Bat Gala
Saturday August 23
5 - 11 p.m.
The Shelterhouse Picnic Area
South Chagrin Reservation • Bentleyville
Free!
Fly over to Cleveland Metroparks Bat Gala event on Saturday, August 23 from 5 to 11 p.m. at The Shelterhouse Picnic Area in South Chagrin Reservation. Bats have an undeserved bad reputation, but visitors can learn how bats are important to the environment. This night of free, batty fun features great batty activities for kids and adults, alike including bat crafts, bat songs & stories around the campfire, bat games, bat presentations & exhibits, bat gardening, and more! And, see special bat presentations with Rob Mies from the Organization for Bat Conservation. Mies has been featured on Conan O’Brien, Live with Regis and Kelly, Martha Stewart Living and National Geographic. Then, hang around for the Bat Gala “Movie on the Lawn.”
Presentations, live bat talks, crafts, songs, stories, and more offered from 5-8 p.m.
Movie on the lawn begins at 8:45 p.m.
Batman (1989)
Featuring: Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson and Kim Basinger
Gotham City is being protected by a mysterious masked and caped bat-man of seemingly supernatural powers, who appears out of and equally mysteriously disappears back into the shadows. Behind the mask of Batman is millionaire Bruce Wayne who, aided by a vast array of gadgets, has dedicated his life to fighting crime in honor of his parents. Batman continues to fight crime and battles a new arch rival and nemesis The Joker.
Founders of the Organization for Bat Conservation Rob Mies and Kim Williams started working with bats in 1990 during their biology graduate work at Eastern Michigan University studying the endangered Indiana bat in the swamps of Michigan. Their research has also taken them to other parts of the Midwest, Costa Rica, Australia, and the Mauritius Islands in the Indian Ocean. Mies and Williams founded the Organization for Bat Conservation over a decade ago to educate people about the uniqueness and importance of bats. They are the authors of several scientific papers, along with their book Understanding Bats (1996), and are the producers of OBC’s award-winning video Bats: The True Story (1998). They also wrote the first field guide to bats called the Beginner’s Guide to Bats(2002).
Kim and Rob have been featured in numerous television documentaries, including Paramount Pictures “Wild Things” (1997), Germany’s “Nature Adventure” (2002), and National Geographic (2005). Mies and Williams have been guests on Late Night with Conan O’Brien, The Today Show, Live with Regis and Kelly, Martha Stewart Living, and CBS Early Show.
Girl Scouts will be selling:
Ice Cream (Good Humor) $1.50
Chips (Shearer's) $0.75
Gourmet Cookies $0.75
Candy $0.75
Assorted Cold Beverages (Coke Products) $1
Coffee $1
Refreshments for saleby
Burger $2.50
Cheeseburger $3.00
Hot Dog All Beef $2.25
Veggie Burger $3
BBQ Beef Sandwich $3
Chips $.75
Hot Chocolate $1
Coffee $1
Canned Pop $1
Bottled Water $2
COMBO
Hot Dog, Chips, Can Pop $3.50
Hamburger, Chips, Can Pop $3.75
Cheeseburger, Chips, Can Pop $4
Veggie Burger, Chips, Can Pop $4
BBQ Sandwich, Chips, Can Pop $4
The Shelterhouse Picnic Area is located off Hawthorn Parkway, east of SOM Center Road/Route 91 in Bentleyville – north of the Rte.422/Rte 91 exit.
Celebrate the awesome flying mammal at Cleveland Metroparks Bat Gala!
