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The Norwalk Quilt Trail
The Rowayton Historical Society will have Museum hours at Pinkney House on Sunday, October 16 from 2-4pm. Come and bring the family and explore local history. Also, the museum is open every Tuesday morning from 9:30-11:30am. For more information, visit www.rowaytonhistoricalsociety.org.
On Tuesday, October 11 from 10am-12 noon, there will be a special writer’s workshop hosted by Drew Lamm and Rowayton Historical Society at the Pinkney House.
Drew Lamm, author, professor at Columbia and Manhattanville and now in Rowayton, will help you reclaim memories from your family’s history. Just because it wasn’t caught in a photograph doesn’t mean you can’t retrieve it now. Surprise yourself with memories to carry home and share.
Drew teaches in a light manner, easily uncovering treasures from your past. Even if you’ve never thought of yourself as a writer, you’ll thoroughly enjoy this workshop and feel at ease.
$125 in advance; $135 at the door; members get a $10 discount. Space is limited, so be sure to make your reservation by emailing us at: info@rowaytonhistoricalsociety.org or by calling 203-831-0136.
Drew on teaching & writing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD7WCD0AEIk
Drew at the Rowayton Historical Society
SAVE THE DATE – Rowayton Historical Society’s Fundraiser: Who makes the best chili in town?
Let’s find out! Join the Rowayton Historical Society and all Rowaytonites for a
Chili Throwdown at Pinkney Park, Saturday, October 22 from 1-4pm. Form a team and compete to win bragging rights, or just come and taste a lotta yummy chili. (Beer and other drinks too). There is a $50 entry fee per team or, for $15 per person, come enjoy the food. Kids 12 and under come for free. For more details email us at info@rowaytonhistoricalsociety.org or visit our Facebook event page.
The Norwalk Quilt Trail
Civil War Quilts Lecture
The Rowayton Historical Society invites you to a lecture and reception with Sturbridge Curator Lynne Bassett on Saturday, October 1 at the Rowayton Community Center at 7:30pm. Admission is $5.
Lynne Bassett is an independent scholar specializing in New England’s historic costume and textiles. Lynne has been a frequent contributor to PieceWork magazine and has also written for The Magazine Antiques, The Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife, and White House History. Her most recent publication is Massachusetts Quilts: Our Common Wealth (University Press of New England, 2009). She has lectured for many institutions including Colonial Williamsburg, the American Folk Art Museum, the H. F. DuPont Winterthur Museum, Historic Deerfield, the Peabody Essex Museum, and the Antiquarian and Landmarks Society of Connecticut.
Please join us for an in depth look into our heritage. For more information, please email info@rowaytonhistoricalsociety.org.
Did you take pictures of Hurricane Irene and its aftermath? The Rowayton Historical Society would love to preserve the images of this historic storm for future generations. Please send jpgs to info@rowaytonhistoricalsociety.org.
You can also drop hard copies off at the Pinkney House on Tuesdays mornings and Friday afternoons when the museum is open. Or call us at 203-831-0136 to arrange a time. Thank you!
The Rowayton Historical Society invites you to a lecture and reception with Sturbridge Curator Lynne Bassett on Saturday, October 1 at the Rowayton Community Center at 7:30pm. Admission is $5.
Lynne Bassett is an independent scholar specializing in New England’s historic costume and textiles. From 1995-2000 she was the curator of textiles and fine arts at Old Sturbridge Village in Massachusetts. Her large projects included an exhibition and catalogue at the Mark Twain House and Museum in Hartford, “Modesty Died When Clothes Were Born: Costume in the Life and Literature of Mark Twain” (2004), which won the Costume Society of America’s Richard Martin Award for Excellence. In addition to her exhibition publications, Lynne has been a frequent contributor to PieceWork magazine and has also written for The Magazine Antiques, The Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife, and White House History. Her most recent publication is Massachusetts Quilts: Our Common Wealth (University Press of New England, 2009). Her lectures for institutions including Colonial Williamsburg, the American Folk Art Museum, the H. F. DuPont Winterthur Museum, Historic Deerfield, the Peabody Essex Museum, and the Antiquarian and Landmarks Society of Connecticut, have covered a range of topics in the field of early costume, quilts and other bed covers.
Please join us for an in depth look into our heritage. For more information, please email info@rowaytonhistoricalsociety.org.
The Rowayton Historical Society asks…
Are you interested in having an historic plaque* on your house?
Are you curious about the people who built your home and their involvement in Rowayton history?
If you think your house or barn may be 90 years or older, and you would like an historic plaque, please contact the Rowayton Historical Society at info@RowaytonHistoricalSociety.org or call 866-2441.
For an application form, click HERE.
*An historic plaque in no way restricts home renovation.
Summertime is a wonderful time to explore local treasures and revitalize your creative brain cells and start that story, just waiting to be told.
Visit the Rowayton Historical Society’s Pinkney House. Be inspired. The Pinkney House Museum will be open on Fridays during the Farmer’s Market from 2-5pm.
For more information about local author C. Drew Lamm, please visit womenswritingworkshop.com.
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