Fort Worden State Park

Summer Evening Puffin Cruises

Tufted Puffin Point Wilson
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The name puffin originally meant "fatling." In the last half of the 1800s the puffin was given the scientific name of Fratercula arctica, which means "little brother of the north" in Latin. That could also be interpreted as “little friar,” alluding to the puffin’s black and white plumage, reminiscent of a friar’s robes.

Add a little colorful fun to your summer with a cruise to see the brightly adorned tufted puffins on Protection Island. Sponsored by the Port Townsend Marine Science Center (PTSMC) and Puget Sound Express, cruises begin Saturday, July 5 and continue on July 12, 26 and August 2 and 9. All cruises depart from Point Hudson Marina at 6 p.m. and return at 9 p.m.

All proceeds for the cruises and sail will benefit the PTMSC’s educational programs. Cruises are $55 per person ($50 for Port Townsend Marine Science Center, Burke Museum, Audubon or Washington Ornithological Society members). Reservations are required for each trip and may be made by phone at (360) 385-5582 or (800) 566-3932 or e-mail: cruises@ptmsc.org. Please note that PTMSC can’t guarantee you’ll see puffins, but they promise to give it their best.

Nia UnPlugged

With Allison Dey, Brown Belt Instructor and Co-Founder of Madrona MindBody Institute Friday, July 11th, 7 - 9 p.m. @ Fort Worden's well-being and moving arts program.

Nia Unplugged: It's a NEW Rave. Dance to the newest Nia release DVD. Come dance with the Nia founders, Debbie and Carlos Rosas and the MMI Nia Teaching Team, in NiaNow's first routine to live drumming music.

The DVD will provide a full projection onto the walls of the Madrona Ballroom - while led by MMI's Nia Team you will dance, let the amplified music seduce your body, mind, emotions, and spirit to unwind, and let go! Unplug from rigid exercise and everyday stress by plugging into your own rhythm and passionate ways of moving. There you will find your own pulse and spirit!

Open to the public - this class is for everyBody.  For more information visit www.madronamindbody.com/ or email: info@madronamindbody.com

Yoga Playshop for Couples

Tired of doing yoga alone? Madrona Mindbody Institute welcomes Terry Lynn Wagner on Saturday, July 19, 2008 from 2:30-4:30pm for a special "playshop."

Yoga Squared--A Yoga Playshop for Couples, encourages you to celebrate with a good friend, a loved one, or a family member. Enjoy a relaxing and light-hearted program of breathing, gentle stretching, meditation, massage, and assisted yoga poses.

This class is open to all, and no prior yoga experience is necessary. Pre-registration is required. Visit www.madronamindbody.com for more information, or call 344-4475.

Feathered Oscillators: Reproductive Synchrony in Seabirds

Dr. Jim Hayward & Dr. Shandelle Henson
Thursday, July 17th 7pm NHE

Drs. Hayward & Henson will provide a brief overview of Protection Island, its wildlife, and recent research on the island. This will be followed by a description of an ongoing research project demonstrating the very unusual discovery that Glaucous-winged gulls tend to lay their eggs synchronously on an every-other-day schedule.

For more information go to PTMSC's website: www.ptmsc.org

 

Printmaker Elizabeth Dove at Fort Worden June 20-21

Printmaker Elizabeth Dove will speak June 20th at Building 204 at 7 pm as a guest of Corvidae Press, the Port Townsend printmaking guild. The talk is free and open to the public. The next day, June 21st, Dove will give an in-studio demo-workshop at the Press in Building 205, beginning at 8:30 am. The cost of the demo-workshop is $45 per person.

Ms. Dove is a printmaker and photographer currently residing in Missoula, Montana. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Art, University of Montana. Professor Dove is responsible for undergraduate and graduate students, teaching all printmaking disciplines, photography, and special courses integrating printmaking, photography and digital media.

She has conducted extensive research into non–toxic printmaking processes, taught dozens of workshops at colleges and universities, received funding to study the integration of digital technology and traditional printmaking practices, and has published her research in the books The Contemporary Printmaker and Non–toxic Intaglio Printmaking, and the British journal “Printmaking Today". Elizabeth received her BFA from the Maryland Institute, College of Art in Baltimore, and her MFA from Vermont College.

Ms. Dove’s own work is based on traditional printmaking practices (concerns with repetition, imprinting, and the matrix) but has expanded in media to include earthworks, site specific sculpture and installation. Her main interests are investigating the passage of time, subjective scientific methods, and how one's body can register and can communicate history and memories.

Corvidae Press, in residence with Centrum, is a guild of some 35 members working on various printmaking techniques in their newly renovated studio in Building 205, Fort Worden. Contact: Bill Curtsinger 360-774-0750

http://www.corvidaepress.com/CorvidaePressNews.html

Public Art Unveiling June 9!

On June 9, at 5 pm in the Fort Worden Commons lobby, the work that Bainbridge Island visual artist Gayle Bard has created for that space as part of the Art in Public Places program will be unveiled!

"It is beautiful," says Fort Worden Area Parks Manager Kate Burke about the piece, in her invitation. A reception will follow the short presentation.

The selection process of Gayle Bard as the artist began in 2006, and she began to create the piece in 2007. Art in Public Places facilitates the acquisition of comission of artwork with funds generated by new state-funded construction. The Friends of Fort Worden also donated $6,000 toward the project.

The project is managed by the Washington State Arts Commission. The artwork will be part of the state art collection, but be stewarded by Fort Worden State Park.

Gayle Bard has met frequently with the hiring committee to talk about concepts and other areas of focus.

Admission to the unveiling is free; RSVP to Janet Hollingsworth at 360.344.4402.

Facing the Climate Change Challenge: Locally and Globally

Richard Gammon

Thursday, June 12^th, 7 pm, Natural History Exhibit

Dr. Richard Gammon, a University of Washington Professor of Chemistry and Oceanography, will discuss the latest climate findings from 2007/2008, as well as a review of recent international climate reports. He will also present predictions of changes expected in this region, especially in agriculture and sea level, focusing on possible responses at the individual, state, federal and international levels. But, as Dr. Gammon adds …”a narrow focus on physical changes in the Pacific NW misses the point and our [ethical] responsibility.” In addition to the science, he will discuss possible human dimensions of climate change: mass migrations, desertification, food shortages and political instability. For more information go to www.ptmsc.org

Admission: $5/members; $7/non-members