Nature
Wild About Winter!
The Market on State 1002 East State Street, Athens, OH, United StatesJoin the Hocking College Natural and Historical Interpretation Capstone students for a FREE event at The Market on State Street celebrating the wild and wonderful workings of the winter world. The event will feature fun, educational activities for younger members of the family and will take place at the same time as the Athens Farmers... Read More
Sunday Creek Owl Prowl
Burr Oak Lodge 10660 Burr Oak Lodge Rd., Glouster, OH, United StatesJoin Rural Action at the 2019 Sunday Creek Owl Prowl taking place on Wednesday, February 20th at 6:00pm at Burr Oak State Park Lodge. Bring the kids and let them inspect an owl pellet for bones or create an owl-themed craft at 6:00pm. At 6:30pm Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) naturalist Pat Quackenbush will... Read More
Nightfall at The Ridges
Radar Hill Trail 39.314374, -82.120776, Athens, OH, United StatesTime: 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Location: Parking lot below the Compost Facility, to the right off Dairy Lane/Blackburn Road, Athens, OH We will walk up towards Radar Hill (20 min) and quietly await the American Woodcock males to start their “peent” calls and aerial displays after sunset. Rain will cancel, but mist or light drizzle won’t. Guide: Stefan Gleissberg
Shiitake & Oyster Mushroom Workshop
Zanes State College of Natural Resources 5187-5193 Newark Road, Zanesville, OH, United StatesBack by popular demand, MRWIG will once again be hosting a mushroom growing workshop in March of 2019 at the Zane State College of Natural Resources Center. Participants will learn how to inoculate freshly cut hardwood logs to grow Shiitake and Oyster mushrooms, as well as how to care long-term for their investment. Please visit... Read More
Southeast Ohio Ecological Food & Farming Association meeting
Della Zona Bakehouse 270 E State St, Athens, OH, United StatesThe OEFFA Southeast Ohio (SEOH) chapter, a grassroots voice for OEFFA members from Athens, Gallia, Hocking, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Noble, Perry, Vinton, and Washington counties, welcomes farmers, gardeners, educators, businesses, students, and activist interested in growing a regenerative food system, locally and globally. OEFFA strives to support one another in building a healthy... Read More
“Are Bees under Attack?”
Athens Community Center 701 East State Street, Athens, OH, United StatesThis month’s Athens County Area Beekeeping Association is having a guest speaker, Wade Stiltner, the retiring state apiary inspector for west virginia and a lifelong beekeeper, at our March 21st monthly meeting starting at 7:00 PM. This will be at the Athens Community Center, 701 East State street in Athens, Ohio . It’ll be... Read More
Ready! Set! Spring!
Hocking Woods Nature Center 3301 Hocking Pkwy, Nelsonville, OH, United StatesThe Hocking College Interpretive Capstone class presents Ready! Set! Spring! Come down to the Hocking Woods Nature Center to learn about birds, hold a reptile, go on a wildflower hike, and more exciting activities!
Schuneman Symposium on Photojournalism and New Media
Baker Center Theater 1 Park Place, Athens, OH, United States"The Big Story" brings together journalists who are covering the big stories in the news today: heroin, climate change, the border wall, California wildfires, the Mueller investigation, the Rohingya refugee crisis and the Dakota Access Pipeline. Presentations on heroin and the border wall will be presented by teams who won 2018 Pulitzer Prizes for their... Read More
Yoga in the Barn with Piper
Dairy Barn Arts Center 8000 Dairy Lane, Athens, OH, United StatesJoin us on Wednesday, April 10th for Yoga at the Dairy Barn at 5:15 pm . Join Piper for a rejuvenating slow-flow Yoga Class set in the natural Beauty of the Dairy Barn...Inside or Outside if weather permits. Class is free but donations are accepted. Yoga for all levels of expertise in one of Athens' ... Read More
Archaeology Day
Ross County Historical Society 45 W. 5th Street, OH, United StatesInterested in Ohio's prehistoric past? Be sure to attend the fourth annual Archaeology Day, hosted by the Ross County Historical Society in conjunction with the Mound City Chapter of the Archaeological Society of Ohio, and Hopewell Culture National Historic Park. View exhibits by local collectors featuring a wide variety of locally-found prehistoric artifacts, geo-facts, fossils,... Read More