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Earthcare 2017: Main Festival Day
Bryant Homestead
Cummington, MA
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Earthcare 2017: Main Festival Day
The Hilltown Chautauqua presents the Second Annual Earthcare Festival with keynote speaker Frances Moore Lappe, author of "Diet for a Small Planet," and a full slate of speakers, readers, musicians, panels, and films, exploring the theme of "Food, Farms, and the Future." Venue: The beautiful, historic William Cullen Bryant Homestead, Cummington, MA.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 16 / SCHEDULE (subject to change):

9-11 am, POETRY: A TRIBUTE TO RICHARD WILBUR, hosted by Patty Kimura
    9-9:40: Five Hilltown poets read new poetry on farms, farming, and a sense of plenty.
    9:55-10:20: Segment of a documentary-in-progress on Richard Wilbur, by Ralph Hannemann.
  10:30-11:00: Robert and Mary Bagg on their new biography, Let Us Watch Richard Wilbur (UMAss Press).

FARM SPECIALTY BOOTHS

11:15-12:30 pm, TALK I (KEYNOTE): Francis Moore Lappé on Democracy and Food  Q and A

12:30-1:30 pm: LUNCH (Alices Kitchen), with Wistaria String Quartet and fiddler Zoe Darrow.

1:30-2:00: Bryant Homestead Guided Tour  

1:30-7:00 p.m., FACES OF THE LAND:  Photography and Landscapes by Hilltown artists Cynthia Poirier (photographer), Peter MacLean and Robert Copley (painters). HAY MOW

1:302:30 p.m., BOOK BARN:  MEET THE AUTHORS.  (Conversation and book sales and signing.)  APPLE BARN
1:30-2:15 p.m.:  HILLTOWN AUTHORS: Robert and Mary Bagg, Mary Dearborn, Eric Laursen, Ellen Moyer, Kathryn Jensen, Pleun Bouricius, and others.  APPLE BARN.
1:30-2:15 p.m.: Frances Moore Lappé and Adam Eichen, co-authors, Daring Democracy.

2:15-3:15, TALK III: Brian Donahue, Environmental Studies, Brandeis University, Cultivating New England  BIG TENT

3:154:30, PANEL: Young Hilltown Farmers: Challenges and Strategies. BIG TENT  

4-5, TEA. Bryant Homestead Guided Tour  

SUPPER (OUT). Recommended: The Old Creamery (Cummington), Elmers (Ashfield), The Lake House (Ashfield), Bewmasters (Williamsburg), Whately Inn (Whately).

7:00-8:00, FILM: "Forgotten Farms" BIG TENT

8:00-8:30, Q and A with Sarah Gardner, producer, and David Simonds, director, Berkshire County dairy farmers.

8:30-9 pm

Location

Bryant Homestead (View)
207 Bryant Road
Cummington, MA 01070
United States
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Categories

Other > Festivals

Kid Friendly: No
Dog Friendly: No

Contact

Owner: Hilltown Chautauqua
On BPT Since: May 04, 2016
 
David Perkins

Attendees

David B.
Conway, MA United States
Sep 15, 2017 1:55 PM
Myra M.
Northampton, MA United States
Sep 14, 2017 1:29 PM
Jim M.
Northampton, MA United States
Sep 14, 2017 1:29 PM
Susan L.
Northampton, MA United States
Sep 14, 2017 10:34 AM
Kevin O.
New York, NY United States
Sep 14, 2017 7:14 AM

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