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<b><font size="4">Plimoth Plantation to Host a <i>Night of Food and Film</i> Featuring </font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0.1pt 0in;text-align:center"><font size="4"><b><i>From
Billions to None:</i></b> <b><i>The
Passenger Pigeon's Flight to Extinction</i></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font size="4"> </font></span></i></b></p><p align="center" style="margin:0.1pt 0in;text-align:center">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font size="4">Event
commemorates centenary of passenger pigeon’s extinction</font></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0.1pt 0in;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,32,96)">For Immediate Release | Event Alert</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,32,96)"></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">photos can be found here: <a href="https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B-y9xVg7IzzjLUFRQjFPWFdHaFU&usp=sharing" target="_blank">https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B-y9xVg7IzzjLUFRQjFPWFdHaFU&usp=sharing</a>
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<p style="margin:0.1pt 0in"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">On Friday evening, September 5, join Plimoth Plantation for
a </span><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Night of Food & Film</span></i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> as we mark this
centenary year of the passenger pigeon’s extinction with the screening of the
dramatic film <i>From Billions to None: The
Passenger Pigeon’s Flight to Extinction</i>. Explore this iconic bird’s
presence in 17<sup>th</sup>-century Plymouth, its current relevance to habitat
and species conservation successes, and sustainable use of natural
resources. </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0.1pt 0in">Stay for a post-film discussion with the film’s co-writer
and co-producer Joel Greenberg and a panel of bird conservation leaders and
historians. Before the film, enjoy a reception of seasonal artisan culinary
delights inspired by the Passenger Pigeon, locally sourced beer and wines, and
a special signature drink. Copies of Joel Greenberg’s book, <i>A Feathered River Across the Sky: The
Passenger Pigeon's Flight to Extinction,</i> will be available for purchase and
signing. Tickets are $30 per person or $50 per couple and can be purchased in
advance by calling <a href="tel:%28508%29746-1622%2C%20ext.%208346" value="+15087461622" target="_blank">(508)746-1622, ext. 8346</a> or online at <a href="http://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-plimoth-cinema-event-from-billions-to-none-remembering-the-passenger-pigeon-tickets-12579438439" target="_blank">http://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-plimoth-cinema-event-from-billions-to-none-remembering-the-passenger-pigeon-tickets-12579438439</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><em><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Edible
South Shore & South Coast</span></b></em><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> magazine</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> is the media sponsor for this Night of
Food & Film event. The South Shore and South Coast have been home to
hunting, gathering, fishing, farming—and great eating—for over 10,000 years. <i>Edible
South Shore & South Coast</i> magazine is committed to identifying and
sharing the local and sustainable food sources that the Southeastern
Massachusetts area has to offer today, and preserving local options for future
generations.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">The
event is also presented in collaboration with the </span><b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">South Shore Natural Science Center</b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">, dedicated to educating the
public about the natural and cultural environments of the South Shore.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The
plight of the passenger pigeon is unlike that of any other bird. With a likely
population between 3 and 5 billion, it was the most abundant bird in North
American and probably the world. Yet human exploitation drove this species to extinction
over the course of a few decades. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The loss of the passenger pigeon set the stage for the
earliest waves of environmentalism in America. The story continues to inspire
activism even now, a century after the death of “Martha,” the last passenger
pigeon (named after George Washington’s wife) who lived her 29-year life in the
Cincinnati Zoo and died on September 1, 1914. According to Greenberg, “The fate
of the passenger pigeon is a cautionary tale— proof that people need to pay
attention and not take the natural world for granted.”</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0.1pt 0in"><b>WHEN:</b> </p>
<p style="margin:0.1pt 0in">Friday, September 5, 2014</p>
<p style="margin:0.1pt 0in">Reception 6-7 pm</p>
<p style="margin:0.1pt 0in">Film & Discussion 7-9 pm</p>
<p style="margin:0.1pt 0in">Book signing to follow</p>
<p style="margin:0.1pt 0in">$30 per person/$50 per couple </p>
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<p style="margin:0.1pt 0in"><b>WHERE:</b> </p>
<p style="margin:0.1pt 0in">Plimoth Plantation, 137 Warren Avenue, Plymouth, MA 02360</p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:12pt">About The Film:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt">
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<p><i>From Billions to
None: The Passenger Pigeon’s Flight to Extinction</i> is a dramatic film that is
the keystone of the ambitious multi-media project that uses the passenger
pigeon story, of a billions-to-zero extermination in less than 50 years, to
explore important present day issues. The centenary of this recent extinction
offers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for this film to sharply focus new
