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Schedule of Events

Scheduled events will be listed on this calendar as soon as they get confirmed.

2025 Schedule of Events 

Greetings and Felicitations! Several of these listed events are marked as "tentative," but will be updated frequently as plans firm up.

I will be demonstrating 18th century spinning & fiber arts at the following events:

• šStarting Tuesdays &/or Wednesdays in 2025: Ongoing Spinning Course Sessions at Biscotte Yarns, 260 Livingston St., Northvale, NJ. Website: https://biscotteyarns.com/pages/our-local-yarn-stores?srsltid=AfmBOop_ZvsnK53_u_pnBBQnZ852msWx1tQ4QNgZJ7h3l5zChMxeVWNj
  

• Oct. 1, 8, 15, 22,&  29, 2025 (Four Wednesday Evenings), 6:30 - 8:30 PM ~ Beginner Spinning Course: "Make Your Own Yarn!" Clarkstown Parks & Recreation, 31 Zukor Road, New City, NY 10956 (Street Community Center). Contact Clarkstown Parks & Recreation at (845) 639-6200, or at www.clarkstown.gov/recreation  Open to residents & non-residents. NOTICE:This course is being offered on various dates throughout the year! Check at www.clarkstown.gov/recreationfor updates!!!

• February 15th (Saturday), 10:00 – 3:00 ~ 10 AM Lecture on Spinning in the 18th Century, at The George Washington's Symposium at the Dey Mansion, 199 Totowa Rd., Wayne, NJ.             Website:  https://www.deymansion.org/events

• February 17th (Monday), 6:00 - 7:00 PM ~ "Dinner With the Franklins" at the Olde '76 House Restaurant, 110 Main St., Tappan, NY. (No spinning, just me as my alter-ego, Mrs. Ben Franklin!) Website: https://www.76house.com/

• February 22nd & 23rd (Saturday & Sunday), 9:00 – 5:00 ~Washington's Encampment at the Dey Mansion (w/ the 4th Battn. New Jersey Volunteers), 199 Totowa Rd., Wayne, NJ.                                 Website: https://www.deymansion.org/events

• March 9th (Sunday), 1:00-3:00 PM ~ "History of Spinning" Lecture & Demonstration, Pascack Historical Society; 19 Ridge Avenue, Park Ridge, NJ.                                                                      Website: https://pascackhistoricalsociety.org/#upcoming-events
  

• March 26th (Wednesday Evening), 7:00 PM-9:00 PM ~"Crossroads Ceili" Performance, Irish Heritage Celebration, Rockland Community College Cultural Arts Center, 145 College Road, Suffern, NY.                                                                                                                                             Website:  https://sunyrockland.edu/event/the-thomas-j-moran-crossroads-ceili/

• April 6th (Sunday), 10:00-4:00 ~East Jersey Olde Towne Village "Opening Weekend / British Occupation!" Event (w/ the 4th Battn. New Jersey Volunteers); 1050 River Rd., Piscataway, NJ.                                                                                                                                                             Website:  https://www.middlesexcountynj.gov/government/departments/department-of-economic-development/the-arts-institute-of-middlesex-county/division-of-history-and-historic-preservation/east-jersey-old-town-village

• April 18th (Friday), 2:00-4:00 PM ~ Lena the Tunis Sheep Gets Sheared! Harriton Historic House and Park, 500 Harriton Rd., Bryn Mawr, PA.                 Website:  https://harritonhouse.org/events
  

• April 26th (Saturday), 10:00-4:00 PM ~ Sheep & Wheat Day Festival; Washington Crossing Historic Park / Thompson-Neely Farmstea, 1638 River Road, New Hope, PA                             Website: https://www.washingtoncrossingpark.org/event/wheat-and-sheep-day-2025/
  

• May 3rd (Saturday), Noon - 5:00 ~ Morris County "Pathways of History" Tour; The Martin Berry House (ca. 1720), 581 Route 23 South, Pompton Plains, NJ.                                                           Website:  https://pathwaysofhistorynj.net/tour-info/tour-venues/martin-berry-house/
  

• May 17th  (Saturday), 10:00-4:00 ~ “Follow the French” Encampment (w/ special guest Benjamin Franklin!); Yorktown Grange Fairgrounds, 99 Moseman Rd., Yorktown Heights, NY.                                                                                                                                                            Website:  https://www.brigade.org/schedule

• May 18th  (Sunday), 11:00-4:00  ~ Loyalist Weekend at Dey Mansion; Dey Mansion/Washington's HQ, 199 Totowa Rd., Wayne, NJ  Website: https://seepassaiccounty.org/events/loyalist-week/schedule-2025/   EVENT CANCELLED DUE TO SEVERE WEATHER!!  :(

• June 1st (Sunday), 10:00-4:00 ~ "1830 Early Victoriana at the Harrison House"; Roseland Historical Society,126 Eagle Rock Ave, Roseland, NJ.                                                                                       Website:  https://www.roselandhistoricalsociety.org/events/200-years-at-the-harrison-house

• šJune 14th (Saturday), 10:00 - 4:00 ~“REV*CON 2025": The Revolutionary War in Dutchess County, NY Encampment; FDR Presidential Library & Museum, Route 9, Hyde Park, NY. Website:  https://destinationdutchess.com/spotlights/revcon-2025-june-14-fdr-library-and-museum1711

