Upcoming Trail Events
In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, Tompkins County Public Library will host author and advocate Karen Winters Schwartz for an introduction of her latest book, Reis's Pieces: Love, Loss and Schizophrenia, and a discussion on the misconceptions of mental illness. Her Library presentation is free and open to the public.
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Date: Wednesday, May 22
Time: 6:00 pm
Place: Tompkins County Public Library, BorgWarner Community Room
Take a guided walk through the lovely grounds at Cornell Plantations to look for birds. Meet at the entrance to the Mundy Wildflower Garden off Caldwell Road. The walk takes place rain or shine. No registration required. Free.
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Date: Friday, May 24
Time: 8:00 - 9:00 am
Place: Cornell Plantations
Check out our many animals! We feed our snakes, turtles, birds, fish and mammals. Our staff of animal specialists will be available to answer your questions. General admission fees apply.
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Date: Saturday, May 25
Time: 12:00 pm
Place: Cayuga Nature Center
Join us for guided beginner bird walks in Sapsucker Woods. Walks last about 1.5 hours, and will take place weather permitting. Bring your binoculars and meet outside the observatory. There are some binoculars available to borrow. Please dress for the weather. Free.
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Date: Saturday, May 25 and Sunday, May 26
Time: 7:30 - 9:00 am
Place: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd
Active duty military personnel, veterans, and their immediate family members receive free admission Saturday through Monday of Memorial Day weekend. Valid military ID required.
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Date: Saturday, May 25 to Monday, May 27
Time: May 25 and 27, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm; Sunday, May 26, 12:00 - 5:00 pm
Place: Sciencenter
See science in action with a special interactive presentation every Saturday. During May you can see Code Red Robotics (May 4), What Can a Robot Do? (May 11), Teach a Dog New Tricks (May 18) and Larvae and Nymphs (May 25). Showtime! is included with museum admission.
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Date: Saturday, May 25
Time: 2:00 pm
Place: Sciencenter
The walk will be led by an expert from Cornell Plantations. Look for flowers and birds! The walk will take place rain or shine. No registration required. Meet at the Cornell Lab Visitor Center. Free admission.
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Date: Sunday, May 26
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Place: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd
Toddlers and preschoolers are invited to hear the story From Head to Toe by Eric Carle and then put together a wobbly skeleton.
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Date: Tuesday, May 28
Time: 10:30 am
Place: Sciencenter
Dr. Mark Avery, former Conservation Director for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and wildlife blogger for The Independent newspaper, spent 25 years working for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) in the UK, an organization with more than 1.1 million paying members. As Conservation Director for more than a decade, he led conservation actions: lobbying the UK government; carrying out species reintroductions; providing outreach to farmers; buying land for nature reserves. Dr. Avery will discuss how much of this success came down to science and how much to luck or politics.
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Date: Tuesday, May 28
Time: 7:30 - 9:00 pm
Place: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd
Tour the woodland pathways and varied plant habitats of the Mundy Wildflower Garden with Krissy Boys, gardener and native plants specialist. Spring is the season for experiencing delicate and ephemeral natives such as trillium, Jack-in-the-pulpit, bloodroot, and Solomon's seal. These plants and many others native to the northeastern U.S., including several that are scarce and vulnerable to exploitation, are carefully managed in this natural area. Free parking is available at the Wildflower Garden entrance. Free.
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Date: Wednesday, May 29
Time: 6:30 - 7:30 pm
Place: Cornell Plantations, meet at the Caldwell Road entrance to the Mundy Wildflower Garden, at the intersection of Caldwell and Forest Home Drive
Please join us for a discussion of Nelson George's Hip Hop America. The discussion will be facilitated by Eric Kofi Acree, Director at Cornell's John Henrik Clarke Africana Library.
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Date: Thursday, May 30
Time: 5:30 pm
Place: The History Center in Tompkins County, 401 E. State/MLK Jr. Street
New, reluctant and struggling readers are encouraged to practice their reading skills by sharing a story with a truly non-judgmental listener: a dog! Caregivers interested in reserving time for their readers to share a story with Sam, a hound mix, or DJ, a terrier, should contact the Library s Youth Services Department at (607) 272-4557 extension 275 to reserve a 15-minute read-aloud time slot. This event is co-sponsored by Cornell Companions.
