http://thegreenwichblog.com/historicalsociety Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:27:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Friday, March 21 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. - Paint Me a Picture, a children’s vacation workshop for 2nd through 6th graders. Children will visit Bush-Holley House and make their own masterpiece using acrylic paints. $12 per workshop. Reservations required. Call (203) 552-5329 ext. 4. For more information on the ... http://thegreenwichblog.com/historicalsociety/2008/01/22/private-school-vacation-workshop-paint-me-a-picture/ During winter vacation week, from Tuesday, February 19 to Thursday, February 21, Bush-Holley Historic Site will offer Children’s Vacation Workshops for 2nd through 6th graders around the theme, Paint Me a Picture. Each day children will use a different kind of paint to create works of art. On Tuesday children ... http://thegreenwichblog.com/historicalsociety/2008/01/22/vacation-workshops-paint-me-a-picture/ On Thursday, February 14, Bush-Holley Historic Site will present a special Valentine Celebration for children from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. Children will celebrate the holiday by designing their own Valentines Day cards and decorating special heart-shaped cookies. The workshop will take place in the Vanderbilt Education Center and is open ... http://thegreenwichblog.com/historicalsociety/2008/01/22/valentine-celebration-card-making-cookie-decorating/ On Saturday, January 26 from 12:30 to 2:00 p.m. the American Classical Orchestra will present The Magic Recorder in the Vanderbilt Education Center. The program introduces children to the pleasures of classical music in an interactive, age-appropriate and entertaining format. Audiences learn the differences between the period instruments and their ... http://thegreenwichblog.com/historicalsociety/2008/01/22/the-magic-recorder-presented-by-the-american-classical-orchestra/ Antiquarius 2007, the week-long series of events that includes the renowned Greenwich Antiques Show and season favorite Holiday House Tour, will take place November 29 through December 5, 2007. The roster of dealers, this year, includes many nationally and internationally known names. “For the celebration of our 50th Antiques Show, ... http://thegreenwichblog.com/historicalsociety/2007/11/28/antiquarius-2007-draws-world-class-dealers-to-50th-greenwich-antiques-show/ Book Launch Celebration at Bush-Holley Historic Site A Slave No More: Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom, Including Their Own Narratives of Emancipation by David Blight Thursday, December 6, 6:30 p.m. - A Slave No More: Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom, Including Their Own Narratives of Emancipation by David Blight Book Launch ... http://thegreenwichblog.com/historicalsociety/2007/11/28/book-launch-celebration-at-bush-holley-historic-site/ Thursday, October 25 at 6:30 p.m., see the film, Daddy-Long-Legs (1955), starring Fred Astaire and Leslie Caron adapted from the book by the same name that is featured in the Bush-Holley current exhibition, Once Upon a Page: Illustrations by Cos Cob Artists. John Farr, the entertaining and engaging movie ... http://thegreenwichblog.com/historicalsociety/2007/10/15/%e2%80%9cmovie-night%e2%80%9d-at-bush-holley/ A new exhibition, Once Upon a Page: Illustrations by Cos Cob Artists will open on October 3. The public is invited to an opening wine and cheese reception Thursday, October 4, from 6 to 8 p.m. In conjunction with the exhibit, there will be two “movie nights,” October 25 at ... http://thegreenwichblog.com/historicalsociety/2007/09/26/public-opening-reception-on-october-4-once-upon-a-page-illustrations-by-cos-cob-artists-at-bush-holley-historic-site/ A dramatic reading at 7:00 p.m. in the Vanderbilt Education Center at Bush-Holley Historic Site. The first act of a new play derived from a collection of World War II letters, to and from the home front, will be presented as a dramatic reading by three actors. Greenwich resident Catherine ... http://thegreenwichblog.com/historicalsociety/2007/08/07/dear-eva-letters-of-world-war-ii-september-27th/ Fall lecture series that will explore the fascinating world of antebellum reform and introduce audiences to new scholarship while inspiring discussion. First lecture: Utopia and Reform in Antebellum New England. Coffee begins at 9:30 a.m. Lecture begins at 10:00 a.m. Christopher Clark, PhD, Professor of History at University of Connecticut, ... http://thegreenwichblog.com/historicalsociety/2007/08/07/bush-holley-house-front-porch-forum/