August 2020
St. John’s Church Morning Prayer Service
Please join us online at 10:00 am and after the service via Zoom
Find out more »Museum Lecture: Intro to Backyard Butterflies
An Introduction to Backyard Butterflies by Kim Hargrave, Education Director Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center. Have you ever wondered what butterflies were visiting your backyard? Join us for this online class for an introduction to our backyard butterflies. We will discuss how to attract butterflies to your yard, their important role as pollinators and learn more about their incredible life cycles. This talk is designed for adults, but suitable for interested older children and teens. Sunday, August 9, 2020. This summer the Museum…
Find out more »Town Board Meeting & Public Hearing
9:00 am work session will be followed by Executive Session and Regular Meeting. 3:00 pm Public Hearing: -Fishers Island Ferry District Bond -Sanitary Flow Credits -Eminent Domain Link to Meeting Calendar: http://www.southoldtownny.gov/Calendar.aspx?EID=4433 Southold Town Board Meetings are all held on Tuesday unless otherwise specified. Note meeting time changes depending on if it is a work session or public meeting. Link to Meeting info: http://southoldtown.iqm2.com/citizens/?AgencyName=SoutholdTown https://fishersisland.net/legal-notice-town-board-public-hearing-for-ferry-race-point/
Find out more »Library’s Virtual Children’s Story Time
Virtual Children's Story (Half) Hour. Virtual Children's Story (Half) Hour: Join us for this popular event. Enthusiastic readers will engage young folk (five and up) with a mesmerizing tale. Tuesdays, 4:30 pm Jolly Good Fun from the Fishers Island Library for readers of all ages! What: Join us as we host story time with a mesmerizing book carefully chosen for elementary children. Why: Because everyone loves to listen to stories that are silly, exciting, spooky or out-of-this-world! This meeting will…
Find out more »ICB Community Zoom Meeting
ICB meeting hosting IHP and others. Find the agenda here.
Find out more »Seagrass Mgmt. Mtg.
Wednesday, August 12th from 1-4 pm EST: Fishers Island Seagrass Management (FISM) Coalition Meeting This meeting will take place entirely online over Zoom and will primarily be devoted to the participatory mapping of seagrass management areas (SMAs). The public is welcome to attend. Register via this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIlcO-opzItEtyAoDc0jzlMNUg6KLewFQ72 Questions can be sent to the FISM Coordinator, Connor Jones, at fishersislandseagrass@gmail.com. To stay up to date with upcoming meetings and events, check the 'News & Events' page on the FISM website, fiseagrass.org."
Find out more »Museum Program: Frogs – Facts vs Fiction
Frogs – Facts vs Fiction. Did you know that in the winter some frogs freeze or that you can’t get warts from a toad? See some of the Nature Center’s resident frogs as we learn to separate the facts from fiction regarding these awesome amphibians. DPNC family program for ages 5 & up. Wednesday, August 12, 2020. This summer the Museum will present weekly children's programs on Wednesday afternoons. Virtual Programs.
Find out more »TLW Workshop w/ Adrienne Celt (’19)
WORKSHOP Outer Space and Inner Space: Writing Across Form and Genre with Adrienne Celt ('19) In this workshop, we'll look at how a story's form and genre can offer new opportunities and useful limits for your storytelling. We'll discuss what it means to write a fairytale, a piece of science fiction or fantasy, literary fiction, flash fiction, magical realism, and more, developing a set of rules for each and then experimenting with how to use those rules—and how to break…
Find out more »St. John’s Book Group
BOOK GROUP will meet virtually via Zoom beginning on Friday, July 10 at 11:00 a.m. This summer we will be reading Listening for God, volume III, edited by Paula Carlson and Peter Hawkins. This collection of short stories in American literature explores the intersection between current culture, the life of faith, theology and the call of discipleship. Reading 1-2 selections each week will provide a manageable, contained opportunity for reflection. You may order your own copy via amazon at THIS LINK.
Find out more »St. John’s Church Morning Prayer Service
Please join us online at 10:00 am and after the service via Zoom
Find out more »Museum Lecture: Why Do We Sail?
Storms or Trophies or History: Why Do We Sail? A talk by John Rousmaniere. Challenging, romantic, and (some think) strange—the challenges and appeals of sailing always inspire entertaining discussion. The debate will be reviewed by John Rousmaniere, along with a few sea stories and tips for safe sailing. A widely experienced sailor, he has written widely about the sport in books that include Fastnet, Force 10 (about a storm he survived), The Annapolis Book of Seamanship (a “boating bible”), and…
Find out more »IPP Annual Meeting
It is open to the public and all islanders are welcome to attend.
