[Sca-cooks] [MR] Folklife Festival

Thu Jul 5 04:04:42 PDT 2001

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Hm, some interesting menus on this site.  I have to wonder about some of the
experts comments, though.
Christianna

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From: Bryan S. McDaniel [mailto:kestrel at hawk.org]
Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 10:04 PM
To: meridian-ty at yahoogroups.com
Subject: [TY] (Fwd) [MR] Folklife Festival

Found on the Merry Rose.  Thought some of you might be
interested.

KoW

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From:                 Karen <karen_larsdatter at yahoo.com>
Subject:              [MR] Folklife Festival
Date sent:            Tue, 26 Jun 2001 11:29:53 -0700 (PDT)

One of the three areas at this year's Smithsonian Folklife Festival is
"Masters of the Building Arts"
(http://www.si.edu/festival/buildarts.htm) ...

Ongoing skill demonstrations at this section include: stone carving,
bricklaying, stone and marble masonry, terrazzo work, tile and mosaic
setting, restoration techniques, ornamental plastering, terra cotta
craftsmanship, decorative painting, stone lettering, Byzantine-style
wood carving, restoration carpentry, stained glass, architectural
blacksmithing, adobe building, timber framing, slate roofing, sheet
metal craftsmanship and dry stone wall building from New England and
Hawaii.

The family activity tent will have hands-on family activities,
including creating gargoyles and grotesques; making mosaics, stained
glass and architectural patterns; carving unfired bricks; and building
a brick wall. A tools and materials "petting zoo" is also featured.

The Festival happens on the National Mall from June 27-July 1, and then
again from July 4-8.  It's free (no admission charges) but it'd be good
to plan to take Metro to get there.  See
http://www.folklife.si.edu/festival2001info.htm for more information.

The Smithsonian is also offering a variety of interesting-sounding
lectures through the Resident Associate Program this summer.  Here are
a few that might pique your interest ...

In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death and the World It Made
Wed., June 27 (tomorrow!), 6 p.m.
http://residentassociates.si.edu/rap/otojun/plague.asp

Give Me Food or Give Me Death: Dinner with Apicius, 37 A.D.
Wed., July 11, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
http://residentassociates.si.edu/rap/otojul/dinner.asp

Icons of Scotland: Castles, Bagpipes, Whiskey, and Dancers
Sat., July 21, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
http://residentassociates.org/com/scotland.asp

The Clash of Cuisines: The Meeting of Moctecuzoma and Cortes
Wed., July 25, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
http://residentassociates.si.edu/rap/otojul/clash.asp

The Coronation Feast of Henry IV of England, 1399
Wed., Aug. 8, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
http://residentassociates.si.edu/rap/otoaug/coronation.asp

Links to these and other upcoming non-SCA-sponsored (but still of
interest to SCAdians) lectures, concerts, etc., can be found at
http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/concerts.htm

And if you're making the trip to DC this summer for the Folklife
Festival or one of the Smithsonian lectures, there are a few exhibits
in town which you might want to visit too ...

"Worshiping the Ancestors: Chinese Commemorative Portraits"
June 17—September 9 at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
http://www.asia.si.edu/exhibitions/ancestors.htm

"Fountains of Light: Islamic Metalwork from the Nuhad Es-Said
Collection"
The Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
http://www.asia.si.edu/exhibitions/essaid.htm

"Italian Cabinet Galleries"
West Building of the National Gallery of Art
http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/gg25/gg25-main1.html

"Virtue and Beauty: Leonardo's 'Ginevra de' Benci' and Renaissance
Portraits of Women"
West Building of the National Gallery of Art (starting September 30)
http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/upcoming.htm#beauty

Karen Larsdatter
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Bryan S. McDaniel      SCA aka Lord Kestrel of Wales
http://kestrel.hawk.org/sig.html

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