventions on Art and Technology
Muntadas, Professor of the Practice, MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology
More info
…………………………………………………………………………
April 23
Sound and Semiocapitalism:
Affective Labor and the Metaphysics of the Real
Michael Eng, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, John Carroll University, University Heights, Ohio
More info
Past Lectures
…………………………………………………………………………
February 13
What Do Artists Know?
Contemporary Responses to the Deskilling of Art
Michael Corris, Professor/Chair of Studio Art, Southern Methodist University, Dallas
More info and video
…………………………………………………………………………
March 5
Re-representations and Simulations
Bruce Yonemoto, Professor of Studio Art in Video, Experimental Media, and Film Theory, University of California, Irvine
In conversation with Stephen Prina, Professor of Visual and Environmental Studies, Harvard University
More info and video
…………………………………………………………………………
March 12
Archipelago Logic: Towards Sustainable Futures
Taru Elfving, Artistic Director, Contemporary Art Archipelago (CAA), Finland
In conversation with ACT Associate Professors
Renée Green and Gediminas Urbonas,
and ACT Affiliate Nomeda Urbonas
More info and video
On View
…………………………………………………………………………
Disobedience Archive
Exhibition extended through April 15, 2012.
http://disobedience.mit.edu/
More info
News
…………………………………………………………………………
The Kepes Institute, Museum and Cultural Center Inauguration More info
Azra Aksamija in the exhibit Cube or Dome. Mosques – New Ways of Building, Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations (ifa), Stuttgart
Azra Aksamija in the exhibit Heimatkunde: Eine kosmopolitische Inventur (How German is it? 30 Artists' Notion of Home), Jewish Museum Berlin
Andrea Frank Exhibit Systems, Galleria Michela Rizzo, Venice
Muntadas Exhibit Entre/Between, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia
• Reviewed in Wall Street Journal http://alturl.com/42dkb
Muntadas Lecture at Parsons New School of Design, March 7
Angel Nevarez in Shifters, City University of New York
Gediminas Urbonas in the exhibit Infinite conversation. Art and sciences (which dialogues?) at Ecole de Recherche Graphique, Brussels
Gediminas Urbonas in panel discussion:s Archipelago Logic, Armory Show, New York City
Gediminas Urbonas in Art After the End of the World: Discussion Platform for the 1st Kyiv Biennial, Kiev
Online Community
…………………………………………………………………………
act.mit.edu | Like us | Follow us | TechTV
For further information, contact ACT Public Programs Coordinator Laura Anca Chichisan at clauraa@mit.edu or 617-253-4415.
…………………………………………………………………………
MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue, E15-212
Cambridge MA 02139-4307
act.mit.edu
617-253-5229
Spring 2012 Monday Nights Lecture Series
Experiments in Thinking, Action, and Form
…………………………………………………………………………
Monday, April 2, 7p
Playback: Broadcast Experiments 1970 and Now
Gloria Sutton, Assistant Professor, Northeastern University
…………………………………………………………………………
In the 1970s, broadcast television, cable, and even satellite transmissions were considered viable outlets for visual artists to experiment, tamper, and often times, spectacularly fail with, all the while engaging in a generative model of art production. This talk focuses on the institutionalization of media art with a particular emphasis on the Long Beach Museum of Art’s prescient move to set up a media art center and commission artists to create a broadcast channel to distribute their works in the early 1970s. The museum was one of the first to consider video as a collecting category, managed a thriving residency program, operated a public editing facility, and launched the “museum channel.” Gloria Sutton is a contemporary art historian and a curator. She received the Emily Hall Tremaine Award as a co-curator of How Many Billboards in 2008.
Location:
ACT Cube, Wiesner Building (E15-001)
20 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA | MAP
For more information:
http://actwebsite.media.mit.edu/projects-and-events/lectures/2012-spring/
act.mit.edu
About the Lecture Series
…………………………………………………………………………
Art, culture, and technology. What is the potential of such an intersection in the present? Being cognizant of historical and unusual crossings while exploring more profound investigations and productions suggest experiments in thinking, action and form. Questions raised by pursuing this matrix lead to a variety of histories of the present, the combination of official and unofficial versions throughout the world; animated by examination and reflection these histories may be transformed by creation.
It is easily possible to feel indifference toward the “merely interesting.” In response to what can appear as a perpetual state of “interesting” spectacles and data flow, the invited speakers address these paradoxes of living. Their presentations and discussions will serve as opportunities to grapple with productions, conditions, and perspectives that can stimulate other kinds of responses. The speakers will not invite smooth or easy receptions of the aural, visual, or spatial operations with which they are engaged, but will, in contrast, raise questions from the perspective of producers and analysts about present and past forms of being and production.
