Category: Calendar of Events
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ESCONI Holiday Party
ESCONI ANNUAL HOLIDAY PARTY It is time to celebrate the holiday season with our annual ESCONI get together. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2nd, 2011 5:30 to 7:30 pm Greek Islands Restaurant 300 E. 22nd St. Lombard IL 60148 www.greekislands.net (630) 932-4545 If you would like to attend the Holiday Party, please RSVP by December 1st to Rob…
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Events for 2nd Half of November 2011
Sat. 11/19 Paleontology Study Group. 7:30 p.m. College of Dupage, Building K, Rm 161. Michael Paine presents on Niagra fossils. NO ARCHAEOLOGY MEETING in NOVEMBER Fri. 12/2 Holiday Dinner 5:30 (see below) General and Board Meeting. 8:00 p.m. College of Dupage, Building K, Rm 161. Jack MacRae, a naturalist at the Willowbrook Wildlife Center,…
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Tonight – Microphotograhy of Minerals from Clark Mines
Sat. 11/12 Mineralogy and Micromount Study Group. 7:30 p.m. College of Dupage, Building K, Rm 161. Dan Behnke presents microphotography of specimens collected from Clark Mines. Promise – gorgeous photographs – will see minerals and rocks at their most beautiful. Will amaze.
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Need Your Help This Sat. 11/5 for Organizing Workday
Good news! The rock collection was moved to the new area in the warehouse. A special thanks to all those hard workers who made this possible. Now we need your help in organizing the collection. So please stop by to help for one or more hours on Saturday, November 5, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm…
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Events for 1st Half of November 2011
Sat. 11/5 Work Day Come out one and all – we need your help! We have to organize our club collection. So please stop by to help for one or more hours on Saturday, November 5, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm in 900 Knell Road, Montgomery Illinois. On that day if you have problems finding…
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ESCONI Work Day Saturday 10/22 9:00 am – 2:00 pm
Come out one and all – we need your help! We have to move our club collection from one part of the building to another part. Also, for those with bad backs, we could use your help with identifying and making bid sheets. So please stop by to help for one or more hours on…
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Paleostudy Group National Fossil Day Event
Wow. So many people who brought in so many of their fossils! All kinds of specimens – first time prime and unknown, large and small specimens, dark and light, old and not so old… Karen Nordquist looked like she was writing down the specifics, so look for more info in the newsletter! …
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Events for 2nd half of October, 2011
Sat. 10/22 Archaeology Study Group. 7:30 p.m. College of Dupage, Building K, Rm 161. Floyd Rogers will present on Flintnapping. Attend this session to learn how to make arrowheads. Fri. 10/28 Board Meeting. 7:30 p.m. College of Dupage, Building K, Rm 161. Also, the Burpee Museum in Rockford just opened with their new Ice Age…
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National Fossil Day!
Today is National Fossil Day! ESCONI’s Paleontology Study Group will be hosting a National Fossil Day event on Saturday, October 15, at 7:30 pm at College of Dupage, Building K, Room 161, Glen Ellyn. Bring your fossils for identification! We will have fossil experts on hand to answer all your questions. In addition, we will…
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Events for 1st half of October
Wed. 10/12 Fri 10/14 National Fossil Day! General Meeting: 7:30 p.m. College of Dupage, Building K, Rm 161. Paul Mayer, The Field Museum, will be presenting on the Geology of the Grand Canyon. Sat. 10/15 Paleontology Study Group. 7:30 p.m. College of Dupage, Building K, Rm 161. Celebrate National Fossil Day with us!…
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Events for the Last Couple Weeks of Sept. 2011
Wed. 9/21 – Celebrate Illinois Archaeology Awareness Month & Help with an Archaeological Excavation at Garfield Farm Museum To register, see the dig, or to financially contribute to the effort, contact the museum at 630 584-8485, e-mail info@garfieldfarm.org or write to Box 403 La Fox, IL 60147. Fri. 9/23 – Board Meeting. 7:30 p.m. College of…
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Sept. 21 Archaeo Excavation Garfield Farm Museum
Registrations are now being taken for individuals who wish to help with an archaeological excavation returning September 21 at Garfield Farm Museum. Both novice and experienced volunteers are needed to help excavate, screen, wash and catalogue artifacts in the vicinity of the original log house built in 1836 by the Culbertson family and later expanded…
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Events this week ending 9/18
Sat. 9/17 Paleontology Study Group. 7:30 p.m. College of Dupage, Building K, Rm 161.
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Fri. 9/9 General Meeting – Scott Williams of Burpee Museum on Tyranno Forelimbs
What about those small forelimbs? Scott Williams, Director of Exhibits and Science, Burpee Museum, will be presenting on tyrannosaurid forelimb allometry at the ESCONI General Meeting, this Friday, 9/9/11, at 7:30 pm at College of Dupage, Building K, Room 161. Free and open to the public. Graphic: Wikipedia Commons
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Event This Week Ending 9/12/11
Fri, 9/9 General Meeting: 7:30 p.m. College of Dupage, Building K, Rm 161. Scott Williams of Burpee Museum, will be presenting on tyrannosaurid forelimb allometry. Sat, 9/10 Mineralogy and Micromount Study Group. 7:30 p.m. College of Dupage,Building K, Rm 161. Topic: Flourescents, including a Show and Tell.
