Sunday, April 29, 2007

Summer Art Classes

Summer Art Classes at Myers Art Enrichment Studio in Bryson City
For more information contact:
 
James B. Myers
Artist and Art Educator
19 Everett Street
BC, NC
828-735-3391
828-488-3963
 

Monday, April 23, 2007

Singing at GUM

Hello folks (whom I like to consider my local fan club),
 
I wanted to let you know that I will be performing at Greening Up the Mountains this coming Saturday in Sylva. I will be playing from 10:45 - 11:15am at the Heritage Stage. So, if you feel like coming on over and supporting me in my first performance of 2007 that would be great! I'll also be hanging out at the SCC pottery booth for a lot of the day, if you make it to the festival after I've performed, drop by. Have a great week and hope to see you next Saturday, April 28th.
 
Happy Earth Day!! all the best - hannah

Friday, April 20, 2007

Voices in the Laurel

Voices in the Laurel Children and Youth Choirs will be holding open auditions on Tuesday, May 8th .


For more information contact Derrick Robinson at voicesinlaurel@bellsouth.net.

Children's Choir consists of 3rd-6th graders and Youth Choir is 7th-12th graders.

Botany Class for Teens

A Botany class for homeschooled teens at Highlands Nature Center (www.wcu.edu/hbs/Naturecenter.htm).

The speaker, Patrick Brennan, will speak on plant and flower anatomy and function and instruct students on basic plant identification and terminology while walking  through the garden. It will last for 60-90 minutes and will be held at 2 pm on Thursday, May 3.
 
The fee is only 50 cents per person.
 
All older homeschoolers (and their parents, etc.) are invited.  Call (828) 349-1111 or email at linda@faith-llc.com if you plan to attend. 
Linda Bibb


Music Event Moved

The Music Event at the Library on April 24 at 3pm is expected to be well attended!  (Hope you still are planning to come!)
They have so many folks responding they are MOVING the site to MARK WATSON PARK.
 
So the HOMESCHOOL PROGRAM sponsored by the Jackson County Library on APRIL 24 at 3pm will be at MARK WATSON PARK.
Mark Watson is the one past the downtown area on the left coming from Sylva where the baseball fields and tennis courts are.  There is a nice covered area so it is possible to meet even in rainy weather.
 
Hope to see you there!
Crystal Akers

Flower Walk at MHC

The Mountain Heritage Center presents

Nature's Tracks:  A Flower Walk with Dona West

Sunday, April 22
2:30 - 3:30 p.m.

Meet at Pinnacle Park parking area.
From Skyland Drive take Fisher Creek Road to the top which ends in the
parking area.

Please call the Center and leave a message if you plan to attend. Thanks!

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Botany class at Highlands Nature Center

I've arranged a Botany class for homeschooled teens at Highlands Nature Center (www.wcu.edu/hbs/Naturecenter.htm).

The speaker, Patrick Brennan, will speak on plant and flower anatomy and function and instruct students on basic plant identification and terminology as we walk through the garden. It will last for 60-90 minutes and will be held at 2 pm on Thursday, May 3.

 

The fee is only 50 cents per person.

 

All older homeschoolers (and their parents, etc.) are invited.  Please forward this to anyone you know of who might be interested.  Call me at (828) 349-1111 or email me at linda@faith-llc.com if you plan to attend, so I can tell Patrick how many to expect. 

Linda Bibb

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

New Museum opening in East Tennessee



East Tennessee State University is opening a new museum this summer - just off Interstate 26. Soon, fans of fossils will be able to get a nearby fix, without having to go out west!

Discovered by a highway construction crew in 2000 during a road widening project, the Gray Fossil site was determined to be from the late Miocene in age (between 7-4.5 million years ago). This is the only Miocene site in Appalachia.

The road was rerouted to avoid the fossil site, and money was appropriated for a museum.

The 33,000-square-foot visitor's center will be adjacent to State Route 75 less than two miles from I-26 in an area that does not intrude on the dig site. The location of the visitors center provides easy access to the site for travelers from the region.



The center will include storage space for the fossil collection, a preparation lab, a museum, an education center, and a workshop for display construction and assembly of the fossils.

Music Program at the Jackson County Library

Tuesday, April 24th at 3:00 P.M.  Tim Beck will be leading a music program for home schooled children/families.  For more information call the JCL at 586-2016.  All Are Welcome! 

Homeschool Day at PARI - May 4, 2007

 

It is time once again for the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute (PARI) to conduct our Spring Homeschool Day at PARI. The November program was a great success. We have developed all new programs for the session which will be held on Friday, May 4, 2007. The see a fact sheet, the schedule of classes, the curriculum and the registration form, go to http://www.pari.edu/programs/students/Homeschool on our website. You can also find direction on how to get to PARI at http://www.pari.edu/directions. We are limited to 100 students, so it is important to register as soon as possible.

 

We hope you and your student(s) can make it.

 

 

David E. Clavier, Ph.D.

Vice President of Administration & Development

Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute

One PARI Drive

Rosman, NC 28772

(828) 966-4097

Main (828) 862-5554

Fax (828) 862-5877

Cell (828) 553-9713

dclavier@pari.edu