If you’re tired of going to the bar on Friday nights, or staying in for pizza night with the fam, try something different this weekend. Schiff Nature Preserve is hosting a Wild & Scenic Film Festival this Friday, June 4.
Watch a series of short, independent, environmental films, win raffle prizes & free gifts, and enjoy tasty treats from sponsors. Starting at 5:30 p.m., the films will be screened in the Schiff Woodbadge Lodge – just a short night hike, or wagon ride away from the Schiff Nature Center. FUN! It should wrap up around 9:30 p.m. (so if you were up for a night out on the town, you could have the best of both worlds).
What can you expect to see if you attend? Here’s the lineup:
GrowTown MoTown
Grow It Green Morristown
See how a group of local gardeners (Morristown, NJ) converted a vacant lot into a community garden!
Ascending the Giants
You may hug a tree, but would you climb one? Join tree lovers & climbers Brian and Will as they attempt to find Oregon’s largest Sitka Spruce trees. Through their eyes we discover the breathtaking beauty of these beautiful giants.
Flathead Wild
Flathead Wild follows the International League of Conservation photographers as they descend on the Flathead River Valley in Montana with local conservation groups and work to get the perfect, iconic image.
The Fun Theory: Piano Staircase
”Take the stairs instead of the escalator or elevator and feel better” is something we often hear or read in the Sunday papers. Few people actually follow that advice. Can we get more people to take the stairs over the escalator by making it fun to do?
Lady Bug Swarm
Enjoy one of the wonders of nature … and rediscover the beauty of nature through the eyes of a child.
National Parks: This is America
Filmed at some of nature’s most spectacular locales — from Acadia to Yosemite, Yellowstone to the Grand Canyon, the Everglades of Florida to the Gates of the Arctic in Alaska . The film is a summary of the 12-hour PBS series.
Nature Propelled
Following the historic petroleum-free journey captured in his previous film Oil + Water, Seth Warren embarks on a new adventure with his nature powered fire truck named Baby, this time tracking the life cycle of water through the seasons.
Legacy of the Land
Schiff Natural Lands Trust
A condensed version of the short documentary to celebrate 25 years of community-based conservation at Schiff Nature Preserve. Narration by Bill Moyers, camerawork by Emmy award winner Greg Barna and music by Moby.
Tickets are $15.50 each, and you should buy them in advance here. Keep the squirmy kids younger than age 8 at home, please (paraphrasing here). Schiff Nature Preserve is located at 339 Pleasant Valley Road in Mendham.
And, since local sponsors deserve a shout out, the festival’s sponsors include: Base Camp Adventure Outfitters, Bella’s Burger Shack, The Station Pub n’ Grub, SmartWorld Coffee, Chester Meat Market, Slo Baked Granola (a good Twitter pal @SloBakedGranola), My Local Garden, Pipsqueak Soap Company, Rice and Associates, Far Hills Country Day School and The Willow School.
