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EVENTS CALENDAR
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Magic trading card game
meetings
Ages 11 and up are invited to the Eastham
Public Library the first Tuesday of each month from
6:15 to 7:45 to play, watch or learn Magic- The
Gathering trading card game. For information call
508-240-5950.
New programs at the Boys &
Girls Club
The Boys & Girls Club in Mashpee is open Monday
through Friday from 2 to 7 p.m. Teen nights are held
each Wednesday night from 7 to 9 p.m. and every
Friday night from 7 to 10 p.m. Additionally, the club is
open every Saturday as well during vacation weeks.
Offerings include photography, homework tutoring
and help, horseback riding, lacrosse, a goal-setting
program, karate, basketball, dance, computer, career
prep, healthy living and much more. A satellite Boys
& Girls Club for grades 7 through 12 is now open at
MashpeeHigh Schoolwherethere iscomputer support,
games, tutoring SAT and MCAS prep and much more
available. Membership is $15 for the year.
YMCA activities
The YMCA of Cape Cod has immediate openings
at several childcare locations, including one in West
Barnstable, where swim classes are included. For
details call 508-362-6500 , ext. 108.
Legal clinic for women
Women are invited to attend a free legal clinic
Jan. 12 from 9 to 11 a.m. when elder law and real
estate will be discussed. Another session follows
from 1 to 3 p.m. when family law will be discussed.
Both sessions are held at WE CAN , 537 Main St.
in Harwichport. Call 508-430-8111 to schedule an
appointment.
Learn to fling!
The Callanish School of Celtic Arts leads begin-
ning lessons in Highland Dance and Scottish Step
Dance Monday afternoons at the West Barnstable
Community Building on Route 149 and at the First
Congregational Church of Yarmouthport on Route
6A on Wednesday afternoons. Ages 4 and up are
welcome. Call 508-888-0107 for information.
Programs at children's
museum
The Cape Cod Children's Museum, 577 Greai
Neck Road South in Mashpee, is holding several
classes this winter. Among the offerings is Toddler
Time, Pre-K Prep, Infant Time. Down on the Farm,
American Red Cross Babysitting, Story and Craft
Hour, more. Illustrations for the Eight Nights of Cha-
nukkah book by Elivia Savadier will be on display
through Jan. 30. An 8-week Creative Arts Therapy
program is offered beginning Jan. 18 at 4 p.m.
Parent-child interactive , the program offers all an
opportunity to explore a different therapeutic activity
each week. For details , call 508-539-8788.
Rover Dog to the rescue
Homes for Barnstable County area pets can be
found via the Internet with the help of Rover Dog
Rescue in Buzzards Bay, the MSPCA in Centerville,
and People for Cats in West Falmouth, all of whom
have joined Petfinder.com . the oldest and largest
on-line database of homeless pets. To find out more,
e-mail roverdogrescue@hotmail.com
Foster and adoptive families
needed
Social workers and local foster parents are present
the fourth Thursday of every month from noon to 1
p.m. and 6 to 7 p.m. at the state Department of Social
Services. 32 Commercial St. in South Yarmouth,
to discuss foster parenting and adoption. Those
interested should stop by or call 508-771-1727.
Coffee and an open mic
The YMCA of Cape Cod's coffeehouse for teens
at Camp Lyndon in Sandwich will be held the second
and fourth Saturday of each month from 7 to 9 p.m.
Featured activities include an open mike, musicians,
dancing, an art gallery, poetry readings and more.
Teens are welcome to perform or just hang out.
Admission is S2
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Barnstable Land Trust
(720 Main Street . Hyannis. 508-771-25851
Help to save Cordwood by dressing your pup in a
Dogs of Eagle Pond Doggie Bandana, available by
sending a check for $27 to the BLT, P.O.Box 224,
Cotuit, MA 026S5 or by calling 508-771-2585. All
proceeds benefit the cause.
Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution
(Redfield Auditorium,Water Street , Woods Hole,
508-289-2398)
Cape Cod Canal Visitor Center
(Cape side of the Canal, Ed Moffit Drive, across
from the Sandwich Coast Guard Station. Information,
508-833-9678.) Attractions include a retired 41-foot
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' patrol boat, real time
radar and camera images of the Canal, a theater
showing continuous presentations on the Canal
history, bookstore , rangers presenting ongoing free
programs and more. Call 978-318-8636.
Cape Cod National Seashore
(Salt PondVisitor Center, Nauset Road, off Route
6 in Eastham, 508-255-3421; Province Lands Visitor
Center, Race Point Road, off Route 6 in Provinc-
etown, 508-487-1256. Call for details.)
Thornton W. Burgess Society/
Green Briar Nature Center
(6 Discovery Hill Road in East Sandwich.508-888-
6870. Winter hours are Tuesday through Saturday
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., through mid-April.
Critter Capers is held every Friday at 10:30 a.m.
when a naturalist leads a tour to visit the resident
animals. And every Saturday morning at 10:30, it's
Animal Story Time with stories about Peter Rabbit
and friends. Every Tuesday and Friday morning at
10:30, a volunteer leads walks in the Shirley G.
Cross Wildflower Garden.
•Jan. 10: Explore nature through watercolor from
9:30 to noon each Tuesday. Bring your supplies.
• Jan. 13: Story telling and puppet making will
be offered to ages 4 to 8 and 9 to 12 between 10
a.m. and noon.
•Jan. 14: Celebrate Thornton W. Burgess's 132nd
birthday with a special story time at 10:30 a.m., when
there will be a live animal presentation as well as
birthday cup cakes , a visit from Peter Rabbit and
other surprises.
• Jan. 16 and 18: Workshops exploring science
and literature connections will be conducted for
educators in pre-kindergarten through grade 4 from
8:30 to 3:30 p.m. To register call.
Cape Cod Museum of Natural
History
(508-896-3867 , Route 6A in Brewster)
Nature walks, talks, lessons, trips, a museum
shop and library, family programs and more are of-
fered. Current exhibits include an interactive coastal
exhibit , marine exhibits , birds, more.
Massachusetts Audubon
Society, Ashumet and Long
Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary
(508-362-1426 , call for detailed information)
Massachusetts Audubon
Society, Wellfleet Bay Wildlife
Sanctuary
(508-349-2615, Route 6 in Wellfleet , call for a
complete schedule of events)
Special notice: The Birding Cape Cod guide has
been updated by the Audubon Society and the Cape
Cod Bird Club.
Massachusetts Audubon
Society, Long Pasture Wildlife
Sanctuary
(Cummaquid, 508-362-1426)
Waquoit Bay Reserve
(508-457-0495 , Route 28, East Falmouth)
Cape Cod Wildlife Center
(185 Meadow Lane, West Barnstable , 508-362-
0111 , www.capewildlife.org)
Have your questions about wildlife answered daily
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., or go to the Center 's Web site
at CapeWildlife.Org
Warning: The Center strongly urges the public
to not touch wild animals. If you must do so, wear
thick rubber gloves. Better yet , call your local animal
control department and let the professionals handle
the situation.
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Winter lecture series
The Historical Society of Old Yarmouth offers a
winter lecture series in Cape Cod history Wednes-
days beginning Jan. 11 at 6:30 p.m.The series ends
on Feb. 15. Talks are held at the Dennis Yarmouth
High School with registration at the administration
building on Station Avenue. For details, call 508-
362-3021 .
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