Sunday September 15, 12:00pm
Free event @ the Historic Prairie House, 11225 Constitution Drive, Westchester
Join us for our next Insect Safari with naturalist guides Michael Rush, Jim Rowan and Larry Godson.
Using nets provided by Save The Prairie Society, participants will be able to catch, identify and study a variety of insects. In the end, we will release them back onto the prairie. Note: please wear sturdy shoes and long pants!
Saturday, September 7, 10:00am to 4:00pm
Free event @ the Historic Prairie House, 11225 Constitution Drive, Westchester
Save the Prairie Society invites you to a free community event: The Annual Old Fashioned Prairie Fest! at the parkway of the Prairie House. Rain date September 14.
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Sunday, August 4 @ 1:00pm
Free event @ the Historic Prairie House, 11225 Constitution Drive, Westchester
Join us for our next talk with bee expert Pete Soltesz of Illinois Bee Rescue and president of the Cook-DuPage Beekeepers Association. The topic is “What’s Going On With the Honeybee and other Pollinators?” Mr. Soltesz will also sell honey at the event.
Saturday, July 13, 10:00am
Free event @ the Historic Prairie House, 11225 Constitution Drive, Westchester
Join us for our summer Insect Safari with naturalist guides Michael Rush, Jim Rowan and Larry Godson.
Using nets provided by Save The Prairie Society, participants will be able to catch, identify and study a variety of insects. In the end, we will release them back onto the prairie. Note: please wear sturdy shoes and long pants!
Sunday, June 9th @ 1-3pm
Free event @ the Historic Prairie House, 11225 Constitution Drive, Westchester
Join us as the Prairie House welcomes photographer and naturalist James Rowan for another of his popular, slide presentations.
This time, Jim is featuring memorable views and stories gathered on decades of adventures abroad from the Natural Parks of the World.
Sunday, May 5th @ 1-3pm
Free event @ the Historic Prairie House, 11225 Constitution Drive, Westchester
Join us as the Prairie House welcomes the return of photographer and naturalist James Rowan. This coming Sunday, Jim will present the first of two talks on the World’s National Parks.
This first presentation will feature his wildlife and landscape photography taken over several decades exploring the premier and lesser-known National Parks of the United States.
Sunday, April 14th @ 1-3pm
Free event @ the Historic Prairie House, 11225 Constitution Drive, Westchester
2023 was the 350th anniversary of the expedition of Louis Jolliet and Father Jacques Marquette down the Mississippi.
Their journey dramatically affected the lives of both those coming to America and those already here. It’s an exciting story of exploration but also encounter.
Author and performer Jim Healy’s Louis Jolliet: A Solid Path Through Water will offer a connection between our past and questions which still confront us today.
Saturday, March 23rd @ 7pm
Free event @ the Historic Prairie House, 11225 Constitution Drive, Westchester
Join our Woodcock experts at dusk to see the male woodcocks perform their daring courtship flight.
Every spring, our male Woodcocks return to an area a little north of the Prairie House deck. From that vantage point, one can watch their dramatic and dangerous flights. It is their way of attracting a female. They are showing off their courage. Just before the male takes off, he makes loud nasal peent calls that are preceded by soft throaty notes. Periodically, the male launches into flight flying higher and higher, about a hundred feet from the ground.
No other bird performs a more dangerous courtship flight. Join us and see and hear this unique and daring courtship flight from the deck of the Prairie house.
Sunday, February 25, 1:00pm
Free event @ the Historic Prairie House, 11225 Constitution Drive, Westchester
See how the tiny hummingbird plays an extraordinary role in supporting the thriving rainforests of Costa Rica.
Learn how these amazing birds, the only able to fly backwards, evolved as pollinators to a diverse ecosystem of flowering plants, supporting other animals like monkeys and macaws featured here in their native habitats.
Sunday, January 28, 1:00 – 5:00pm (drop-ins welcome!)
Free event @ the Historic Prairie House, 11225 Constitution Drive, Westchester
Explore your family history with research sources, aids and guidance provided by genealogist and historian, Patricia Reaves.
Share with other family historians! Beverages and treats provided. Rain date: Sunday February 4, same times.
