Historic Happenings Blog

Whitesbog Historic Village is teaming up with Historic Peachfield to offer CAMP IN A BOX this Summer starting July 6th! Registration will be starting this weekend! Each week will have Art, Nature, History and Outdoor activities, learning new things, exploring and each week has a fun THEME: Nature + Art (Nature Mandalas, leaf prints, make your own bandana) Tools & Tech (Legos, NASA, building with marshmallows) Backyard Safari (Moth Night, iNautralist, Wildlife, Bird Watching) Outdoor Skills (shelter building, orienteering, making butter) Discover the Darkness (moon phases, galaxy in a jar, nocturnal animals and plants) Let's Get Dirty (soil science, planting seeds, rock art) Each week you pick up your box at one of the two locations (or have it shipped to your door), unbox your supplies and check-in via Zoom with campers and staff, check out the simple instructions and videos each day and meet up later in the week to see what everyone created! Check-in with staff during the week...

Virtual Art Workshops & Classes (via Zoom) Sessions start June 9 (through June 24) - Registration Open! Virtual classes for all ages and all levels Sketching · Drawing · Cartooning · Watercolor Gouache · Oils · Acrylics · Charcoal · Pencils Download a summary of offerings  here Read descriptions  here .  Register  here . Questions?  admin@farmsteadarts.org Email is the best way to reach us (our office is closed)

VIRTUAL Horseshoe Crab Walk American Littoral Society FACEBOOK ONLINE 5/22/2020 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm REGISTRATION REQUIRED AGE RANGE:  All Ages FREE CALL:  (732) 291-0055 WEBSITE MORE DETAILS: Join Education Director, Nicole Haines, as she gets up close and personal with a living fossil. Take a virtual evening walk along Plum Island, Sandy Hook to look for spawning horseshoe crabs. Learn about an animal that has survived virtually unchanged for 400 million years. RSVP on Facebook to receive the notification when the walk starts.