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Date: Monday, June 3
Time: 3:00 - 4:00 pm
Place: Tompkins County Public Library, Thaler/Howell Programming Room
Discovery Trail News
Take a midday break to learn about artworks from the Museum's collection and then practice yoga with instructor Rachel VerValin on the Museum's sixth floor overlooking beautiful Cayuga Lake. All skill levels welcome! Sessions offered Tuesdays and Thursdays from June 4 to August 1 except on June 18, June 20, and July 4. Drop-ins: $12 per session for the general public / $10 per session for Johnson Museum Members, students, and Cornell staff. Call 607 255-6464 to preregister for multiple sessions and save!
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Summer Breeze: Paintings & Drawings by Alice Dalton Brown from May 18 to August 18; JAMuse: The Johnson Museum Turns 40 from May 18 to September 1; Materiality of Motion: The Vibrant Lives of Southeast Asian Textiles on exhibit May 11 to August 11; Post More Bills! Sixty Years of Exhibition Posters from April 20 to July 14; Hair: Untangling Roots of Identity from April 20 to July 14; Beauties and Beasties in Children's Book Illustrations from February 2 to June 30 and ongoing Leo Villareal's Cosmos.
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The Museum of the Earth celebrates its 10th Anniversary this year and is starting off the party this May with a new, permanent exhibit on glaciers! Visitors will feel as if they are immersed in an ice cave as they learn all about glaciers: their characteristics, locations around the world, connections with climate, and impacts on animals and humans. Kids crawl through small spaces and explore the science of glaciers by touching glacial ice, investigating ice cores, and learning about the inside and outside of glaciers!
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Explore the science of motion at the Sciencenter's summer exhibition, which features twelve colorful, interactive exhibits designed to engage young scientists and their families in the fun side of physics. This active learning laboratory offers rolling wheels, dropping objects, bouncing balls, and things on-the-move. In a hands-on way, guests will explore kinetic energy, momentum, Newton's Law of Motion and other physics principles.
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Plant Medicine and Myths of the Ancient Western World on display at Cornell Plantations' Nevin Welcome Center during May and June is prepared by Pam Shade, curator of the Robison Herb Garden. This exhibition displays a series of prints of ancient deities from Egyptian and Greek mythology who were thought to have healing powers.
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Curated by Jason Otero of Art and Anthropology, this exhibit features the acclaimed work of Hip-Hop photographers Joe Conzo and Ernie Paniccioli - made possible by Cornell University Library's Rare and Manuscript Collections; a new body of work by Ithacan Jay Stooks; a showcase of early Hip-Hop memorabilia, including house party flyers, boom-boxes, mix-tapes, fashion and graffiti; materials from the collection of Cap Matches Color; and artwork created by Ithaca's youth at a special graffiti workshop. This unique exhibit will be on display throughout the Library from March 29 through June 14.
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March 1 to June, The History Center presents an exhibition featuring several large-format photographs from South Bronx native, Joe Conzo, Jr. Depicted in the images will be scenes of the South Bronx in the 1970s, a place of urban decline that would ultimately give birth to hip hop music. Through Conzo's images, the exhibition will explore the social and economic conditions of 1970s South Bronx and serve as a backdrop for the foundation of what would become a uniquely American art form.
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Tuesdays from May 7 to June 4 and Fridays from April 26 to August 23 at at 10:30 - 11:30 am in the Thaler/Howell Programming Room. Playtime is an hour-long unstructured play and social time for children and adults offering a warm, child-friendly play space with books, music, and a variety of age appropriate toys.
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Join our reference librarians for free, drop-in tutorials on using the OverDrive Digital Download service for downloading eBooks and audiobooks to Kindles, Nooks, iPads, smartphones or other app-based devices each Wednesday from 11:00 am to Noon or Thursday from 5:00 to 6:00 pm. Participants will need a valid Library card and password to download items to their devices. Nook users who own laptops are also asked to bring their laptops along.
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Public tours of the Museum's permanent exhibition gallery. Mondays at 11:30am, Fridays at 11:30 am, and Saturdays at 11am. Included with Museum admission.
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The second version Discovery Trail iPhone App is available on the App Store. The Discovery Trail iPhone app provides information on-the-go to keep you in touch with the Trail's events, suggested itineraries, and member information such as hours, location and contact information. Also included is a live interactive Google map of member locations.
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Follow the Discovery Trail on Twitter @discoverytrail and Facebook at facebook.com/discoverytrail
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Discovery Trail Calendars
For more news and events, see the individual organization calendars
