Festival of the Cranes 2023

Friday, January 13, 2023-Sunday, January 15, 2023

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Three On A String

Friday, January 13th, 7:00 PM
At the Princess Theatre

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Steve Trash

Saturday, January 14th, 6:00 PM
At the Princess Theatre

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Christopher Joe

Saturday, January 14th, 9:00 AM- 10:00 Am Birding 101 at the WNWR Visitor Center
Saturday, January 14th, 11:00 AM- 12:00 PM Connecting with Birds and Nature in the Visual Arts Building of the ACA Room 118

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Andrew Orr

Saturday, January 14th, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Condors
Sunday, January 15th, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Arctic to Antarctica
At the Princess Theatre

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Timothy Joe

Saturday, January 14th, 1:00 PM- 3:00 PM at the Carnegie Visual Arts Center
Alabama artist Timothy M. Joe will also be painting various nature scenes around the Visitor Center grounds off and on during the Festival of the Cranes.

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George Archibald

Saturday, January 14th, 3:00PM -4:00PM
Sunday, January 15th, 1:00PM- 2:00PM
(Recital Hall, Performing Arts Building) Alabama Center for the Arts
Dr. Archibald is the co-founder of the International Crane Foundation.

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Jimmy Stiles

Sunday, January 15th at the Alabama Center for the Arts
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Jimmy Stiles Herpetologist and Nature Lover. (Recital Hall – Performing Arts Building)
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Jimmy Stiles Herpetologist and Nature Lover, (Recital Hall – Performing Arts Building)

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Wings to Soar

Saturday, January 14th, 11AM-12PM & 2:30PM-3:30PM
Sunday, January 15th, 12:30PM-1:30PM & 3:30PM-4:30PM
Princess Theater
Enjoy seeing a selection of live raptors and hearing about the role they play in nature. Presented by Dale Kernahan and John Stokes.

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Joe Duff

Saturday, January 14th, 9:00AM- 10:00AM
Sunday, January 15th, 11:00AM-12:00PM
Princess Theater

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