Highlands-Cashiers Hospital Dining Room on Wednesday mornings at 7:30 am.
Rotary Club of Cashiers Valley, 8 a.m., at the Cashiers United Methodist Church, 743-2243 in Cashiers NC
Cashiers Quilters Guild, 12:30 p.m., Cashiers United Methodist in Cashiers, North Carolina
The bridge games are at 1:00 on Wed and Fri at the recreation center. No one should arrive later than 12:45.
For Nitrograss, the music is a matter of heart and heritage. Listen to the members of Nitrograss at The Ugly Dog Pub on Wednesday evenings.
Chicks: It's All Gone to the Birds
March 31- June 17
Member Reception, March 24, 5-6 pm
Opening Reception, March 24, 6-8 pm
Featuring a presentation from artist Susan Taylor Glasgow.
Join us in celebrating the fascinating world of our feathered friends. This exceptional collection of avian themed art showcases artists at their finest observing and creating images of the world around us through the eyes of scientists, environmentalists and conservators. A true celebration of the freedom of flight. Presented in partnership with the Highands Biolgical Station and the Highlands Plateau Audubon Society.
Sponsored by Delta Air Lines, the Official Air Line of The Bascom; Nancy and Larry Fuller; and the North Carolina Audubon Society.
THE OTHER DARWIN:
The Remarkable Life and Times of Alfred
Russel Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace was an amazing 19th century
naturalist who with Darwin co-discovered the
principle of natural selection. The largely self-taught
Wallace launched an audacious plan as a teenager
to explore the tropics and solve the mystery of the
origin of species. He actually realized his plan and
spent four years collecting in Amazonia only to lose
nearly all of his specimens and notebooks (and nearly
his life) when the ship burned and sank on the return trip home. Undaunted,
Wallace headed off to southeast Asia just a year later, spending a further eight
years traveling and collecting in the Malay Archipelago, modern-day Indonesia.
It was here that Wallace made his greatest discoveries. Widely considered the
father of the science of biogeography, Wallace discovered the line of demarcation between the zoological provinces of Indo-Australia and Asia,
today known as the Wallace Line, and he scooped Darwin by conceiving of
evolution by natural selection while in a malarial fever. By the end of his long
life, in 1913, Wallace was probably the most famous scientist in the world, yet
today he is barely remembered as a footnote to Darwin.
Presenter: James Costa, Ph.D., has been a popular CLE lecturer for several years. He
is Director of the Highlands Biological Station and Professor of Biology at Western
Carolina University. His recently published book is titled Darwin, The Annotated
Origin.
Date: Wednesday, May 23
Time: 10:00 -12:00
Place: Highlands Biological Station
Cost: $20 members, $ 30 non-members
When: April 23rd and 24th
Where: Huntington Beach State Park SC
What: April Field Trip- Audubon Society
Our first field trip of 2012 will be to Huntington Beach State Park on April 23rd and 24th. This time of year we should find many residents and migrating warblers and shorebirds. The park boast excellent examples of freshwater lagoons, salt marsh, maritime forest and beach habitats. We plasn to stay at The Murrells INlet Hampton Inn. Please call 843-651-6687 and ask for the Highlands Audubon special rate. Plan to arrive Sunday April 22nd so you will be ready to go early Monday morning. Call Brock Hutchins at 770-486-3715 for additional information and a trip schedule.
