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Schedule of Events

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

2026 Schedule of Events 

Greetings and Felicitations! 

I will be demonstrating historic spinning & fiber arts at the following events:

  • January 18th (Sunday), 3:00-7:00 PM ~ Toast 250! Tavern Night at Maud's Tavern; 149 Southside Avenue, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY. With Revolutionary Westchester 250.                                                                                                          Website:   https://www.rw250.org/toast-250-tavern-nights

  • February 28th (Saturday), 2:00-6:00 PM ~ Toast 250! Tavern Night at Yonkers Brewing Company; 92 Main St, Yonkers, NY. With Revolutionary Westchester 250.                                                                                                                                Website:   https://www.rw250.org/toast-250-tavern-nights

  • March 4, 11, 18 & 25 (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 both Clarkstown residents & non-residents. NOTICE: A repeat of this course is also being planned for FALL 2026!   Check here & at www.clarkstown.gov/recreation for updates!!!

  • March 21st (Saturday), 3:00-7:00 PM ~ Toast 250! Tavern Night at Captain Lawrence Brewing Company; 444 Saw Mill River Rd, Elmsford, NY. With Revolutionary Westchester 250.                                                                                                      Website:   https://www.rw250.org/toast-250-tavern-nights

  • March 26th (Wednesday Evening), 7:00-9:00 PM ~"Crossroads Ceili" Performance, Irish Heritage Celebration,Rockland Community College Cultural Arts Center, 145 College Road, Suffern, NY.                                                 Website: https://sunyrockland.edu/media/irish-heritage-month/

  • April 3rd (Friday), 1:00-4:00 PM ~ Lena, Susie, & Siobhan the Tunis Sheepies Get Sheared! Harriton Historic House and Park, 500 Harriton Rd., Bryn Mawr, PA.                                                                                                                                    Website:  https://harritonhouse.org/events

  • April 11th-12th (Saturday & 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://middlesexcountyculture.com/event/opening-weekend/

  • April 18th (Saturday), 10:00-4:00 PM ~ Sheep & Wheat Day Festival; Washington Crossing Historic Park / Thompson-Neely Farmstead, 1638 River Road, New Hope, PA                                                                                                               Website: https://www.washingtoncrossingpark.org/event/wheat-and-sheep-day-2026/

  • April 25th (Saturday), 10:00-6:00 PM ~ Green Ossining Earth Day Festival; Louis Engel Waterfront Park, Ossining, NY     Website:  https://www.greenossining.org/earth-day-festival/

  • April 26th (Sunday), 2:00-6:00 PM ~ Toast 250! Tavern Night at Peter Pratt's Inn; 673 Croton Heights Road, Yorktown Heights, NY. With Revolutionary Westchester 250.                                                                                                                 Website:   https://www.rw250.org/toast-250-tavern-nights

  • May 2nd (Saturday), 10:00-4:00  ~ Battle of Pines Bridge (w/ 4th Battn. NJ Volunteers) ; Veterans Memorial Circle/Pines Bridge Monument, Yorktown Heights, NY.                                                                                                                                      Website: https://www.5thny.org/event-details/battle-of-pines-bridge-commemoration

  • May 8th (Friday), 5:00-9:00 PM ~ Toast 250! Tavern Night at Mickey Spillane's Pub, 431 White Plains Rd.
    Eastchester, NY
    . With Revolutionary Westchester 250.                                                                                                                 Website:   https://www.rw250.org/toast-250-tavern-nights

  • May 15th & 16th (Friday & Saturday), 10:00-4:00 ~East Jersey Olde Towne Village "History Day" Event; 1050 River Rd., Piscataway, NJ                                                                                                                                                            Website:  https://middlesexcountyculture.com/event/history-day/

  • May 23rd (Saturday), 10:00-12:00 ~ Memorial Day Ceremonies (w/ 4th Battn. NJ Volunteers); River Vale Town Hall, 406 Rivervale Rd, River Vale, NJ                                                                                                                                              Website:  http://www.sprucelane.com 

  • May 30th (Saturday), 10:00-5:00 ~ "Open Barn Day" Event at Spruce Lane Llama Farm; 31 Wagner Rd., Stockton, NJ.    Website:  http://www.sprucelane.com

  • June 5th  (Friday Evening), 5:00 - 9:30 PM ~ Hastings-on-Hudson Rev250! Celebration...The Declaration of Independence LIVE! Hastings-on-Hudson Municipal Building and Public Library. 7 Maple Lane, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY. Website:  https://destinationhastings.org/

  • June 6th & 7th  (Saturday & Sunday), 10:00-4:00 ~ A United 250th Commemoration in Putnam and Westchester Counties: "Putnam Heroes Battle the Redcoats & Rochambeau Encampment (w/ special guest Benjamin Franklin, & Brigade of the American Revolution); Yorktown Grange Fairgrounds, 99 Moseman Rd., Yorktown Heights, NY.                      Website:  TBA

