September Schedule

Saturday, September 3: First Saturday volunteer day, 9 to 11.
Volunteers get in for free. Afterwards we’ll be making model boats
based on the Lewis & Clark keelboat, and we’ll be painting old-style
signs. Come pick your trade and stencil your message...
Sunday, September 4: Boat building and sign painting, inspired by the
book American Folk Art for Kids

Saturday, September 10,
Sunday, September 11: We’re having our last weekend of miniature boat
building and sailing, and last year’s favorite activity, “Mystery of
the Keelboat,” where visitors are given a variety of questions to
answer through clues left aboard the keelboat.

Saturday, September 17,
Sunday, September 18: Do a folk art portrait of yourself, and
practice your calligraphy with a real quill pen. The “Mystery of the
Keelboat” continues... with new clues to find aboard the Red Pirogue.

Saturday, September 24,
Sunday, September 25: Help us decoupage a piece of furniture for the
Center, and take home your own paste collage card. Construct a
weather station and do experiments with the instruments we place
inside.

Volunteer Saturday

This coming Saturday, September 3, we are having our Volunteer Meet-up from 9 to 11. We hope to see you there! We'll be working on furniture ideas for the Day of Caring and doing touch-ups on the barn.

August 27 and 28

We will be closed for maintenance this coming weekend, August 27th and 28th. We just want to make sure that everything got through the earthquake all right, and to fix some items that got damaged. Thank you again for your patience! The weather this August has not been cooperative. We hope to have a great September and the activities for the rest of the fall will be posted soon.

Rain Closing

This morning we opened for our First Saturdays volunteer day. We painted benches, getting them ready for birds and clouds and flowers which we'll add later. Then the rains came! We closed when we got soaked, but we hope to see everyone tomorrow.

August 6 and 7

This coming weekend we'll be building model boats to sail in the river and we'll be collecting soil samples to turn into all-natural paint. The paint will then be used on paper or as slip on pottery. (Clay is available for small bowls and sculptures.) The forecast says it might rain, so check into the blog for closing in case of thunderstorms.

Dave Matthews Tickets

All you Dave Matthews/Tim Reynolds/Lewis and Clark Exploratory Center fans, as of today (August 5th) you have the opportunity to give to LCEC when you buy your tickets to the Matthews-Reynolds show at the nTelos Wireless Pavilion in Charlottesville on August 20, 2011. Just go to www.thenteloswirelesspavilion.com and buy your tickets. You'll be given a 14 digit number that you can then use on the www.justgive.org website to designate funds to your favorite charity. Tell your friends to support us also! They'll be supporting environmental education, a new river center, and hands-on activities for kids. And as our visitors you can tell them all about it.

Heat Closings

Last weekend we were closed because of heat advisories. Because we operate largely outdoors, any heat index over 95 or 96 can be uncomfortable. We don't have a set closing temperature, but if the heat index is over 99 we are likely to be closed. You can also call 996-7282 (weekend hours only) to learn about closings.