Monday, June 13 at 7pm in Parque Las Palapas, the state orchestra of Quintana Roo will perform a free concert
On Sunday there will be a performance in Playa del Carmen, and Tuesday in Chetumal
The 2011 Blue Vision Summit is May 20-23, held by the Blue Frontier Campaign at George Washington University. Celebrating the oceans, sharing results and sucesses, networking with other ocean advocates from around the nation – it promises to be a very powerful event culminating in Capitol Hill Ocean Day. For more information, see the summit website.
This Saturday promises to be a lot of fun and a lot of gambas. We will be performing a piece I wrote in memory of Dominik Zuchowicz, a renowned viol maker and one of the nicest people I’ve ever met. Hope to see you Saturday, May 14, 4pm, at The Lutheran Church of Our Saviour’s Atonement, 178 Bennett Avenue (at 189th St.), New York, NY 10040-3830
Oysters are awesome animals, and not just for their ability to make pearls. These bivalve molluscs also are filter feeders, keeping nitrogen and algae in check.
What do you call a group of oysters? A bed, or oyster reef. Oyster beds provide important complex habitat for other critters, including snapping shrimp! 
At 8:30pm (your time, wherever you are) on Saturday, March 26, 2011, turn off the lights and leave them off for an hour.
This is a worldwide effort, to raise awareness of sustainability issues (including excessive electricity use and light pollution) and appreciation for our planet.
For more information, go to www.earthhour.org the official page of Earth Hour
And, also, www.darksky.org the page for the IDA the International Dark-Sky Association
Slides from my Animal Behavior class presentation yesterday:
Click here for PDF – Animal Behavior Presentation on Honest Signals
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bunnies illustrate honest signal concept
The first sounds from the Ecological Acoustic Recorder have successfully been recorded and retrieved. This is the first acoustic monitoring data from the region, and we are excited to listen to them.
Last September, when we deployed the EAR off the coast of Isla Contoy, it looked like this:
EAR, the day of deployment, September 19, 2010
When we retrieved the EAR, after four months of deployment, it looked like this:
We brought it back to the lab, disassembled it, retrieved the data, reset the recorder and put it back together.
EAR innards being inspected in the Engineering Lab at Universidad del Caribe
Three days later, we put it back in the water:
Jan 21, 2011, EAR in boat immediately before redeployment.
Thank you to all the groups who have contributed to this project, including:
Michelle’s Earth Foundation, Comision Nacional de Areas Naturales Protegidas, Project Domino, Universidad del Caribe, Oceanwide Science Institute, University of North Carolina, Asterisk tours, Obi Kue tours
Photo credits: Rafael de la Parra
The Coro de Cancun will present its final concert of the season tonight. The program is Christmas Carols from Around the World.
Date: Wednesday, December 15th
Cost: $50 pesos
Time: 8 pm
Place: Iglesia de Corpus Christi
Located in Region 92, located behind the Sindicato de Taxistas.
A good map is found if you Google for “Iglesia de Corpus Christi Cancun”.
Diana Reiss was interviewed on Anderson Cooper 360. Check it out at: CNN Blog What Do Dolphins See In The Mirror
She will be on again as part of a larger segment on animal intelligence on November 26 at 10pm EST
I saw this at the premier, and there is a dancing, singing tarantula.
Max and Moritz in NYC
New York Opera Society
“Max and Moritz: A Cartoon Opera in Seven Pranks” by Gisle Kverndokk
location:
At 350 Grand Street Between Ludlow and Essex
Thursday, October 28, 2010
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
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