Family Program
family fun weekend: birds, bats, and butterflies!
May 17, 2008 : 1:00 P.M.
- 4:00 P.M.
Description:
Saturday and Sunday, May 17-18 is Birds, Bats, and Butterflies. The Museum offers fun for the whole family with games, crafts, and other theme-based activities. Third weekend each month!
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Lecture
biological invasions: how mild species go wild
May 14, 2008 : 7:00 P.M.
- 8:00 P.M.
Description:
Invasive species owe their aggressiveness and influence to inherent traits combined with other factors. Scientists are developing ways to predict the potential for a newly-introduced organism to become a problem species. Dr. George Robinson, Department of Biological Sciences, State University of NY at Albany will discuss case studies that illustrate potential rules for reducing risky introductions. Our ability to predict invasiveness is still limited, however, due to evolutionary wild cards.
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Program
life drawing for adults
May 14, 2008 : 6:30 P.M.
- 8:30 P.M.
Description:
Wednesdays: May 7, 14, 21, 28
Drop-in rate: $10/Members, $12/Non-members.
Weekly sessions feature a live model in a different Museum setting, including natural, environmental, and architectural backgrounds in Adirondack Hall, New York Hall, and Native Peoples Hall. Participants may sign up at a special rate for all sessions or attend individual sessions and pay the drop-in rate per session. No drawing instructor; a session leader will be present. All skill levels welcome. Call 518-473-7154 or email psteinba@mail.nysed.gov for more information or to register.
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Family Program
creative art program
May 24, 2008 : 1:00 P.M.
- 3:00 P.M.
Description:
Visit the West Gallery exhibit, Highlights of Latin American Art from the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art, focus on a few of the works then join art instructor, Peggy Steinbach for a creative art making experience. Contact psteinba@mail.nysed.gov or call 518-473-7154 for more information.
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portrait day
June 01, 2008 : 1:00 P.M.
- 4:00 P.M.
Description:
Celebrate your family for Father's Day with a complimentary family photo. We furnish the setting and props in New York Metropolis Hall near Seaside Port, you provide your happy faces! Contact psteinba@mail.nysed.gov or call 518-473-7154 for more information.
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trash to treasures
June 08, 2008 : 1:00 P.M.
- 3:00 P.M.
Description:
Trash to Treasures features an art project using manufacturing mistakes and materials destined for the landfill. Join us for an interesting story or video and an Earth-friendly afternoon.
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Lecture
worm invasions: predatory planarians, earthworms, and novel ecologies
May 21, 2008 : 7:00 P.M.
- 8:00 P.M.
Description:
Dr. Peter K. Ducey, Department of Biological Sciences, State University of NY at Cortland will discuss terrestrial planarians from Asia, as well as earthworms presumably from Eurasia that are now widely distributed in the United States. These earthworms and predatory flatworms could negatively affect a variety of environments by altering physical and biological components. The extent of the effects may depend on ecological interactions among invaders and interactions between invasive and native species.
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detecting invasive species: primary mission of the state cooperative agricultural pest survey program
May 28, 2008 : 7:00 P.M.
- 8:00 P.M.
Description:
The early detection of introduced species that could damage New York agricultural crops is the primary mission of the Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey (CAPS) of the NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets. Kennoth L. Carnes, State Survey Coordinator, will address survey technologies and trapping protocols plus provide handouts of the 2008 NY-CAPS targets. Learn more about early detection of invasive species and how you can get involved.
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Program
life drawing for adults
May 21, 2008 : 6:30 P.M.
- 8:30 P.M.
Description:
Wednesdays: May 7, 14, 21, 28
Drop-in rate: $10/Members, $12/Non-members.
Weekly sessions feature a live model in a different Museum setting, including natural, environmental, and architectural backgrounds in Adirondack Hall, New York Hall, and Native Peoples Hall. Participants may sign up at a special rate for all sessions or attend individual sessions and pay the drop-in rate per session. No drawing instructor; a session leader will be present. All skill levels welcome. Call 518-473-7154 or email psteinba@mail.nysed.gov for more information or to register.
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life drawing for adults
May 28, 2008 : 6:30 P.M.
- 8:30 P.M.
Description:
Wednesdays: May 7, 14, 21, 28
Drop-in rate: $10/Members, $12/Non-members.
Weekly sessions feature a live model in a different Museum setting, including natural, environmental, and architectural backgrounds in Adirondack Hall, New York Hall, and Native Peoples Hall. Participants may sign up at a special rate for all sessions or attend individual sessions and pay the drop-in rate per session. No drawing instructor; a session leader will be present. All skill levels welcome. Call 518-473-7154 or email psteinba@mail.nysed.gov for more information or to register.
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