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27-05-2025
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Aullwood Audubon reveals June 2025 activity schedule
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – The June 2025 calendar of activities has been announced for the Aullwood Audubon Center and Farm. Ongoing – 'The Troll That Hatched an Egg' by Thomas Dambo (Farm & Center) The exhibit is by internationally renowned recycle artist Thomas Dambo. Aullwood asks guests to plan adequate time to explore the property and the Troll That Hatched an Egg. Learn more here. Through September 1 – Aullwood is a Blue Star Museum (Farm & Center) Aullwood has joined the Blue Star Museums 2025 to provide free general admission to active-duty military personnel from all branches of the service and five members of their family. Learn more here. June 3 – September 1 – The Faerie Houses of Aullwood Exhibit (Center) Guests can stroll down the paved Cardinal Trail to search for five charming fairy houses. They can then guess the hobbies of the fairy who lives there. Once done, they can return the questionnaire to the front desk and they may get a prize! June 3, 10, 17, 24 – Long-term Butterfly Monitoring 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. (Center) Environmental Educator Sam Romeo will lead a hike to identify, count/monitor butterfly and skipper populations. Hikers are encouraged to bring binoculars. To join, email Sam Romeo at Huber Heights Kroger Aquatic Center delays opening, again June 5, 12, 19, 26 – Adult Member Discovery Walks (Members Only) 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. (Center) Aullwood and National Audubon Society members are encouraged to bring their binoculars and enjoy the summer birds and explore the seasonal changes. Walkers are asked to be ready and waiting on the main sidewalk of the Nature Center at least 5 minutes before the scheduled start of the walk. June 11 – Chipmunk Adventures 'Pondering a Pond' 10 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. (Farm) Chipmunk Adventures are for preschool children, aged two to five, accompanied by an adult. Aullwood Environmental Educator, Beverly Holland, will teach about soil, water, plants, frogs, turtles, snakes and ducks. Classes are $25 for members and $30 for non-members. Register here. June 14 – Let's Go Birding Together Walk 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. (Center) A special Pride guided bird walk for members of the LGBT+ community and their allies. Guests are asked to bring binoculars. There will be light refreshments and a time to socialize before the hour and 15-minute walk. Afterwards, there will be giveaways in the center. Register here. June 18 – Chipmunk Adventures 'Feathered Friends' 10 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. (Farm) Chipmunk Adventures are for preschool children, aged two to five, accompanied by an adult. Kids can listen to the book 'Feathers for Lunch,' by Lois Ehlert. Then learn about identifying feathers, make a bird feeder and go on a bird-spotting hike. Classes are $25 for members and $30 for non-members. Register here. Centerville band shines at Carillon Historical Park event June 19 – Aullwood is open for Juneteenth Holiday! 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Farm & Center) More information on the Juneteenth celebration will be available soon. June 28 – Sketch a Bird with Chris Rowlands 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. (Center) Learn how to quickly sketch a bird with Chris Rowlands. These techniques can be used to capture the essence of a bird before it flies away. June 29 – What's Growing at the Farm? 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. (Farm) Bev Holland will teach about the summer growing season. Guests can also see how much the laying hens have grown. Moraine mayor honors two veterans at meeting on Tuesday REGISTRATION STILL OPEN – Aullwood's Summer Earth Adventures Nature Camps, June 9 through August 1 (There will be no camp the week of June 30 through July 4.) Each week of camp will have a fun theme as campers aged five through eleven explore the great outdoors on Aullwood's trails and farm pastures. Camp hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. for most classes for kids from kindergarten through 6th grade. (Extended Care is available at 8 a.m. and late pick up is to 5:30 p.m., for an additional fee.) Visit here for more information, full class listings and online registration. General admission to Alluwood is $12 for adults 13 to 64. $10 for seniors 65+. $8 for children 4 to 12. Children 3 and under are free. Call 937-890-7360 for information on Alluwood. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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07-05-2025
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Thomas Dambo and volunteers will build Wauwatosa troll this month before the big reveal