Renée Green
Director, Associate Professor
MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology
Upcoming Lectures
…………………………………………………………………………
April 9
Projects and Protocols: Conventions on Art and Technology
Muntadas, Professor of the Practice, MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology
More info
…………………………………………………………………………
April 23
Sound and Semiocapitalism:
Affective Labor and the Metaphysics of the Real
Michael Eng, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, John Carroll University, University Heights, Ohio
More info
Past Lectures
…………………………………………………………………………
February 13
What Do Artists Know?
Contemporary Responses to the Deskilling of Art
Michael Corris, Professor/Chair of Studio Art, Southern Methodist University, Dallas
More info and video
…………………………………………………………………………
March 5
Re-representations and Simulations
Bruce Yonemoto, Professor of Studio Art in Video, Experimental Media, and Film Theory, University of California, Irvine
In conversation with Stephen Prina, Professor of Visual and Environmental Studies, Harvard University
More info and video
…………………………………………………………………………
March 12
Archipelago Logic: Towards Sustainable Futures
Taru Elfving, Artistic Director, Contemporary Art Archipelago (CAA), Finland
In conversation with ACT Associate Professors
Renée Green and Gediminas Urbonas,
and ACT Affiliate Nomeda Urbonas
More info and video
On View
…………………………………………………………………………
Disobedience Archive
Exhibition extended through April 15, 2012.
http://disobedience.mit.edu/
More info
News
…………………………………………………………………………
The Kepes Institute, Museum and Cultural Center Inauguration More info
Azra Aksamija in the exhibit Cube or Dome. Mosques – New Ways of Building, Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations (ifa), Stuttgart
Azra Aksamija in the exhibit Heimatkunde: Eine kosmopolitische Inventur (How German is it? 30 Artists' Notion of Home), Jewish Museum Berlin
Andrea Frank Exhibit Systems, Galleria Michela Rizzo, Venice
Muntadas Exhibit Entre/Between, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia
• Reviewed in Wall Street Journal http://alturl.com/42dkb
Muntadas Lecture at Parsons New School of Design, March 7
Angel Nevarez in Shifters, City University of New York
Gediminas Urbonas in the exhibit Infinite conversation. Art and sciences (which dialogues?) at Ecole de Recherche Graphique, Brussels
Gediminas Urbonas in panel discussion:s Archipelago Logic, Armory Show, New York City
Gediminas Urbonas in Art After the End of the World: Discussion Platform for the 1st Kyiv Biennial, Kiev
Online Community
…………………………………………………………………………
act.mit.edu | Like us | Follow us | TechTV
For further information, contact ACT Public Programs Coordinator Laura Anca Chichisan at clauraa@mit.edu or 617-253-4415.
…………………………………………………………………………
MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue, E15-212
Cambridge MA 02139-4307
act.mit.edu
617-253-5229
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Somerville ArtsUnion Call for Producers - April 1, 2012
Ever wish to produce your own cultural event - with funding? Here’s your opportunity!
About ArtsUnion
Now in its 8th year, the Somerville Arts Council’s ArtsUnion Project is an initiative designed to boost the cultural economic development of Union Square, Somerville. ArtsUnion presents numerous events and markets, develops and leads cultural and historical tours, commissions street furniture and public art, and has revised zoning to incentivize arts related development in the Square. The Somerville Arts Council and the Mayor’s Office of Strategic Planning and Community Development created ArtsUnion. Our 2012 partners include Artisan’s Asylum, ArtSomerville, Massachusetts Alliance for Portuguese Speakers, the Somerville Historic Preservation Commission, Somerville Community Access Television, Somerville Open Studios and Union Square Main Streets. Generous funding for the initiative is provided by the Massachusetts Cultural Council’s John and Abigail Adams Program and the City of Somerville.
About the Call to Producers
The goal of the ArtsUnion event series is to increase the visibility of our strong local artist population; increasing economic activity for participating vendors and the area in general; and cultivating the square’s artistic, diverse and unique ambiance. We are looking for events and markets that are: centered on a theme, are unusual and creative, and will garner good press and attendance.
