On top of all the learning, interacting and shopping that the two Naturalist's Notebook locations offer seven days a week, we're putting on some great summer events:
• Children's art/nature workshops five days a week, most in Seal Harbor, some in Northeast Harbor. Parents are welcome too. In fact, we suggest that children under 7 be accompanied by a parent or other adult.
• Adult and teen art workshops in Seal Harbor in August, led by Dina Helal (below) of the Whitney Museum and Margaret Krug (second photo below) of Parsons The New School and the author of An Artist's Handbook. Margaret's workshop, on color, will be Sunday, Aug. 17 from 1 to 4 p.m., with a fee of $40. Dina will lead encaustic-painting workshops on Tuesday, Aug. 19, from 1 to 4 p.m. and Wednesday, Aug. 20, from 1 to 4 p.m., also with a fee of $40. Spaces are limited.
One of the encaustic workshops taught last summer by Dina (second from left).
Here's Margaret leading one of her past workshops at the Notebook in Seal Harbor. She is not only a teacher but also a superb artist, art historian and writer (in books and for American Artist magazine).
• July 23 Q-and-A in Seal Harbor with Katie Stack Morgan (below) of the Mars Rover project
Katie gave Pamelia and me a tour of the Jet Propulsion Lab in March. That's where the Mars Rover project is based.
• Aug. 12 talk by one of the world's foremost astronomers, Alex Filippenko (below) of the University of California at Berkeley (offsite at a larger venue, the Schoodic Institute, the talk’s co-sponsor)
Pamelia with Alex in our Big Bang Room when he visited last September for his keynote speech at the Acadia Night Sky Festival.
• Aug. 13 talk by one of the world's greatest naturalists and most popular nature/science writers, Bernd Heinrich (offsite at a larger venue, the Schoodic Institute, the talk’s co-sponsor)
Pamelia and I with Bernd at his cabin in western Maine last year.
• Aug. 15 reading and signing in Seal Harbor by Bernd Heinrich
At his Notebook talk and signing last summer, Bernd gave us a peek at the cover of his latest book, which didn't come out until April 2014. You never know what scoops you'll get if you come to the Notebook!
• Aug 18 reading and signing in Seal Harbor by College of the Atlantic ecology and natural history professor John Anderson from his book Deep Things Out of Darkness: A History of Natural History
• Aug. 22 reading and signing in Seal Harbor by Eileen Rockefeller
Eileen, a Seal Harborite, will read from her new book.
• Our annual Sweet 16 Honey-Tasting Tournament (below) every day in Seal Harbor starting in late July
Taste two honeys per day and vote for your favorite—the winner moves on to the next round of the tournament! Can Maine Wild Raspberry defend its 2013 title?
And much more. Below is the current day-by-day schedule, which we will update as changes occur. Remember to like and follow the Facebook page for The Naturalist's Notebook for daily reports!
DAY-BY-DAY GUIDE
MONDAY, JULY 21
Seal Harbor Naturalist’s Notebook, 10-11:30 a.m.
Children’s art workshop: “Exploring Maine Forests and Tides”
With Jordan Chalfant (below)
$15 per child ($25 for two)
Jordan is both a gifted artist and a serious naturalist and biologist.
TUESDAY, JULY 22
Seal Harbor Naturalist’s Notebook, 10-11:30 a.m.
Children’s art workshop: “Underground Art: Vegetables, Roots, Caves and Dirt”
With Shannara Gillman (below)
$15 per child ($25 for two)
Shannara (right, with fellow Notebooke Gem Lawrence) ran our color-themed 13.8-billion-year art workshops at the Northeast Harbor Notebook Annex last summer.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 23
Seal Harbor Naturalist’s Notebook, 10-11:30 a.m.
Children’s art workshop: “Wildflowers and Botany”
With Amy Gagnon (below)
$15 per child ($25 for two)
Amy, an artist and horticulturalist, has been painting an Acadia National Park carriage road scene in the Notebook in Seal Harbor.
Pamelia and I and animation genius Dan McCoy of Pixar took part in one of Amy's botanical drawing workshops last summer. Her class is for all ages!
ALSO ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, A SPECIAL APPEARANCE
Seal Harbor Naturalist's Notebook, 3:30-5 p.m.
Q-and-A about Mars and the Mars Rover with Katie Stack Morgan (below), a scientist from Caltech and the Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, Calif., who works on the Mars Rover project. Katie is young, dynamic, incredibly nice and a great role model for girls in particular. Come meet her! She is going to curate a Mars Room at The Naturalist's Notebook over the next two years. She'll be around until 5 p.m. to talk and answer questions.