  • June 13th (Saturday), 10:00 - 4:00 ~ REV*CON 2026 "The Revolutionary War in Dutchess County" Event; The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, Route 9, Hyde Park, NY.                                                                           Website: https://destinationdutchess.com/spotlights/revcon

  • June 14th (Sunday), Noon - 6:00 PM ~ "America the Beautiful" Festival (w/ special guest Benjamin Franklin); New Century Festival Fairgrounds, 517 Neversink Dr., Port Jervis, NY. Website: TBA

  • June 27th (Saturday), 2:00 - 8:00 PM ~ West Milford Community Day & 4th of July Celebration (w/ special guest Benjamin Franklin); West Milford Township High School Complex, , NJ. Website: TBA

  • June 28th (Sunday), 10:00 - 4:00 ~ Dutch Tall Ship Oosterschelde Visit Celebration, with Benjamin Franklin!; Roger Sherman Baldwin Park, 100 Arch St., Greenwich, CT.                                                                                                 Website: https://www.greenwichct.gov/Calendar.aspx?EID=17756

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

  • July 5th (Sunday),11:00 - 1:00 ~ LaGrange Historical Society Freedom Day Celebration (w/ Ben Franklin!); Freedom Park, 212 Skidmore Rd., Pleasant Valley, NY.                                                                                                                                     Website:  https://www.lagrangenyhistoricalsociety.org/

  • July 11th (Saturday), Time TBA ~250th Anniversary of the Reading of the Declaration of Independence in East Fishkill, NY w/ Colonial Village.                                                                                                                                                    Website:  https://eastfishkillhistoricalsociety.org/events/category/events/

  • July 12th (Sunday), 11:00 - 5:00 ~250th Anniversary of the Reading of the Declaration of Independence in White Plains, NY w/ Colonial Village.  American Legion Hall & Tibbets Park.                                                                                                  Website: https://www.visitwestchesterny.com/event/reading-of-the-declaration-of-independence-at-white-plains-%26-the-birth-of-ny-state/142/

  • August 5th (Wednesday Evening), 7:00 - 8:30 PM ~ "Spinning Throughout History" Lecture & Demonstration; The Ramsey Free  Public Library, 30 Wyckoff Avenue, Ramsey, NJ.                                                                           Website: https://www.ramseylibrary.org/

  • August 8th (Saturday), 10:00-5:00  ~ Heritage Crafts Day at the Brinckerhoff House; East Fishkill Historical Society, 68 Kensington Dr., Hopewell Junction, NY.                                                                                                                                    Website:  https://eastfishkillhistoricalsociety.org/about/ 

  • August 9th (Sunday), 10:00-3:00 ~ All Eras Timeline Event w/ 35th Regt. of Foot Royal Sussex; Ringwood Manor Historic Site, 1304 Sloatsburg Road, Ringwood, NJ.                                                                                                                Website:  https://www.royalsussex.org/ringwood-timeline---2025.html 

  • August 21st - 23rd (Friday-Sunday), 11:00 - 4:00 ~ 250th Anniversary of the Battle of Brooklyn; The Old Stone House, 336 Third Street, Brooklyn, NY.                                                                                                                                                  Websites: https://theoldstonehouse.org/events/   &    https://www.brigade.org/brooklyn2026

  • TENTATIVE: August 30th (Sunday), Time TBA ~ Spinning at the Armour-Stiner Octagon HouseMemorial Field Park / 45 West Clinton Avenue, Irvington, NY.                                                                                                                                      Website: TBA

  • September 12th & 13th (Saturday & Sunday), 10:00-5:00 ~ 102nd Annual Yorktown Grange Fair; Yorktown Grange Fairgrounds, 99 Moseman Rd., Yorktown Heights, NY.                                                                                                          Website:  https://www.yorktowngrangefair.org/index.html

  • September 19th (Saturday), Noon - 5:00 PM ~ "A Revolutionary Harvest Festival"; Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site, 29 Warburton Avenue, Yonkers, NY.                                                                                                                                      Website: https://www.philipsemanorhall.com/programs-and-events

  • September 26th (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/programs/

  • September 27th (Sunday 11-4) ~ East Fishkill Colonial Days & Encampment at the Brinckerhoff House Historic Site (w/ special guest Benjamin Franklin!); East Fishkill Historical Society, 68 Kensington Drive, Hopewell Junction, NY.  (Formerly known as Rombout Days)                                                                                                                                             Website:  https://eastfishkillhistoricalsociety.org/about/