• June 21st (Saturday), 10:00 - 4:00 ~ "Canal Day" at Waterloo Village; Waterloo Village Historic Site, 525 Waterloo Road, Stanhope, NJ.  Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/525-waterloo-rd-stanhope-nj-07874-3466-united-states/waterloo-canal-day/1699301350964936/ 

• June 28th (Saturday), Noon - 5:00 ~ "Meet the Women of Revolutionary Westchester":  A Living History Family Day; Philipse Manor Hall NYS Historic Site, 29 Warburton Ave., Yonkers, NY.  Website:  https://www.philipsemanorhall.com/programs-and-events/women-of-revolutionary-westchester

• July 4th (Friday),11:00 - 3:00 ~ Family Day / Independence Day Celebration; Keeler Tavern Museum & History Center, 152 Main Street, Ridgefield, CT.                                                           Website:   https://keelertavernmuseum.org/events/523/july-4th-celebration-and-townwide-america250-kickoff/

• July 6th (Sunday), 2:00 - 4:00 PM ~ Fiber Arts Day at the Hopper-Goetschius House,363 E. Saddle River Rd., Upper Saddle River, NJ.                                                                                           Website: https://www.usrhistoricalsociety.org/events
  

•  July 7th (Monday), 6:30-9:00 ~ Spinning at Clarkstown Parks & Rec Summer Concert, w/ the Hurley Mountain Highway Band. Traphagen Park, 131 Germonds Rd., West Nyack, NY. In case of inclement weather, the concert will be held indoors at Clarkstown High School South, 31 Demarest Mill Road, West Nyack.        Website: https://www.clarkstown.gov/recreation/calendar/

• July 18th & 19th  (Saturday & Sunday), 11:00-4:00  ~ Washington's War Tent at Dey Mansion; Dey Mansion/Washington's HQ, 199 Totowa Rd., Wayne, NJ                                                         Website: https://seepassaiccounty.org/event/first-oval-office-project-at-dey-mansion-washingtons-headquarters/

• August 23rd (Saturday), 11:00 - 4:00 ~ 249th Commemoration of the Battle of Brooklyn; The Old Stone House, 336 Third Street, Brooklyn, NY                                                                     Website: https://theoldstonehouse.org/events/

• Sept. 6th & 7th (Saturday & Sunday), 10:00-5:00 ~ 101st Annual Yorktown Grange Fair; Yorktown Grange Fairgrounds, 99 Moseman Rd., Yorktown Heights, NY.                                  Website:  https://www.yorktowngrangefair.org/index.html

• Sept. 27th (Saturday), 10:00-4:00 ~ Harriton Farmstead Fair (w/ special guest Benjamin Franklin!); Harriton Historic House and Park, 500 Harriton Rd., Bryn Mawr, PA.                               Website:  https://harritonhouse.org/events
  

• Sept. 28th (Sunday 11-4) ~ Rombout Colonial Days & Encampment at the Brinckerhoff House Historic Site(w/ special guest Benjamin Franklin!); East Fishkill Historical Society, 68 Kensington Drive, Hopewell Junction, NY.                                                                                                              Website:  https://eastfishkillhistoricalsociety.org/about/

• Oct. 1, 8, 15, 22, & 29, 2025 (Four Wednesday Evenings), 6:30 - 8:30 PM ~ Beginner Spinning Course: "Make Your Own Yarn!" Clarkstown Parks & Recreation, 31 Zukor Road, New City, NY 10956 (Street Community Center). Contact Clarkstown Parks & Recreation at (845) 639-6200, or at www.clarkstown.gov/recreation  Open to residents & non-residents. NOTICE: A repeat of this course is being planned for SPRING 2026! Check here & at www.clarkstown.gov/recreation for updates!!!

• Oct. 5th (Sunday), 11:30 - 4:00 ~ Somerset County (NJ) 1770s Festival (w/ the 4th Battn. New Jersey Volunteers), Lord Stirling Estate Park, 96 Lord Stirling Rd.,  Basking Ridge, NJ                  Website:  https://visitsomersetnj.org/1770s-festival/

• Oct. 19th (Sunday), 12:00-4:00 ~ Heritage of West Nyack Fall Festival, Historic Traphagen House, 131 Germonds Rd., West Nyack, NY.                                                                                             Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/www.heritageofwestnyack.org

• Oct. 26th (Sunday), 10:00-4:00 ~ Battle of White Plains Commemoration,  Jacob Purdy Homestead, 60 Park Ave., White Plains, NY .                                                                                             Website:  https://whiteplainshistory.github.io/pages/JacobPurdyHouse.html

• Nov. 22nd & 23rd (Saturday & Sunday), 10:00-4:00 ~ 249th Anniv. Retreat from Fort Lee, NJ; BAR  Re-enactment events (w/ the 4th Battn. New Jersey Volunteers), Fort Lee State Park (Saturday) & Historic New Bridge Landing (Sunday).                                                                                              Website:  https://www.brigade.org/schedule 

• December (DATE TBA), 6:00 - 8:00 PM ~  Winter Wonderland & Tree Lighting at Congers Lake Memorial Park, 8 Gilchrest Rd., Congers, NY.                                                                                       Website: https://www.clarkstown.gov/recreation/

BE SURE TO CHECK BACK OFTEN FOR FUTURE UPDATES!

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(Photo: The Jacob Purdy Homestead in White Plains, NY.  I'm "setting up shop" on the right.  Courtesy Al Pochek)