Thursday, November 6, 2014

Trappings and Traditions in 19th Century America

 

Mourning: Trappings and Traditions in 19th Century America
Saturday, November 15, 2014 at 1:00 PM

All are welcome to a program on the customs, practices and accoutrements of mourning brought to you by the Friends of Burial Hill. 


The program begins at 1:00 with a talk on Mourning:Trappings and Traditions given by Cheryle Caputo.


Sample baked goods from 19th century recipes. 


View articles of mourning on display and enjoy anecdotes and songs of the era sung a cappella by The Proper Ladies' Miss Anabel Graetz in traditional Victorian dress. 


Free and open to the public
1749 Court House Museum, Town Square, Plymouth, Ma.

Saturday, November 1, 2014

All-Mozart Extravaganza at Plymouth Philharmonic

 
It's an all-Mozart extravaganza at the Plymouth Philharmonic on November 8th at 8PM. Tickets are on sale now for this special performance.
 
Click here for more details.

Friday, October 24, 2014

What Lies Beneath?




In their third year of collaboration, Plymouth Archaeological Rediscovery Project and the Friends of Burial Hill are continuing their examinations of Plymouth’s Burial Hill. Using the latest modern technology such ground penetrating radar (GPR) we are able to “see” what may lie beneath Burial Hill. Craig Chartier, Director and Principal Archaeologist of PARP will discuss the results of our latest survey done over the summer . 

Craig will be joined by Russell Kempton of New England Geophysical to demonstrate how GPR is used as a non – invasive method of investigation. Join us as we reveal the discovery of what could be a link to the Fort.

Saturday, October 25th at 1:00
Meet at the top of the main staircase.
Free to the public            

Plymouth Halloween on Main Street


Thursday, October 23, 2014

Pilgrim Hall Museum lectures


Pilgrim Hall Museum, located at 75 Court St., will offer a new series of evening lectures in October, featuring authors, local historians and even some historical music. Rockland Trust is the series sponsor. The lectures take place Wednesdays, with coffee and refreshments at 6:30 p.m. and the lecture at 7. A $5 donation per person is suggested.

Oct. 29: Stephen O’Neill, associate director/curator of Pilgrim Hall Museum, will present “Where the Bodies Are: Pilgrim Graves and Burying Grounds.” More than 200 people immigrated to Plymouth Colony between 1620 and 1623, yet only a very few of them have graves marked with original gravestones. This illustrated lecture will examine the possibilities of where most of the first settlers were buried.


Those with questions about Pilgrim Hall Museum’s October Lecture Series can call the museum at 508-746-1620, ext. 7. For more information, see www.pilgrimhallmuseum.org.

Saturday, October 11, 2014

You Can't Take It With You Performance

 
Do you have your tickets yet? It's only a week until You Can't Take It With You opens at The Spire! The show runs October 17-19 and 24-26 at The Spire Center for the Performing Arts at 25 ½ Court St., Plymouth, MA.

You Can't Take It With You is a warm and funny family comedy written by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman. One of the most popular comedies in America, the production will finally come to Plymouth - America's Hometown - with a hilarious ensemble cast ready to light up the stage at The Spire. It's all about the wild and wonderful Sycamore family household during the late 1930's. Presiding happily over the household is Grandpa Vanderhof - and it's pretty much a do-what-you-want, no-questions-asked, kind of place, with mothers and fathers, daughters and sons-in-laws, boyfriends, assorted boarders, maids, and eccentric visitors populating the stage.  

Michael Pevzner of Kingston will direct the production. Pevzner has been acting and directing with South Shore theater companies since the 1970's.  A native New Yorker and graduate of New York's School of Performing Arts and Boston's Emerson College, Pevzner was a professor and Director of Fine Arts at Massasoit Community College for 30 years.  He has directed often for the Bay Players of Duxbury, Curtain Call Theatre in Braintree, and Nemasket River Productions in Middleboro.  This is Pevzner's first time directing for PCT, but he has previously appeared on stage in PCT's productions of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and this summer's Sizzling Summer Shorts

The large cast of You Can't Take It With You includes talented actors from across southeastern Massachusetts, including Marnie Almirall, Edward Dowling, Bill Driscoll, Phil Hebert, and Marianne Withington, all of Plymouth, Margaret O'Brien of Abington, Ted Lillys of Duxbury, Frank Piekut of Hanover, Brendon Auld and Kelly Auld of Holbrook, Paul McCuen of Marshfield, Robin Richard of New Bedford, Christopher Cartier of Pembroke, Brittany Foley of Quincy, Nancy Sparklin of Rochester, Jane Cartier of West Bridgewater, and Brian Hurley and Ed Krasnow of Weymouth. Full cast bios and headshots are available on our website at www.plymouthcommunitytheatre.net!      

Once again, You Can't Take It With You will be performed at The Spire Center for the Performing Arts, 25 ½ Court Street in Plymouth. The show will run for two weekends, Friday through Sunday, October 17-19 and 24-26. Friday and Saturday shows start at 8:00pm and Sunday performances start at 7:00pm.

Tickets are $20 / $18 seniors and students and can be purchased online on our website or in person at The Spire 30 minutes before the show. Seating is general admission; first-come, first-served.

Friday, October 10, 2014

Town of Plymouth Residential Smoke Detector Recycling Program




Residential smoke detectors are common household items.  There are two types of smoke detectors, and both use different technologies to detect smoke.  Ionization smoke detectors use a small radioactive source (Americium-241) as a key component in detecting smoke particles, while photoelectric smoke detectors use a light and sensor to detect smoke.  Given that a small amount of radioactive material is found in many residential smoke detectors, the Department of Public Works is starting a new recycling program that will accept ionization smoke detectors.  To keep trace radioactive materials out of the environment, DO NOT dispose of smoke detectors in the orange trash bags that you bring to the Manomet Transfer Station for disposal.  Instead, bring the used smoke detector to the Manomet Transfer Station and an attendant will accept it- at no cost to you- to be recycled.   

For more information about this policy or about how to handle residential smoke detectors when they are ready to be disposed of please call Greg Smith, Solid Waste Manager, at 508-830-4162x100 or gsmith@townhall.plymouth.ma.us