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Join us on special Saturdays in October to connect literary classics with the creepy world of natural science! Literary classics portraying the myths and legends of the world of blood-sucking animals and other creepy-crawlies will be reviewed alongside actual specimens in the Naturalist Center. Fun spooky-season natural science activities are in the cauldron for googly-eyed goblins of all ages!
🐈⬛Oct. 12 – Animal Omens. Black cats, ravens, ghostly hounds, and the natural history behind their myths and legends as portrayed in Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” and “The Black Cat” as well as Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Hound of the Baskervilles.”
🦇Oct. 19 – Vampires of the Natural World. Blood-sucking creatures, parasites, and vampire mythologies as portrayed in Bram Stoker’s “Dracula.”
🕷️Oct. 26 –Spiders. Focusing on web-weavers, which literary classics come to your mind that involves spiders? Should we actually be afraid of them?
Free with General Admission. Drop-in programming.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
4621 Mount Gallant Rd, Rock Hill, SC, United States
