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Friday April 23rd, Opening Ceremony
& Dinner with the Authors
Saturday April 24th, Events & Readings
Throughout Newburyport
Earth Day Activities
Gourmet Celebration of the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day
DCR Park Serve Day – Maudslay State Park
New Eden Workshop – Build a Hen House
Gourmet Celebration of the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day
Sun, April 25, 10am – 2pm
Jewett Farms Studio, 58 Merrimac Street
Sweet Refreshments by Julie Gagnon and Alan Mons, Owners of Chococoa Baking Company Art Show Artist in Residence Barrie McDowell Prints & Fiberglass RSVP: earthfest@jewettfarms.com
Green buildings on-site tours
Sun, April 25, 10:00am – 11:30am
Cider Hill Farm, 45 Fern Avenue, Amesbury, MA
This on-site tour of Cider Hill Farms offers you a first-hand view of the buildings you will find on the site. Tours will be led by those most closely connected with each building, and will offer you the opportunity to ask questions and find out more about what these pioneers in green building have learned along the way. For directions to these locations and more information, please visit www.greenbuildessexcounty.org Sampling of green features: Wind Turbines, Hydronic Wood Boilers, solar panel array.
EXHIBIT OPENING:
AVIAN PHOTOGRAPHS BY MICHAEL MILICIA
Sun, April 25,
2:30pm – 4:00pm
One Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport
Attend a free reception and meet nature photographer Michael Milica at the opening of his new exhibit. Date: Sunday, April 25, 2:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Location: Meet at the Joppa Flats Education Center, One Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport, MA. Fee: FREE. Pre-registration is not required.
Springtime Tunes with
Lisa Yves and friends at NPL
Sun, April 25, 2pm – 4pm
Newburyport Public Library
Springtime Tunes with Lisa Yves and friends at NPL Singer, musician and composer Lisa Yves brings her jazz group to Newburyport Public Library on Sunday April 25 at 2pm in the Program Room. Lisa will be joined by her backup band including Elmer Drotos on reeds, Dave Zox on bass and Newburyports own Richard Rancatore on keyboard. This popular band has played concerts in the Boston area for many years. This program is free and open to the public. For more information go to www.Newburyportpl.org
April 8th through April 25th North of Boston, the Agawam Diner is legendary; everyone has a story to tell about it. Playwright Joshua Faigen is no exception … but the story he has to tell is exceptional indeed. In The Agawam, people drink coffee. They eat pie. Someone dies. A miracle happens, maybe two. Then everyone’s life shifts a few degrees in a better direction. Or maybe not…
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Sun, April 25, 5pm-7pm
Congregation Ahvas Achim
Olive and Washington Streets
Holocaust movie to be shown at local synagogue on April 25 In recognition of Holocaust Remembrance Day, Congregation Ahavas Achim on Washington and Olive Streets is using a mini-grant from the Newburyport Commission of Diversity and Tolerance to show a film on Sunday, April 25th, from 5 – 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Babysitting will be available, and refreshments will be served. “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” is an award-winning film set during World War II about Bruno, the 8-year-old son of a commandant at a concentration camp, whose forbidden friendship with a Jewish boy on the other side of the camp fence has startling and unexpected consequences. April 11th marked the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Nazi concentration camps at the end of World War II. Congregation Ahavas Achim has been part of the Newburyport community for more than 100 years. For information, email caanewburyportcc@comcast.net
Programs at Joppa Flats
JOPPA FLATS TILE PROJECT
Fri, April 23, 6pm – 9pm
Pottery Isle at the Tannery, Water Street, Newburyport,
JOPPA FLATS TILE PROJECT Express your love for the nature of Massachusetts and paint a tile for the new Joppa Flats family education space. All ages welcome.
BIRD BANDING WORKSHOP
Sat, April 24, 7am – 12pm
Learn the basics of bird banding and train to become a volunteer at the Joppa Flats Bird Banding Station on Plum Island.
Saturday Morning Birding: What’s that Bird?
Sat, April 24, 9:30am – 11:30am
A quick weekend jaunt to see the birds of greater Newburyport. No experience required. Limited to six participants. Children age 8 and up welcome.
FAMILY DAY AT THE BIRD BANDING STATION
Sun, April 25, 8:30am – 10:30am
Sun, April 25, 10:30am – 12:30pm
Bring the family to the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge for an exciting, up-close look at migrating birds as they are netted and evaluated before releasing. The Bird Banding Station is only open at the height of migration in spring and fall. For families with children age 6 and up.
WEDNESDAY MORNING BIRDING
Wednesdays, March 3, 10(Cape Ann), 17, 24, and 31 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Join Joppa Flats Sanctuary Director Bill Gette and USFWS veteran David Weaver for this weekly birding field trip in the Newburyport/Plum Island area. Appropriate for all birding levels.
