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Here is October’s email blast:
Saturday, October 19
9:00 am to 1:00 pm
Location: Meet at the Peterson Manor parking lot at Franklin Pierce University
The 400,000,000-year-old geologic history of the Monadnock Region can be seen in a variety of bedrock and surficial geologic exposures in and around Rindge. Join Frederick Rogers, Geology Professor at Franklin Pierce University, for a moderately strenuous geologic exploration of the area, including a 3-mile roundtrip hike on Mount Watatic trails, just over the state line in Massachusetts. Click here to learn more!
Thursday, October 24
6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Location: Post & Beam Brewing
Join The Nature Conservancy and Post & Beam Brewing for an OktoberForest TREE-via Night—a celebration of the essential connections between healthy forests, clean water and quality beer! Come on out for a fun, festive evening featuring conservation and beer talk, forest and beer “tree-via,” fun prizes, live music, Oktoberfest snacks and Post & Beam’s signature brews. Click here to learn more!
Friday, October 25
6:30 pm to 8:30pm
Location: The Root Social Justice Center
Friday Night Group at The Root Social Justice Center is a social support space for queer and questioning youth ages 13-22, with super-cool adult facilitators. The group meets the last Friday of every month. Also, free Pizza every meeting! Please contact erika@outrightvt.org for more information. Click here to learn more!
Friday, October 25
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Location: Meet at the Pitcher Mountain trailhead
Join local history buff Eric Aldrich and ghost story enthusiast Susie Spikol for this classic, roughly 3-mile roundtrip hike to a remote cemetery in Stoddard’s Andorra Forest. Click here to learn more!
Thursday, October 24 and Friday, October 25
Hour-long journeys begin every 15 minutes from 6:15 pm to 8:30 pm
Location: Bonnyvale Environmental Education Center
Join the Bonnyvale Environmental Education Center for the 25th Annual Forest of Mystery. The Forest of Mystery takes place each year in the Halloween Season with the aid of a group of talented community actors, dancers, and musicians, as well as inventive costume and set designers. This interactive theatrical performance takes place in scenes staged along BEEC’s beautiful candle-lit trails through forest and meadow. The performance explores the mysterious, magical, and powerful stories of those who can connect with nature, heal, and sense another realm beyond ours. Click here to learn more!
Saturday, October 26
Location: The Harris Center
Join raptor rehabilitator Tom Ricardi at the Harris Center as he shares stories of his inspiring work and introduces us to eight live raptors! Click here to learn more!
Saturday, October 26
9:00 am to 1:00 pm
Location: Meet at Nubanusit Dam on Nubanusit Road in Nelson, NH
Join Kathy Schillemat and Al Stoops for a Harris Center favorite: a paddle from Nelson into Harrisville through beautiful Great Meadow. Click here to learn more!
Monday, October 28
11:30 am to 12:45 pm
Location: Shieling Forest in Peterborough, NH
Shinrin-yoku, also known as Forest Bathing, is gaining popularity in the U.S. after being practiced in Japan for decades. Through yoga poses, deep breathing, and quiet sensory observations, our revitalizing Shinrin-yoku sessions will help you slow down, catch your breath, and find solace in nature. Click here to learn more!
Every Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
12:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Location: 172 Main Street in Marlborough, NH
Open Hours at The Caterpillar Lab Facility and Caterpillar Museum! Come meet the caterpillars, talk to experts, use our microscopes, and engage in all aspects of New England’s natural history. This is a chance for a behind the scenes look at all the Caterpillar Lab does, and rare access to the world of professional entomology, education, photography, and natural history. Click here to learn more!
Every Friday
5:00 pm to 6:15 pm
Location: 103 Roxbury Street in Keene, NH
Join Monadnock Mindfulness Practice Center for mindful yoga classes every Friday! Mindfulness Yoga is a blend of two wisdom traditions aimed at release from stress & suffering: mindfulness meditation: stable, kindhearted awareness yielding penetrating insight, and hatha yoga: an interwoven exploration of physical movement, breath and attention. Click here to learn more!
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