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2010 Season Schedule of Events

Photography Exhibit: Nick Lacy

Date: 8 September 2010 11:00 AM to 04:00 PM
Location: Bellamy-Ferriday House & Garden
Summary: Exhibit runs Wednesday, September 8th – Monday, October 11th, 11 am – 4 pm
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Opening Reception

Date: 10 September 2010 05:00 PM to 07:00 PM
Location: Bellamy-Ferriday House & Garden

Suffield on the Green

Date: 11 September 2010 10:00 AM to 05:00 PM
Location: Phelps-Hatheway House & Garden
Summary: Tour the museum during the Friends of Suffield’s annual festival. Regular admission applies.

Dinner at the Homestead

Date: 11 September 2010 05:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Location: Nathan Hale Homestead
Summary: Join us as Connecticut Landmarks celebrates the rich agricultural heritage of the Nathan Hale Homestead, and the freshness of local food.
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Suffield on the Green

Date: 12 September 2010 11:00 AM to 04:00 PM
Location: Phelps-Hatheway House & Garden
Summary: Tour the museum during the Friends of Suffield’s annual festival. Regular admission applies.

Farmers’ Market Free Family Activity: Scarecrows

Date: 12 September 2010 11:00 AM to 02:00 PM
Location: Nathan Hale Homestead

Hearth Cooking: Hempsted Harvest, Apples & Corn

Date: 18 September 2010 01:00 PM to 05:00 PM
Location: Hempsted Houses
Summary: Learn how to cook on the open hearth, and then eat a hearty meal which will include corn chowder and apple pie. Participants will learn how to press cider, make cornbread, and churn butter. $60/ $50 for CTL members.

Watercolor Workshop: Fall Season Bouquet

Date: 19 September 2010 10:00 AM to 03:00 PM
Location: Bellamy-Ferriday House & Garden
Summary: Participate in a hands-on workshop exploring botanical illustration through drawing and watercolor techniques.
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Farmers’ Market: Craft Class - Shawl Pin Making

Date: 19 September 2010 11:00 AM to 02:00 PM
Location: Nathan Hale Homestead
Summary: Shawl Pin Making with Leslie, $20, includes materials.

Farmers’ Market: Craft Class - Rug Making

Date: 19 September 2010 12:00 PM to 03:00 PM
Location: Nathan Hale Homestead
Summary: Learn to make a rug with renowned instructor Roseann Hunter. $35, $5 materials. To registar call 860.742.6917.

The 9th Annual Dog Show

Date: 19 September 2010 01:00 PM to 04:00 PM
Location: Bellamy-Ferriday House & Garden
Summary: Woof, Woof! Calling all dogs! Celebrate dogs of all shapes and sizes, from the tiny Chihuahua to the giant Newfoundland as they unite for our annual dog show!
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Farmer’ Market: Craft Class - Silhouette Workshop

Date: 19 September 2010 01:00 PM to 03:00 PM
Location: Nathan Hale Homestead
Summary: How to Paper Cut a Portrait with Elizabeth O'Brien. $25.

Garden Walk: Fall Seasonal Bouquet

Date: 19 September 2010 02:00 PM to 04:00 PM
Location: Bellamy-Ferriday House & Garden
Summary: $7/$5 members. Historic Garden Members Free.

Haunted Corn Maze

Date: 25 September 2010 07:00 PM to 09:00 PM
Location: Nathan Hale Homestead
Summary: Watch out for spooky surprises around every corner! Bring your flashlights and leave your scaredy-pants at home as our maze is taken over by things that go bump in the night! Not recommended for small children. $8 /$25 for families.

Haunted Corn Maze

Date: 26 September 2010 07:00 PM to 09:00 PM
Location: Nathan Hale Homestead
Summary: Watch out for spooky surprises around every corner! Bring your flashlights and leave your scaredy-pants at home as our maze is taken over by things that go bump in the night! Not recommended for small children. $8 /$25 for families.

Haunted Corn Maze

Date: 1 October 2010 07:00 PM to 09:00 PM
Location: Nathan Hale Homestead
Summary: Watch out for spooky surprises around every corner! Bring your flashlights and leave your scaredy-pants at home as our maze is taken over by things that go bump in the night! Not recommended for small children. $8 /$25 for families.

Haunted Corn Maze

Date: 2 October 2010 07:00 PM to 09:00 PM
Location: Nathan Hale Homestead
Summary: Watch out for spooky surprises around every corner! Bring your flashlights and leave your scaredy-pants at home as our maze is taken over by things that go bump in the night! Not recommended for small children. $8 /$25 for families.

