May 5th, 2010
Mother’s Day Tea
Salisbury, MD
The Friends of Poplar Hill Mansion is pleased to invite you to join us at the Mansion for our Spring, Mother’s Day Tea, Wed., May 5th, 2010, at 11:30 am. Menu includes fruit cup, homemade seasonal soup, assorted tea sandwiches, scones with clotted cream and jams, assorted sweets and tea. Bring your favorite lady and let her know how special she is, or pamper yourself! Gentlemen, this is the perfect gift for your special lady, the gift of time with you! Special guest is Anne Riley, Calligrapher. She will create a beautiful note card for each guest who reserves for the tea. Reservations are required as our teas are sellouts. Cost is $20.00 per person. See how our historic interior paint project is coming and ask how you can be a part of faux marbling our great arch in the front hall. Donations for our food bank of non perishable goods are greatly appreciated.
The Friends of Poplar Hill Mansion is a 501 (c) (3) dedicated to the preservation of this fine Federal home, the oldest in Salisbury. Funds raised go toward historic restoration and upkeep. Want to be a part of it all? Please consider joining the Friends of Poplar Hill Mansion. Membership begins at the $25.00 giving level and includes many benefits. Free tours are the first and third Sundays of the month from 1-4, with private, candlelight, and children’s tours by reservation for a small fee. Please call Nancy Marasco at 410-1776 for information or check our website, www.poplarhillmansion.org
April 25, 2010
21st Annual Bungalow Heaven Home Tour
Pasadena, CA
Come tour a selection of historic Arts & Crafts-era homes in Bungalow Heaven, Pasadena's first Landmark District and a recent addition to the National Register of Historical Places.
May 8th-9th, 2010
Fairmount Historic District Home Tour
Fort Worth, TX
Proceeds from the tour are the primary source of funding for Neighborhood Association endeavors. Recently, the association used profits from past Home Tours to help offset the cost of capital improvement projects such as installing period-style streetlights, replacing signs marking the boundaries of the Historic District, and enhancing area landscaping.
May 13-17, 2009
The Victorian Society in America 43rd Meeting
Milwaukee, Wisconsin -
Milwaukee - "a gathering place by the waters"
www.victoriansociety.org
The Friends of Poplar Hill Mansion is pleased to invite your little Princess and Mom to a Princess Party, Sat. June, 5th, 2010 from 11:30-1:00 at beautiful Poplar Hill Mansion. Each Princess will make her own crown, , and have pizza, cake and punch. Wear your prettiest, frilliest Princess dress and have a fun Mommy-Daughter day. Tickets are $18.00 (Pays for Mom and one Princess,)additional Princesses, $10.00 each, and a non perishable food or personal care item for our food bank. Reservations are required as our events are sellouts.
June, 5th, 2010
Princess Party
Salisbury, MD
The Friends of Poplar Hill Mansion is pleased to invite your little Princess and Mom to a Princess Party, Sat. June, 5th, 2010 from 11:30-1:00 at beautiful Poplar Hill Mansion. Each Princess will make her own crown, and have pizza, cake and punch. Wear your prettiest, frilliest Princess dress and have a fun Mommy-Daughter day. Tickets are $18.00 (Pays for Mom and one Princess,) additional Princesses, $10.00 each, and a non perishable food or personal care item for our food bank. Reservations are required as our events are sellouts. For information please call Nancy Marasco at 410-749-1776 or check our website,
www.poplarhillmansion.org
Now through September 6 in Sturbridge, Massachusetts:
Convenient and Fashionable: Furniture of Inland Massachusetts 1790-1830
—The exhibition highlights work by both well-known and newly discovered furniture makers in rural Massachusetts. The pieces on displlay were chosen for their provenance as well as the intricacies of their craftsmanship. Many are marked by their makers, and many have documented histories of ownership tracing back to the buyers who acquired them and those who inherited them. On October 24, master furniture maker Norm Abram, host of the PBS Television series The New Yankee Workshop, hosts a brunch and book signing. Registration required for brunch with Abram. For more information: Old Sturbridge Village, (800) 733-1830.
Now through December 31 in Saco, Maine:
A Factory Girl Boardinghouse Bedchamber
The permanent exhibition at the Saco Museum offers a glimpse into the lives of early-19th-Century factory girls, who came from farms throughout New England to work in the textile mills. These women were also active consumers. The artifacts displayed include period furniture, textiles, loom shuttles, letters, photographs, and sensational fiction. A dress-up trunk allows visitors to experience the fashion of the 1840s and 1850s. For more information: Saco Museum, (207) 283-3861
Now through March 28 in Charleston, South Carolina
Crazy Quilts
Twelve crazy quilts, a style popular during the last three decades of the 19th Century, are on view as part of the ongoing rotation of quilts from the Charleston Museum collection. The textiles are characterized by the use of lavish fabrics such as velvet, satins, and silks along with commemorative pieces, symbols, and embroidered embellishments. For more information:
Charleston Museum, (843) 722-2996.
Now through March 31 in Baltimore, Maryland:
On the Road: Travel and Transportation in Early Maryland
The exhibition examines aspects of travel and transportation in early Maryland, particularly in relation to local families such as the Carrolls of Homewood, through letters, newspaper advertisements, and travel-related objects. For more information:
Homewood House Museum, (410) 516-5589
