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Highfield Hall and Gardens News - February 22, 2024
Arts and Entertainment
February 26, 2024
From: Highfield Hall and GardensUPCOMING CULINARY CLASSES
MEET THE CHEF: Date Night in Sicily with Matt Lombardo
March 17, 2024
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
$70/ $80 non member
Chef Matt Lombardo, chef/owner of Pink Door Catering & Market, will be exploring his family’s Sicilian roots with cuisine inspired by his childhood memories in this ‘Date Night in Sicily’ culinary class.
Embark on this journey of small bites with some delicious comfort food from Sicily. Converse with Chef Matt as he demonstrates techniques and recipes you can try at home.
Register online today or call 508-495-1878 ext. 2.
CULINARY CLASS: Easter Brunch with Kate Davis
March 21, 2024
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
$70/ $80 non member
A lovely start to Spring just in time for Easter!
Join Highfield’s Culinary Director Kate Davis for a refreshing take on a beautiful holiday brunch. We will prepare and taste some delicious twists to traditional Easter fare including shrimp and artichoke quiche, spring salad, lamb with vegetable side dishes, and a dessert. You can replicate these not-just-for-Easter dishes at home anytime, as Kate will share recipes and tips from the kitchen.
Register online today or call 508-495-1878 ext. 2.
SOUND HEALING WITH JBK
JOIN JENNIFER BETH KELLY FOR
Celebration of Light ~ Equinox Sound Healing
March 17, 2024
4 pm - 5:30 pm
$30/ $40 non-member
In honor of the Spring Equinox, take a moment of renewal for yourself to slow down and recharge your energies. Allow yourself to rebirth into the coming season with a feeling of greater lightness, brightness, and radiance! Enjoy being transported upon an enchanted energetic journey to a higher dimension.
You will be gracefully guided through intention setting, body movements, and breathing exercises to help clear, open, and invigorate your energies for Sound Healing. Then you will simply get cozy and rest as you bathe in the mesmerizing sound waves of the healing vibrations of Alchemy Crystal Singing Bowls, Tibetan bowls, bells, chimes, a sonic gong, and other healing vibrational instruments. You will leave feeling grateful, enlightened, and uplifted as you enter the days and weeks ahead! This event is also a wonderful gift when shared with family members and friends! Please join Jennifer for this transformative and refreshing Sound Healing experience!
Jennifer has been teaching and practicing yoga & and meditation for over 25 years. She has trained in the shamanic realms in Santa Fe, NM, and studied with the School of Vibrational Healing in NYC for nearly 30 years. She has been playing Alchemy Crystal Singing Bowls and other healing instruments for 20 years and was personally trained by the founders of Crystal Tones Singing Bowls in Salt Lake City, NV. JBK is known for her upbeat, warm, and approachable style, making all feel welcome in her classes. You can find her on social media @jenniferbethkelly.
Register online today or call 508-495-1878 ext. 2.
GOLDEN LANE RETURNS TO HIGHFIELD!
GOLDEN LANE IN CONCERT
March 10, 2024
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
$15 / $25 non-members
Come out for a high-spirited Prelude to Saint Patrick’s Day featuring the lively dance music of Ireland performed by Golden Lane! Back by popular demand, Golden Lane returns to Highfield along with members of the Maureen Haley School of Irish Dance for what promises to be a rousing performance.
This group of musicians from the Southeastern New England area specializes in performing Irish music like jigs and reels in a traditional style. They also perform songs in English and Gaelic. The band is made up of Mark Oien and Fern Tamagini-O’Donnell, on fiddles; Colin Everett, on the uilleann pipes and whistle; John Macdonald, on guitar, banjo, and vocals; Bill Black, on bouzouki, banjo, and vocals; and Pat Black, on bodhrán.
The group’s performances are always “family-friendly” and interaction with the audience for questions about the music or the instruments, kids dancing, clapping, and foot-tapping, are always welcome.
Register online today or call 508-495-1878 ext. 2.
NEW FELTING CLASS!
FELTED EASTER EGG WORKSHOP WITH CHERYL FLETT
March 16, 2024
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
$30/ $40 non member
Cheryl Flett of FabFunFiber is back to guide felters as they transform soft wool into beautiful Easter eggs!
Let your creativity flow as you discover the fun of needle felting. With easy to learn techniques, step by step guidance, and all the materials you need, you can quickly find success and create your own unique and lovely designs.
This rapidly growing hobby is relaxation redefined! Keep your hands busy, enjoy socializing or working quietly, and escape to a happy place at Highfield! Come with a friend or bring your tween/teen for a special morning!
Register online today or call 508-495-1878 ext. 2.
WELCOME SPRING WITH THE SPRING CONTAINER WORKSHOP
Spring Container Garden Workshop with Anna
March 24, 2024
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
$55/ $65 non member
Spend an afternoon at Highfield planting a seasonal indoor container garden with live spring flowering and foliage plants surrounded by fresh sheet moss and garden accents. Let your creativity flourish and your living space come alive with the beauty of your very own design!
Whether you are a green thumb ready to get your hands in some dirt, want to smell the earth awakening, or just hope to come away with a beautiful planter to enjoy, this workshop is for you! Anna Holmes provides design and care tips, and all needed materials. Please pre-register by March 17th.
Space is limited! Pre-registration deadline by March 17th
OPEN CALL FOR POTTERS
Summer Exhibition Call for Entry
If you would like to enter your work for consideration for Fire Up a Juried Show of the Cape Cod Potters, Inc, be sure to join the potters group by visiting Cape Cod Potters to learn more about how to apply. Deadline is March 1st.
You must be a current member of Cape Cod Potters in order to participate.
EXHIBITION DATES: JULY 23rd – OCTOBER 27th
This Juried Show of The Cape Cod Potters, aims to highlight and celebrate the diversity of ceramic work being created on this small, sandy spit of land. Cape Cod’s unique geography can inspire and constrict, can push artists to explore their local influences, and can lead them to reach beyond their geographic boundaries.
Each of the many potters living and working on Cape Cod brings their own unique voice to the medium of clay. This show aims to highlight the best of that energy. We are honored to have this show juried by Kathy King, Director of The Ceramics Program at The Office For The Arts at Harvard. Kathy has decades of experience as an educator, advocate, curator, juror, and maker, and brings that wealth of experience to jurying this show.
FAIRY HOUSE EXHIBITION RETURNING SUMMER 2024!
Fairies: The First Environmentalists
Announcing the Summer 2024 Highfield Hall Fairy Houses
This year will be a juried installation celebrating those inspired to make truly natural, lesson-oriented, environmentally sensitive constructions that will tempt and invite the most discerning fairy to reside all summer long. We invite our community to submit proposals to Joanne Ingersoll with FAIRY 2024 SUBMISSION in the subject line.
- All submissions must be received no later than May 1st, 2024.
- All accepted submissions will be notified within 3 weeks of submitting a proposal
- Dates of installation will be June 21 – August 31, 2024
Criteria:
Strict parameters for any design:
- All natural materials - 100%
- NO STORE-BOUGHT items, such as figures or decorations
- NO Plastic - even if it is recycled or recyclable.
- Overall size not to exceed 4’ (feet) in any direction.
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