September 2009Tuesday September 15 Mineral Meeting – 7:30 PM Downstairs Meeting Room, Brighton Town Hall. 2300 Elmwood Ave. Member Harry deLahunta will give a short talk about Plate Tectonics. Instead of having a Mineral of the Month, we will have a Show/Swap/Sale, so bring the best of what you have acquired over the summer, along with other specimens you'd like to sell or trade. Door prizes! Refreshments! Visitors always welcome. E-mail mineral@rasny.org for more information. |
October 2009Tuesday October 6 – Fossil and Mineral --Members only. Tour of Ward's Natural Science Establishment's Geology Department. If you didn't receive the notice of this event, contact your section for details. Tuesday October 20 – Mineral Section Meeting. 7:30 PM in the Auditorium of the Brighton Town Hall, 2300 Elmwood Avenue. The program will consist of several members reporting on their recent mineral collecting adventures and showing some of the specimens collected. There will also be a continuation of the show/swap/sale from September. Members are encouraged to bring items they wish to sell, trade, or just show off. Visitors are welcome. Saturday October 24 – Mineral, Fossil, Gem & Jewelry Show. Mineral Section is a co-sponsor with the Rochester Lapidary Society. Minett Hall, Monroe Co. Fair & Expo Center, corner of East Henrietta and Calkins Roads. 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Admission: $5 donation. Sunday October 25 – Mineral, Fossil, Gem & Jewelry Show. Mineral Section is a co-sponsor with the Rochester Lapidary Society. Minett Hall, Monroe Co. Fair & Expo Center, corner of East Henrietta and Calkins Roads. 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Admission: $5 donation. Saturday October 31 – 36th Annual RAS Fall Paper Session.
Hosted by Roberts Wesleyan College, 2310 Westside Drive, Rochester,
NY 14624. Beginning at 8:30 a.m. in the foyer to the Cultural Life Center. At
1:30 p.m., the Larry King Memorial Lecture speaker this year will be
Sue French, Contributing Editor for Sky & Telescope magazine.
The title of her talk will be Lord Rosse's Nebulae: The "Leviathan
of Parsonstown" and modern amateur astronomy. The lecture
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Monday November 02 – FOSSIL MEETING 7:30 PM Downstairs Meeting Room, Brighton Town Hall. 2300 Elmwood Ave., Professor Diana Boyer/Earth Sciences Department/SUNY Oswego, "Devonian Black Shales: the deep, dark story of dysaerobic fossil communities. Visitors welcome. Please e-mail John Handley at fossil@rasny.org or call John at 585-802-8567 for more information. -- NOTE DATE CHANGE Tuesday November 17 – Mineral Section Meeting. 7:30 PM in the Auditorium of the Brighton Town Hall, 2300 Elmwood Avenue. Program will be a lecture by Dr. Dori Farthing, Geoscience Dept. SUNY-Geneseo entitled "The Mineralogy of Slag." Door prizes and refreshments; visitors welcome. E-mail mineral@rasny.org for more information. |
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Tues 01 FOSSIL GENERAL MEETING 7:30 PM Downstairs Meeting Room,
Brighton Town Hall. 2300 Elmwood Ave., Annual Show-and-Tell. Bring your
finds from this year's field trips. Presentations by Terry Carter on
Utah and Harry deLahunta on 2009 New York State Geological Society field
trips. Refreshments. Visitors welcome. Please email John Handley at
<fossil@rasny.org> or call John at 585-802-8567 for more information. Fri 04 ASTRONOMY GENERAL MEETING 7:00 PM at the PLANETARIUM.
Please join us for snacks, a show of member images and star show, concluding
with Chris Carosa's Top 100 Astronomy project. For information, contact
Carol Latta at 230-9548, or <cosmos@rochester.rr.com>, or visit
www.rochesterastronomy.org. Wed 09 LIFE SCIENCES -- HERBARIUM 1:00 to 4:00 PM Life Sciences section will hold a workshop at the RAS Herbarium, located in the basement of the Rochester Museum and Science Center (RMSC). No experience needed! Plan to come and help with this valuable collection - and learn about plants in the process. If you plan to attend, please send an RSVP to Elizabeth Pixley. Then, at RMSC, go to the front desk and ask staff person there to call ext. 368, the phone in the Herbarium. For more information, contact Elizabeth Pixley, herbarium curator (334-0977 or epixley@rochester.rr.com). Sat 12 MINERAL HOLIDAY DINNER MEETING 7:00 PM St. Louis Church, 64 South Main Street, Pittsford. NY. Set up and social hour is before dinner, starting 6:00 PM. Please bring a dish to pass. Speaker for the meeting will be collector and dealer, David Joyce, of Ontario, Canada. He will give a talk titled "Collecting Quartz Japan Law Twin Crystals in British Columbia. "The Rochester Lapidary Club is invited. For information, call Chuck Hiler at 924-7496 or check the Academy web site www.rasny.org/. Tues 15 RAS BULLETIN Sat/Sun 26-27 ASTRONOMY -- RMSC HOLIDAY & SCIENCE DAYS 11:00
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January 2010 Sat 09 LIFE SCIENCES HERBARIUM — 10:00 AM-1:00 PM Life Sciences section will hold a workshop at the RAS Herbarium, located in the basement of the Rochester Museum and Science Center (RMSC). No experience needed! Plan to come and help with this valuable collection - and learn about plants in the process. Lunch is served in the RMSC Cafe until 2 pm. If you plan to attend, please send an RSVP to Elizabeth Pixley. Then, at RMSC, go to the front desk and ask staff person there to call ext. 368, the phone in the Herbarium. For more information, contact Elizabeth Pixley, herbarium curator (334-0977 or epixley@rochester.rr.com). Fri 15 RAS BULLETIN Deadline for events and articles