ArtsUnion is looking for creative individuals to create, produce and manage cultural events that will take place in Union Square, Somerville from June through early October, 2012. We seek producers who will develop 2-4 hour cultural events/performances, or public art initiatives around a certain theme. Working with the Somerville Arts Council, producers will be responsible for the following: selecting a theme, lining up talent and/or vendors, creating activities, submitting a budget, planning and managing the event, and helping to promote the event. Themes can be broad or specfic, ranging from dance, food, or performance art to film and multimedia work. Past ArtsUnion events include the well-known Fluff Festival, a Haitian Film Festival at Somerville Community Access Televison, and the Hungry Tiger Street Festival celebrating food in Union Square.
Please view the ArtsUnion section of our Web site to see full descriptions of all past ArtsUnion events. Programming that reflect and include the diverse Union Square community are particularly encouraged. We also urge you to find ways to work with area businesses. For example, several area restaurants and food markets have participated in recent events and we have a good relationship with them. Most events take place in Union Square Plaza, but we are open to other ideas. In general, we encourage you to discuss any ideas with us.
Gregory Jenkins
Executive Director
Somerville Arts Council
617.625.6600 ext. 2985
www.somervilleartscouncil.org
About ArtsUnion
Now in its 8th year, the Somerville Arts Council’s ArtsUnion Project is an initiative designed to boost the cultural economic development of Union Square, Somerville. ArtsUnion presents numerous events and markets, develops and leads cultural and historical tours, commissions street furniture and public art, and has revised zoning to incentivize arts related development in the Square. The Somerville Arts Council and the Mayor’s Office of Strategic Planning and Community Development created ArtsUnion. Our 2012 partners include Artisan’s Asylum, ArtSomerville, Massachusetts Alliance for Portuguese Speakers, the Somerville Historic Preservation Commission, Somerville Community Access Television, Somerville Open Studios and Union Square Main Streets. Generous funding for the initiative is provided by the Massachusetts Cultural Council’s John and Abigail Adams Program and the City of Somerville.
About the Call to Producers
The goal of the ArtsUnion event series is to increase the visibility of our strong local artist population; increasing economic activity for participating vendors and the area in general; and cultivating the square’s artistic, diverse and unique ambiance. We are looking for events and markets that are: centered on a theme, are unusual and creative, and will garner good press and attendance.
ArtsUnion is looking for creative individuals to create, produce and manage cultural events that will take place in Union Square, Somerville from June through early October, 2012. We seek producers who will develop 2-4 hour cultural events/performances, or public art initiatives around a certain theme. Working with the Somerville Arts Council, producers will be responsible for the following: selecting a theme, lining up talent and/or vendors, creating activities, submitting a budget, planning and managing the event, and helping to promote the event. Themes can be broad or specfic, ranging from dance, food, or performance art to film and multimedia work. Past ArtsUnion events include the well-known Fluff Festival, a Haitian Film Festival at Somerville Community Access Televison, and the Hungry Tiger Street Festival celebrating food in Union Square.
Please view the ArtsUnion section of our Web site to see full descriptions of all past ArtsUnion events. Programming that reflect and include the diverse Union Square community are particularly encouraged. We also urge you to find ways to work with area businesses. For example, several area restaurants and food markets have participated in recent events and we have a good relationship with them. Most events take place in Union Square Plaza, but we are open to other ideas. In general, we encourage you to discuss any ideas with us.
Gregory Jenkins
Executive Director
Somerville Arts Council
617.625.6600 ext. 2985
www.somervilleartscouncil.org
Friday, March 09, 2012
SOMERVILLE GALLERY WOOD & FIBER EXHIBITION - March 11, 2012
Fibrous Forms, David Crane & Margot Stage, March 10 - April 7 at the Brickbottom Gallery, 1 Fitchburg Street, Somerville, 617-776-3410, www.brickbottom.com, brickbottomartist@rcn.com, Gallery Hours: Thursday-Saturday, noon to 5:00. Opening Reception: Sunday, March 11, 3-5.
In this exhibit, wood sculptor David Crane and fiber artist Margot Stage (www.margotstage.com) push their individual boundaries while expanding their approaches to usual materials. Borrowing from each other’s chosen medium, this husband and wife team are full of surprises.
In this exhibit, wood sculptor David Crane and fiber artist Margot Stage (www.margotstage.com) push their individual boundaries while expanding their approaches to usual materials. Borrowing from each other’s chosen medium, this husband and wife team are full of surprises.
Sunday, March 04, 2012
MARCH 2012 PROGRAMS AT FRESH POND RESERVATION
MARCH PROGRAMS AT FRESH POND RESERVATION
These events are FREE and open to the public. Children are welcome in the company of an adult.
