Meetings:

September 10     Elk Grove Village Library, 1:00-4:00 PM

1001 Wellington Ave ,Elk Grove Village, IL.

Speaker: Dr. Rudiger Bieler, Field Museum

Presentation: Update on the Coral Reefs of Florida

Dr. Bieler will update us on all the efforts to restore the coral reefs in Florida. Dr Bieler will be in Florida, so it will Zoom

 

October 8, 2023, Sunday @ 1PM – 4PM @ Elk Grove Village Library

Elk Grove Village Library, 1:00-4:00 PM

1001 Wellington Ave ,Elk Grove Village, IL.

Speakers: Dr Charles Rawlings, MD, JD

Presentation: “The Art of Living Mollusks…”

November 12, 2023, Sunday @ 1PM – 4PM @ Elk Grove Village Library or via Zoom;  

Special Meeting: Introduction  of Dr Sean Keogh

https://www.sheddaquarium.org/about-shedd/leadership/research-experts/andrew-kough-ph-d

*December 3, 2023, Sunday @ 1PM – 4PM @ Elk Grove Village Library; The St Nick & Neptune Holiday Party & Auction: with dinner at a great Mexican restaurant next door to the library.

January 14, 2024, Sunday @ 1PM – 4PM @ Elk Grove Village Library;

Elk Grove Village Library, 1:00-4:00 PM

1001 Wellington Ave ,Elk Grove Village, IL.

Speaker: Paul Callomon, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 

Presentation:  “Hapto-Net: all the things we already have.” This will be about the new project we are putting together to catalog all the things that are stuck to mollusks in museum collections. Lots of fun pictures. 

 February 18, 2024, Sunday @ 1PM – 4PM @ Elk Grove Village Library or via Zoom; 

Elk Grove Village Library, 1:00-4:00 PM

1001 Wellington Ave ,Elk Grove Village, IL.

Speaker: Richard Goldberg, Worldwide Specimen Shells, Florida

Presentation:“Molluscan Meanderings: A photo gallery of my favorite shells”

The talk is essentially a look at spectacular specimens of common to rare marine, land and freshwater shells with a short discussion of each; their sources, habitats and/or why they are so unusual from typical specimens.

March 10, 2024, Sunday @ 1PM – 4PM @ Elk Grove Village Library or via Zoom:

Speaker: Lynn Funkhouser, Chicago Shell Club

Presentation: “The Underwater World of  Beauty of the Philippines”

Lynn will once again electrify us with her fantastic underwater photography.

April, 14, 2024, Sunday @ 1PM – 4PM @ Elk Grove Village Library or via Zoom:

Speaker: Dave Watts, Hawaii

Presentation:“Collecting in Hawaii” Dave has fantastic footage of collecting underwater in Hawaii. 

May 5, 2024, Sunday @ 1PM – 6PM @ the Kremer’s Crystal Lake home @ 2906 Walnut Manor Court, Crystal Lake IL 60012, (847) 224-7313, kremer@citrisurf.com; 

Annual Meeting / Election of Officers & Auction, with a potluck buffet.