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Thursday, July 10, 2008

Nature Writing

07/10/2008, 07/17/2008, 07/24/2008

5:30pm – 7:30pm

Free

Learn more about the art of nature writing by studying great writings and producing your own. Through thoughtful reading, sharing of ideas and creative writing, find your voice while listening to nature’s.

Monday, July 14, 2008

Summer Art Camp

07/14/2008, 07/15/2008, 07/16/2008, 07/17/2008, 07/18/2008

9:30am – none

Session I: 7/14-7/18

Half Day 9:30am-Noon

Full Day 9:30am-5:30pm

Pre-registration required

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Summer Art Camp

07/14/2008, 07/15/2008, 07/16/2008, 07/17/2008, 07/18/2008

9:30am – none

Session I: 7/14-7/18

Half Day 9:30am-Noon

Full Day 9:30am-5:30pm

Pre-registration required

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Summer Art Camp

07/14/2008, 07/15/2008, 07/16/2008, 07/17/2008, 07/18/2008

9:30am – none

Session I: 7/14-7/18

Half Day 9:30am-Noon

Full Day 9:30am-5:30pm

Pre-registration required

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Nature Writing

07/10/2008, 07/17/2008, 07/24/2008

5:30pm – 7:30pm

Free

Learn more about the art of nature writing by studying great writings and producing your own. Through thoughtful reading, sharing of ideas and creative writing, find your voice while listening to nature’s.

Summer Art Camp

07/14/2008, 07/15/2008, 07/16/2008, 07/17/2008, 07/18/2008

9:30am – none

Session I: 7/14-7/18

Half Day 9:30am-Noon

Full Day 9:30am-5:30pm

Pre-registration required

Growing Up Jewish in the 15th Ward

07/17/2008

7:30 – none

Free

Lecture by Marvin Simmer at the Onondaga Historical Association

  • Venue: Onondaga Historical Association Museum
  • Website: www.cnyhistory.org
  • Phone:315-428-1864
  • Email:
Friday, July 18, 2008

Summer Art Camp

07/14/2008, 07/15/2008, 07/16/2008, 07/17/2008, 07/18/2008

9:30am – none

Session I: 7/14-7/18

Half Day 9:30am-Noon

Full Day 9:30am-5:30pm

Pre-registration required

Saturday, July 19, 2008

Caves & Caving Class

07/19/2008

9:30am – 11:00am

Free with museum admission

Monday, July 21, 2008

Summer Art Camp

07/21/2008, 07/22/2008, 07/23/2008, 07/24/2008, 07/25/2008

9:30am – none

Session II: 7/21-25

Half Day: 9:30am-Noon

Full Day: 9:30am-5:30pm

Pre-registration required

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Summer Art Camp

07/21/2008, 07/22/2008, 07/23/2008, 07/24/2008, 07/25/2008

9:30am – none

Session II: 7/21-25

Half Day: 9:30am-Noon

Full Day: 9:30am-5:30pm

Pre-registration required

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Science of Movie Making

07/23/2008

12:30pm – 1:30

Free

Learn about the science of film and what your eye actually sees as you watch a movie in the theater. Then dive into and learn how to use moviemaking software be editing our pre-shot selections of film.

Summer Art Camp

07/21/2008, 07/22/2008, 07/23/2008, 07/24/2008, 07/25/2008

9:30am – none

Session II: 7/21-25

Half Day: 9:30am-Noon

Full Day: 9:30am-5:30pm

Pre-registration required

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Summer Art Camp

07/21/2008, 07/22/2008, 07/23/2008, 07/24/2008, 07/25/2008

9:30am – none

Session II: 7/21-25

Half Day: 9:30am-Noon

Full Day: 9:30am-5:30pm

Pre-registration required

Nature Writing

07/10/2008, 07/17/2008, 07/24/2008

5:30pm – 7:30pm

Free

Learn more about the art of nature writing by studying great writings and producing your own. Through thoughtful reading, sharing of ideas and creative writing, find your voice while listening to nature’s.

