2008 Series
Current year—2009 series
If you would like to suggest a speaker, please email us at
Speakers@CarrieWeedon.org
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MapQuest.com map
-- DIRECTIONS FROM ANNAPOLIS--
South on Solomon's Island Road (Rte 2)
Left at Central Ave (Rte 214)
Right at Muddy Creek Road (Rte 468)
Left at the light at Galesville Road (Rte 255)
Go about 1/2 mile & turn right at the CWSC sign, just beyond the funeral home.
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Tuesday, 26 Feb 2008, 7pm
Dr. Hugo Gemignani
Retired AACC Professor of Biology
Dr. Gemignani, a retired Anne Arundel Community College professor of biology, will 'show & tell' about the extensive taxidermy collection at CWSC. The collection is on loan from AACC thanks to Dr. Gemignani & includes more than 100 specimens that you'll be able to see first hand. Click here for a preview of some highlights of the CWSC taxidermy room (photos courtesy of John Hartge).
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Thursday, 20 Mar 2008, 7pm
"Ask a Master Gardener" Chairman
Joe Marsala
On this 1st day of spring, Master Gardener Marsala will discuss how & when to wake up your garden for the coming year. Mr. Marsala chairs the "Ask a Master Gardener" project & can be found answering questions at the Farmers Market in Annapolis. In May 2007 he delivered a presentation & accepted the "International Gardener Search for Excellence Award" in the public outreach category at the International Master Gardener Conference on behalf of the team.
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Maryland Cooperative Extension
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Tuesday, 8 Apr 2008, 7pm
From the Watkins Nature Center
Colleen Sabo
Bird lover, artist & Watkins Nature Center staff member Colleen Sabo will talk about birds of prey. "A love of birds took me to the Maryland National Capital Planning & Parks Commission, where I work with permanently injured owls & hawks & I am responsible for every aspect of the care & safekeeping of 13 raptors." Check out her website for some fantastic watercolors.
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Thursday, 8 May 2008, 7pm
From the Calvert Marine Museum,
Dr. Ralph Eshelman
Now retired, Ralph was the first director of the Calvert Marine Museum. Tonight he'll discuss lighthouses through history, from the first that were constructed along the Mediterranean Sea to those along the Chesapeake Bay. As chairman of the National Lighthouse Center and Museum Steering Committee in the late 1990's, Dr. Eshelman was instrumental in site selection for the future National Lighthouse Museum on Staten Island.
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