[Sca-cooks] Fw: [MR] Folklife Festival

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found on Merry Rose newsgroup of  Atlantia ,,,,,
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Give Me Food or Give Me Death: Dinner with Apicius, 37 A.D.
Wed., July 11, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

web links .. & cost  of lecture-meal ~$170    ouch.
and others...

----- Original Message -----
From: "Karen" <karen_larsdatter at yahoo.com>
To: <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 2:29 PM
Subject: [MR] Folklife Festival


> 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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