Summer "First Sunday at The Mill Works"
FREE ADMISSION
Come join us on Sunday, June 4th, from Noon to 5:00pm for the Summer Season “First Sunday at The Mill Works” sponsored by the Eastern Connecticut Center for History, Art, and Performance (EC-CHAP)!
Highlights include: Factory Tours; Open Artist Studios; The Gardiner Hall Jr. Museum, and more.
Live performances in The Packing House with the Hall Memorial School ‘Select Chorus’ and 'Falcon Treble Singers', Ed Smith, local artist and performer, and Ines Herrmann, International singer/songwriter.
Presentation by local author and historian Richard Symonds in the Gardiner Hall Jr. Museum.
Visit with resident artists and local guest artist and EC-CHAP member John Starinovich. Enjoy period refreshments typical of the mid 19th century and begin the Summer Season with us at this local historic landmark.
Learn about EC-CHAP membership opportunities, and how you can become a CHAP! All activities are free to the public.
SCHEDULE
THE PACKING HOUSE: Performances
1:30pm: Hall Memorial School "Select Chorus" and "Falcon Treble SIngers"
2016-2017 HMS Select Chorus
2016-2017 HMS Falcon Treble Singers
2:00pm: Ed Smith, local musician and artist
Ed Smith aka Fast Daddy Ed is a multifaceted musician whose work ranges from improvisational rant/rap to understated folk classics. Smith writes songs fraught with humor and pathos, and anything else he can whip up. Besides guitar, Smith builds and plays percussion (communophones), plays other string instruments, and does some rather strange things with keyboards.
3:00pm: Ines Herrmann, International singer/songwriter for Muzik Muzik Label
Ines Herrmann is a German singer/songwriter from Dresden whose main instrument is her voice. She will present some of her original songs, a few of them which were just released on an acoustic album in 2017. Connecticut is her home base until Mid-June, and while in the US, Ines has played locally, as well as venues in Providence, Northampton, NYC and Philadelphia.
Gardiner Hall Jr. Museum: Historical Presentation
2:30pm: Richard Symonds
Local author and historian Richard Symonds will present an historical overview of the Gardinaer Hall Jr. Company, and select mills in Tolland County. Specific emphasis will be placed on workings of water powered mills, local waterways that supplied power to the mills, the challenges wars had on the supply of raw materials, and the resulting socio-economic impact mills had on local communities.
NOON TO 5:00PM
THE MILL WORKS COMMUNITY - RESIDENT ARTISTS AND ORGANIZATIONS: Christopher Gunderson, Carol Mackiewicz, Jessical Regele, Bruce & Sasha Press, Jack Broderick, Summer Sun Photography, Martha Ennis, Brian Sneeden, Ali Larew, St. Paul Church
LOCAL ARTIST & EC-CHAP MEMBER JOHN STARINOVICH
GARDINER HALL JR MUSEUM (Suite 2106-A)
EASTERN CONNECTICUT CENTER FOR HISTORY, ART, AND PERFORMANCE (EC-CHAP)
PERIOD REFRESHMENTS
For more information please call 518-791-9474.