THURSDAY, JULY 24
Northeast Harbor Naturalist’s Notebook Annex, 11 a.m.-noon
Children’s art workshop: “Making a Specimen Collection”
With Jordan Chalfant (below)
Free
Jordan has been painting the walls and ceiling of our Forest and Tidal Room in Seal Harbor with a scene that extends from Mount Katahdin to the rocky coast.
ALSO ON THURSDAY, JULY 24
Seal Harbor Naturalist’s Notebook, 2-3:30 p.m.
Children’s art workshop: “Exploring the Ocean”
With Robin Owings (below)
$15 per child ($25 for two)
Robin led needle-felting workshops last summer at which children created ocean animals to help us build a healthy coral reef. She'll do that again as part of her workshop series.
FRIDAY, JULY 25
Northeast Harbor Naturalist’s Notebook Annex, 11 a.m.-noon
Children’s art workshop: “Northeast Harbor Birds”
With Eliza Rockefeller
Free
In fact, here's Shira Singer leading a marbleizing workshop last summer. We created planets!
MONDAY, JULY 28
Seal Harbor Naturalist’s Notebook, 10-11:30 a.m.
Children’s art workshop: “Exploring Maine Forests and Tides”
With Jordan Chalfant
$15 per child ($25 for two)
TUESDAY, JULY 29
Seal Harbor Naturalist’s Notebook, 10-11:30 a.m.
Children’s art workshop: “Underground Art: Vegetables, Roots, Caves and Dirt”
With Shannara Gillman
$15 per child ($25 for two)
WEDNESDAY, JULY 30
Seal Harbor Naturalist’s Notebook, 10-11:30 a.m.
Children’s art workshop: “Wildflowers and Botany”
With Amy Gagnon
$15 per child ($25 for two)
THURSDAY, JULY 31
Northeast Harbor Naturalist’s Notebook Annex, 11 a.m.-noon
Children’s art workshop: “Making a Specimen Collection”
With Jordan Chalfant
Free
ALSO ON THURSDAY, JULY 31
Seal Harbor Naturalist’s Notebook, 2-3:30 p.m.
Children’s art workshop: “Exploring the Ocean”
With Robin Owings
$15 per child ($25 for two)
FRIDAY, AUG. 1
Northeast Harbor Naturalist’s Notebook Annex, 11 a.m.-noon
Children’s art workshop: “Northeast Harbor Birds”
With Eliza Rockefeller
Free
MONDAY, AUG. 4
Seal Harbor Naturalist’s Notebook, 10-11:30 a.m.
Children’s art workshop: “Exploring Maine Forests and Tides”
With Jordan Chalfant
$15 per child ($25 for two)
TUESDAY, AUG. 5
Seal Harbor Naturalist’s Notebook, 10-11:30 a.m.
Children’s art workshop: “Underground Art: Vegetables, Roots, Caves and Dirt”
With Shannara Gillman
$15 per child ($25 for two)
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 6
Seal Harbor Naturalist’s Notebook, 10-11:30 a.m.
Children’s art workshop: “Wildflowers and Botany”
With Amy Gagnon
$15 per child ($25 for two)
THURSDAY, AUG. 7
Northeast Harbor Naturalist’s Notebook Annex, 11 a.m.-noon
Children’s art workshop: “Making a Specimen Collection”
With Jordan Chalfant
Free
ALSO ON THURSDAY, AUG. 7
Seal Harbor Naturalist’s Notebook, 2-3:30 p.m.
Children’s art workshop: “Exploring the Ocean”
With Robin Owings
$15 per child ($25 for two)
FRIDAY, AUG. 8
Northeast Harbor Naturalist’s Notebook Annex, 11 a.m.-noon
Children’s art workshop: “Northeast Harbor Birds”
With Eliza Rockefeller
Free
MONDAY, AUG. 11
Seal Harbor Naturalist’s Notebook, 10-11:30 a.m.
Children’s art workshop: “Exploring Maine Forests and Tides”
With Jordan Chalfant
$15 per child ($25 for two)
TUESDAY, AUG. 12
Seal Harbor Naturalist’s Notebook, 10-11:30 a.m.
Children’s art workshop: “Underground Art: Vegetables, Roots, Caves and Dirt”
With Shannara Gillman
$15 per child ($25 for two)
SPECIAL EVENT ON TUESDAY NIGHT, AUG. 12:
Moore Auditorium, Schoodic Institute in Winter Harbor, 7 p.m.
Alex Filippenko (below) of the University of California at Berkeley, one of the world's best known and most entertaining astrophysicists, will give a Naturalist's Notebook-organized talk hosted by the co-sponsor, the Schoodic Institute (SERC) in Winter Harbor at 7 p.m. Alex, who has been named the national educator of the year and been voted the best professor at Cal nine times, has playfully entitled his talk, "Exploding Stars and New Planets and Black Holes, Oh My! Frontier Research at Lick Observatory." He will weave together the fascinating story of Lick, one of the world's historic observatories, and the exciting discoveries that are still coming out of it. He'll also offer insights on the Perseid meteor shower, which will be peaking at that time. It's a talk not to be missed, and Alex will stick around afterward to field questions, pose for photos and share his boundless enthusiasm for astronomy.