  • Oct. 4th (Sunday), 11:30 - 4:00 ~ 1770s Festival at Lord Stirling Estate Park, 96 Lord Stirling Rd.,  Basking Ridge, NJ. Website: https://visitsomersetnj.org/1770s-festival/

  • October 16th (Friday), 10:00-5:00 ~East Jersey Olde Towne Village Fall Harvest Festival (First Weekend ~ Festival runs Oct. 16-18, & Oct. 23-25); 1050 River Rd., Piscataway, NJ.                                                                                                            Website:  https://middlesexcountyculture.com/event/fall-harvest-festival-2/

  • October 18th (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

  • October 23rd (Friday), 10:00-5:00 ~East Jersey Olde Towne Village Fall Harvest Festival (Second Weekend ~ Festival runs Oct. 16-18, & Oct. 23-25); 1050 River Rd., Piscataway, NJ.                                                                                                            Website:  https://middlesexcountyculture.com/event/fall-harvest-festival-2/

  • Oct. 24th & 25th (Saturday & Sunday), 10:00-4:00 ~ 250th Anniversary of the Battle of White Plains, Ward Pound Ridge Reservation, Katonah/Lewisboro, NY.                                                                                                                            Website:  https://www.brigade.org/schedule 

  • Nov. 15th (Sunday), Noon-4:00 ~ Fall of Fort Washington Re-enactment (w/ the 35th Royal Sussex Reg't. of Foot), Fort Tryon Park, Riverside Drive, NYC, NY.                                                                                                                                        Website: https://www.forttryonparktrust.org/major-events/

  • Nov. 21st & 22nd (Saturday & Sunday), 10:00-4:00 ~ 250th Anniversary Retreat from Fort Lee, NJ; 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 





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2027 Upcoming Calendar of Events!



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2025 Calendar {what a long, busy year it's been . . .}

  • 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/

  • 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!!  :(

  • September 13th (Saturday), Noon - 5:00 PM ~ "A Revolutionary Harvest Festival"; Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site, 29 Warburton Ave., Yonkers, NY.                                                 Website:  https://www.philipsemanorhall.com/programs-and-events/revolutoinary-harvest-festival-2025

  • September 20th, (Saturday), 10:00 - 4:00 ~ The Royal Sussex 1830s-1840s Victorian Weekend; Long Pond Ironworks State Park, 1334 Greenwood Lake Turnpike (Rte. 511), Hewitt, NJ.                 Website:  https://www.royalsussex.org/long-pond-victorian-weekend.html 

  • September 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

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

  • Oct. 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/

  • October 11th (Saturday), 10:00 - 5:00 ~ Demarest Nature Center Oktoberfest Crafts Festival; Demarest Nature Center, Wakelee Drive, Demarest, NJ.                                                                      Website:  https://www.demarestnaturecenter.org/fall-festival/

  • October 12th, (Sunday), 10:00 - 4:00 ~ The Royal Sussex Living History Timeline Day; Williams-Harrison House, 126 Eagle Rock Road, Roseland, Essex County, NJ                                              Website: https://www.roselandhistoricalsociety.org/

  • October 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

  • October 24th (Friday), 10:00-5:00 ~East Jersey Olde Towne Village Fall Harvest Festival (First Weekend ~ Festival runs Oct. 24-26, Oct. 31, & Nov. 1-2); 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

  • October 25th (Saturday), 1:00 - 4:00 ~ Annual Harvest Festival at the Hopper-Goetschius House, 363 E. Saddle River Rd., Upper Saddle River, NJ.                                                                                Website: https://www.usrhistoricalsociety.org/events

  • October 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

  • Oct. 31st & Nov. 1st-2nd (Fri.-Sun.), 10:00-5:00 ~East Jersey Olde Towne Village Fall Harvest Festival  (Second Weekend ~ Festival runs Oct. 24-26, Oct. 31, & Nov. 1-2); 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

  • November 16th (Sunday), 12:00-4:00 ~ Battle of Fort Washington, w/ 35th Regt. of Foot Royal Sussex, Tryon Park (Cloisters area), Manhattan, NYC.                                                                      Website:   https://www.royalsussex.org/schedule-2025.html 

  • November 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 11th  (Thursday), 6:00 - 8:30 PM ~  Winter Wonderland & Tree Lighting at Congers Lake Memorial Park, 8 Gilchrest Rd., Congers, NY.  {RAINDATE: Friday, Dec. 12th}                             Website: https://www.clarkstown.gov/recreation/

  • December 13th & 14th  (Saturday & Sunday), 10:00-5:00  ~ A Colonial Christmas at Dey Mansion; Dey Mansion/Washington's HQ, 199 Totowa Rd., Wayne, NJ.                                                    Website:  https://seepassaiccounty.org/dey-mansion-events/

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