Friday, July 25, 2008

Summer Art Camp

07/21/2008, 07/22/2008, 07/23/2008, 07/24/2008, 07/25/2008

9:30am – none

Session II: 7/21-25

Half Day: 9:30am-Noon

Full Day: 9:30am-5:30pm

Pre-registration required

Catch the Nature Bug

07/25/2008

11:00am – none

Free

Learn about some local "bugs" and start a nature journal with Ginny Collins.

  • Venue: The Galleries of Syracuse
  • Website:
  • Phone:315-435-1900
  • Email:
Saturday, July 26, 2008

Crystal Making

07/26/2008

Noon – none

Free

Learn about some of nature’s most beautiful and complex structures: crystals. Study those in the museum’s collection, learn the differences between types of quartz, how agate crystals form, the geologic history of New York State, and create your own crystals to take home. For middle school ages.

Saturday, August 2, 2008

Drawing: Learning Perspective

08/02/2008

NOON – none

Free

Learn about different kinds of perspective drawing and try your own one and two-point perspective drawings. Horizon lines, vanishing points and different planes of vision are just some of the tricks to master at this session. For middle school ages.

Saturday, August 9, 2008

Abolitionist Amble

08/09/2008

10am – none

A walking tour of sites in Downtown Syracuse associated with the city's underground railroad heritage.  Pre-registration required.

Thursday, August 21, 2008

Artist Open: The Object & Beyond

08/21/2008

7:00pm – none

Free

Artists dicuss their work and share some of the materials and techniques they use through 'mini demonstrations.'

Sunday, September 7, 2008

How New York Politics Impacted the Salt Industry

09/07/2008

2:00pm – none

Admission

Speaker William Meyer, Professor at Colgate University

Syracuse’s Local Salt Industry: Tales of Sunken Ships, Solar Technology and Albany Politics

09/07/2008

2 pm – none

$5

Dr. William Meyer, a professor of geography at Colgate University will discuss the solar technology used in the 19th century to make Onondaga salt. 

Additionally, he will explain how New York State politics and United State’s economic and foreign policy in the 1800’s impacted the local salt industry, eventually pushing it into oblivion by 1926.

  • Venue: Onondaga Historical Association Museum
  • Website: www.cnyhistory.org
  • Phone:(315) 428-1864
  • Email:
Sunday, September 14, 2008

Onondaga Historical Association Speaker Series

09/14/2008

2 pm – none

$5

 Dr. William Kelly, NYS's geologist, will explore the basics of Onondaga County's famous brime springs and how this natural resource spawned the industry that created the Salt City.

  • Venue: Onondaga Historical Association Museum
  • Website: www.cnyhistory.org
  • Phone:315-428-1864
  • Email:

Where Syracuse Found Its Salt

09/14/2008

2:00pm – none

Admission

Speaker Dr. William Kelly, NYS Geologist

Saturday, September 20, 2008

Amateur Radio Course

09/20/2008, 09/27/2008, 10/04/2008, 10/11/2008

11am – 2pm

Admission

For more information, call Steve Auyer, 451-7359

Sunday, September 21, 2008

The Milan: An Early 19th Century Lake Ontario Schooner

09/21/2008

2:00pm – none

Admission

Sunk in 1849 while carrying a load of Onondaga salt, underwater explorers Jim Kennard and Dan Scoville will talk about their discovery of this sunken schooner.

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Jeffrey Gitomer Sales Seminar

09/23/2008

8am – none

Admission

Jeffrey Gitomer is a syndicated columnist in the Central New York Business Journal and auithor of the best seller - The Sales Bible.

If you want to learn about improving your sales and get motivated, this seminar is for you!

Saturday, September 27, 2008

Amateur Radio Course

09/20/2008, 09/27/2008, 10/04/2008, 10/11/2008

11am – 2pm

Admission

For more information, call Steve Auyer, 451-7359

Journey of Faith Conference

09/27/2008

8:00am – 5:00pm

Admission

Sponsored by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse Religious Education Office