BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:186@newtonconservators.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200506T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200506T210000 DTSTAMP:20200402T170230Z URL:https://newtonconservators.org/events/2020-annual-dinner-meeting/ SUMMARY:POSTPONED--2020 Annual Dinner Meeting--New Date: Wed. Oct 21\, 2020 DESCRIPTION: \;\n\nThe 59th annual dinner meeting of the Newton Conserv ators that was scheduled to be held on Wednesday\, May 6\, 2020\, has been postponed to Wednesday\, October 21\, 2020.\n\n\n\nAt 6 pm will be a soci al hour followed by dinner at 7 pm where we will have our annual short ele ction/business meeting and award ceremony honoring activists for Webster W oods and Cold Spring Park as well as a number of recently retired city per sonnel who have been important to our open space efforts.\n\nAt 8 pm\, Sam Jaffe\, Director of The Caterpillar Lab\, will present a talk called “C aterpillars: The Whole Story.” He will explore backyard pollinators\, pl ants\, parasitoids\, and the many caterpillars that are positioned at the center of it all. He will also discuss his work growing the Caterpillar La b from its roots in Newton’s Cold Spring Park to its present-day region- wide activity and influence. To tell the story\, Sam will bring a variety of caterpillars\nfound during this season\, microscopes\, and other insect -related excitement! His perspective on natural history study and apprecia tion just might make you reconsider an herbivore’s place in our world an d our town.\n\nSam is a New England based naturalist\, photographer\, and educator who has been working with native insects since a very early age. He grew up in Newton chasing birds\, mucking through ponds\, and turning o ver leaves.  For the last 12 years he has been photographing and filming caterpillars to promote these special creatures to the public. In 2013\, h e founded The Caterpillar Lab (thecaterpillarlab.org)\, a non-profit educa tional outreach organization in Marlborough\, NH\, and he now travels acro ss the country working with museums\, nature centers\, schools\, and indiv idual teachers\, helping native insects find their place in our everyday l ives.  When he is not behind the camera or tending his zoo of caterpillar s\, you can invariably find Sam up to his waist in vegetation. Conservator s members will receive an invitation and registration form in the mail. An yone can register for the dinner online. Stay tuned for more details!\n\nC onservators members will receive an invitation and registration form in th e mail as the date gets closer.  Anyone will be able register for the din ner online.\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://newtonconservators.org/wp-content/upload s/2019/10/sam_jaffe.png CATEGORIES:Meetings LOCATION:American Legion Post 440\, 295 California Street\, Newtonville\, M A\, United States GEO:42.3657489;-71.19952790000002 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=295 California Street\, New tonville\, MA\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=American Legion P ost 440:geo:42.3657489,-71.19952790000002 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR