A Thanksgiving Weekend for Families at the Concord Museum
| Venue: | Concord Museum |
| Hours: | Hours Vary see below |
| In/Outdoor: | Indoor |
| Cost: | $$ see below |
| Category: | Seasonal Fun |
Friday, November 23 at 11:00 and 2:30 – Making Books as a Family
This Thanksgiving Friday bring the whole family to the Concord Museum to enjoy Susan Kapuscinski Gaylord in a fascinating program on Making Books as a Family. Making books with your family is a wonderful way to preserve memories, mark special occasions, create beautiful objects, and just have fun together.
Since 1990, Susan has taught bookmaking workshops to over 10,000 students and 2,000 teachers. Her workshops combine creativity and enthusiasm with clear, precise directions. She has exhibited her one of a kind and limited edition books nationally and her elegant artist’s books are in numerous collections, including the Museum of Modern Art Library, Yale University Library, and Wellesley College Library. Friday, November 23; demonstrations and workshops at 11:00 and 2:30; free with Museum admission; Members free.
Saturday, November 24 at 11:00, 1:30 and 2:30 – Nineteenth-Century Magic
Wearing white pantaloons and a long tailcoat, Robert Olson will recreate the nineteenth century magic of Richard Potter. Potter first performed on his own in 1810, at the Columbian Museum in Boston.
The show consisted of magic with cards and coins, ribbons and boxes, and a variety of other tricks of magic from over 150 years ago. Potter also offered ventriloquism, did a comic dissertation on noses, sang comic songs and presented a shadow puppet play called, 'The Broken Bridge.' His full show entertained audiences for over 25 years. Robert Olson has spent the past 30 years studying and recreating Potter's magic. Robert Olson will perform as Richard Potter at 11:00, 1:30 and 2:30, with a magic workshop with take-home magic tricks following each performance; free with Museum admission; Members free.
Building Thoreau's Boat
The Thanksgiving weekend admission also includes a visit to the special exhibition, Building Thoreau’s Boat. This exhibition has as its centerpiece the reconstruction of a boat like the one Henry Thoreau and his brother John built and then rowed and sailed in a trip they took from Concord, Massachusetts to New Hampshire in 1839. It was this trip, in this boat, that resulted in Henry Thoreau’s first book, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, a seminal work of American literature. The exhibition explores the brothers’ now-famous trip, the history of dories in New England, and most importantly, the process of recreating and building an historic boat.
Sure to appeal to all those with passions for traditional small craft, working with wood, and the natural world of rivers, the exhibition is generously supported by Oracle, with additional support from Edward W. Kane and Martha J. Wallace; Media Sponsor is WoodenBoat Magazine. Free with Concord Museum admission; Members Free.
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Friday, November 23; demonstrations and workshops at 11:00 and 2:30
Saturday, November 24; Richard Potter performs at 11:00, 1:30 and 2:30, with a magic workshop with take-home magic tricks following each performance
| COST | ↑ top |
free with Museum admission; Members free
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200 Lexington Rd., Concord, MA, 01742 map
Phone: 978-369-9763
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