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  • Saturday, September 20, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm – Handy House Artisan Fair & Vintage Market

    Handy House Artisan Fair, organized by the Westport Historical Society, showcases local craftspeople who specialize in skills and traditional crafts commonly practiced in the 18th and 19th century. This year’s fair also features a vintage market – an opportunity to pick up unusual antiques, metalware, jewelry and textiles. This year’s fair on September 20 (rain date September 21) features 40 artisans.

    Local history authors and books! Collectors Corner! Blacksmith! Vintage Market! Music! Traditional craftsmanship is still very much alive in Westport. The Artisan Fair at 202 Hix Bridge Road offers a rare opportunity to meet these craftspeople, learn about their skilled hand work and human powered technologies through hands on demonstrations. Some artisans will have their work for sale, so it will also be a chance to get a jumpstart on holiday shopping!

    This free event not only preserves and perpetuates knowledge about traditional crafts, but is also an opportunity for the community to reconnect to its own history, to visit the Handy House and to celebrate the special heritage of the town of Westport. For more information visit https://wpthistory.org/handy-house-artisan-fair-and-vintage-market/

  • Saturday, July 3, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm – Cultural Survival Bazaar

    Come to the Boston Common Parkman Bandstand, 170 – 175 Tremont Street,  on Saturday, July 3, between 10 – 6, for Cultural Survival’s festival of indigenous arts, music and culture from around the world.  Meet the artisans, and learn about thousands of handmade crafts, as well as the many projects supported through each sale.  Enjoy Thai cuisine, free live music, cultural presentations, and more.

    Yarina trio, playing traditional folk music of the Americas, Lakota singer and drummer Tim Swallow, and others will perform.  Zapotec weaver Jose Buenaventura Gonzalez will present a telar or loom demonstration, and Benard Domingo, a Shona artisan from Zimbabwe, will give a wire and bead art workshop.  Henna tattooing, Hmong embroidery, and Alejebre or wood carving and painting will be highlighted as well.  Dean’s Beans will provide excellent organic and fair trade coffee.  For more information, log on to www.culturalsurvival.org. Free admission.  The event is sponsored by Whole Foods, Massachusetts Worldfest, Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, and Penske.