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SUMMARY:Meet Your Neighbors - Exhibition Program with Niall Benvie
DESCRIPTION:How often does a Scotsman living in the south of France visit western New York? \nNiall Benvie\, an exceptional environmental photographer and co-founder of the Meet Your Neighbours project\, will be joining us via Zoom on Saturday\, January 31\, at 12 pm (a 40-minute presentation followed by 10 minutes for questions/comments). Seating and a viewing screen will be set up in the Green Gallery\, and the public may speak with Benvie in real time during the presentation. Viewers may also engage with the Zoom at home. Light refreshments will be available in the RTPI lobby. \nBenvie’s program will focus on his Environmental Impact Award-winning project now on display at RTPI\, Meet Your Neighbours: how the project got its start\, and an astonishing survey of images from the project that expands on the photographs displayed in the museum. Meet Your Neighbours uses portraiture photography intended to take the viewer’s breath away. Each subject is photographed in the field\, against a white background brought onto the scene. This technique not only shows the subject in great detail\, but reveals their translucent qualities too. Each subject becomes a celebrity\, an individual. \nFounded in 2009\, Meet Your Neighbours is a worldwide photographic initiative created by Niall Benvie and Clay Bolt. The project reconnects people with the wildlife on their own doorsteps. These creatures and plants are vital: they represent the first\, and for some\, the only contact with wild nature we have. Yet too often they are overlooked\, undervalued. This is conservation photography at the grass-roots level\, asking people to care about where they live and showing them how extraordinary it is in a novel way.
URL:https://mychq.org/event/meet-your-neighbors-exhibition-program-with-niall-benvie/
LOCATION:Roger Tory Peterson Institute\, 311 Curtis St.\, Jamestown\, 14701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker & Conventions
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SUMMARY:Holidays at the Lodge - December 13th
DESCRIPTION:Join us for week 2 of Holidays at the Lodge. \nThe entire family will enjoy ginger-bird cookie decorating\, hot chocolate\, a visit from Santa Claus\, and area choral groups performing the holiday classics. \nAdmission is just $5 per person and includes access to our current exhibitions\, Knowing Where to Stand: NANPA Environmental Impact Award Winners\, and en Plein Air. \nSchedule for December 13th: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Santa visits RTPI12:00 – 12:30 pm Westfield Westwinds Chamber Choir12:30 – 12:45 pm Falconer Library Story Time1:00 – 1:30 pm JHS Madrigal Singers2:00 – 2:30 pm Southwestern High School Choraliers \nAll Day – Gingerbird Cookie Decorating / Cookies and Hot Cocoa Served \nAnd as always\, the Snowy Owl Museum Store is stocked with a great variety of gifts to make your holiday shopping easier. \nThank you to El Greco Woodworking\, Inc.\, and HSE Law for sponsoring Holidays at the Lodge.
URL:https://mychq.org/event/holidays-at-the-lodge-december-13th/
LOCATION:Roger Tory Peterson Institute\, 311 Curtis St.\, Jamestown\, 14701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Kids & Family
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SUMMARY:Holidays at the Lodge - December 6th
DESCRIPTION:Mark your calendar for our annual Holidays at the Lodge events\, Saturday\, December 6 and 13. \nThe entire family will enjoy bird ornament decorating\, hot chocolate\, a visit from Santa Claus\, and area choral groups performing the holiday classics. \nAdmission is just $5 per person and includes access to our current exhibitions\, Knowing Where to Stand: NANPA Environmental Impact Award Winners\, and en Plein Air. \nSchedule for December 6th: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Santa visits RTPI12:00 – 12:30 pm Chautauqua Regional Youth Ballet12:30 – 12:45 pm Falconer Library Story Time1:00 – 1:30 pm Southwestern Choraliers2:00 – 2:30 pm To Be Announced \nAll Day – Bird Ornament Decorating / Cookies and Hot Cocoa Served \nAnd as always\, the Snowy Owl Museum Store is stocked with a great variety of gifts to make your holiday shopping easier. \nThank you to El Greco Woodworking\, Inc.\, and HSE Law for sponsoring Holidays at the Lodge.
