Hudson Highlands Nature Museum Presents Evening Speaker Series

www.hhnaturemuseum.org EVENING SPEAKER SERIES ANDREW JACKSON DOWNING AND THE  CREATION OF DOWNING PARK Tuesday, October 13, 7:30pm at Painter's Tavern Professor Karen Eberle-McCarthy The Hudson Highlands Nature Museum presents the Fall Evening Speaker Series: Andrew Jackson Downing and the Creation of Downing Park This lecture will take place on Tuesday, October 13, 7:30pm at Painter's Tavern, 266 Hudson Street, Cornwall-on-Hudson. Due to limited seating, unpaid pre-registration is requested. Seats will be held until 7:15pm then walk-ins are welcome. Karen Eberle-McCarthy, professor at Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh and President of the Downing Park Planning Committee, will discuss A.J. Downing's vision of public spaces and how the memorial park in Newburgh was created. Using historic pictures, Professor Eberle-McCarthy will show the creation and evolution of Downing Park. This program is funded, in-part, by the New York Council for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Admission for the lecture is $7, Museum members: $5. For registration and information call 845-534-5506, ext. 204.  "NATURE STROLLERS" Tuesday, October 13 at 10am OUTDOOR DISCOVERY CENTER Nature Strollers  On Tuesday, October 13 at 10am come for Nature Strollers, a hiking group for families with babies, toddlers and young children. Take a one-hour hike at the Hudson Highlands Nature Museum's Outdoor Discovery Center entrance on Muser Drive, across from 174 Angola Road, Cornwall. The popular Nature Stroller group will follow the gentle trails of the Outdoor Discovery Center and explore the field, pond and forest. The trails are stroller and toddler friendly. Meet at the visitors center. Cost per adult/child pair: $5, Members are free. Pre-registration requested. Registrated families will be called if rain-date is needed. For more information and pre-registration call 845-534-5506, ext. 204. Other Nature Stroller dates: November 10 at 10am.  Upcoming Speaker Series: Tuesday, October 20, 7:30p.m. –Only a Pond: The Story of Earth in a Drop of Hudson Valley Water Tuesday, October 27, 7:30p.m. – Slavery and Emancipation in New York and the Hudson Valley  Tuesday, November 3, 7:30p.m. – The Good, The Bad & The Ugly: Endangered, Exotic and Nuisance Species in the Hudson Highlands    Visit the Museum's website at hhnaturemuseum.org

Comments

[Michael Gabor]

Allowing the current President of the Downing Park Planning Commission to speak on the history of Downing Park after a damaging Cyclocross race was sanctioned and permitted by her/them in that important historic park is a disgrace! I would encourage all attendees of this talk to go and check out the damage incurred this past weekend. Old tree roots were damaged, there are deep ruts where grass used to be. Cyclocross bicycle racing is an inappropriate use of the park especially when there are many more appropriate venues all over the Hudson Valley. It is a crime that taxpayer dollars are going towards a talk by a woman who does not in the least understand what she's being paid to talk about!