A 24-foot-tall troll sculpture made mostly from locally recycled materials that's expected to draw tourists into Wauwatosa will be unveiled to the public by its world-renowned creator at the end of May. Danish recycling artist Thomas Dambo, known for creating larger-than-life troll sculptures all over the world, was commissioned by the city to create his first Wisconsin troll in Wauwatosa's new Firefly Grove Park, residents learned in August 2024. Dambo, his traveling staff and local volunteers will build the sculpture during the month of May using recyclables including wood sourced mostly from trees that were removed from Wauwatosa's public parks and spaces, according to a news release. The Danish artist will reveal the new troll at an 11 a.m. ribbon cutting ceremony Wednesday, May 28, at the park at 116th Street and Gilbert Avenue. Dambo will be joined by elected officials including Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez, Wisconsin Department of Tourism Secretary Anne Sayers and Wauwatosa Mayor Dennis McBride. A public celebration of the new park is also planned for 4 to 6 p.m. Dambo has created more than 138 of the whimsical creatures in communities globally, often with the help of local volunteers. Each Dambo troll is made entirely out of recyclables, oftentimes pallets, and earns a name and personality. Tourists from all over are known to flock to Dambo's trolls, and Beth Gleesing, tourism specialist of the City of Wauwatosa, said at the city's 'State of the City' address April 23 that she expects the same impact in Wauwatosa. The troll is the latest art initiative the city has invested in throughout recent years. ART 64, a bracket-style, live painting competition, will happen in the Wauwatosa Village June 6 and 7. Firefly Grove Park will also have five benches designed and created by artists, according to the release. Bridget Fogarty reports on Wauwatosa, Brookfield and Elm Grove. Contact the reporter at bfogarty@ This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Thomas Dambo constructs Wauwatosa troll before big reveal May 28
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17-04-2025
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A new park, Watertown Plank Road, and Honey Creek Parkway under construction in Wauwatosa
Spring means construction in many Wisconsin communities, including Wauwatosa, where road changes and bicycle improvements are in the works. Here's where to look out for construction throughout the city in the next few months, according to the City of Wauwatosa website. A project set to start in May will change traffic and add a median on Center Street near the Wauwatosa West High School and Eisenhower Elementary School parking lot between 114th Street and 116th Street Construction is expected to last through late August. A new $4 million park near 116th and Gilbert Avenue is still under construction with plans to open around Memorial Day, which is May 26. Firefly Grove Park, which the city says is funded by grants with no taxpayer dollars, will include walking trails, a sledding hill, a playground, a pavilion, a sculpture garden, and more. It'll be the home to a giant troll by recycling artist Thomas Dambo. A bike pump track is another highly-anticipated amenity at the park, which the city estimates will be completed in July. A pump track is a looped circuit path, oftentimes made out of asphalt or dirt, for cyclists, people on scooters and skateboarders to enjoy. More information on the park can be found on Wauwatosa's website. The intersection of Wisconsin Avenue and Honey Creek Parkway has been closed for a construction project that will replace a bridge, alleviate flooding at the creek and improve the area for pedestrians and bicycles. Construction started in March and is expected to last through November 2025. The city of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin Department of Transportation and We Energies are all involved in the project. More: Poll: How important are sidewalks to you and your community? Let us know. More: Sidewalks in the Milwaukee suburbs: Why do some have them and others don't? A number of improvements are in the works for Watertown Plank Road and North 115th Street over the next two years. The city is repaving and narrowing Watertown Plank Road from 124th Street to 116th Street. It also plans to repave the road from 116th Street to the railroad bridge east of 113th Street. On both sides of Watertown Plank Road, off-street bike lanes and sidewalks will be constructed from124th Street to the bridge over the railroad tracks east of 113th Street. A multi-use trail along 115th Street will also be installed, connecting Watertown Plank Road to the Oak Leaf Trail near Underwood Parkway. The city of Wauwatosa provides a map of 2025 construction and a map of 2026 construction on its website. Anyone can sign up for construction updates regarding this project via email. Starting in March and lasting through the summer, 109th Street between Potter Road and Wisconsin Avenue will be closed to through traffic as the city updates the storm sewers and water main and repaves the street. Home to some of the Milwaukee region's most important medical institutions — including Children's Wisconsin, Froedtert Hospital and the Medical College of Wisconsin — the Milwaukee Regional Medical Center in Wauwatosa has undergone a flurry of growth in recent years, with construction cranes a seemingly permanent fixture. The Medical College is about to open a new cancer research center, plans are proceeding to build a nine-story tower at the front of Froedtert Hospital and a new state crime lab is coming to fruition on the southwest side of the complex. More: What is being built at the Milwaukee Regional Medical Center in Wauwatosa? Bridget Fogarty reports on Wauwatosa, Brookfield and Elm Grove for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. She can be reached at bfogarty@ This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Here's where to avoid construction in Wauwatosa this summer
