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The second half of this video gives a very interesting look into the indoor candlelit rhubarb sheds of Yorkshire, England.
For those of you on this side of the Atlantic, you can enjoy RHUBY year round with much less work!
Join us at Bartram’s Garden for a lecture with author and illustrator, Allen Crawford, recounting his recent Hidden River Expedition; a forty-mile, three day kayak journey from the historic Quaker town of Holly, New Jersey to Bartram’s Garden in Philadelphia.
While on his journey, Crawford re-explored three rivers: the Rancocas, the Delaware, and the Schuylkill (which… in Dutch means hidden river.) At one time, these rivers were bustling waterways that were vital to the regions culture and commerce.
Today, the Rancocas, Delaware, and Schuylkill are recovering from generations of abuse and neglect: wildlife not seen in decades (beaver, sturgeon, oysters) are beginning to return. They are living threads of history: along their banks are the ruins of Native and African American settlements, farms, ghost towns, suburbs, tidal marshes, battleships, industrial ruins, urban parks, bridges, shipyards, mansions, and colonial-era forts.
Crawford will also premier his Hidden River documentary, featuring footage shot and narrated during the expedition.
1-3PM
Bartram’s Garden
54th and Lindbergh Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19143
AITA refreshments will be served.
Also be sure to check out Allen’s Hidden River installation at the Art in the Age gallery this month!
Punch may not have originated in America, but like pizza and military dominance, we’ve embraced it as our own. The original punch recipes came from India, went to Britain, and eventually came up through the Caribbean on its way to the land of the free.
The word “punch” has debatable origins, but our favorite comes from the Hindustani word “panch,” meaning “five.” Therefore, all proper punches must have five ingredients: one sour, two sweet, three strong, four weak, and finally some spices to round out the mixture.
The first punch recipes were nothing like the mixture of cheap liquor and Kool-Aid you got at your high school reunion. Punch was created as a complex cocktail, favored in the 18th century by Europe’s elite. Punch parties are something of legend, with some accounts telling of punch bowls large enough for boats to paddle about in. The ingredients included 80 casks of brandy, 20,000 limes, and 1,300 pounds of sugar!
Check out this AITA favorite, SNAP Haymaker’s Punch, prepared in the video below by the Reverend Michael Allen.
Art in The Age SNAP: Recipe – Haymakers Punch from Art In The Age on Vimeo.
In the spirit of national punch day, call together an impromptu party of your closest friends, pick up some SNAP, and celebrate with Haymaker’s Punch!
Folkstreams was established to build a national preserve of hard-to-find documentary films about American folk and roots cultures. The films were produced by independent filmmakers in a golden age that began in the 1960s and was made possible by the development first of portable cameras and then capacity for synch sound. Their films focus on the culture, struggles, and arts of unnoticed Americans from many different regions and communities.
The filmmakers were driven more by sheer engagement with the people and their traditions than by commercial hopes. Their films focus on the culture, struggles, and arts of unnoticed Americans from many different regions and communities.
We recently had the opportunity to host West Philadelphia based band, Grandchildren, for a live show at Art in the Age. The band played a truly amazing set which included songs from their album “Everlasting“.
“OK I’m Waiting”
“Everlasting”
George Nakashima Woodworker is a custom furniture company located just outside Philadelphia in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, owned by siblings Mira and Kevin Nakashima. Founded by their father, George Nakashima (1905-1990), in 1947, the nine-acre site served as a kind of laboratory for integrated living, testing George’s concepts of “decentralization, intermediate technology and living off the land” while synthesizing his varied experiences in the Pacific Northwest, Japan, and India, among other places. Today, it continues as an active woodworking studio as well as a heritage center preserving George’s legacy.
Tours of the workshop and Nakashima property are offered on Saturdays, but for those of you who aren’t in the Philadelphia area, the video below really does a great job capturing the atmosphere of the Nakashima estate.
Via Tramnesia
