Category: Event News
NMLC is in the running for a Pepsi Refresh Grant!
YOU can help! We’re in the running for a $250,000 Pepsi Refresh Grant to add rehabilitation pools to our new marine animal hospital. This unique grant program awards funds to the projects with the highest number of votes. You can vote every day during December! Vote now and help save stranded seals and sea turtles! […]
Pirate Tree at Jonathan Bourne Public Library
Ahoy, Mateys! Instead of Jolly Ol’ St. Nick, how ’bout the Jolly Roger? For enough doubloons, you can win yerself a genu-wine Pirate Tree! Just head yerself over to the Jonathan Bourne Public Library ‘n bid on the National Marine Life Center’s Pirate Tree. While yer at it, check out all the other great trees […]
Holiday Splash – Dec 11
Join us for a day of free family fun at our annual Holiday Splash Open House! Date: December 11th Time: 12:00 noon – 3:00 p.m. Place: 120 Main Street, Buzzards Bay Event includes face painting, education on marine life, kids’ crafts, snacks and beverages, bake sale items, and an opportunity to meet and take a […]
Marine Life Tree at Highfield Hall
‘Tis the season to deck the halls, and we’ve been having fun. Highfield Hall in Falmouth invited the National Marine Life Center to decorate a tree with a marine animal theme. Adorned with decorations generously loaned by Twig’s of Falmouth (178 Main Street, Falmouth), the tree is an underwater delight! Nestled under the tree are […]
Artist Profile: Lance Walker
“Lance was born in 1962 in Vallejo, California and moved to the Cape in early 2000 to explore a career in art. Primarily a self taught artist, he started painting in the late 1980’s after years of developing his drawing skills and working in architectural and technical drafting. “Lance’s only formal training came early in […]
Save Animals! Clean the Coast!
September is International Coastal Cleanup, a collaborative effort by the Ocean Conservancy and hundreds of partners to clean shorelines while collecting data and raising awareness about marine debris. The National Marine Life Center is pleased to participate in CoastSweep, the annual Massachusetts state-wide cleanup, and we want YOU to help! Please join us this Sunday, […]
Artist Profile: Priscilla Levesque
“I paint with transparent watercolor and casein. I usually work outdoors on location in order to accurately record the qualities of my subject. I portray the atmosphere, weather, contrasts of warm versus cool; bright versus subdued; light versus shadow; sharply focused foreground versus blurred distance. “By working on location I can capture fleeting effects such […]
Artist Profile: Kathy Edmonston
“I always knew that I could draw well, but it wasn’t until college that I actually took a formal class. It never occurred to me that I could pursue art as a career, so I chose business. “After more than 25 years in the advertising and high tech publishing business, I found my creative needs […]
Artist Profile: Candice Ronesi
“‘My love of Cape Cod began a very long time ago. My love of painting is much more recent. For me, the two are forever linked. “‘For years I have been exploring this wonderful place by car, bicycle and on foot. I am always intrigued by the small, less traveled places ~ little paths, walkways […]
Artist Profile: Caitlin Hurd
“Intrigued by the particulars of ‘the suburbs,’ Caitlin Hurd questions the expectations of the culture in which she grew up. Using a painting vocabulary rooted in modernist, figurative tradition, she explores what it means to be conditioned towards the idealized nuclear family and traditional work-life, and what happens when one deviates. Caitlin employs images of […]
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🍨 New Patient Alert 🍨 Meet Rum Raisin! Rum Raisin is a female harbor seal weanling who was rescued by our friends at Seacoast Science
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We've made it to Wednesday folks, so you know we are ready to go with this week's #WishlistWednesday post! The number one item at the
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It's #turtletuesday time!