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May 2019
The Gills Club
The Gills Club is an education initiative of the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy dedicated to empowering the next generation of female shark scientists and providing young girls with hands on experience to help them pursue their passion of working with sharks. To better serve the various ages of our Gills Club members and engage them in shark education at a level that is age appropriate, we split the Gills Club events into two sections. All events start with a short…
Find out more »Korean Buffet
The Orleans United Methodist Church is hosting a free community Korean Buffet. Come and enjoy a sampling of Korean dishes.
Find out more »Sand & Soil ~ C.L. Fornari Book Launch Party!
The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in Brewster will be hosting a book launch party for C.L. Fornari in celebration of the release of her new book, Sand & Soil: Creating Beautiful Gardens on Cape Cod and the Islands published by Godine, Inc., on Thursday, May 30, 2019 wine & hors d’oeuvres 3:30pm; lecture and book signing at 4:00 pm. With a climate in equal measure challenging and rewarding, the Cape and Islands of Massachusetts provide a bold canvas…
Find out more »June 2019
Plant Sale & Native Plant Marketplace
The Friends of the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in Brewster present Gardening for Life’s Plant Sale and Native Plant Marketplace Saturday, June 1, 2019 9am – 12pm. Celebrate spring! Looking for perennials, annuals, vegetables, herbs, and house plants? You will find all this and more including a huge selection of native plants selected especially for Cape Cod gardens. Want to help Cape Cod pollinators? The plant sale will also carry a wide variety of plants that bloom from…
Find out more »Plant Sale
The Orleans United Methodist Church is having their annual 2 day Plant Sale with a huge selection of perennials, shrubs, Hostas and more. There will also be a Bake Table with home made desserts to choose from. Held on Fri., May 31 from 12-4 pm and Sat., June 1 from 9 - 11 am.
Find out more »Bird Walk & Talk with Alice Wynn
Join Alice Wynn on Tuesdays, June 4, 11, 18, & 25, 2019 at 9:30am-10:30am for Bird Walk & Talk! Whether you are experienced or a beginner, walk the beautiful trails, bring binoculars, wear appropriate footwear and come prepared to watch, study and enjoy our feathered friends in their natural habitats. Participants meet at the front entrance of the Museum. $4 /Member $6/Non-Member Rain cancels the walk. For further information, contact the Museum at 508-896-3867, Ext. # 133
Find out more »2nd Annual Awards Dinner
Three Awards given for: The Agnes Hopkins Life of the Church Award, The Marylou Petitt Community Engagement Award and The Rev. Dr. Phil Mitchell Inspirational Award. Recipients of the awards are: Ret. Brig. General U.S.A.F. Jimmy Dishner, Anita Mewherter, the late John Burlingame, J. Stewart Broatch and Marion Kennedy
Find out more »Forest Bathing: Deepening Our Relationship with Nature
The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in Brewster presents Forest Bathing: Deepening our Relationship with Nature with Field Guide Carol Marcy. The concept of forest bathing grew out of a practice in Japan called Shinrin-yoku that spread to China and Korea and now to the United States. It is about swimming in the living being of the forest: drinking in the smells, feeling the breeze on your skin, hearing it move through the trees, soaking up the warm healing…
Find out more »Nature Screen presents “Plants Behaving Badly”
Narrated by David Attenborough, Plants Behaving Badly focuses on two groups of plants that exhibit such intriguing behavior that a century and a half ago attracted the attention of Charles Darwin. These same plants, the orchids and the carnivorous plants, still fascinate scientists today. In two, one-hour films, ‘Plants Behaving Badly’ reveal a world of deceit and treachery worthy of any fictional thriller. Part 1: CARNIVOROUS PLANTS ~ 1pm Scientists have recently shown that many more plants are carnivorous than…
Find out more »Lunch ‘n Learn presents “Nantaska: The Minnow & The Whale”
The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in Brewster presents their popular series Lunch & Learn. On Monday, June 17th at 11:30am author and naturalist Crocker Snow, Jr. will give a presentation on his latest book, Nantaska-The Minnow & The Whale. The tiny northeastern seacoast island of Nantucket and the giant “Upper 49th” state of Alaska are incongruous bedfellows. They don’t share the same boarding house geographically, culturally or economically. Yet, as journalist and outdoor writer Crocker Snow, Jr. and…
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