Meet the Falcons! A Visit from Christine's Critters + My Side of the Mountain book discussion
Sun, May 04
|The Mather Homestead Barn & Outdoors
Join us for fun and learning at the homestead featuring Christine's Critters plus resident literary guru Samantha Gault. First up, a discussion of "My Side of the Mountain" with interactive fun! Then, a one hour program by Christine Peyreigne featuring live hawks, falcons, owls and reptiles.
Time & Location
May 04, 2025, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
The Mather Homestead Barn & Outdoors, 19 Stephen Mather Rd, Darien, CT 06820, USA
About the event
My Side of the Mountain is a middle-grade adventure novel written and illustrated by American writer Jean Craighead George published by E. P. Dutton in 1959. It features a boy who learns courage, independence, and the need for companionship while attempting to live in the Catskill Mountains of New York State. In 1960, it was one of three Newbery Medal Honor Books (runners-up) and in 1969 it was loosely adapted as a film of the same name. George continued the story in print, decades later.
Christine’s Critters, Inc. was born from Christine's passion for birds of prey, and her desire to try to help offset some of the effects that mankind has created that harm our native wildlife. Christine has always had a passion for animals, but once she became a falconer and started hunting with her red tailed hawk, Theron, when she was 16, she knew that she wanted…
Tickets
- Sale ends: Apr 27, 4:45 PM
Nonmember
$20.00+$0.50 ticket service fee - Sale ends: Apr 27, 4:45 PM
Member
$15.00+$0.38 ticket service fee Family - nonmember
All are invited to see this special falcon event!
$65.00+$1.63 ticket service feeFamily - member
All are invited to see this special falcon event!
$55.00+$1.38 ticket service fee
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