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Firehouse Center’s 2012 New Works Festival Celebrates its Tenth Anniversary
Friday, January 27 and Saturday, January 28, 8pm – 10pm
The Firehouse Center for the Performing Arts – Market Square
Friday’s performance is a full length play - A Book of Snow by Newburyporter Joshua Faigen who took first place! Saturday features seven 10-minute plays.
Joppa Flats Education Center – THE SUPERBOWL OF BIRDING IX
Saturday, January 28, 5am-7pm
Mass Audubon’s Joppa Flats Education Center, 1 Plum Island Turnpike
An annual competition among birders to spot the greatest number of bird species and to earn the greatest number of points based on the rarity of the birds recorded in a twelve-hour period. For all ages and all levels of birders. The competition is followed by supper and awards.
Joppa Flats Education Center – THE WONDER AND THE WOW: PENGUINS AT THE NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM
Saturday, January 28, 8.30am-5.30pm
Mass Audubon’s Joppa Flats Education Center, 1 Plum Island Turnpike
Family educator Lisa Hutchings and sidekick Jonathan Brooks take adults to Boston’s New England Aquarium. Fee: $35. Preregistration is required.
Parker River National Wildlife Refuge – “Behind the Scenes” Refuge Tour
Saturday, January 28, 9.30am – 11.30am
Parker River National Wildlife Refuge – Visitors Contact Station, located in parking lot #1
Explore the refuge with a ranger and refuge biologist. See areas of the refuge that are otherwise closed to the public. Advance registration is required for this program.
Transition Newburyport – Local Flavor Community Potluck Picnic
Saturday, January 28, 3pm – 5pm
First Parish Church of Newbury
The potuck is a celebration of locally grown, seasonal food. You are invited to bring a potluck dish using as many locally grown ingredients as possible from your garden, CSA, Farmers’ Market, farm stand or local food artisan. Bring the family, your potluck dish, beverage of choice, and a “mess kit” to help us keep this a “zero waste” event.
Film Club for Teens at Newburyport Public Library
Sunday, January 29, 1.30pm-4.30pm
Newburyport Public Library, State Street
Teens in grades 7 – 12 are invited to enter the realm of the quirky, the independent and the intellectual film. We will view age-appropriate selections and follow them with some light discussion and serious refreshments.
NEWBURYPORT ART ASSOCIATION WINTER MEMBERS JURIED SHOW, PART II
Thursday, February 2-25
Daily during regular hours
Newburyport Art Association – 65 Water Street
Mediums: Acrylic, Pastel, Mixed Media, Fine Craft, and Photography