Find out more »Library’s Virtual Children’s Story Time
Virtual Children's Story (Half) Hour. Virtual Children's Story (Half) Hour: Join us for this popular event. Enthusiastic readers will engage young folk (five and up) with a mesmerizing tale. Tuesdays, 4:30 pm Jolly Good Fun from the Fishers Island Library for readers of all ages! What: Join us as we host story time with a mesmerizing book carefully chosen for elementary children. Why: Because everyone loves to listen to stories that are silly, exciting, spooky or out-of-this-world! This meeting will…
Find out more »ICB Community Zoom Meeting
ICB meeting hosting IHP and others. Find the agenda here.
Find out more »Museum Program: Remarkable Raptors
Remarkable Raptors. See live hawks and owls, as you learn more about raptor’s important role in the ecosystem and discover which ones you might be able to see near your house. DPNC family program for ages 5 & up. Wednesday, August 19, 2020. This summer the Museum will present weekly children's programs on Wednesday afternoons. Virtual Programs.
Find out more »St. John’s Book Group
BOOK GROUP will meet virtually via Zoom beginning on Friday, July 10 at 11:00 a.m. This summer we will be reading Listening for God, volume III, edited by Paula Carlson and Peter Hawkins. This collection of short stories in American literature explores the intersection between current culture, the life of faith, theology and the call of discipleship. Reading 1-2 selections each week will provide a manageable, contained opportunity for reflection. You may order your own copy via amazon at THIS LINK.
Find out more »St. John’s Church Morning Prayer Service
Please join us online at 10:00 am and after the service via Zoom
Find out more »Museum Lecture: Regenerative Gardening
Regenerative Gardening: How to Garden with Mother Nature while reducing your work load, increasing your production and nutritional quality, while also reducing your costs. Craig Floyd is a tenth generation Farmer from Stonington who currently is the Farm Manager at the Giving Garden at Coogan Farm which is owned by the Denison Pequotseops Nature Center in Mystic. A social activist, and a Renegerative No-Till No Spray farmer, Craig is a Ted Talk presenter as well as a frequent speaker on…
Find out more »TLW Read with Us!
Dear Fishers Friends, For this hot month of August, we at Lighthouse Works are going to be reading former fellow Angie Cruz's Dominicana. Named a Most Anticipated Book in 2019 by The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, The Washington Post, O Magazine, Time, Chicago Review of Books and many more! We are eager to spend some time with this book! On August 24th @ 7pm, join us for a Zoom Q&A with Angie where you can ask her all of your burning…
Find out more »Library’s Virtual Children’s Story Time
Virtual Children's Story (Half) Hour. Virtual Children's Story (Half) Hour: Join us for this popular event. Enthusiastic readers will engage young folk (five and up) with a mesmerizing tale. Tuesdays, 4:30 pm Jolly Good Fun from the Fishers Island Library for readers of all ages! What: Join us as we host story time with a mesmerizing book carefully chosen for elementary children. Why: Because everyone loves to listen to stories that are silly, exciting, spooky or out-of-this-world! This meeting will…
Find out more »ICB Community Zoom Meeting
ICB meeting hosting IHP and others. Find the agenda here.
Find out more »St. John’s Book Group
BOOK GROUP will meet virtually via Zoom beginning on Friday, July 10 at 11:00 a.m. This summer we will be reading Listening for God, volume III, edited by Paula Carlson and Peter Hawkins. This collection of short stories in American literature explores the intersection between current culture, the life of faith, theology and the call of discipleship. Reading 1-2 selections each week will provide a manageable, contained opportunity for reflection. You may order your own copy via amazon at THIS LINK.
Find out more »St. John’s Church Morning Prayer Service
Please join us online at 10:00 am and after the service via Zoom
Find out more »Museum Lecture: Blowin’ in the Wind?
Blowin’ in the Wind? The Latest on Offshore Wind Development in the Northeast. The Block Island Wind Farm, the United States’ first and only offshore wind farm to date, began supplying renewable energy to Block Island and mainland Rhode Island in 2016. This five-turbine, nearshore project is likely to be only the first of many larger offshore wind farms to be developed further offshore in the waters off New England and the Mid-Atlantic. Dr. Tiffany Smythe, professor of maritime policy…
Find out more »September 2020
ICB Community Zoom Meeting
ICB meeting hosting IHP and others. Find the agenda here.
Find out more »St. John’s Church Morning Prayer Service
Please join us online at 10:00 am and after the service via Zoom
Find out more »ICB Community Zoom Meeting
ICB meeting hosting IHP and others. Find the agenda here.
Find out more »St. John’s Church Morning Prayer Service
Please join us online at 10:00 am and after the service via Zoom
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