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Calendar of Events: March 13, 2010

03/13/2010 - LCCC Alumni Exhibit
City: Elyria

All day event

LCCC Alumni Exhibit
Alumni from the LCCC Art Program return to exhibit their new works of art.

(Closed during Spring Break, March 15-21, except during evening events)

Website: www.lorainccc.edu/stocker

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03/13/2010 - Outstanding Speaker Series
City: Lagrange

Starts		7:00 PM
Ends		9:00 PM

The Black River Audubon Society and Lorain County Metro Parks are proud to sponsor the “Outstanding Speaker Series” held at the Carlisle Visitor Center on March 13 and April 10. This series features two renowned naturalists who share a passion for birds and the out-of-doors. Both events are free, but seating is limited.

Letters from Eden by Julie Zickefoose

March 13, 7pm

Julie Zickefoose is a natural history writer, artist, lecturer, and NPR commentator. Educated at Harvard University in biology and art, Julie began her career with the Nature Conservancy as a field biologist before becoming a freelance artist. Her illustrations and writings have appeared in The New Yorker, Smithsonian, Country Journal, and Bird Watchers’ Digest.

Letters from Eden is a naturalist's journal, telling the countless small stories of the woods and meadows in flowing prose and lively watercolors. This book strikes a powerful chord with readers, evoking the seasonal rhythms and an awareness of natural events. Reading from her essays while showing her paintings and photographs, Julie reveals the deep connection with nature that keeps her walking her 80-acre Appalachian sanctuary outside Whipple, Ohio. [Copies of Letters from Eden will be available for purchase afterwards.]

Roger Tory Peterson: Yesterday and Today by Jim Berry

April 10, 2 pm

Jim Berry, a field naturalist who grew up in Southern Ohio, turned his passion for natural history into a lifelong career. Earning a degree in Interpretive Work from The Ohio State University, Jim worked for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, serving as the director of the Hueston Woods State Park Nature Center, and later became the first park manager of Malabar Farm. He is currently the President of the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History located in Jamestown, New York, the hometown of this famed naturalist.

Roger Tory Peterson was perhaps the greatest birder/naturalist of all time. His Field Guide to Birds, first published in 1934, is credited with launching the modern environmental movement and with moving bird study out of the shotgun era. Jim Berry traces the influence of this great American and demonstrates Roger Tory Peterson's impact on today's thoroughly modern birder.

Join the Black River Audubon Society and Lorain County Metro Parks for the “Outstanding Speaker Series” on March 13 and April 10 at Carlisle Visitor Center. Carlisle Visitor Center is located at 12882 Diagonal Rd., LaGrange. For more information, call (440) 458-5121.

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03/13/2010 - Yarn Club - LPLS Main Branch
City: Lorain

Starts		10:00 AM
Ends		12:00 PM

Knitting/crochet instructor, Valerie Dillard, will teach and review the basic stitches of knitting and crochet. The Yarn Club is open to teens and adults. Beginners as well as those who have come to her previous classes are welcome to join the Club. Yarn is provided for practice. Please bring knitting needles (size 9 or 10) or a crochet hook (size G or H). Preregistration is required by calling the Main Library at 440-244-1192, or 1-800-322-READ, ext. 247.

Website: www.lorain.lib.oh.us

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03/13/2010 - Pruning
City: Amherst

Starts		1:00 PM
Ends		3:00 PM

"Don't stand there with your pruners looking like you don't know what you're doing! Join us and learn the right way, time, and tool to use for proper pruning. Your plants will say thank you. Class is FREE. Website: www.mouldsplantation.com Please call 440-986-7777 to register"

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03/13/2010 - Kids: Decorating a Nesting Box - $ 8
City: Amherst

Starts		1:00 PM
Ends		3:00 PM

"We are painting and decorating nesting boxes for our birds. It?s time for them to start preparing a home to lay their eggs. What a better place then a decorated house. Website: www.mouldsplantation.com Registration Required Call 440-986-7777"

