Daily Archives: February 11, 2025

Friday, February 21, 11:00 am – 12:00 noon – The Superpowers of Winter Birds

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Come to Berkshire Botanical Garden for a Winter Family Friday where you will enjoy MASS Audubon’s The Superpowers of Winter Birds on Friday, February 21, from 11 a.m. to noon. $10. Register HERE

Have you seen any birds around you that never flew south for the winter? From tiny chickadees to massive hawks, these hardy animals have special ways to find their own food and shelter in the bitter cold. At this indoor program with Mass Audubon, get to know your feathered neighbors: which birds stay, why they don’t migrate, and their amazing strategies (or clever tricks) to brave the cold. A mix of short, interactive presentations and hands-on family activities will inspire you to look for wild birds in your backyard or beyond.

Nicaela Haig is a teacher-naturalist with Mass Audubon’s Berkshire Wildlife Sanctuaries. Having connected people to wildlife as an environmental educator for over a decade, she currently coordinates public programs year-round in the Berkshires while supporting programming for adults and families throughout western Massachusetts. She has a lifelong fascination with the ways that people and wildlife interact.

Saturday, February 22, 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm – Elements of the American Wedding, 1860 – 1920

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Join Etiquetteer, Robert B. Dimmick, on February 22 at The Gibson House in Boston on an exploration of wedding customs in the United States from the Civil War to Prohibition. Aside from familiar customs like the white wedding dress and tossing the bouquet, Etiquetteer will look at fads like the floral bell, how wedding breakfasts were conducted, and the home wedding. Two of the most celebrated weddings of this period included President Cleveland’s White House wedding to Frances Folsom and Consuelo Vanderbilt’s wedding in New York to the Duke of Marlborough. Etiquetteer will also share the stories of Gibson family weddings, especially those of sisters Mary Ethel (held in Nahant) and Rosamond, held in the Music Room of the Gibson House six months after the death of her father.  Reception with light refreshments begins at 4:30 p.m.; talk begins at 5:00 p.m. Space is limited!
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