Schedule of Events
May 31 - June 6, 2009
GRAND TASTING - RECTRIX AERODROME
Barnstable Municipal Airport, Hyannis
SUNDAY, May 31, 2009 3 - 6 pm
The event kicks off with the Grand Tasting at the beautiful Rectrix Aerodrome at Barnstable Municipal Airport. Enjoy a gala evening of local cuisine, wines from around the world, and a celebrity chef cooking demonstration. Artists and musicians from the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod will present original works and live music for a truly spectacular celebration. Proceeds from the evening benefit The Arts Foundation of Cape Cod.
TASTE of CULTURE RECEPTIONS
Monday, June 1 - Friday, June 5, 2009
Enjoy a week of capturing the richness of art, history and nature that Cape Cod offers; Experience a different venue each evening offering a full complement of wines, food and local culture. Proceeds from these events will go to each featured organization.
PILGRIM MONUMENT, Provincetown, MA
MONDAY, June 1, 2009 4-6 pm
The Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum is one of Cape Cod’s most popular cultural institutions. Completed in 1910, the 252-foot historic Monument commemorates the landing of the Mayflower Pilgrims in 1620. Extraordinary views of the outer Cape, Provincetown Harbor, and the Boston skyline can be seen from the Monument and the beautiful gardens at its base. The Museum interprets Provincetown history from the first landing of the Mayflower Pilgrims to the present day.
TUESDAY, June 2, 2009 4-6 pm
Highfield Hall is a Queen Anne-style mansion originally built in 1878. The Hall has been meticulously restored to maintain its historic beauty while meeting all the standards of 21st-century comfort. The wraparound porch, elegant rooms, gleaming wood floors and state-of-the-art facilities create a welcoming setting for community programs and private events. As a center for arts and culture in Falmouth, Highfield is used for a variety of
activities year-round. It is open to the public Sunday through Friday from April to October. Admission is free.
Highfield Hall
56 Highfield Drive
Falmouth, MA 02540
508-495-1878
www.highfieldhall.org
CAPE COD MUSEUM of NATURAL HISTORY, Brewster MA
WEDNESDAY, June 3, 2009 4-6 pm
The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in Brewster, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod, was founded in 1954. Our mission is to encourage and advance understanding of our natural environment through discovery and learning. The museum is housed in a 17,000 square foot building on its own 80-acre site, abutted by 300 acres of town-owned conservation land.
There are two floors of exhibits about the flora and fauna of Cape Cod, including exhibits on whales, indigenous birds, and coastal change, and several aquaria holding different species of crustaceans, mollusks, fish, frogs, turtles and snakes. Several displays are interactive and geared to children. Special, temporary exhibits enhance the permanent collection.
The Museum also has a library and Museum Shop. Three nature trails meander through woodland, salt marsh or on the shore of Cape Cod Bay and guided field walks are offered year round, daily in summer. Lectures and workshops on natural history topics are offered year round, and there are special programs for children, as well as school vacation programs and KidSummer, to engage them in nature.
Outside its boundaries, the Museum leads the popular Wednesday Walks to different locales around the Cape. Trip dates and locations are listed under Calendar on the CCMNH website and on the Museum telephone events line. Lectures and workshops are offered year round adults.
COTUIT CENTER for the ARTS, Cotuit MA
The Cotuit Center for the Arts integrates a broad spectrum of arts programming sure to tickle the fancy of even the most left-brained individual. Offering critically acclaimed theatrical productions; art exhibitions featuring local, national, and international artists; visual & performing arts education classes, workshops & camps; plus music, comedy,and more! The Cotuit Center for the Arts is worth visiting again and again.You're never too young or old to celebrate the arts with us.
ATWOOD HOUSE MUSEUM, Chatham, MA
The Chatham Historical Society's Atwood House Museum is
a repository of artifacts relating to Chatham's history.
Nine galleries, in addition to the 1752 Atwood House,
present objects relating to maritime and China trade
history, the fishing industry, and local author Joseph
Lincoln. Murals painted in the 1930s and 1940s by Alice
Stallknecht using local residents as models are displayed.
On the grounds is a North Beach camp and the Fresnel lens
retired from Chatham Light in 1969
TASTING FINALE
HERITAGE MUSEUMS & GARDENS, Sandwich MA
SATURDAY June 6, 2009 5-8 pm
The week ends with a Finale Tasting at Heritage Museums and Gardens in Sandwich, MA. Restaurants, wineries, art, culture and the ever present Rhododendruns in full bloom at that time throughout the grounds.
Heritage Museums & Gardens in Sandwich is celebrating its 40th Anniversary with exciting programs, special events, workshops and lectures. The museum features American art and history exhibitions including the J. K.Lilly III Automobile Collection which is housed in a unique reproduction Shaker round barn.
Going Places, an exhibit about the demise of horse-drawn transportation and the dawn of the automobile age, and A Bird in the Hand: The Carvings of A. Elmer and Cleon Crowell are on display in the recently renovated American History Museum. The Art Museum features an extraordinary collection of New England folk art including paintings, weathervanes, Nantucket baskets, scrimshaw and an antique hand-carved working carousel.
The 100 acres of award winning botanical gardens also include the Hart Family Maze Garden, a labyrinth, the Old East Mill, a museum store and seasonal café. View over a hundred thousand Dexter rhododendron blooms between the end of May and mid-June, over a thousand daylily blooms mid-July through August, and the newly planted Cape Cod Hydrangea Garden at its peak in the fall. Admission: $12 adults; $11 seniors; $6 children ages 4 to 12. Open from April 1 to October 31, 10 am – 5 pm seven days a week.
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