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October 2019
Game Day at Snow Library
Please come to Game Day on the third Saturday of the month at the Snow Library in Orleans. Drop in any time between 1:00 and 4:00 to play some award winning “table top” games with Matt. It goes way beyond Monopoly. If you like games of any kind this is the program for you. To find out more about the type of games Matt might bring go to www.wickedfungames.com . For Children 8+ with an adult.
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Orleans Surf Film Festival
Buy Your Tickets! The Orleans Surf Film Festival is an annual event that celebrates surf culture and all that is positive about riding, sliding, and gliding your way through life. Centered around the film festival that showcases local and national films, the weekend has grown to include a pop-up museum of Cape surf memorabilia with an extensive display of boards. There is an amazing offering of raffle items and all proceeds benefit scholarships for local high school seniors. Come to…
Find out more »Green Halloween!
The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in collaboration with the Brewster Chamber of Commerce presents “Green Halloween” Saturday, October 26, 2019. PLEASE NOTE SPECIAL HOURS: 10am – 2pm. Wear a costume and join the FUN at the annual CCMNH and Brewster Chamber of Commerce GREEN HALLOWEEN celebration! No Tricks…All Treats! All the favorites are back! The Local Scoop Pop Mobile, Agway Maze, and Pirate Ship! Plus activity stations with crafts, games, treats and more surprises! $6 Children (3-16: must…
Find out more »The Gills Club at The Chatham Shark Cente
For this session THE GILLS CLUB will meet at The Chatham Shark Center 235 Orleans Road, North Chatham, home of the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy Saturday, October 26, 2019 10am-11:30am This hands-on learning event is for youth ages 8 to 14 and will allow Gills to better understand shark tagging and some of the engineering practices used in shark research. The program will be 90 minutes in length. Registration is required for this this event. Due to spacing, we have…
Find out more »Orleans Surf Film Festival
Buy Your Tickets! The Orleans Surf Film Festival is an annual event that celebrates surf culture and all that is positive about riding, sliding, and gliding your way through life. Centered around the film festival that showcases local and national films, the weekend has grown to include a pop-up museum of Cape surf memorabilia with an extensive display of boards. There is an amazing offering of raffle items and all proceeds benefit scholarships for local high school seniors. Come to…
Find out more »Lunch ‘n Learn presents “Vampires of New England!”
The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in Brewster presents a special Halloween Lunch ‘n Learn, Vampires of New England, with Medievalist, Susan Jarek-Glidden, Ph.D. Thursday, October 31, 2019 at 12:30pm. New England’s vampire history emerged a full century after the region’s more infamous Salem witch trials, and although Rhode Island was ostensibly the epicenter, it was a region-wide phenomenon. Susan has been interested in legends and lores for many years. She first learned about New England’s vampires when her…
Find out more »November 2019
Craft Fair at Nauset
Join us for this year's annual Craft Fair at Nauset Regional Middle School in Orleans on Saturday, November 2nd from 10am-3pm. Support over 60 local crafters, creators & vendors while getting a head start on your holiday shopping list! Admission is Free. Proceeds will help fund student educational field trips. Refreshments & tasty baked goods will be available for purchase throughout the fair. We'll see you there! If you're a local crafter and would like to be a vendor at…
Find out more »Cape Cod Cranberry Bog & Farm Tour!
The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in Brewster presents the 2019 Cranberry Bog Tour with Andrea Cakounes Saturday, November 2nd at 1pm. The program will be held at Cape Cod Cranberry Bog and Farm 1601 Factory Road in Harwich. Andrea and Leo Cakounes operate the largest organic cranberry bog on Cape Cod. Join Andrea for a tour of the farm and learn about the 12 month operation of a cranberry bog, see the equipment, and visit with the farm…
Find out more »A History of Boston in 50 Artifacts, with City Archaeologist Joe Bagley,
The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in Brewster presents A History of Boston in 50 Artifacts, with City Archaeologist Joe Bagley, Friday, November 8, 2019 at 1pm. “History is right under our feet; we just need to dig a little to find it”. Join Joe Bagley, Boston's City Archaeologist, for a talk and book signing of A History of Boston in 50 Artifacts. From cannonballs to drinking cups and from ancient spears to porcelain, this book offers a unique…
Find out more »23rd Annual Cape Cod Maritime History Symposium
The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in Brewster is proud to present the 23rd Annual Cape Cod Maritime History Symposium on Saturday, November 9, 2019 9am-3pm ~ Cape Cod's only Maritime History Conference. Schedule of Events: 9:00 am – Registration; coffee, tea & refreshments 9:45am - Introduction by Symposium founding Director, Theresa M. Barbo 10:00 am – The Gems of Vineyard Sound: Elizabeth Islands, 1641 & Beyond with Ian Ives, Executive Director of Massachusetts Audubon’s Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary.…
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