[SEMCO] Event Alert: Plimoth Plantation to Host a Night of Food and Film Featuring "From Billions to None"

[Sarah Macdonald]

*Plimoth Plantation to Host a Night of Food and Film Featuring *

*From Billions to None:* *The Passenger Pigeon's Flight to Extinction*



*Event commemorates centenary of passenger pigeon’s extinction *





*For Immediate Release | Event Alert*



photos can be found here:
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On Friday evening, September 5, join Plimoth Plantation for a *Night of
Food & Film* as we mark this centenary year of the passenger pigeon’s
extinction with the screening of the dramatic film *From Billions to None:
The Passenger Pigeon’s Flight to Extinction*. Explore this iconic bird’s
presence in 17th-century Plymouth, its current relevance to habitat and
species conservation successes, and sustainable use of natural resources.



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, *A Feathered
River Across the Sky: The Passenger Pigeon's Flight to Extinction,* will be
available for purchase and signing. Tickets are $30 per person or $50 per
couple and can be purchased in advance by calling (508)746-1622, ext. 8346
or online at
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-plimoth-cinema-event-from-billions-to-none-remembering-the-passenger-pigeon-tickets-12579438439.




*Edible South Shore & South Coast** magazine* 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. *Edible South Shore & South Coast* 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.The event is also presented in collaboration
with the *South Shore Natural Science Center*, dedicated to educating the
public about the natural and cultural environments of the South Shore.



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.



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.”



*WHEN:*

Friday, September 5, 2014

Reception 6-7 pm

Film & Discussion 7-9 pm

Book signing to follow

$30 per person/$50 per couple



*WHERE:*

Plimoth Plantation, 137 Warren Avenue, Plymouth, MA 02360



*About The Film:*

*From Billions to None: The Passenger Pigeon’s Flight to Extinction* 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.



*About the Moderator:*

*Wayne **Petersen* 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 *Pocket Guide to Songbirds* *and
Familiar Backyard Birds (East),* coauthoring *Birds of Massachusetts and
Birds of New England*, co-editing the *Massachusetts Breeding Bird Atlas*,
and contributing to *The Audubon Society Master Guide to Birding*, *The
Sibley Guide to Bird Life & Behavior*, and *Arctic Wings*.



*Panelists: *



*Joel Greenberg* 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 *Of
Prairie, Woods, and Waters: Two Centuries of Chicago Nature Writing*; *A
Natural History of the Chicago Region*; and his most recent work *A
Feathered River Across the Sky: The Passenger Pigeon's Flight to
Extinction. *He has been a leader in Project Passenger Pigeon, and
co-produced the documentary,* From Billions to None: The Passenger Pigeon's
Flight to Extinction*.



*Robert Charlebois* 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.



*John Ga*
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*luzzo* 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 *South Shore Living* magazine, and a
longtime contributor to the *Hull Times*, 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.



*John Kricher, Ph.D.,* 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 *Tropical Ecology*, now
the leading textbook on the subject of global tropical ecology. He has also
authored *The Balance of Nature: Ecology’s Enduring Myth*  and *Galapagos:
A Natural History*. Other books include the best-selling *A Neotropical
Companion*, 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.



*Kathleen Wall* 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 *Pilgrim Seasonings, Notes
and Recipes from a 17th Century Kitchen*. Through workshops like *Hard Core
Hearth Cooking* and lectures such as *Pioneer to Pilgrims*, she inspires
today’s cooking with unbelievable recipes and techniques from the past.


*About Plimoth Plantation*

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 www.plimoth.org.


 Sarah Macdonald
Manager | Media Relations and Promotions
(508) 746-1622 x8206
cell: (508) 425-0561

*PLIMOTH PLANTATION*
P.O. Box 1620 | Plymouth, MA 02362
www.plimoth.org
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