URL:https://mychq.org/event/holidays-at-the-lodge-december-6th/
LOCATION:Roger Tory Peterson Institute\, 311 Curtis St.\, Jamestown\, 14701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Kids & Family
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SUMMARY:Niall Benvie: Meet Your Neighbors - Exhibition Program
DESCRIPTION:The program is FREE\, but registration is appreciated.Click the link to register.A Zoom link will be emailed upon registration. \nMany of the animals and plants that inhabit our backyards tend to remain hidden or are so common that they are easily overlooked. \nPlease join us virtually on Friday\, December 5\, 2025\, for a Zoom program based on one of the Environmental Impact Award-winning projects now on display at RTPI\, Meet Your Neighbours. Attendees will have the chance to hear Niall Benvie\, one of the project’s founders\, speak on the history of the project and its award-winning images. \nMeet Your Neighbours uses portraiture photography intended to take the viewer’s breath away. Each subject is photographed in the field\, against a white background brought into the scene. This technique not only shows the subject in great detail\, but reveals their translucent qualities too. Each subject becomes a celebrity\, an individual. \nFounded in 2009\, Meet Your Neighbours is a worldwide photographic initiative created by Niall Benvie and Clay Bolt. The project reconnects people with the wildlife on their own doorsteps. These creatures and plants are vital: they represent the first\, and for some\, the only contact with wild nature we have. Yet too often they are overlooked\, undervalued. This is conservation photography at the grass-roots level\, asking people to care about where they live and showing them how extraordinary it is in a novel way. \nNiall Benvie grew up in eastern Scotland\, where his parents were berry farmers. His first love has always been the natural world – and image making. Benvie has been at the center of several of the largest outdoor photography initiatives of the last 15 years\, including Wild Wonders of Europe\, Meet Your Neighbours\, and 2020VISION. He was a Founding Fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers and has published seven books and hundreds of articles. He now lives in the Morvan in central France with his wife Charlotte\, with whom he runs Food and Photography Retreats Ltd\, and claims hoopoes\, turtle doves\, nightingales\, and golden orioles as his neighbors. \nIMAGE CAPTION: Niall Benvie. Roadside Community\, Nièvre\, France\, with Sunflowers Escaped from Cultivation. Photo composite\, 2015-2025. © Niall Benvie
URL:https://mychq.org/event/niall-benvie-meet-your-neighbors-exhibition-program/
LOCATION:Roger Tory Peterson Institute\, 311 Curtis St.\, Jamestown\, 14701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts & Antiques
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ORGANIZER;CN="Roger Tory Peterson Institute":MAILTO:info@rtpi.org
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SUMMARY:Return to Wild America by Scott Weidensaul
DESCRIPTION:In 1953\, birding guru Roger Tory Peterson and noted British naturalist James Fisher set out on what became a legendary journey – a 100-day trek over 30\,000 miles around North America. They traveled from Newfoundland to Florida\, deep into the heart of Mexico\, through the Southwest\, the Pacific Northwest\, and into Alaska’s Pribilof Islands. Two years later\, Wild America\, their classic account of the trip\, was published. \nOn the eve of that book’s fiftieth anniversary\, naturalist Scott Weidensaul retraces Peterson and Fisher’s steps to tell the story of wild America today. How has the continent’s natural landscape changed over the past fifty years? How have the wildlife\, the rivers\, and the rugged\, untouched terrain fared? \nLed by RTPI Scholar-in-Residence\, Jenn Lodi-Smith\, founder and director of The Spark Bird Project (www.spark-bird.org)\, as well as authors Kenn Kaufman and Scott Weidensaul. This continuation of our four-part program is part of this year’s first main-floor exhibition\, Art that Matters to the Planet: Wild America\, which celebrated the 70th anniversary of this classic in environmental literature. \nZoom link will be provided with registration.
URL:https://mychq.org/event/return-to-wild-america-by-scott-weidensaul-2/
LOCATION:Roger Tory Peterson Institute\, 311 Curtis St.\, Jamestown\, 14701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books & Reading
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ORGANIZER;CN="Roger Tory Peterson Institute":MAILTO:info@rtpi.org
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SUMMARY:RTPI Holiday Gift Market
DESCRIPTION:Get your holiday shopping done all while supporting local artisans at our Holiday Gift Market. \nThe fun starts Friday afternoon\, November 21\, at 5 pm. Entry to the market is included in your ticket purchase for Art After 5 featuring Bill Ward and John Cross. Then you can browse through the vendors while you enjoy live music\, light bites\, and assorted beverages from the RTPI bar. \nThe market continues Saturday\, November 22\, from 10-2\, and admission is free. If you’d like to tour current exhibitions\, you’ll receive 50% off admission. \nIn addition\, our Snowy Owl Museum Store always has a great selection of gifts for the nature lover on your list. \nShop small\, shop local this holiday season at RTPI.
