Events
From our Music-by-the-Sea Concert Series to our field science marathon, BioBlitz!, we deliver amazing experiences that you and your family will not forget. Check our calendar for a complete listing of upcoming events.
Do you have a special day coming up? Let us host your event! We have the perfect spot for weddings, anniversaries, corporate functions and birthdays. Contact us and reserve your space now.
Please Choose an Event:
Music-by-the-Sea Series
Art In Nature
BioBlitz!
Music-by-the-Sea Concert Series
Kick back with your friends and family on Thursday evenings this summer and hear some of the hottest bands in New England during our Music-by-the-Sea Concert Series. You can enjoy hot off-the-grill fare, relax to a scenic sunset by the shore or dance the night away! And, best of all, you can visit the Center and Nature Store anytime during the evening.
Concerts are held under our festive tent in inclement weather. So, bring your dancing feet and beach blankets and chairs, rain or shine.
All concerts begin at 6pm; gates open at 5pm for dining. Alcohol may not be brought in to the park or concerts.
Tickets are required and can be purchased at the Center prior to all concerts. Members receive special discounts. Go to Membership for more information.
Tickets
Ages 13-Adult: $8 for non-members, $4 for SSC members
Children ages 3-12: $2 for non-members, $1 for SSC members
Under age 3: Free
2008 Concert Schedule |
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| July 10 | · | Entrain | July 31 | · | SoulMate |
| July 17 | · | Evolution | August 7 | · | Johnny Wad and the Cash |
| July 24 | · | Gazpacho | August 14 | · | Jumbo Circus Peanuts |
Art In Nature
Celebrate art, nature and science during a new week-long event, Art in Nature, to be held July 14-20, 2008. We will explore inspiring and creative ways of connecting to the environment through hands-on workshops, programs and activities for all ages. You can learn about organic sculpture in landscape design, get pointers about photographing nature with your digital camera, take home your own weaving or try your hand at painting wildflowers in watercolors. You can also learn about techniques in printmaking, hear about the Isle of Shoals' own literary great, Celia Thaxter, and her visitors that transformed Appledore Island into a summertime working art community in the 1800s, and much more!
The Learning Studio Gallery will feature an exhibition of nature-related art created by the guest artists who are leading programs during the event.
From Monday-Saturday, July 14-19, you will have the opportunity to see artists at work "en plein air" during Petite Art in the Park. Petite Art paintings will be 10" x 10" or smaller, on paper, canvas or canvas board and be available for purchase for $60 on Sunday, July 20 from 11am to 4pm, cash and carry.
Click here 
for a registration form if you would like to be a Petite Art in the Park participating artist.
Visit the July calendar page for daily schedules and information on activities that require pre-registration. Check back often, as new activities will be added as they are developed.
BioBlitz!
Join us on Saturday, September 20, 2008 as scientists, field naturalists and backyard enthusiasts come together to conduct our sixth annual BioBlitz! Like extreme scavenger hunters, we will scour 135-acres and seven different habitats to record data on as many different species in the park as possible in one day.
You can become one of our backyard enthusiasts and help us break our new species record; over 1,450 have been identified in the past five years. Volunteers are needed to assist with a wide variety tasks; please contact us to request more information.
In addition to this exciting data collection, there will be special BioBlitz programs for volunteers and anyone else who wants to come and join the fun.
Come to BioBlitz! and discover how all facets of nature are interconnected.
Sponsored by Normandeau Associates
BioBlitz! 2008 Tentitive Schedule |
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| 6am | · | Birding |
| 8am | · | Freshwater Pond |
| 9am | · | Rocky Shore |
| 10am | · | Uplands and Insects |
| 11am | · | Forests and Mammals |
| 12pm | · | Special Program |
| 1pm | · | Salt Marsh |
| 2pm | · | Animal Tracking Program |
| 3pm | · | Biodiveristy Program |
| 6pm | · | Final Data collection |
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