the February, 2010 issue. To submit articles, contact the editor at
editor@rasny.org. Sun 17 WINTERFEST 11:00 AM-4:00 PM East Lodge, Mendon Ponds
Park. Outdoor activities and exhibits. All sections welcome. For more
information please visit www.mendonpondswinterfest.org or contact section
presidents. Tue 19 MINERAL GENERAL MEETING — 7:30 PM. at Brighton Town Hall,
2300 Elmwood Ave., in the Downstairs Meeting Room. John Swierkos, Jr.,
Dolomite Group Geologist & Environmental Coordinator, will speak
on Mining at Penfield & Walworth Quarries. For information, call
Bill Pinch at 248-3333 or check the Mineral Section
Web page. Wed 20 LIFE SCIENCES HERBARIUM — 1:00-4:00 PM Life Sciences section
will hold a workshop at the RAS Herbarium, located in the basement of
the Rochester Museum and Science Center (RMSC). See similar January
09 event for details. Wed 27 RAS BOARD MEETING 7:00 PM Brighton Town Hall 2300 Elmwood Ave. in the downstairs conference room. Everyone is welcome. |
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Tuesday February 02 – Fossil Section Meeting. 7:30 PM in the Downstairs Meeting Room of the Brighton Town Hall, 2300 Elmwood Avenue. "Ordovician of the Cincinnati Arch and adventures at the North American Paleontological Convention," John Handley/Fossil Section. Visitors are welcome. Please contact John Handley at fossil@rasny.org or 585-802-8567 for more information. Fri 5 – ASTRONOMY GENERAL MEETING – 7:30
PM, RIT Gosnell Hall A-300 Lecture Hall. RIT Professor Michael Richmond
will present the latest updates from the Kepler mission. For information,
contact Lori Englund at 334-5744, or <lenglund@frontiernet.net>
or visit www.rochesterastronomy.org.
Sat 06 – LIFE SCIENCES GENERAL MEETING – 3:00 PM - 10:00 PM at Karen Wolf's home. 1397 Five Mile Line Road (come anytime, leave anytime) bring a dish/snack to pass; Section will supply sandwich makings and drinks. We will have a late afternoon luncheon for afternoon attendees and early evening meal for later in the day attendees. We will have Herbarium samples and other materials on display and discuss the many things the Life Science section and RAS are involved with and could be involved with Bring your thoughts and ideas for field trips and meeting topics. For more information and to let me know how many will attend, contact Karen 670-9709. Fri 12 – ASTRONOMY LECTURE – 7:30 PM, RIT Gosnell Hall A-300 Lecture Hall. "Deep Sky Filters" Frank Bov. Frank will discuss the use of filters for viewing nebulas. For more information, contact Lori Englund at 334-5744. Mon 15 - Fri 19 ASTRONOMY EXHIBIT – 12:00 PM -
4:00 PM at the Strasenburgh Planetarium. ASRAS members will be in the
lobby presenting astronomy topics. For more information, contact Carol
Latta at 230-9548 or <cosmos@rochester.rr.com>. Mon 15 – RAS BULLETIN DEADLINE Tue 19 – MINERAL GENERAL MEETING — 7:30 PM. at Brighton Town Hall, 2300 Elmwood Ave., in the Downstairs Meeting Room. Dr. Asish Basu, U of R Professor, Earth & Environmental Sciences Dept., will speak on Eruption of Nyiragongo Volcano in the African Rift Valley. For information, contact Nancy McCann at <mineralvp@rasny.org> or check the Mineral Section Web page. Sat 20 – LIFE SCIENCES HERBARIUM – 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Life Sciences section will hold a workshop at the RAS Herbarium, located in the basement of the Rochester Museum and Science Center (RMSC). No experience needed! Plan to come and help with this valuable collection - and learn about plants in the process. Lunch is served in the RMSC Cafe until 2 pm. If you plan to attend the workshop, please send an RSVP to Elizabeth Pixley. Then, at RMSC, go to the front desk and ask staff person there to call ext. 368, the phone in the Herbarium. For more information, contact Elizabeth Pixley, herbarium curator (334-0977 or epixley@rochester.rr.com). Wed 24 – RAS BOARD MEETING |
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Tuesday March 02 – Fossil Section Meeting. 7:30 PM in the Downstairs
Meeting Room of the Brighton Town Hall, 2300 Elmwood Avenue. "People
and geology of the Govi Altai region of southern Mongolia with a focus
on Silurian-Devonian strata and fossils," Professor D. Jeffrey
Over, SUNY Geneseo. Visitors are welcome. Please contact John Handley
at fossil@rasny.org or 585-802-8567 for more information.
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Tuesday April 06 – Fossil Section Meeting. 7:30 PM in the Downstairs Meeting Room of the Brighton Town Hall, 2300 Elmwood Avenue. "The role of predation in the restructuring of benthic marine communities during the mid-Paleozoic Marine Revolution," Dr. Judith Nagel-Myer/Paleontological Research Institution. Visitors are welcome. Please contact John Handley at fossil@rasny.org or 585-802-8567 for more information. Thursday April 15 Beginning of the 37th
Rochester Mineralogical Symposium. The Thursday evening program
is open all RAS members free of charge. Opening speaker will be Dr.
Georg Gebhard talking about Collecting at Classic European Localities.
8:00 p.m. at the Radisson Hotel Rochester Airport, 175
Jefferson Road, Rochester, NY 14623 (Henrietta) |
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