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Entertainment & Pastimes
In The Time Of Social Distancing
Compiled by Catharine Hadley, Arts and Entertainment Editor, catharinehadley@gmail.com
Get Out And About In The Erie MetroParks
Our options for activities are different this summer than they are for most sum- mers, which gives us the chance to try things
that are off the beaten path – literally. The Erie MetroParks system provides a variety of choices, and the parks are spread through- out the county so it’s likely that something is nearby.
“We have thirteen parks stretching from Vermilion all the way to Castalia,” said Mi- chael Hensley, naturalist for the Erie Met- roParks system. They are the Birmingham School, Castalia Quarry, Coupling, Edison Woods, Hoffman Forest, Huron River Path, Osborn, Milan Towpath, Thomas Williams, Wyandot, and Wakefield MetroParks, plus the Community Foundation Preserve at Ea- gle Point, the Joseph Steinen Wildlife Area, Pelton Park, and Putnam Marsh. They range in size from Vermilion’s Wakefield Met- roPark, which is 1.6 acres, to the 1,300-acre Edison Woods MetroPark northeast of Berlin Heights.
All the parks give visitors the chance to enjoy the outdoors while staying safe. Hens- ley said there are plenty of other ways, too. Edison Woods has horse trails. Osborn has pickleball courts, a Discovery Play Trail for children, and an off-leash dog park.
Wakefield has a small beach area. Hens- ley said many visitors are not aware of how
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2019 - 2020 Season
- RESCHEDULED -
Friday, August 28, 2020 at 7:30 pm
STEVE AND LISA BALL
Guitar, banjo, double bass recreate Carter Family Appalachian roots music
Steele Memorial Bandstand, Lakeside
Sunday, September 13,
2020 at 3:30 pm
THE CANAL STREET
STRING BAND
Folk music from The Erie Canal
Steele Memorial Bandstand, Lakeside
- RESCHEDULED TO EARLY 2021 -
Watch for announcements!
GAVIN GEORGE, MARK KOSOWER, CELLO PIANO AND JEE-WON OH, PIANO
All concerts at Firelands Presbyterian Church,
2626 East Harbor Rd., Port Clinton, OH
Tickets $15 at the door; students and children admitted free. For information or season tickets, call 419-734-6211, go to WWW.MUSICALARTSPORTCLINTON.COM, or find us on Facebook (The Musical Arts Series/Port Clinton).
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