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  • Saturday, October 8 – Monday, October 10, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm – Shades of Autumn Arts & Crafts Fair

    Celebrate the New England harvest with apple cider, a special harvest menu in Twigs Cafe, and locally made products for sale at the Shades of Autumn Arts & Crafts Fair: The Family Celebration of the Fall Harvest Season, at Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive in Boylston, Massachusetts.  The Fair will take place on Columbus Day Weekend, October 8 – 10, from 9 – 5.  Farm animals, displays of garden produce, an arts and crafts market, and taste-testing tours of the heirloom apple orchard will round out the weekend.  Visit www.towerhillbg.org, or call 508-869-6111 for more information.  Photo by Susan Herrmann Lewis, author of Nuts in the Kitchen.

  • Saturday, December 5, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Old South Church Holiday Arts & Crafts Fair 2009

    The Garden Club of the Back Bay awarded Old South Church the Magnolia Award in June, 2009.  They return the favor to  the neighborhood with the Annual Holiday Arts & Crafts Fair, taking place in the Gordon Chapel, 645 Boylston Street, on Saturday, December 5, from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm.  This year the juried show features New England artisans in glass, pottery, jewelry, photography, textiles, woodwork, watercolors, gingerbread art and more. See website, www.oldsouth.org,  for complete list of vendors. Also: Caroling, Historic Church Tours, Cookie Walk.

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  • Friday, October 9 – Sunday, October 11 – Warner Fall Foliage Festival

    The 62nd Annual Warner Fall Foliage Festival opens at 6 pm on Friday, October 9, continuing through 6 pm Sunday, October 11.  The Festival is Warner’s invitation to share the natural splendor of New Hampshire’s vibrant autumn colors while enjoying food, entertainment, arts and crafts along the main streets of Warner, located 18 miles northwest of Concord, exit 9 off Route 89.  The Festival is organized and operated by hundreds of local volunteers.  All money raised is spent on community projects.

    The Program includes open class corn competitions, The Moose Exhibit “Forever Locked – The Battling Bull Moose of Fowlertown,” arts and crafts farmer’s market, pie eating contests, music, parades, and the Granite State Cloggers.  For directions and more information, log on to www.wfff.org.

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  • Saturday, October 3, 8:00 am – 3:00 pm and Sunday, October 4, 1:00 pm – 54th Annual Northern Berkshire Fall Foliage Festival Farmer’s Market, Arts & Crafts Festival, and Parade

    The Berkshire Chamber of Commerce and the city of North Adams are proud to announce that the 54th Fall Foliage Festival.  On Saturday, October 3, a Farmer’s Market will be held in the Saint Anthony Municipal Parking Lot  across from MASS MoCA.  The Autumn Arts & Crafts Festival, from 10:00 am – 3:00 pm, takes place on the sidewalk on the north side of Main Street. The Parade will be held on Sunday, October 4, 2009, beginning at 1:00 pm.  The Fall Foliage Festival Parade Committee selected “Taste of the Berkshires” as the theme for the 2009 parade.  This theme is an opportunity for the community to experience all of the flavors of Berkshire County.  The 54th Annual Fall Foliage Festival Parade Grand Marshal will be Carl Jenkins, former director of the Drury High School band, Adjunct Teacher of Oboe, and part-time Coordinator of Fine and Performing Arts for the city of North Adams.  A half century ago, the leadership of the North Adams Chamber of Commerce deemed the advent of the fall foliage season a time for celebration, given that the natural beauty of the surrounding mountain ranges inspired visitors from all over the Eastern United States. For more information, log on to www.fallfoliageparade.com.  The picture below was taken at the North Adams Country Club.

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