# Event Details

- **Event Name**: The Dirtmeister in The Great Dinosaur Detectives 
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 02 Jul, 2026 at 10:00 am
- **Event Description**: Join us in the Ken Gray Pavilion at the Trout Ponds to learn about the mysteries of dinosaurs from Steve "The Dirtmeister" Tomcek. 
This is a FREE event for all ages! 

Especially designed to go along with this year’s summer reading theme of “Unearth A Story”, this highly interactive program gives family audiences the inside scoop on how paleontologists use fossils and other evidence to unlock the mysteries of dinosaurs and other extinct life forms. In this program, master storyteller and award-winning author Steve “The Dirtmeister” Tomecek takes participants on a trip into the past using real dinosaur fossils that audience members can actually touch. Along the way he'll discuss the work of some of the great dinosaur detectives of the past
including Richard Owen, Gideon Mantell, and Mary Anning.

This FREE event is made possible through grant money received from the Bernard Carl and Shirley Rosen Library Fund of Community Foundation.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/newark-valley/the-dirtmeister-in-the-great-dinosaur-detectives/200030263613721
- **Event Categories**: Art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 5

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Newark Valley
- **state**: NY
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Trout Ponds Park
- **lat**: 42.222234432961
- **long**: -76.19214081881
- **full address**: Trout Ponds Park, Newark Valley, New York, United States

## Event gallery

- **Alt text**: The Dirtmeister in The Great Dinosaur Detectives
  - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/c0c0fea5804bc7ccc08ce35417086212c0ffb9ae4fe02ff46849eabd1ca87574-rimg-w1200-h675-dc7b6f6f-gmir?v=1782433065

## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is The Dirtmeister in The Great Dinosaur Detectives  being held?
  - **A:** The Dirtmeister in The Great Dinosaur Detectives  takes place on Thu, 02 Jul, 2026 at 10:00 am to Thu, 02 Jul, 2026 at 10:00 am at Trout Ponds Park, Newark Valley, New York, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing The Dirtmeister in The Great Dinosaur Detectives ?
  - **A:** The Dirtmeister in The Great Dinosaur Detectives  is organized by Tappan- Spaulding Memorial Library.

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