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03/13/2010 - Rangers at Indians
City: Cleveland

Starts		3:05 PM
Ends		6:05 PM

Goodyear Ballpark

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03/13/2010 - Baby, A Musical
City: Sheffield

Starts		7:30 PM
Ends		9:00 PM

Lorain County Metro Parks and TrueNorth Cultural Arts will present the Ohio premiere of the updated version of the musical Baby that was originally seen at the Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey. Richard Maltby, Jr. and Music Theatre International have authorized the use of the new script, and are using this production as an opportunity to finalize their new libretto and score. In order to do that, MTI will be sending an arranger to work with the cast and orchestra during the rehearsal period.

Performances at the French Creek Nature Center in Sheffield Village, OH, are scheduled for March 5-21 with show times at 7:30pm on Fridays and Saturdays and at 3pm on Sundays. Award winning director Fred Sternfeld (Yellowman at Karamu, Ragtime at JCC, Beauty and the Beast at Beck Center) will direct with musical direction by Rick Fortney and choreography by Bebe Weinberg Katz. This play is rated PG-13 for some language

The cast will feature some of Northeast Ohio’s top musical theatre talent, including Natalie Green (Belle in Beauty and the Beast at Beck Center & Elizabeth Bennett in Pride and Prejudice at Lakeland Theatre) as Lizzie, Shane Joseph Siniscalchi (Jesus in Godspell at Old Town Hall & Rapunzel’s Prince in Into the Woods at FPAC) as Danny, David Robeano (Hank in Saturday Night at Beck Center & Sancho in Man of La Mancha at JCC) as Nick, Maggie Stahl-Floriano (Mother in Ragtime at JCC & Mrs. Darling in Peter Pan at Beck Center) as Pam, Michael Dempsey (Medvedenko in The Seagull at Beck Center & Mordcha in Fiddler on the Roof at Cain Park) as Alan and Bernadette Hisey (Anna in The King and I & Kate in Kiss Me Kate at Mighty Goliath) as Arlene. The company will also feature Douglas Brill, Brian Bowers, Kimberly Aldrich-Ceja, Lydia Hall, Lauren Skirbunt, Jessica Mester and Susan Watson.
“My first contact with the musical BABY was in 1985 when my wife Randi and I saw it in Dallas.” comments director Fred Sternfeld. “We loved it! It was charming, humorous and poignant. We had only been married for two years and were just in the planning stage for when we would have our first child. So BABY has been on my "must do" list for 25 years! I am grateful to Rick Fortney for the opportunity to help share this wonderful musical with the community.”

Richard Maltby, Jr. and David Shire’s musical Baby is a humorous and poignant look at three couples whose lives are affected in various ways by the prospect of having (or not having) a baby. It features a book by Sybille Pearson. The musical played Broadway's Ethel Barrymore Theatre Nov. 8, 1983-July 1, 1984. The original cast included Liz Callaway, Todd Graff, James Congdon, Martin Vidnovic, Beth Fowler and Catherine Cox. The Maltby/Shire score includes such tunes as "At Night She Comes Home to Me," "I Chose Right," "The Story Goes On," "Easier to Love," "Two People in Love," "With You," "I Want It All" and "And What If We Had Loved Like That."

TrueNorth performs at the French Creek Nature Center, which is located at 4530 Colorado Avenue. For tickets call (440) 949-5200. The Morning Journal is a sponsor of TrueNorth’s 2009-2010 Theatre Season.

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03/13/2010 - Snowshoe Hike
City: Wellington

Starts		9:00 AM
Ends		11:00 AM

Try out snowshoes on a hike throughout the park! Snowshoes provided. If no snow, join us for a hike. Please call Jannah at French Creek Nature Center (440) 949-5200 to pre-register and reserve a pair of snowshoes by March 11. Meet at Charlemont Reservation.

