The conference fee is $1,095 and includes two cooking classes plus all fourteen 90-minute courses below.
JANE C. NYLANDER
RICHARD C. NYLANDER
KEITH STAVELY, PH.D. &
KATHLEEN FITZGERALD
JUDSON D. HALE, SR.
JERRY MONKMAN
Just as we may selectively enjoy foods, folkways, and furnishings of the past, New Englanders’ nostalgia took root in the colonial era, and has flourished ever since. Join us and take a look at both the idealization and reality of the architecture and daily routine of the New England home with an emphasis on architecture and daily routine of a typical household.
With all the choices available today in curtains and floor coverings, how do you home in on the styles of fabrics and designs suitable for historic interiors? See how can you use traditional approaches to bring color, warmth, and visual interest to your home. Get Jane Nylander’s expert advice on choosing and installing appropriate window treatments and floor coverings in New England interiors.
Get a front-row view on New England’s approach to parades and parade floats. We’ll look at the physical and symbolic aspects of these celebrations embodying American values. Explore parades as expressions of popular culture, individual and community identity, and focus on floats as folk art. Enjoy a session on the living history told by a parade.
What can you learn about New England from wallpaper? The visuals, of course — from bright colors to flocking to English, French, Chinese, and American patterns, to stencils and murals. We’ll get a little history, and learn about changing styles and manufacturing techniques. Whether looking to choose a wall treatment to enhance your home, or to bring a studied eye to your surroundings, deepen your understanding of wall coverings in New England with this session.
Illustrated talks on regional food culture from the Puritans to the Colonial Revival: A look at the social and culinary history of New England foods in a four-part series.
Captain Edward Johnson, Puritan author boasted in 1651 that a proper English diet had become common in Massachusets. Learn the truth about the foodways of early New England through a look at cookbooks and food preparation of the times. Get the scoop on the role of and reliance on Native American foods and food preparation in this mythic time. We’ll come away with a sense of Puritan ideas about temperance in diet and an accurate picture of the meals of the day. We’ll look at recipes for the diet of the masses as well as foods enjoyed by the elite colonists.
What New England ideals and realities shaped Thanksgiving as a celebration of well being? We’ll look at the many factors that influenced the tradition, including the concept of agrarian independence, New England’s participation in Atlantic trading networks, and practical improvements in food preservation, that led to widespread prosperity, in spite of adversities. Gain an understanding of the key food elements of a Thanksgiving dinner in the era, and the society that produced them. We’ll discuss recipes for poultry, fruit pies, and other festive dishes featured on the typical Thanksgiving side table.
In the early nineteenth century, New England led America into a modern industrial and consumer society. See how industrialized food production and railroad-centered systems of food distribution meant more choices for dinner. Enjoy a look at the Americanization of English traditions, and preparation of seafood. Can dessert have a downside? Find out as we count the pros and cons of industrialism, social mobility, and consumerism for New England.
What’s behind the 19th century New England nostalgia for Colonial foods which were unremarkable staples of the 17th century diet? Explore the Colonial revival’s attitude toward the evolving refinement of the late 19th century’s versus the perceived simplicity, rusticity, happiness, and virtue of the colonial period. We’ll compare actual colonial versions of brown bread, baked beans, and gingerbread with their fashionable Colonial Revival adaptations so you get a sense of where authenticity gives way to "modern" taste.
Backed by 210 years of New England wisdom, Jud Hale explains the essence of the region. Burnish your knowledge of New England humor, defined by state. Delve in to New England philosophy. Find out the surprising origin of Yankee Ingenuity. Join Jud Hale for a definitive insider’s humorous look at the constant yet adaptive elements of New England’s cultural bedrock.
The Old Farmer’s Almanac’s mission is to be useful with a pleasant degree of humor. Go behind the scenes on that quest, guided by Editor-in-Chief Jud Hale. Learn about forecasting the weather with accuracy, appreciating the past, and providing practical, sound advice for navigating the present.
In this class, Jerry will describe the basics of using a digital camera, including exposure and autofocus settings as well as how features like white balance and ISO affect your photographs. Bring your cameras as this class will include hands on instruction.
In this class, students will learn the techniques needed to take a great outdoor photo, from the details of finding and composing a photo to the nuances of how light affects the look of a scene.
In this session, Jerry will describe simple techniques to keep track of digital images as well as how to easily use software to make them look great.
This class features shooting and software techniques that takes photography beyond the ordinary. Students will learn how to combine multiple images for various effects as well simple shooting styles for creating unique abstract imagery that anyone can use.
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