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 13
Seal Harbor Naturalist’s Notebook, 10-11:30 a.m.
Children’s art workshop: “Wildflowers and Botany”
With Amy Gagnon
$15 per child ($25 for two)
ALSO: SPECIAL EVENT ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, AUG. 13:
Moore Auditorium, Schoodic Institute in Winter Harbor, 7 p.m.
Naturalist and writer Bernd Heinrich (below) will reveal some of his latest field discoveries in a fun and enlightening talk entitled, "Blue Jays: American Chestnut Tree Planters," hosted by the co-sponsor, the Schoodic Institute (SERC). Pamelia and I were lucky enough to be with Bernd when he was doing some of his research on this subject at his cabin in western Maine. Bernd’s talks are always filled with surprises, insights and humor and this one will be no exception. It will be a great evening, and Bernd will field questions and be available to chat and sign books afterward.
Bernd Heinrich illustrates all his books. The Notebook currently has a show of 14 paintings that will appear in his next book, on birds, which is due out in 2015.
THURSDAY, AUG. 14
Northeast Harbor Naturalist’s Notebook Annex, 11 a.m.-noon
Children’s art workshop: “Making a Specimen Collection”
With Jordan Chalfant
Free
ALSO ON THURSDAY, AUG. 14
Seal Harbor Naturalist’s Notebook, 2-3:30 p.m.
Children’s art workshop: “Exploring the Ocean”
With Robin Owings
$15 per child ($25 for two)
FRIDAY, AUG. 15
Northeast Harbor Naturalist’s Notebook Annex, 11 a.m.-noon
Children’s art workshop: “Northeast Harbor Birds”
With Eliza Rockefeller
Free
ALSO, SPECIAL EVENT ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON, AUG. 15
Seal Harbor Notebook, 3:30-5 p.m.
Reading and book signing by Bernd Heinrich. Bernd will read from his latest release, The Homing Instinct, and possibly tell us about his top secret book-in-progress, due out next year. We will have all of Bernd's book titles available to purchase as well as exclusive prints of his art.
SUNDAY, AUG. 17
Seal Harbor Naturalist’s Notebook, 1-4 p.m.
Art workshop on color
With Margaret Krug, Parsons The New School
$40 (spaces very limited)
MONDAY, AUG. 18
Seal Harbor Naturalist’s Notebook, 3:30-5 p.m.
Book reading and signing by John Anderson of College of the Atlantic, author of Deep Things Out of Darkness: A History of Natural History.
John (below) is a professor of ecology and natural history and holds the W.H. Drury, Jr., Chair in Evolution, Ecology and Natural History. He is currently researching nesting seabirds and island ecology.
TUESDAY, AUG. 19
Seal Harbor Naturalist’s Notebook, 1-4 p.m.
Teen and adult encaustic painting workshop
With Dina Helal (below), Whitney Museum of American Art
$40 (spaces limited)
TUESDAY, AUG. 19
Seal Harbor Naturalist’s Notebook, 10-11:30 a.m.
Children’s art workshop: “Underground Art: Vegetables, Roots, Caves and Dirt”
With Shannara Gillman
$15 per child ($25 for two)
TUESDAY, AUG. 19
Seal Harbor Naturalist’s Notebook, 1-4 p.m.
Teen and adult encaustic painting workshop
With Dina Helal, Whitney Museum of American Art
$40 (spaces limited)
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 20
Seal Harbor Naturalist’s Notebook, 10-11:30 a.m.
Children’s art workshop: “Wildflowers and Botany”
With Amy Gagnon
$15 per child ($25 for two)
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 20
Seal Harbor Naturalist’s Notebook, 1-4 p.m.
Teen and adult encaustic painting workshop
With Dina Helal, Whitney Museum of American Art
$40 (spaces limited)
THURSDAY, AUG. 21
Northeast Harbor Naturalist’s Notebook Annex, 11 a.m.-noon
Children’s art workshop: “Making a Specimen Collection”
With Jordan Chalfant
Free
ALSO ON THURSDAY, AUG. 21
Seal Harbor Naturalist’s Notebook, 2-3:30 p.m.
Children’s art workshop: “Exploring the Ocean”
With Robin Owings
$15 per child ($25 for two)
FRIDAY, AUG. 22
Seal Harbor Notebook, 4 p.m.
Reading and book signing by Eileen Rockefeller (below) of Seal Harbor, author of "Being a Rockefeller, Becoming Myself: A Memoir."