NATURE LIVES!
Sunday, March 4
2 to 5 pm
Maynard Ecology Center, basement of Neville Place
650 Concord Avenue
Take a walk with naturalists Larry Millman, Tom Murray, Julie Lisk, and Elizabeth Wylde as we explore the Reservation, searching for fungi, insects, plants, birds, and anything else that shows signs of life in these waning days of winter. There is a lot happening in, on, and above ground! We may even find some species that are new to our Reservation species lists. Dress for the weather and wear boots for walking off-path.
INVASIVE PLANTS: JUST TOO OVERWHELMING?
Wednesday, March 7
7 to 8:30 pm
Cambridge Public Library
449 Broadway
Invasive plants can cause catastrophic habitat loss and pose an imminent threat to the rare plants and botanical heritage of our Commonwealth. Managing these species can be costly, complicated, and overwhelming. The most effective strategies are always the result of a clear and organized plan, whether for 400 square feet or 40 acres. Join us for this interactive presentation, exploring why and how to tackle this challenge, with Seth Wilkinson, a widely respected expert in ecological restoration and founder of Wilkinson Ecological Design. This free program is offered by Grow Native Massachusetts with support from Friends of Fresh Pond Reservation.
AN ONLINE BIRDING REVOLUTION:
What the eBird Database Can Tell Us about Fresh Pond’s Birds
Sunday, March 11
1 to 3 pm
Maynard Ecology Center, basement of Neville Place
650 Concord Avenue
In 2002 the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society created eBird, a nationwide online database for birders. Since then, the collected reports of thousands of birders have made available an enormous amount of data about bird diversity, abundance, and distribution. FFPR member Andrew Hrycyna has perused the data for Fresh Pond and beyond and made some fascinating observations that he will share with us. He will also tell us about his interest in using eBird to give a fuller portrait of Fresh Pond’s birds, including those around the restored wetland at Black’s Nook. This talk is a must for birders and for anyone who is interested in the power of citizen-science databases.
A TALE OF TWO WATERSHEDS
Sunday, March 18
1 to 3 pm
Maynard Ecology Center, basement of Neville Place
650 Concord Avenue
Cambridge City Engineer Owen O’Riordan will describe for us the relationship between the Alewife and Fresh Pond Reservation watersheds, show us plans for the storm water detention basin project being built at Alewife Reservation, and explain how the finished project will affect Fresh Pond Reservation and the nearby neighborhoods. There will be time for questions and discussion, as well as refreshments, after his talk. Please register.
SPRING BIRD WALK
Saturday, March 24
8:30 to 10:30 am
Street end of Neville Place driveway
650 Concord Avenue
Spring is here! The earliest migrating birds are beginning to return from the south, and, for some of them, the Reservation is their destination. These new arrivals, as well as year-round residents, will soon be busy building nests and defending territories. We may also see a variety of migrating waterfowl on the ponds. Beginners are welcome! We have binoculars to lend and will show you how to use them.
ECOLITERACY FOR SPRING
Sundays: March 25, April 29, and May 27
1 to 3:30 pm
Location given on registration
This series of three workshops is designed for adults to examine their ideas and questions about urban ecology in the spring season. We’ll work to develop a new understanding of our environment through activities, observation, journaling, and sharing with group members. In this participant-driven series, all that’s required is an ability to attend ALL three sessions and a willingness to do some exploring and thinking on your own between sessions. Limited to 12. To register, contact Chief Ranger Jean Rogers at jrogers@cambridgema.gov.
TALES OF OUTDOOR ADVENTURE AND MISADVENTURE
Saturday, March 31
2 to 4 pm
Maynard Ecology Center, basement of Neville Place
650 Concord Avenue
From the top of a sheer cliff to the woods at night without a flashlight, storyteller Bruce Marcus revels in the great outdoors and loves to tell about it! In rhyme and out, Bruce will entertain you with his energetic and engaging takes on personal mishaps, outdoor epiphanies and humorous “made-up stuff.” A firm believer that we all have tales to tell, Bruce will also lead participants in fun, easy exercises where they can share their best wildlife encounters, camping disasters, and other memorable outdoor experiences. Don’t miss what promises to be a lively, worthwhile, and interactive evening of outdoor tales! Appropriate for adults and children ages 8 and older.
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.
*** This winter and spring Grow Native Massachusetts is offering a series of free nature-related lectures at the Cambridge Public Library, 449 Broadway. The details are at www.grownativemass.org
These events are FREE and open to the public. Children are welcome in the company of an adult.
