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Learn about #BlackBirdersWeek Black Birders Week is an annual event that addresses the challenges Black birdwatchers face, including underrepresentation and overt racism, and a springboard to shape a more diverse future for birding, conservation, and the natural sciences. If you want to learn more about this event, check out “Outdoors Online: Organizing #BlackBirdersWeek” at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 24 via Zoom with Tykee James, an organizer of Black Birders Week and government affairs coordinator for National Audubon Society. James will share how and why this now-viral movement came about, lessons learned in 2020, and what he sees for the future. James navigates the environmental advocacy space as someone who sees the intersectionality between conservation issues and racial progress. Throughout his career, James has found a way to advocate for birds and the environment through the lenses of justice and equity. ....
Third Friday This Week There is plenty to look forward to for the rest of February! You may have spent Valentine’s Day with a quiet dinner at home, so why not come out for Third Friday on February 19. Exhibits of new art will be plentiful, especially at the galleries and shops in the Village on High. Long time artist Maryanne Cannon will be expanding into Cottage I in the Village at 501 N. High Street. She will have the opening of “La Bottega’s Bottled Memories.” The works on display will all be oil paintings and be evocative of fond memories throughout the last two decades. The artist invites you to choose a frame from the “wall of frames.” When you purchase the frame, you will get an original Cannon at no extra cost. When you visit, learn more about the special painting shown here, entitled “Nine Women.” ....