Events that have a musical component
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The Official KICK-OFF PARTY for the TEXAS STATE VEGGIE FAIR. please share with all your friends! Food, music, raffles and silent auction. And, after all, it is a fundraiser for MERCY FOR ANIMALS, whose work on behalf of Farm Animals is INCREDIBLE! $20 advance tickets available online; $25 at the door. |
Come meet our owl friends and learn more about this amazing nocturnal creature.
Join us for a FREE “Third Thursday” this October. Our theme this month is everything owls. Owl art, live owls, owl prowl, owl pellets, even "Three Hoots" Owl wine! We’ll be open from 9a.m. – 9p.m. Evening activies include something for everyone, kids and adults alike.
Outdoor Events
5:30p.m. Guided Hike & Texas Turtle Watch
6:00p.m. Animal Encounter
7:30pm Chimney Swift Monitoring Join Master Naturalist Natha Taylor of this citizen science project
7:30-9 Owl Prowl with Ben Jones, Director of Education
8:15pm Amphibian Watch with TRAC Volunteer Naturalist Mel White
Indoor Events
Multi-purpose Room
7-7:15 Audubon Dallas scholarship recipient, Brianda Martinez, reviews her summer scholarship at Hog Island in Maine.
7:30-8:00 Erich Neupert of Blackland Prairie Raptor Center introduces us to Texas native owls.
Theatre
4:00 Storytime - "Owl Moon" reading
4:30 Learn Owl Calls
Mark your calendar for Green Day on October 6. We’re teaming up with Project Green and other Green Organizations who will be onsite with tips on how to green your home, product information and displays. included with Fair admission: $13.95/adult; $10.95/child for Advance General Admission.
Come celebrate Cedar Hill “Growing Green” at the Music in the Park Concert.
The concert will feature the nationally acclaimed “Vocal Trash”. This is a high energy band that puts the fun into recycling and uses instruments recycled from trash.
The admission is free.
Besides great music, there will be environmental booths and demonstrations, recycling information, the Adopt-A-Park/Adopt-A-Trail kick-off, food and opportunities to learn how Cedar Hill is “Growing Green”.
On-site paper shredding will be available for $5.00 per box* from 6:00-7:00pm. Bring your documents in boxes, bags, whatever you like and there is no need to remove paper clips, staples, etc. Any quantity welcome! *A standard box 15"x12"x10" or Kitchen Trash Bag holds 35 lbs.
Bring your lawn chairs, come early, celebrate “Green” and enjoy the concert!
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Share your holiday gift giving with our feathered friends! Children of all ages are invited to make biodegradable bird treats ahead of time and bring them to the event to hang in the Garden’s Grove, providing food for wildlife and a little holiday cheer! This free event, complete with music and entertainment, is one of Fort Worth’s oldest holiday traditions.
Feast your eyes on the fall color of the Japanese Garden while you and your family enjoy traditional Japanese dance, music, martial arts demonstrations, papermaking, and tea ceremonies. Admission: Adults $5.00, Children (4-12yrs.) $3.00, under 4 free.
Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Sunday 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Take a hike, listen for frogs, watch the river roll by, enjoy the LEEDs building..
Free all day and evening.
Outdoor Events
5:30p.m. Guided Hike & Texas Turtle Watch
6:00p.m. Animal Encounter
8pm Chimney Swift Monitoring Join Master Naturalist Natha Taylor of this citizen science project
8:15pm Amphibian Watch with TRAC Volunteer Naturalist Mel White
Indoor Events
Multi-purpose Room
6-6:15 Audubon Dallas interns review TRAC summer projects
6:30-6:45 Dr. Patty McGill introduces our newest Audubon Center, Dogwood Canyon.
Conference Room
6-8pm Book club. Please stop by and pick up our fall reading list as we launch our seasonal book club. We'll be reading mostly non-fiction nature titles that contain local interest.
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6:30 pm Eco-origami with recycled paper artist Alicia Colina-Ashby $15. Please call front desk to register. 214-309-5891
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