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2008 Events
Sea Cotuit Village Festival
Memorial Day weekend May 24-25, 2008
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
A village-wide maritime festival involving the Cahoon
Museum of American Art, Cotuit Center for the Arts, Cotuit Library,
and Historical Society of Santuit and Cotuit involving art, theatre,
readings and historical exhibitions. Trolley service will connect
all institutions. The Cahoon Museum will feature an exhibition
of maritime paintings. There will also be a free public maritime-related
concert at the museum by "The Cape Cod Conservatory Jazz
Ensemble" on Saturday, May 24 and a walking tour of the
museum's maritime collection by museum director Dr. Robert Gambone.
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13th Annual Kitchen Tour
Saturday, June 7, 2008 10 a.m. to 3 p.m
The 2008 Kitchen Tour, featuring six exceptional homes
in the North Falmouth area. This popular tour features demonstrations,
floral displays, raffles and artists painting on location. Tickets
available through museum and at selected locations in Falmouth
Mashpee and Osterville.
In advance, members $30; non-members $35. Day of event $40.
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Bus Trip to Gardner Museum
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Join us for an exciting trip to one of Boston's most
unique and unusual art treasures-the Isabella Stewart Gardner
Museum. We travel by motor coach from the Marstons Mills bus
stop at 9:30 a.m., arriving at the Gardner around 11:30 for a
private docent-led tour. We'll enjoy a delicious lunch at the
museum restaurant after which you'll be free to take additional
leisurely gallery walks and view a variety of film offerings.
The bus leaves the Gardner in the early afternoon for the return
trip to Cotuit. The price is $80 all-inclusive. Please call Sue
at 508-420-1773 for reservations.
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17th Annual Great Brush Off!
Live and Silent Auction
July 12, 2008 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
During the morning and afternoon approximately 80
artists will fan out around Cotuit to paint. Many of them will
have access to private yards with spectacular gardens or outstanding
views of the water. The live auction begins at 2:00 p.m. The
festive atmosphere on Cotuit's village green will include music,
food and a silent art auction too. Bring your folding chairs
and plan to spend a delightful summer afternoon at this wonderful
fundraiser for the Cahoon Museum. (Auctions and festivities will
be held on the village green, Main Street, Cotuit)
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Cahoon in Bloom
Thurs.-Sun., August 14-17, 2008 10
a.m. to 4 p.m.
The Cahoon Museum of American Art and the Osterville Garden Club's
first "Cahoon in Bloom" will feature flower arrangements
by six award-winning gardeners during the museum's exhibition
"At Home in America: 19th Century Genre Painting."
Each arrangement will be done by a different gardener and each
arrangement will be coordinated to a specifc genre painting.
General admission to the Museum for this event will be $10.00
- $8.00 for museum members. Special flower related merchandise
will be featured in the Mermaid's Cove gift shop for this event.
4676 Falmouth Road · PO Box
1853 · Cotuit, MA 02635 · (508) 428-7581 ·
fax (508) 420-3709
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