Arts & Entertainment

Sylvester Manor Plant and Sing Festival With Rufus Wainwright

Who:              Sylvester Manor
What:             Fourth Annual “Plant & Sing” Arts & Food Festival
Where:           Sylvester Manor - 80 North Ferry Rd., Shelter Island, NY 11964
When:            October 7, 8 & 9, 2011

Rufus & Martha Wainwright to Headline Sylvester Manor’s Fourth-Annual “Plant & Sing” Arts & Food Festival
Family-friendly benefit featuring music, barn dancing, storytelling, drama, farming, and culinary delights

The fourth-annual “Plant & Sing” Arts & Food Festival (80 North Ferry Rd., Shelter Island, NY 11964 [631] 749-0626 www.sylvestermanor.org) has been slated for this Columbus Day weekend on October 7 through October 9, 2011.

The three-day celebration is a family-friendly event will include a full weekend of cultural and farming events headlined by Rufus and Martha Wainwright.

The Schedule of Events
Friday, October 7th
       • 8 p.m. – Contradance (traditional barn dance) at Havens House Barn (Shelter Island Historical Society, South Ferry Road)
       • 10 p.m. - “Shuck and Sing”  – garlic will be shucked to prepare for harvest combined with singing led by Bennett Konesni

Saturday, October 8th
       • 7 to 11a.m. – Yoga and Sweet Potato Harvest
       • 10 a.m. – Peconic Land Trust autumn woodland walk with Ray Smith
       • 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. – Music by The Free Seedlings, Island Folk, Caleb Elder, Caroline Doctorow, Max Godfried, Joe Hannah, and more – headlined by               Straight Drive
       • 12 to 6 p.m. – Literary events including poetry, comedy, storytelling and readings by local
       authors
       • 3 p.m. – Staged reading of Joe Pintauroʼs “Men’s Lives”, based on Peter Mathieson’s novel, directed by William Burford.
       • 7 p.m. – Bonfire and garlic shucking contest with the Sylvester Manor Worksongers
       • All Day – Kids farm activities, games, pick you own

Sunday, October 9th
       • 7 to 10 a.m. – Yoga and garlic planting with Gospel singing
       • 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Farm tours
       • 12 p.m. – Dance performance and workshop with Molly Gawler of Pilobolus (TBC)
       • 3 to 7 p.m. – Music by Dune Grass & Friends, Sun Parade, Edith Gawler and Bennett Konesni, Mia & Mia, Anais Mitchell, and more – headlined by                 Rufus and Martha Wainwright
       • 7 p.m. – Joe Lauro and the Who Dats Loungers

New at “Plant & Sing” Arts & Food Festival 2011!
       • Tours of the manor will be scheduled throughout the weekend, as well as, an Autumn Woodland Walk sponsored by the Peconic Land Trust.
       • A staged reading of Joe Pintauro’s play “Men’s Lives” based on Peter Mathieson’s acclaimed novel.

Ticket Information
Tickets to the event can be purchased online at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/187771, and checks are accepted at the farm stand at Sylvester Manor. Ticket prices include on-site parking and are as follows:

       • $10 Friday Contradance (Seniors/Students $5)
       • $25 Saturday One Day Ticket (Seniors/Students $20)
       • $35 Sunday One Day Ticket (Seniors/Students $30)
       • $60 Full Festival Weekend Pass
       • $50 Members Weekend Pass
       • DOOR PRICES: additional $5 on day of purchase

About Sylvester Manor:
Sylvester Manor is a 243-acre educational farm on Shelter Island, NY.  Started in 1652, the Manor has been used as a native hunting ground, a triangle-trade plantation, and an enlightenment farm providing food for New York, Hartford and Providence, and home to the father of modern food chemistry, Eben Norton Horsford.  Today we grow vegetables for our 60-member CSA, and host workshops on food, culture and place.

 

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