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  • Saturday, November 12, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm – Weaving Ornaments Workshop

    Participants in this Hancock Shaker Village workshop on November 12 from 10 – 1 will make three holiday-inspired ornaments: An eight pointed snowflake and a puffy heart, woven in thin maple strips, and a reindeer woven in dyed reed. Suitable for ages 14 and up. No prior weaving experience need. Note: some finger strength and dexterity is necessary.

    Instructor: Sandy Salada. A basket maker since 1995, Sandy weaves a variety of baskets, including patterns of her own design, patterns by other teachers, and reproductions of cultural and historical baskets. Sandy teaches in her home studio as well as at Shaker Heritage Society in Watervliet, New York, and at Hancock Shaker Village.

    Register here. $27 for HSV members, $30 for non members, plus a $20 materials fee (cash only) payable directly to the instructor. Hancock Shaker Village is located at 1843 West Housatonic Stret in Pittsfield.

  • Saturday, August 28, 10:00 am – 1:30 pm – Weaving with Natural Materials

    On August 28 at Berkshire Botanical Garden, join fiber artist Jamie Goldenberg of Hart Textiles in Housatonic, MA, to explore the art of basket weaving. Create a small basket using foraged natural material and build the foundational knowledge you’ll need to begin creating vessels and sculptural pieces on your own. 

    Jamie Goldenberg is a textile artist based in Western Massachusetts. Informed by her background in art and cultivating native plants, she designs, dyes and weaves objects with narratives based in the natural world, but meant for the domestic realm. Her approach uses materials from a particular place to make pieces that reflect the experience of that environment. She was a 2016 resident of the Textile Arts Center in Brooklyn, an adjunct professor at the Parsons School of Design in NYC and co-founder of MUSE, a former textile mill turned artist space in Housatonic. She currently weaves and teaches in her studio in Housatonic. You can find her at www.harttextiles.net, and on Instagram: @harttextiles. BBG members $55, nonmembers $65.

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  • Sundays, May 17 and June 14, 10:30 am – 1:30 pm – Weaving with Natural Materials Webinar

    Join fiber artist Jamie Goldenberg of Hart Textiles in Housatonic, MA, online, to explore the art of weaving. Create a small basket using foraged natural materials. Build the foundational knowledge you’ll need to begin creating vessels and sculptural pieces on your own. This Berkshire Botanical Garden online course includes materials which can be picked up curbside at BBG or Hart Studios. BBG Members $25, Non Members $35

  • Saturday, April 25, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm – 33rd Annual Sheepshearing Festival: Postponed

    Gore Place, 52 Gore Street in Waltham, will hold its 33rd Annual Sheepshearing Festival on Saturday, April 25, from 10 – 5. Enjoy demonstrations of sheep-shearing, herding dogs, spinning, weaving, and gardening, on a beautiful 50-acre estate. There will be a large (more than 70 vendors) crafts fair, live entertainment, historic demonstrators, games and farm animals. Wagon rides and museum tours are available (additional charge).

    Shepherd Dave Kennard and his border collies are always among the main attractions. Once again, Dave will demonstrate how the collies control a flock of sheep by following a complex series of whistled commands. Every year, when the collies finally coax the flock through the obstacle course and into the pen, the audience gives the dogs a big round of applause!

    Master shearer Kevin Ford will demonstrate the traditional way of shearing sheep with hand-shears. Kevin is one of the few shearers still practicing this art and it’s a special think to see.

    Musicians, historic re-enactors, a puppeteer, traditional dancers, and performers from Circus Smirkus will entertain crowds throughout the day.

    Admission is $20 adults and teens; children 12 and under (with adult) and Gore Place members are free. Food vendors on site. Free parking. No dogs or other pets allowed. For more information visit www.goreplace.org. There will be an additional charge for wagon rides and house tours.

  • Saturday, April 27, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm – Sheepshearing Festival 2013

    Now in its 26th year, this outdoor Gore Place Farm Festival has become a family favorite and a tradition throughout the region.  Enjoy demonstrations of sheep-shearing, herding dogs, spinning, weaving and gardening on a beautiful 45 acre estate. Large crafts fair, live entertainment, historic demonstrators, games and farm animals. Wagon rides and museum tours (additional charge).  Gore Place is located at 52 Gore Street in Waltham.  Admission is $15 adults and teens, children 12 and under (with adult) free. Food vendors on site. Free parking. No dogs or other pets allowed.  For more information visit www.goreplace.org.

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  • Saturdays, July 7 – July 21, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Fun on the Farm

    Gore Place, 52 Gore Street in Waltham, will sponsor a series of family activities on Saturdays from July 7 – 21. Fun on the Farm (July 7), is a visit to the farm, the animals and gardens. Free. Fun With Butterflies (July 14), will feature activities in the mansion and gardens, $5 per. Fun with Weaving (July 21), is a hands-on activity for all ages with weaving instructor Beth Guertin, $5 plus material costs.For more information call 781-894-2798, or email events@goreplace.org.

  • Saturday, August 6, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm – Native American Summer Festival

    Travel to Georges Island, one of the Boston Harbor Islands, on Saturday, August 6, from 11 – 4, for the Native American Summer Festival.  This is a celebration of traditional and contemporary cultures of Northeastern Native American peoples, and will celebrate the connections between native peoples along the rivers and coastline of the Massachusetts Bay region.  Highlights include cooking demonstrations, music, traditional crafts, carving, weaving, storytelling and contemporary film.  No drugs, alcohol or pets allowed.  For complete information on this free event, log on to www.bostonharborislands.org, or call 617-223-8666.  Photo from www.woodlandindianedu.com.

  • Saturday, April 24, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm – 23rd Annual Sheepshearing Festival

    Gore Place, 52 Gore Street in Waltham, hosts the 23rd Annual Sheepshearing Festival on Saturday, April 24, from 10 – 5.  There will be demonstrations of sheep-shearing, herding dogs, spinning, weaving, and more.  Also enjoy a large crafts fair, live entertainment, wagon rides, historic demonstrators, games and farm animals.  Food vendors will be on site, there is free parking, but unfortunately no dogs are allowed.  The cost is $10 adults, children free.  For more information call 781-894-2798, or email events@goreplace.org.  Directions may be found at www.goreplace.org.  If you’re exceptionally lucky, you may see Kate Pokorny hugging a sheep or two – don’t forget to visit www.yurtalert.com for updates on her crochet dwelling project.

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  • Saturday, October 24, 1 – 4 pm – Fall Family Fun

    Historic New England’s nearby Pierce House in Dorchester, Massachusetts will be the site of Fall Family Fun on Saturday, October 24, from 1 – 4 pm.  Enjoy craft activities and other hands-on opportunities connected to harvest time and the history of the Pierce House as a working farm. Families can make a leaf rubbing, design a pressed leaf card, practice spinning and weaving, and grind corn. Take a step back in time with Colonial clothing, toys, and games. Tours of the house are on the hour. For directions and additional information, call 617-288-6041, or log on to www.historicnewengland.org.  Free to Historic New England members, $2 non-members.

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