News & Events, August 2013 |
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Friends Events & Programs in August
Visit our online calendar for more listings!
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Book Club: A City So Grand
Thursday, August 8th at 10AM
For more information on this book, as well as past and future books of the
Mount Auburn Book Club, visit us on GoodReads.
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| photo by Jeremiah Trimble |
Wildlife Highlight: The Chimney Swift
By Bob Stymeist
Roger Tory Peterson once described the Chimney Swift as looking like a cigar with wings. The head is small, the tail long and the wings are long and boomerang like. Swifts are well named; they can rival a stooping falcon in terms of speed. On our Nighthawk watches at Mount Auburn we often see 50-100 swifts circling and us on Washington Tower...learn more
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Wildlife Programming in August: Mount Auburn's Nighthawks
The fall migration of the Common Nighthawk is a predictable and visible phenomenon. Over the years Bob Stymeist has observed hundreds of nighthawks from the Tower and now you can too! Limited spaces. Preregistration required. August 20th, 21st, 27th & 28th, 5:45PM - 7:15PM
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Eternally Green:
Dave Barnett on Sustainability
at Public Gardens and Mount Auburn
Dave Barnett's first words were 'Public Garden'. Well, not really, but public gardens are in his blood. As a past president of the American Public Gardens Association (APGA), Dave's a passionate advocate for all public gardens including historic Mount Auburn Cemetery.
For two decades here at Mount Auburn, he has overseen the integration of ecologically friendly practices in landscape maintenance, integrated pest management (IPM) practices at the greenhouse, and most recently a tremendous shift to an almost zero-waste landscape maintenance recycling program... read more
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History Highlight: Fuller Obelisks Erected
When Boston lawyer Abraham W. Fuller died in 1841, he left funds to the executors of his estate for the purpose of purchasing a lot a Mount Auburn Cemetery for "himself, his siblings and his remaining friends."
In keeping with Abraham's request, an obelisk would be used in the lot and a family member's name and short biography would be inscribed on each side. However, instead of just one obelisk, it was decided that two obelisks... read more
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Horticultural Highlight: Ferns
Fossils indicate that ferns have existed for over 400 million years. Today worldwide there are identified more than 11,000 species, in 300 genera and 33 families. Among the most widespread forms of all plant life, they grow on every continent, in soil, on rocks, in trees, in deserts, as well as rainforests.
They also have the greatest...learn more
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Horticultural Programming in August
and learn more about the fabulous gardens of Massachusetts!
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Person of the Month:
Charles Bulfinch (1763-1844)
An architect truly inspired by the city of Boston, Charles Bulfinch was born 250 years ago on August 8, 1763. Bulfinch designed the Massachusetts State House, with its golden dome on Beacon Hill, and later designed the United States Capitol Building at the request of President James Monroe.
The Bulfinch family monument originally placed in the park of the Tontine Crescent - a housing concept with...read more
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Wine Tasting at Washington Tower
Thursday, August 15th at 5:30 PM
Savor a hand-picked selection of wines provided by The Magnolia Wine Company and a panoramic view of Boston and Cambridge provided by Mount Auburn at our third annual Wine Tasting at Washington Tower. Preregistration required.
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Beyond Our Gates: Events of Interest to the Community
A Fable for Critics
Thursday, August 22nd 6PM
Cambridge Historical Society (Cambridge, MA)
Rob Velella premieres "A Fable for Critics" - a dramatic reading of the famous 1848 satirical poem by Cambridge native James Russell Lowell.
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Think green.
Do not print this email and you will help to conserve valuable resources. Thank you!
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Friends of Mount Auburn Cemetery
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