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Holiday Party Restaurant – Any Suggestions?
Rob Sula is beginning to plan the ESCONI Holiday Part in December. While we can have the party at the same restaurant as last year, Rob is also taking ideas for other restaurants. If you want to suggest a restaurant, give Rob a phone call at (630) 236 – 9695.
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Event This Week: Ending 9/4/11
Friday, Sept 2 – Behind the Scenes Tour of Field Museum. 9:30 am to 2:30 pm. $74, includes entry to museum, class code – YEMS-0010-010. All ages. Sign up through College of Dupage’s web site or call Georgia Madden at (630) 942-2063. Less than 1% of the Field Museum’s specimens are actually on display –…
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Room Change AGAIN! Back to Rm 161
All meetings in September will be in our usual room – Room 161, Building K.
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Sign Up Today for Field Museum Tour
2 students shy of having enough to run class…. if you want to go, please register today! Friday, Sept 2 – Behind the Scenes Tour of Field Museum. 9:30 am to 2:30 pm. $74, includes entry to museum, class code – YEMS-0010-010. All ages. Sign up through College of Dupage’s web site or call Georgia…
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Room Change for Meetings !
Update – as of 8/29/11 – This room change is no longer happening. All September meetins will be back in K161. ESCONI will be meeting in a new room for the August Board meeting and all September meetings (General and Study Group) and the August Board Meeting will meet at College of Dupage,Student Resource Center,…
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Indian Mound Hike Planned for September
Winfield Mounds Hike 10:00 am – 11:30 am Join a naturalist-led hike to the only known prehistoric American Indian mounds in DuPage County. Ages 12 and up; under 18 with an adult. Free. Registration begins Sept. 10. Call (630) 942-6200.
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National Fossil Day Art And Photography Contest
The National Fossil Day partners are sponsoring an art and photography contest to celebrate the second annual National Fossil Day. National Fossil Day is scheduled for Wednesday, October 12, 2011, during Earth Science Week. The theme for this contest is “Fossils in My Backyard.” The age groups are 5-8, 9-13, 14-18, and an adult group,…
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National Fossil Day, Wed. Oct. 12
ESCONI web site received this request for our involvement in creating a local event of our choosing for National Fossil Day from Eva Lyon, the National Fossil Day coordinator. Since the day is Wednesday, October 12, and coming up soon, I wanted to see if anyone was interested in this idea. While I could have…
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Events in August, 2011
August 26–28—South Bend, IN. Michiana Gem and Mineral Society’s 48th Annual Jewelry, Gem, and Mineral Show and Sale, St. Joseph Cnty. 4-H Fairgrounds, Esther Singer Bldg., 5177 S. Ironwood Rd. Info.—Marie Crull, 574/272-7209, or crullb2@sbcglobal.net, or sauktown.com/Michiana. Friday, August 26 – ESCONI Board Meeting. 7:30 p.m. NOTE! ROOM CHANGE! College of Dupage, Student Resource Center,…
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Events In Last Half of July 2011
Sat., 7/23, Geodes and Gems, Elgin Public Museum, Noon-2 PM; Free Geodes are one of the coolest phenomena of geology; deceptively like a regular rock at first glance, when cracked open, geodes reveal beautiful quartz formations. Discover how they formed and even have a chance to crack open one for yourself. Museum representatives will be…
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Events – No Events till After July 4
Summer is here, so there are no ESCONI meetings till September. There are a few earth science events that will be happening in July and August, which I will post on after July 4. If you are looking for a gem/mineral show… here is a list from Rocks and Minerals Magazine. I know many of…
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Field Museum Behind The Scenes Tour with Rob Sula
Rob Sula, our ESCONI Vice President, writes: Due to space, class size is limited so please contact Georgia Madden to sign up. You can call her at (630) 942-2063 or e-mail her at madden@cod.edu. Please do not contact me directly as I am leaving for my field season tomorrow morning and I won’t be back…
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Events This Week 6/13 – 6/20/2011
Saturday, 6/18 – ESCONI Field Trip to the Larson (Vulcan) Quarry on Barber Greene Road in Sycamore, IL. 9:00 am to 11:30AM. Sign up by sending me an email with the number of people and their names. I will acknowledge by return email. Dave fossil54@att.net Rules: 1. Must be an ESCONI member. 2. Must be…
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Friday Lecture: Meteorites & Impact Events
Friday, 6/10 – General Meeting – Lecture: Dr. James St. John, Ohio State University at Newark will present a program on Introduction to Meteorites and Impact Events. This will give an overview of what rocks from space look like, what their mineral contents are, their ages, their origins, and their beauty. Various rocks resulting from…