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03/13/2010 - Maple Sugaring
City: Lagrange

Starts		12:00 PM
Ends		4:00 PM

Witness the magic of nature as winter turns into spring by learning about one of the season’s sweetest treats, maple sugar, as the Lorain County Metro Parks presents Maple Sugaring at the Carlisle Visitor Center running for three consecutive weekends beginning February 27.

From Noon to 4 p.m. on February 27, 28 March 6, 7, 13 and 14, visitors can discover the secrets of maple sugaring by taking a crash course on the processes indoors, hiking to the sugar bush and collecting sap with a Naturalist, and visiting the Sugar Shack to see the sap being converted into syrup. Train rides through a second sugar bush may also be available, weather permitting. All of these family-friendly events are free!

Below is the schedule of events for each program day:

Maple Sugaring Schedule of Events

12:00-4:00 pm Sugar Shack Open House Sugar Shack

12:00-4:00 pm Possible Train Rides through Sugar Bush Train Station

12:00 pm Maple Sugaring Talk Carlisle Room

12:30 pm The Story of Maple Sugaring Video Carlisle Room

1:00 pm Sugar Bush and Sap Collection Hike Meet in lobby

2:00 pm Maple Sugaring Talk Carlisle Room

2:30 pm The Story of Maple Sugaring Video Carlisle Room

3:00 pm Sugar Bush and Sap Collection Hike Meet in lobby

Before experiencing the history and science of maple sugaring, taste some maple sugar on a hearty stack of pancakes at one of our all you can eat pancake breakfasts from 9 am - 2 pm on February 28. Organized by Friends of the Metro Parks, this event costs $6 per adult and $3.50 per child aged 2-10 years at the door; children under 2 eat free!

Come enjoy this yearly event as winter transitions into spring at Carlisle Visitor Center located at 12882 Diagonal Rd., LaGrange, Ohio. For more information about maple sugaring, contact Aimee Potonic at (440) 458-5121.

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03/13/2010 - 2010 MAC Championship Women's Basketball Tournament
City: Cleveland

Starts

1:00 PM

2010 MAC Championship Basketball Logo

MAC Madness Returns to Cleveland!

Call 1-800-820-2287 today to order a Gold or Silver package.

Men's Basketball Photo The 2010 FirstEnergy MAC Men's Basketball Tournament and 2010 Women's Basketball Tournament returns to Quicken Loans Arena this season as the league will be celebrating 11 years of MAC Basketball in Cleveland! College basketball is back and more exciting than ever at Quicken Loans Arena when MAC Madness returns March 10th - 13th. Eight of the 12 schools that make up the Mid-American Conference will send men's and women's teams to The Q to battle for the MAC Championship and an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Be sure to catch all of the heart-pounding, slam-dunk action when the MAC teams invade Cleveland. The three-day, 7-game FirstEnergy MAC Men's Basketball Tournament will take place March 11-13, while the MAC Women's Basketball Tournament will be held on March 10, 12-13. Don't miss your chance to be a part of this historic tournament and see which two teams fight their way to the top.

Show your MAC school spirit! Join the fun at the MAC Fan Fest presented by PNC before every game at Tower City! Activities include inflatables, corn hole contests, team autograph signings and more! Not going to the game? Catch the spirits at the MAC Fan Fest! Visit MAC-sports.com for more information!

Get The Extras With MAC Gold And Silver Packages. Call 1-800-820-2287 to order yours today!
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MAC Gold Package
4 Tickets to all 4 sessions
1 parking pass for all 4 sessions
1 Tournament Program Guide
Name or company name on corner score boards and in program insert
Complimentary ticket package to the MAC Women's Tournament
Locations include Floor Seating, Gold Straights, Baseline Straights & Lower Clubs

MAC Silver Package
4 sessions for the price of 3
Great seat locations - all lower level
Can purchase in any denomination
Complimentary ticket package to the MAC Women's Tournament
Upper Clubs - $155 each ($53 savings), Arena Corners $104 each ($36 savings), Lower Corners $89 each ($31 savings), Lower Ends $58 each ($22 savings).

MAC Gold and Silver Packages are available online now:
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