2016 Rainforest Festival Event Schedule
Thursday, September 8
12:05 -12:55 Lunch Brown Bag Talk: “Eat, Heal or Dye: Botanical Secrets from the Tongass”
Karen Dillman, USFS - Public Library Community Room
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3:30 – 5:00 Kids’ Event: “Diving for Science” with Jeff Meucci and Joe Stratman, ADF&G - State Float Plane Dock
7:00 – 9:00 Keynote Presentation:“LeConte Glacier” with Roman Motyka, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska
and Film: “Bear Island”Wright Auditorium
Friday, September 9
12:05 – 12:55 Lunch Brown Bag Talk: “Foraging through the Year” with Corinne Conlon - Public Library Community Room
2:30 – 4:00 Kids’ Event: Leafy Rainforest Prints with Andrea Weathers - Public Library Community Room
pre-register at the library, grades 1-8, limit 20
6:00 – 8:00 Reception: Annabelle Baker Memorial Art Show “Flight” - Clausen Memorial Museum
Show will run from September 9-17. Regular museum hours 10-5, Mon-Sat
Special festival hours: 1-5 on Sunday, September 11
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Saturday, September 10
8:45 – 1:00 Field Trip: Leconte Glacier with Roman Motyka, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska
Pre-register at Visitor’s Center $105, Limit 13, Whale Song Cruises -Meet at Petersburg Pilot office
8:00 – 5:00 Field Trip: Stikine River Berries and Mushrooms with Corinne Conlon
Breakaway Adventures - SOLD OUT - Meet at Banana Point with your rain gear, water and lunch
8:00 – 12:00 All-ages event: Sandy Beach bioblitz with Karen Dillman, USFS - help identify all the plants above high tide line
Meet at Sandy Beach park Shelter #1, free t-shirts for first 25 participants (sizes limited)
1:30 – 3:00 Workshop: Making Paper with Invasive Plants with Joni Johnson, USFS - Public Library Community Room
pre-register at the library, limit 12
2:00 – 4:00 Teen event: Explorations of Color and Natural Dyes with Karen Dillman, USFS - Community Garden: elementary school,
ages 13-18 years old
7:00 – 9:00 Coffee, Music and Poetry – with music by Nicole and Alec McMurren
Bring original or favorite poems or short stories to share - Glacier Express Cafe - coffee and desserts for purchase
Sunday, September 11
8:00 – 5:00 Field Trip: Plein air on the (Stikine) River with Joe Viechnicki, Breakaway Adventures - SOLD OUT
Meet at Banana Point with your own materials, lunch, water, and rain gear
8:30 – 5:00 Field trip: Fall Flora and Fungi of Crystal Mountain with Karen Dillman, USFS Kids 12 and up welcome.
Meet at the intersection of Woodpecker Cove Rd and Mitkof Hwy - Bring water, food, survival gear, proper boots.
Call or sign-up at the Visitor’s Center to provide contact information.
8:15 – 12:00 Field Trip: Foraging for Local Edible Foods with Corinne Conlon - Meet at the public library parking lot to car pool
1:00 – 4:00 Adult Workshop: Making Devil’s Club salve with Andrea Weathers - Public Library Community Room
pre-register at library, Class limit 20, $10 materials fee
2:00 – 4:00 Kids’ Event: Making nature print t-shirts with Eric Castro, USFS - Sandy Beach Park Shelter #1
Bring your own t-shirt or other printable cloth
6:30 – 9:00 Taste of the Rainforest wild foods dinner with Corinne Conlon and Amy O’Neill Houch - Upstairs at Sons of Norway*
Purchase tickets in advance at the Visitor’s Center, $75, Limit 40 - SOLD OUT
*Anticipated Menu!
Antipasti – Pickled Foraged Local Foods
First Course – Black Cod with Wild Mushroom Ragout
Soup Course – Autumn Halibut Vegetable Soup
Trou Normand – Coppa Rhubarb Sorbet
Main Course – Salmon with wild mushroom and foraged green pilaf and salad
Dessert – TBD, featuring local wild berries