URL:https://mychq.org/event/rtpi-holiday-gift-market-2/2025-11-22/
LOCATION:Roger Tory Peterson Institute\, 311 Curtis St.\, Jamestown\, 14701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Markets & Yard Sales
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251121T173000
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SUMMARY:Art After 5 ft. Bill Ward and John Cross
DESCRIPTION:It’s that time of year again\, when we welcome back one of our favorite musical duos – Bill Ward and John Cross. \nA ticket to Art after 5 gets you 2 hours of live music\, light bites provided by Elegant Edibles Catering\, and a complimentary beverage. In addition\, you have access to all the current exhibitions\, including Knowing Where to Stand and Polishing the Chain. \nThe Southern Tier Brewing Company will be here too\, serving up a variety of their delicious craft beers. Not a beer drinker? No worries. Your drink ticket can also be used for an assortment of beverages from the RTPI bar. \nBONUS SPECIAL EVENT! – Your Art After 5 ticket also gets you admission to the RTPI Holiday Market! Here you’ll find unique\, hand-crafted gifts\, in addition to supporting local artists and vendors. Click the link above for tickets or call 716-665-2473.
URL:https://mychq.org/event/art-after-5-ft-bill-ward-and-john-cross/
LOCATION:Roger Tory Peterson Institute\, 311 Curtis St.\, Jamestown\, 14701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music & Entertainment
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251121T120000
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SUMMARY:The Salmon Way - Exhibition Program with Amy Gulick
DESCRIPTION:The program is FREE\, but registration is appreciated.Click the link to register.A Zoom link will be emailed upon registration. \nStorytelling fascinates Amy Gulick. In the Tongass National Forest in the Alaska panhandle\, Gulick often tells her audience about the salmon in the trees. \nSalmon in the trees? Yes. \nPlease join us virtually on Friday\, November 21\, 2025\, for a Zoom program based on one of the Environmental Impact Award-winning projects now on display at RTPI\, The Salmon Way. Attendees will have the chance to hear award-winning photographer Amy Gulick discuss her project and breathtaking images. \nIn her research\, Gulick discovered how many communities (human\, bear\, and others) build their lives around local salmon populations. Without the salmon\, Tongass National Forest would be a very different place. \nGulick did not stop at the publication of her book\, The Salmon Way\, understanding that the most amazing photos don’t spark change unless people see them. Her photographs have been used in public presentations and workshops\, and to make points to land management and legislation authorities on why the Tongass National Forest should be protected. The photographs serve as a means of influence; a teaching and advocacy tool. This is the major goal of her work: to help people understand why we should care\, and what we can all be doing. \nAmy Gulick is a photographer\, author\, and public speaker. She is the recipient of multiple awards from conservation and travel foundations\, and her images and stories have been featured in the Smithsonian\, Audubon\, National Wildlife\, Sierra\, and Outdoor Photographer. Gulick is a founding Fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers\, a Fellow of the International League of Conservation Writers\, and a senior Fellow of The Safina Center. As a resident of Whidbey Island\, in the Salish Sea of Washington state\, Gulick has spent extensive time exploring the northwest coast and Alaska.
URL:https://mychq.org/event/the-salmon-way-exhibition-program-with-amy-gulick/
LOCATION:Roger Tory Peterson Institute\, 311 Curtis St.\, Jamestown\, 14701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts & Antiques
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SUMMARY:Twan Leenders: Meet Your Neighbors - Exhibition Program
DESCRIPTION:This program is FREE\, but registration is encouragedClick the link to register \nHave you ever taken time to observe the tiny frog sitting in your drain pipe\, or chat with the caterpillars slowly chewing away at the leaves on your tree? \nPlease join us on Saturday\, November 8\, 2025\, for an in-person program based on one of the Environmental Impact Award-winning projects now on display at RTPI\, Meet Your Neighbours. Attendees will have the chance to hear Twan Leenders\, a major contributor to the project and currently Director of Conservation at the Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy\, give a talk on his photography and contributions to the project. \nMeet Your Neighbours uses portraiture photography intended to take the viewer’s breath away. Each subject is photographed in the field\, against a white background. This technique not only shows the subject in great detail but reveals their translucent qualities too. Each subject becomes a celebrity\, an individual. \nFounded in 2009\, Meet Your Neighbours is a worldwide photographic initiative created by Niall Benvie and Clay Bolt. The project reconnects people with the wildlife on their own doorsteps. These creatures and plants are vital: they represent the first\, and for some\, the only contact with wild nature we have. Yet too often they are overlooked\, undervalued. This is conservation photography at the grass-roots level\, asking people to care about where they live and showing them how extraordinary it is in a novel way.
URL:https://mychq.org/event/twan-leenders-meet-your-neighbors-exhibition-program/
LOCATION:Roger Tory Peterson Institute\, 311 Curtis St.\, Jamestown\, 14701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts & Antiques
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