First Thursday

Date: 6 October 2010 05:30 PM to 07:30 PM
Location: Butler-McCook House & Garden
Summary: Haunted Happenings

Evening at Hale: Things that go Bump in the Night

Date: 8 October 2010 06:00 PM to 09:00 PM
Location: Nathan Hale Homestead
Summary: On a candlelight tour, experience the unexplained sounds and happenings at the Hale Homestead as told by the staff members and in a fireside chat, hear the ghost stories collected over the past century. $25/$20 members.
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Walktober: Secrets in Stone

Date: 9 October 2010 01:00 PM to 02:30 PM
Location: Nathan Hale Homestead
Summary: Join CTL staff member, Linda Pagliuco, for this easy walk through the Nathan Hale Cemetery from its oldest grave (1716) to its most famous, the Nathan Hale Monument.
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Farmers’ Market Free Family Activity: Cheese/Butter Making

Date: 10 October 2010 11:00 AM to 02:00 PM
Location: Nathan Hale Homestead

Walktober: Oh Bring Back Yesterday

Date: 11 October 2010 01:00 PM to 02:30 PM
Location: Nathan Hale Homestead
Summary: Walk the property and forest with veteran guides Kay and Larry O'Crowley to learn about the Hale patriots and the stories made possible by the famous benefactor George Dudley Seymour. Free

Watercolor Workshop: Leaves

Date: 12 October 2010 10:00 AM to 03:00 PM
Location: Bellamy-Ferriday House & Garden
Summary: Participate in a hands-on workshop exploring botanical illustration through drawing and watercolor techniques.
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Hale & Hearty Hearth Cooking: Hale Harvest, Apples & Corn

Date: 16 October 2010 01:00 PM to 05:00 PM
Location: Nathan Hale Homestead
Summary: Learn how to cook on the open hearth, and then eat a hearty meal which will include corn chowder and apple pie. Participants will learn how to press cider, make cornbread, and churn butter. $60/ $50 members.

Walktober: I Spy History

Date: 23 October 2010 01:00 PM to 02:30 PM
Location: Nathan Hale Homestead
Summary: An adventure for children to follow clues and discover some secrets about life on the farm and Patriot spy Nathan Hale at the Nathan Hale Homestead. Free.

Hearth Cooking: Bounty of the Harvest, A Time of Plenty

Date: 23 October 2010 01:00 PM to 05:00 PM
Location: Hempsted Houses
Summary: In this class we will prepare a full farmhouse meal, from soup to dessert. Recipes will use foods and cooking methods familiar to the Hempsted family, and include the wonderful bounty of a farm harvest.
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Moonlight Lantern Tour of the Cemetery

Date: 23 October 2010 06:30 PM to 08:30 PM
Location: Bellamy-Ferriday House & Garden
Summary: With Bethlehem Historical Society.

Farmers’ Market Free Family Activity: Cidermaking

Date: 24 October 2010 11:00 AM to 02:00 PM
Location: Nathan Hale Homestead

First Thursday & Exhibition Opening: Carla Ten Eyck

Date: 4 November 2010 05:30 PM to 07:30 PM
Location: Butler-McCook House & Garden
Summary: Connecticut Photographer Carla Ten Eyck will exhibit photo’s from El Diá de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). Day of the Dead is a holiday celebrated in Mexico and by Latin Americans living in the United States and Canada.
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Hale & Hearty Hearth Cooking: Bounty of the Harvest, A Time of Plenty

Date: 13 November 2010 01:00 PM to 05:00 PM
Location: Nathan Hale Homestead
Summary: In this class we will prepare a full farmhouse meal, from soup to dessert.
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Thanksgiving with the Hales

Date: 27 November 2010 01:00 PM to 04:00 PM
Location: Nathan Hale Homestead
Summary: Enjoy Thanksgiving Hale-style with a unique 18th-century celebration including traditional hearth-cooked treats and refreshments. $10/$8 members.

First Thursday

Date: 2 December 2010 05:30 PM to 07:30 PM
Location: Butler-McCook House & Garden
Summary: Come view the Butler-McCook house decorated for the holidays. Special Holiday tour will be offered.
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Christmas Town Festival

Date: 3 December 2010 05:00 PM to 09:00 PM
Location: Bellamy-Ferriday House & Garden
Summary: Bellamy & Ferriday House & Garden will be open and festively decorated for the holidays during the Bethlehem Christmas Town Festival.
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Home for the Holidays Preview Reception

Date: 3 December 2010 05:30 PM to 07:30 PM
Location: Phelps-Hatheway House & Garden
Summary: Celebrate the holidays in Suffield as community partners deck the halls of the beautiful 1761 Phelps-Hatheway House & Garden.
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Christmas Town Festival

Date: 4 December 2010 10:00 AM to 04:00 PM
Location: Bellamy-Ferriday House & Garden
Summary: Bellamy & Ferriday House & Garden will be open and festively decorated for the holidays during the Bethlehem Christmas Town Festival.
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Home for the Holidays

Date: 4 December 2010 11:00 AM to 04:00 PM
Location: Phelps-Hatheway House & Garden
Summary: Get into the holiday spirit with house tours and a 20% discount in the Visitor Center Gift Shop. Admission is $7.
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Home for the Holidays

Date: 5 December 2010 11:00 AM to 04:00 PM
Location: Phelps-Hatheway House & Garden
Summary: Get into the holiday spirit with house tours and a 20% discount in the Visitor Center Gift Shop. Admission is $7.
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First Night

Date: 31 December 2010
Location: Butler-McCook House & Garden

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