Join author James Reginato for a book signing hosted by Darren Henault and Tent on Saturday, July 16, from 4:00pm-6:00pm to celebrate his new biography GROWING UP GETTY—an enthralling and comprehensive look into the contemporary state of one of the wealthiest—and most misunderstood—family dynasties in the world, perfect for fans of Succession, The House of Gucci, The Cartiers, and Fortune’s Children.
Copies of Growing up Getty will be available for purchase from Oblong Books at this event.
Little Earthlings
Thom Schuchaskie joins Troutbeck for a child-friendly, all-immersive program to introduce your child(ren) to the wonders of nature. Focused on connectivity with the earth and the environment, Thom will guide the group throughout the gardens and open fields demonstrating connectivity and presence. Examples include tossing a pebble into a pond and discovering concentric circles, as well as comparing change of thought to a walk in the woods. Thom will also introduce primitive living skills such as bow drill and other friction fires, as well as miniature “shelters,” wild edibles, and the other “gifts” of mother earth.
The Sacred Order of Survival
Thom takes many of same learning principles from ‘Little Earthings,’ and adapts them for an older child audience. The emphasis here are the four key survival skills to live in both the wilderness and the city. With open discussions and hands-on-activities, your child(ren) will discover focus, as well as connectivity with their surroundings.
Archery Introduction Class
Interested in shooting a longbow in the traditional style? Join us for an hour of basic instruction; how to hold the bow, load an arrow and have some fun! Our instructor Thom has honed his skills with world renowned bowyer Frank San Marco, owner and head instructor at Native American Studies in Westchester NY. This will be an intro to “intuitive” style shooting. No sites, no cams, just bow and arrow like that first archers shot!
Archery Private Lessons
Want to learn more than just how to load an arrow and let if fly towards the target? The private class will cover all of the language necessary for shooting the intuitive style with accuracy! This is a much more comprehensive lesson that covers everything from your breath to anchors and everything in between!
About Thom Schuchaskie
Thom has worked for Outward Bound as a wilderness instructor for seven-years, for Education Through Adventure for another three-years, and is currently working on his masters-degree in Primitive Skills through the Tom Brown jr Tracker School. He has combined his skills to his own program for elementary and middle school children to enhance their learning about nature.
Credit: Photographer Elena Wolfe
Under the guidance of art teacher Joanne Wasti, children and adults will learn basic sumi brush strokes and the philosophy of this expressive art form.
About Joanne Wasti
Joanne has been an art educator for the past twenty years, both in New York City and the San Francisco Bay Area. She’s a graduate of RISD and has advanced degrees in art history, art education and gifted education. She started her career as a museum educator and, subsequently, studio manager at the Guggenheim Museum in NYC. She’s been a teaching artist in New York City and San Jose and taught classes at the Pacific Art League in Palo Alto. She was a founding teacher at the Yorkville Community School in Manhattan where she taught visual art for ten years.
Her passion is teaching people of all ages to be creative. She finds this is best done by offering students a safe space to find their own voice, while at the same time teaching technique. She encourages her students to make choices and break rules and is always pleasantly surprised by what’s produced in her classes. Her love of art history means that almost every lesson is inspired by a historic precedent or influential artist—and many of those artists are young and contemporary.
She has tirelessly worked to promote access to the arts for all children, and their families, through the design of museum and classroom curriculum, as well as the planning and facilitation of community building workshops.
She is now a full-time resident of Kent, CT where she lives in a 1850s farmhouse with her husband, anxious dog and aloof cat. She is enjoying a new life surrounded by natural beauty and wildlife, and where running, hiking, skiing and biking are right outside the front door.
Credit: www.artranked.com
Troutbeck will host a family friendly late afternoon feast in the Pole Barn on July 3. Classic American kids activities—think 3-legged races and Twister—and a Herondale Farm lamb feast (with plenty of vegetarian options, as well as burgers and hot dogs for kids, of course!) cooked on their fire truck. DJ Arthur Fournier for good time vibes.
3:00pm: Kids Activities; Bar opens
4:00-7:00pm: Dinner
$75 Adults + $40 optional drink ticket; $35 Children; + tax + 20% gratuity.
The British menswear label, SMR Days, known for its effortless style will co-host the first Summer Friday Pool Party at Troutbeck. Music by DJs Tim Love Lee and Scott Anderson, and food and beverages available a la carte.
4:00-7:30pm — Pool Party
8:00pm — Outdoor screening of The Talented Mr Ripley, inspiration for SMR Days’ new collection
Presented by Peggy Murphy, OP
During our own time of fear and uncertainty we will reflect on persons who teach us that courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the capacity to overcome fear, especially in service to others. We see this in the lives of Edith Stein, Max Kolbe, Corrie ten Boom, and Oskar Schindler, and allow them to light our way!
$60 | includes lunch
Wisdom House Retreat & Conference Center
229 East Litchfield Road
Litchfield, CT, 06759
https://www.wisdomhouse.org/program-calendar/2021/7/10/people-of-light-d38h83
Hollister House Garden opens for the season today. Come, be inspired by the gentle beauty of the early garden.
April-May hours are Wednesdays and Fridays 1-4 and Saturdays 10-4.
Hollister House Garden
300 Nettleton Hollow Road
Washington, CT 06793