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SUMMARY:The Secrets of Butterfly Gardening - What do Butterflies Really Need?
DESCRIPTION:Discover the secrets to creating a thriving butterfly garden by learning what these delicate pollinators truly need. This workshop covers essential elements like host plants\, nectar sources\, and the basics of habitat design to attract and sustain butterflies. Gain insights into their behavior\, life cycle\, and role in a healthy ecosystem while picking up practical tips to transform any space—big or small—into a butterfly-friendly haven. Join us to bring your garden to life with color\, movement\, and biodiversity.\n\n\nLight refreshments will be provided. We will also have a variety of native butterfly host plant seeds to help you start your garden! Participants are encouraged to bring their own collected or extra seeds to share and exchange with others.\n\n\nSpeaker Bio: \n\n\nKirsi Bhasin is passionate about butterflies and dedicated to native plants and sustainable land stewardship. Winner of the Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve Land Ethics Award\, she serves on the Hopewell Township Environmental Commission and leads the Hopewell Valley Gardens for Wildlife team. A Rutgers Environmental Steward with training from the “Knowing Native Plants” course at Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve\, she is committed to promoting conservation and ecological restoration. Her work has been featured in NABA’s Butterfly Gardener magazine.\n\n \n\n\nRegistration required.
URL:https://mercerme.com/event/the-secrets-of-butterfly-gardening-what-do-butterflies-really-need/
LOCATION:Hopewell Presbyterian Church\, 80 W Broad Street\, Hopewell\, NJ\, 08525\, United States
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SUMMARY:Humuments art class with Mickey Waring
DESCRIPTION:Come join artist Mickey Waring in creating one-of-a-kind Humument art. The word “Humuments” was coined in 1956 when Tom Phillips set himself a task—to find a second-hand bookstore and alter every page of a bargain book by circling certain words and painting in between the lines and margins. The first version of his idea was printed by the Tetrad Press in 1973.\n\n\nWe will be taking a page of text—I often will use poetry books or sheet music with lyrics that I find at second-hand book stores—but any topic of interest will be fine. The originator of the form used only one book for all of his humuments! Then we’ll circle words that pop-out and inspire imagery—filling the empty negative spaces with color\, patterns and design!\n\n\nAdd collage\, color pencil\, watercolor and other mixed media elements will also be integrated into the artworks.\n\n\nParticipants are asked to bring a page of text of a poem or passage in a book that is meaningful for them. Texts will be available if participants are unable to bring one.
URL:https://mercerme.com/event/humuments-art-class-with-mickey-waring/
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SUMMARY:Paper Bag Books
DESCRIPTION:Come join artist Mickey Waring in making your own one of a kind Paper Bag Book. Utilizing brown bags and various techniques such as collage\, watercolors/gouache\, frottage and pen and ink you will be able to create a one of a kind book. Come start your book with us in this class! Registration required
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SUMMARY:Paper Bag Books
DESCRIPTION:Come join Mickey Waring in making your own one of a kind Paper Bag Book. Utilizing brown bags and various techniques such as collage\, watercolors/gouache\, frottage and pen and ink you will be able to create a one of a kind book. Come start your book with us in this class!\nRegistration required
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SUMMARY:A Night for Gaza: Live Concert\, Art Auction + Art Market
DESCRIPTION:An evening of community\, music\, and art to support children in need. All proceeds from the event will go directly to the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund. Come early to peruse the art auction and art market\, featuring 25+ artists\, and including works by Ironhorse Quillwork\, Phoebe Wahl\, and Hopewell’s own Source Element Designs . Then enjoy a live concert featuring Kristin Cahill (classical piano)\, followed by Princeton HUP (traditional Irish music performed on traditional Irish instruments). Refreshments provided.\n\n\n5pm: Doors for the Art Auction + Art Market\n6pm: Doors for the Live Concert\n6:30-8:15pm: Live Concert (there will be one intermission during the performance. Art auction winners will be announced after the performance concludes\, at about 8:15pm.)\n\n\nTo purchase a ticket:\n1. Donate $30 per ticket via our Instagram fundraiser (if you don’t have Instagram\, you can donate directly to The PCRF here)\n2. Email your donation receipt to aNightforGaza@gmail.com\n\n3. You will receive an email reply with your ticket(s) attached\n\n\n\nMore on the musicians:\n\n \n\n\n\nKristin Cahill holds a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from Bowling Green State University. She also holds a Master of Music in Piano Performance with additional studies in Collaborative Piano from the University of Houston. An active adjudicator\, Ms. Cahill is a member of the Royal Conservatory of Music College of Examiners. She has published articles in Piano Magazine (formerly Clavier Companion) in addition to presenting at the New Jersey Music Teachers Association State Conference\, the MTNA National Conference\, and the National Conference for Keyboard Pedagogy (NCKP). Ms. Cahill is a member of Legacy Arts\, where she co-directs the bitKlavier course for children in Princeton. At the New School\, she is an instructor for theory courses\, and she coaches the Junior PEPS Program\, working with students as they advance in their studies and prepare to join PEPS.\n\n\nPrinceton HUP is a collection of Princeton area-based musicians who are dedicated to bringing the traditional Irish session experience to local spaces. Consisting of various traditional Irish instruments\, the group is named after the expression that a lead musician will traditionally use to signal the change of a tune – “HUP!” More information can be found here: https://www.bethmeyersmusic.com/princeton-hup
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SUMMARY:Speaker Series: "to be found in every house": Cider in Eighteenth-Century America
DESCRIPTION:Consumed by everyone from wealthy landowners to day laborers\, cider was the most common beverage in early America. Much of it was made simply to be drunk\, but a few Americans\, like Washington and Jefferson\, tried to create something truly special. We will explore the range of American cider culture from earliest settlement to the 1790s and see how cider was so ingrained in American culture that even the early Temperance movement thought it was safe.\n\n\nCo-sponsored by the Hopewell Museum\, the Hopewell Valley Historical Society\, and the Hopewell Public Library.\nAbout the Speaker: For over twenty years Mark A. Turdo\, historian and museum professional\, has been researching and recreating historic alcoholic cider. He is especially interested in early American cider and cider culture. In 2013 he began the Pommel Cyder blog (https://pommelcyder.wordpress.com)\, where he shares his adventures in cider research and his experiments in cidermaking. Turdo has shared his cider research at several cider events\, cideries\, and museums\, including the Pennsylvania Cider Fest\, Pour the Core Philadelphia\, Philadelphia Cider Week\, Pennsbury Manor\, the Sigal Museum\, Manoff Cidery\, and Ploughman Ciders.
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SUMMARY:Introduction to Ceramics
DESCRIPTION:Whether you’re a beginner or want to refine your skills\, an experienced local artist\, Sandy Bonasera\, will help you create unique pieces in a friendly environment. Join us for a fun experience and to connect with your fellow art lovers. Sign up and discover the joy of working with clay. Materials will be provided by the Library and include clay\, basic glazes\, and firing.\nRegistration is full; sign up for wait list only
URL:https://mercerme.com/event/introduction-to-ceramics/
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