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Tag: Center for Coastal Studies

  • Wednesdays, March 12 & 16, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm – Marine Debris Art Workshops

    Join artist Sarah Thornington to make your own marine-debris creations at the Center for Coastal Studies, Larking Hall, 5 Holway Avenue in Provincetown.

    Learn a little about sea jellies and/or North Atlantic right whales, climate change and ways you can help protect this beautiful planet of ours while creating your own piece of marine-debris art.

    These FREE programs are thanks to generous support from the Provincetown Cultural Council, Mass Cultural Council and the Center for Coastal Studies. No experience necessary and all supplies will be provided – though feel free to bring your own beach finds if you’d like.

    Wednesday, March 12th 5:30 – 7:30pm, North Atlantic right whales

    Wednesday, March 26th, 5:30-7:30pm, sea jellies

    Limited spaces available, sign-ups are required by emailing Sarah at EbbtheTide@gmail.com. Be sure to include your cell number and which program(s) you’d like to sign up for.

  • Sunday, November 15, 3:00 pm – Monday, November 23, 11:45 am – Center for Coastal Studies Sea Change Film Shorts

    Center for Coastal Studies, Provincetown presents Sea Change Film Shorts 2020 moderated by WBUR senior environmental editor Barbara Moran. The one-hour virtual special spotlights three films: “Spinnaker,” a festival award-winning short by Nadine Licostie about a New England juvenile humpback whale, and two shorts on microplastics’ destructive effect on all marine life.

    Moran will lead scientists in lively Q&A sessions throughout. The production includes additional film clips and surprise friends. Registered ticket holders are also granted on demand access to Sea Chest 2020, a collection of topical environmental film shorts curated by CCS staff.

    This one-hour production is free and available on demand from November 15 at 3:00 p.m. through November 23 at 11:45 p.m. Register at www.wbur.org