BACK TO BASICS: Natural Dyes – Aug. 1, 10 a.m. Join fiber artists Dawn Sotir and Jody Bishel to learn how to produce beautiful and sometimes surprising shades to dye your fiber using plants. They will take you for a short walk to identify plants in our area that may be used, and demonstrate their color dyeing techniques inside. Tuition: $8 per person for materials and supplies. Please register.
SNAKES OF CONNECTICUT – Aug. 1, 1 p.m. Meet some of nature’s most important predators up close and personal! Discover how they eat, what’s inside those long, skinny bodies, and how invasive species impact the natives. Ranger Jess will show us some of our indigenous snakes. Free. Please pre-register.
ENTERTAINER CHRIS ROWLANDS: Puppeteer and Singer – Aug. 7, 7 p.m. Come see Chris Rowlands, who’s famous for getting everyone involved. He brings animals to life through his music, comedy, puppets, and colorful props. Sing along as he shares his songs about animals and their environment.
Please register for this free interactive presentation.
ROCKS IN SPACE: Perseid Meteor Showers – Aug. 8, 8 p.m. Come to Ansonia’s darkest location for some unusual night sky viewing with Bob Carruthers and the New Haven Astronomical Society. In addition to a chance to see the annual meteor showers (and touch a real meteor!), lunar rays—glass ejecta from the moon’s meteor craters—and Saturn will be visible if we have clear skies. Telescopes will be available. Meet at picnic pavilion #2. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Free. Please register.
FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT: Hoot – Aug. 14, 6:30 p.m. Hoot is a film about three middle school children who try to save a burrowing owl habitat from being bulldozed by a developer who intends to turn the site into a pancake house. The children successfully protect the owl habitat, making this a great movie to prove the point that children can make a difference. Jimmy Buffett fans will be pleased to learn that he composed the soundtrack for Hoot. The movie is free; you can buy popcorn and lemonade for $1.
ROCKS IN SPACE: Perseid Meteor Showers – Aug. 8, 8 p.m. Come to Ansonia’s darkest location for some unusual night sky viewing with Bob Carruthers and the New Haven Astronomical Society. In addition to a chance to see the annual meteor showers (and touch a real meteor!), lunar rays—glass ejecta from the moon’s meteor craters—and Saturn will be visible if we have clear skies. Telescopes will be available. Meet at picnic pavilion #2. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Free. Please register.
FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT: Hoot – Aug. 14, 6:30 p.m. Hoot is a film about three middle school children who try to save a burrowing owl habitat from being bulldozed by a developer who intends to turn the site into a pancake house. The children successfully protect the owl habitat, making this a great movie to prove the point that children can make a difference. Jimmy Buffett fans will be pleased to learn that he composed the soundtrack for Hoot. The movie is free; you can buy popcorn and lemonade for $1.
Please register.
AMAZING WORLD OF ARTHROPODS WITH JAMES TULLY - Aug. 15, 1 p.m. Meet some of James’s amazing arthropods. He will teach us all about animals that have an external skeleton (called an exoskeleton), segmented bodies, and jointed legs. Come up close to real live scorpions, tarantulas, and our resident Walking Sticks.
AMAZING WORLD OF ARTHROPODS WITH JAMES TULLY - Aug. 15, 1 p.m. Meet some of James’s amazing arthropods. He will teach us all about animals that have an external skeleton (called an exoskeleton), segmented bodies, and jointed legs. Come up close to real live scorpions, tarantulas, and our resident Walking Sticks.
Please call to register for this free event.
For information or to register, call 203-736-1053.
This is a press release from the Ansonia Nature and Recreation Center,10 Deerfield Road.
For information or to register, call 203-736-1053.
This is a press release from the Ansonia Nature and Recreation Center,10 Deerfield Road.