attention on habitat conservation and species survival—and help all species avoid
the fate of the passenger pigeon. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">About
the Moderator:</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Wayne </span></b><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Petersen</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">is Mass Audubon's Director of the Massachusetts Important Bird Areas (IBA)
program. He has led trips and tours, lectured, and conducted birding workshops
across North America for over thirty-five years. Wayne was a founding member of
the Massachusetts Avian Records Committee and serves on the advisory committee
for the Massachusetts Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program. His
writing projects include authoring the National Audubon Society’s <i>Pocket Guide to Songbirds</i> <i>and Familiar Backyard Birds (East),</i>
coauthoring <i>Birds of Massachusetts and
Birds of New England</i>, co-editing the <i>Massachusetts
Breeding Bird Atlas</i>, and contributing to <i>The Audubon Society Master Guide to Birding</i>, <i>The Sibley Guide to Bird Life & Behavior</i>, and <i>Arctic Wings</i>. </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Panelists:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Joel Greenberg</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> has over 25 years of
experience working on natural resource related issues in the Midwest. He is currently
a Research Associate of both the Chicago Academy of Sciences’ Peggy Notebaert
Nature Museum and the Field Museum. Joel has authored four books including <i>Of Prairie, Woods, and Waters: Two Centuries
of Chicago Nature Writing</i>; <i>A Natural
History of the Chicago Region</i>; and his most recent work <i>A Feathered River Across the Sky: The
Passenger Pigeon's Flight to Extinction. </i>He has been a leader in Project
Passenger Pigeon, and co-produced the documentary,<i> From Billions to None: The Passenger Pigeon's Flight to Extinction</i>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Robert Charlebois</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <span style="color:black">is an interpreter in the Wampanoag Homesite at Plimoth
Plantation. He serves in a consulting role for the Museum's Reference
Library, in addition to his duties at the Artisan Craft
Center constructing Porcupine Hair Headdresses, which he has been making
most of his life. A former teacher, he has worked at both public
schools and at First Nation schools in both the U.S. and Canada. He is a member
of the Abenaki Nation, Painted Turtle Clan.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">John Ga</span></b></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;display:inline"><b>l</b></div><b>luzzo</b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> is Director of Education for the South Shore
YMCA's South Shore Natural Science Center and the author of 35 books on the
history and nature of the South Shore of Boston. He is a nationally-known Coast
Guard historian, a regular columnist for <i>South
Shore Living</i> magazine, and a longtime contributor to the <i>Hull Times</i>, for which he has written a
weekly column for more than a decade. John is a frequent lecturer and holds a
weekly radio spot on 95.9 WATD FM, through which he encourages people to
explore the history and nature of the South Shore.</span><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">John Kricher, Ph.D.,</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> is a
Professor of Biology at Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusetts. Dr. Kricher
teaches courses in ecology, ornithology, and vertebrate evolution. His most
recent book is <i>Tropical Ecology</i>, now
the leading textbook on the subject of global tropical ecology. He has also
authored <i>The Balance of Nature: Ecology’s
Enduring Myth</i> and <i>Galapagos: A Natural History</i>. Other
books include the best-selling <i>A
Neotropical Companion</i>, and three North American ecology field guides in the
Peterson series. John is a Fellow in the American Ornithologists Union, has
served as president of the Association of Field Ornithologists, and president
of the Wilson Ornithological Society. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Kathleen Wall</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> is the Colonial
Foodways Culinarian at Plimoth Plantation. Kathleen has been cooking,
gardening, and baking as a 17th century housewife in the museum’s English
Village since 1980. Kathleen’s writings
about colonial foodways can be found on her blog <i>Pilgrim Seasonings, Notes and Recipes from a 17th Century Kitchen</i>.
Through workshops like <i>Hard Core Hearth
Cooking</i> and lectures such as <i>Pioneer
to Pilgrims</i>, she inspires today’s cooking with unbelievable recipes and
techniques from the past.</span></p>
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<b>About Plimoth Plantation</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Plimoth
Plantation is a 501(c)3 charitable organization and a living museum dedicated
to telling the history of Plymouth Colony from the perspective of both the
Pilgrims and the Native Wampanoag people. Located less than an hour’s drive
south of Boston in Plymouth, Massachusetts, (Exit 4, Route 3 south) and 15
minutes north of Cape Cod, the Museum is open daily from 9 am to 5 pm, 7 days a
week, from the third Saturday in March through the end of November 2014.
Plimoth Plantation is a private, not-for-profit educational institution
supported by admission fees, contributions, memberships, function sales and
revenue from a variety of dining programs/services/special events and Museum
Shops. Plimoth Plantation is a Smithsonian Institution Affiliate and receives
support from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, private foundations,
corporations, and local businesses. For more information, visit <a href="http://www.plimoth.org/" target="_blank">www.plimoth.org</a>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br>
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