Apr 27 Saturday
Celebrate World Tai Chi and Qigong Day at 10am Saturday, April 27th at the Nurture Nature Center, 518 Northampton St., Easton. You can learn about the benefits of Tai Chi and Qigong at this free one-hour event, and no experience is necessary.Tai Chi and Qigong are ancient forms of exercise involving slow fluid movements. These ancient practices have been shown to boost the immune system, improve respiratory function, burn calories, improve balance, provide cardiovascular benefits, reduce stress, and slow the aging process.
Join Wildlands Conservancy for a daytime campout. Learn how to pitch a tent, start a campfire and other basic skills you need to survive a night outdoors.
This program is offered free of charge thanks to funding from Lehigh County, but space is limited, so please register. Please register online at: https://www.wildlandspa.org/events/.
Questions: Arianna Kohler, AKohler@wildlandspa.org
Join us for a 4-mile trek along the D&L Trail starting in Jim Thorpe and heading south. View locks 1-4 and the weigh lock at lock No. 2. Walk the same path that Louis Tiffany, a famous American artist and designer, photographed in the 1880s. Other ruins will be highlighted, including an old hydroelectric plant and the home where Robert Heysham Sayer once lived.
Terrain: flat and easy
Fun Family Fitness Fest! Experience fun fitness activities led by Philadelphia Professional Football Cheerleader Alumni, Heather Gidusko, other local trainers, and local vendors. Former Philadelphia Eagles Cheerleader, Heather Gidusko, is collaborating with “Team Philadelphia Eagles Cheerleaders” in an effort to raise funds for the Eagles Autism Challenge!
Revisit the 1960s when viewing more than 100 dresses, coats, pants, shoes, outfits, and accessories that demonstrate how clothing was used for both play and protest throughout this tumultuous decade. "Fashion as Experiment" explores how young people used clothing as a space for both play and protest during this era. Admission is always FREE.
Weekends are for families! On Saturdays and Sundays bring your youngsters to the Museum’s upstairs Art Ways Interactive Family Gallery, where you can act on your inspiration and create original works of art together with the help of a Museum educator. Explore our Maker Stations, including a digital studio where you can design an object and then bring it to colorful life on a 3D printer! Before leaving Art Ways, stop by our Art Bar to choose from a selection of art-making supplies to take home.
Twenty-seven artists and collaborators present an exhibit which looks at plastics in our lives and environment. A variety of media will showcase in all four gallery spaces at Nurture Nature Center including an installation about the Delaware River created through a partnership with artist Kate Dodd.
Drop-in to the Art Ways Interactive Family Gallery on the second floor of the Museum every Saturday and Sunday to make your own art to take home during ArtVentures. Museum educators are on hand to help guide you in creating an artwork inspired by the Museum’s collection. Design your own creation and bring it to life on one of our 3D printers. All ages and abilities welcome! Free.
Join us for an Arbor Day celebration! Learn to identify Pennsylvania native trees and go on a hunt for wildflowers. Join us after for a tree tea taste test!
There is a fee; please register online at: https://www.wildlandspa.org/events/.
Program questions? Contact Haley D’Agostino at HD’ Agostino@wildlandpa.org
Join us and the Champagne Flutes for our FREE 2024 Spring Concert. The Flutes will add sparkling and effervescent arrangements to the Band's repetoire of patriotic pieces, marches, jazz, hits from stage and screen and pop classics.