NATURE LIVES!
Sunday, March 4
2 to 5 pm
Maynard Ecology Center, basement of Neville Place
650 Concord Avenue
Take a walk with naturalists Larry Millman, Tom Murray, Julie Lisk, and Elizabeth Wylde as we explore the Reservation, searching for fungi, insects, plants, birds, and anything else that shows signs of life in these waning days of winter. There is a lot happening in, on, and above ground! We may even find some species that are new to our Reservation species lists. Dress for the weather and wear boots for walking off-path.
INVASIVE PLANTS: JUST TOO OVERWHELMING?
Wednesday, March 7
7 to 8:30 pm
Cambridge Public Library
449 Broadway
Invasive plants can cause catastrophic habitat loss and pose an imminent threat to the rare plants and botanical heritage of our Commonwealth. Managing these species can be costly, complicated, and overwhelming. The most effective strategies are always the result of a clear and organized plan, whether for 400 square feet or 40 acres. Join us for this interactive presentation, exploring why and how to tackle this challenge, with Seth Wilkinson, a widely respected expert in ecological restoration and founder of Wilkinson Ecological Design. This free program is offered by Grow Native Massachusetts with support from Friends of Fresh Pond Reservation.
AN ONLINE BIRDING REVOLUTION:
What the eBird Database Can Tell Us about Fresh Pond’s Birds
Sunday, March 11
1 to 3 pm
Maynard Ecology Center, basement of Neville Place
650 Concord Avenue
In 2002 the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society created eBird, a nationwide online database for birders. Since then, the collected reports of thousands of birders have made available an enormous amount of data about bird diversity, abundance, and distribution. FFPR member Andrew Hrycyna has perused the data for Fresh Pond and beyond and made some fascinating observations that he will share with us. He will also tell us about his interest in using eBird to give a fuller portrait of Fresh Pond’s birds, including those around the restored wetland at Black’s Nook. This talk is a must for birders and for anyone who is interested in the power of citizen-science databases.
A TALE OF TWO WATERSHEDS
Sunday, March 18
1 to 3 pm
Maynard Ecology Center, basement of Neville Place
650 Concord Avenue
Cambridge City Engineer Owen O’Riordan will describe for us the relationship between the Alewife and Fresh Pond Reservation watersheds, show us plans for the storm water detention basin project being built at Alewife Reservation, and explain how the finished project will affect Fresh Pond Reservation and the nearby neighborhoods. There will be time for questions and discussion, as well as refreshments, after his talk. Please register.
SPRING BIRD WALK
Saturday, March 24
8:30 to 10:30 am
Street end of Neville Place driveway
650 Concord Avenue
Spring is here! The earliest migrating birds are beginning to return from the south, and, for some of them, the Reservation is their destination. These new arrivals, as well as year-round residents, will soon be busy building nests and defending territories. We may also see a variety of migrating waterfowl on the ponds. Beginners are welcome! We have binoculars to lend and will show you how to use them.
ECOLITERACY FOR SPRING
Sundays: March 25, April 29, and May 27
1 to 3:30 pm
Location given on registration
This series of three workshops is designed for adults to examine their ideas and questions about urban ecology in the spring season. We’ll work to develop a new understanding of our environment through activities, observation, journaling, and sharing with group members. In this participant-driven series, all that’s required is an ability to attend ALL three sessions and a willingness to do some exploring and thinking on your own between sessions. Limited to 12. To register, contact Chief Ranger Jean Rogers at jrogers@cambridgema.gov.
TALES OF OUTDOOR ADVENTURE AND MISADVENTURE
Saturday, March 31
2 to 4 pm
Maynard Ecology Center, basement of Neville Place
650 Concord Avenue
From the top of a sheer cliff to the woods at night without a flashlight, storyteller Bruce Marcus revels in the great outdoors and loves to tell about it! In rhyme and out, Bruce will entertain you with his energetic and engaging takes on personal mishaps, outdoor epiphanies and humorous “made-up stuff.” A firm believer that we all have tales to tell, Bruce will also lead participants in fun, easy exercises where they can share their best wildlife encounters, camping disasters, and other memorable outdoor experiences. Don’t miss what promises to be a lively, worthwhile, and interactive evening of outdoor tales! Appropriate for adults and children ages 8 and older.
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.
*** This winter and spring Grow Native Massachusetts is offering a series of free nature-related lectures at the Cambridge Public Library, 449 Broadway. The details are at www.grownativemass.org
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