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September in-person populace meeting

Our quarterly in-person Shire meeting will be September 28 from 4:30–7 at Anthe and Theo’s house.

Social time and the potluck dinner will start at 4:30 with the meeting to follow at 6.

Please bring a dish to share labeled with all ingredients.

For address information, see Facebook, Discord, or the email list.

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Ceramic pit firing demonstration

We’ll fire the pots we made at A&S at the Locust Grove Cabin Patio hearth on Sunday, September 28 between 8:30 AM–4:30 PM (weather willing!).

This is being done as a public demonstration and garb is welcome but not required. There are picnic tables with umbrellas on site. Stay as long as you’d like!

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September and October Arts & Sciences Activities

Note: We will not be at Tikvat beginning September 24 and going through October 15. Those evenings will either be virtual classes and activities or activities hosted at folks’ houses. For those evenings, we will share links to Zoom or Google Meet as we get closer. If the activity is at someone’s house, please use Facebook or Discord message the house for an address. If you are a newcomer, please contact our Chatelain for information.

September 10: Open Arts & Sciences with bonus mending and hand sewing help from Lanea. Let Lanea know if you need specific fabric scraps or threads to fix things!

September 17: Choosing fabrics for SCA costuming taught by Lanea. We will look at archaeological examples of surviving textiles and discuss how to replicate those items with commercially produced fabrics.

September 24: Not at Tikvat: Virtual class and activity! We’ll learn about Mesopotamia and Clara will teach us the Game of Ur.

October 1: Not at Tikvat: Class at Lanea’s and virtual. Baronesa Beatriz teaches about votive crowns.

October 8: Not at Tikvat: Class at Lucy’s. Cheese night!

October 15: Not at Tikvat: Class at Anthe’s. Anthe will host a class on making dumplings.

October 22: Kurdish Dance taught by Keylan.

October 25: Open Arts & Sciences

If there is something you want to teach or a class you wish you could take, please let us know.

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June and July Arts and Sciences Activities

June 26: Baroness Beatriz, Highland Foorde’s Baroness and the kingdom Competitions Deputy will teach about the Competitions Cycle

July 3: Lanea will teach about the History of Early Period Embroidery

July 10: Virtual class! Eva Nethyrwode will teach us about Tang Dynasty tea culture

July 17: Mistress Margreta Gyllenstierna will teach us about Drei Schnittbucher tailoring

July 24: Pennsic panic sewing

July 31: Pennsic–many people will be out of town–no formal A&S

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Upcoming A&S Activities!

* April 24: this Wednesday, we will he assisting with Revenge of the Stitch Prep at Helena and Leonarda’s place. If you need directions, ask in the Shire Facebook group!

* April 26-28: Revenge of the stitch is this weekend! It is a fun event even if you are not on a team. The Shire has one full team, led by Helena Kassandreia, and we have members on a second team led by Andromeda from Storvik, (Check the Atlantia calendar for details)

May 1: Research roundtable led by Aurelio Vitrisoni back at Tikvat

May 8 and 15: Skewered Prep, led by Adelaide

May 18: Skewered IV: There and Back Again! Our very own lovely event will have a Crafter’s Green, a May Pole we can dance, and tons of other amazing activities. https://roxburymill.atlantia.sca.org/skewered-returns/

May 22: Leonarda will lead our third annual cheese tasting at Lucy’s house!

May 29: In person Shire populace meeting during our regular Tikvat practice and A&S time.

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Winter 2024 A&S Schedule

Unless otherwise indicated, A&S starts at 7:30 pm, in person at Tikvat Israel.

January

1/3        SCA 101 lead by Lady Helena (newcomers are especially welcome)

1/6        WREN DAY hosted by Ollam Lanea and Sir Alherin (at their house, mid- to late afternoon)

1/10      VIRTUAL – Old- and Middle-English herbalism/medicine with m’lady Eva Nethyrwode. (link to be posted on the Shire’s FB group and email list)

1/17      Dance led by m’lady Jasmin

1/24      Open A&S

1/31      Baskets 3: Secrets of the Reeds with Lady Leonarda

February

1/7        Things to do with a sari demonstrated by Lady Keylan, Lady Clara, and Mistress Ysabeau

2/14      Shire Swap (a chance to exchange something you don’t want or can’t use for something you do/can)

2/21      Kumihimo with Lord Kurosawa (materials to be announced separately)

2/28      2023 Show & Tell (bring something you made or accomplished in 2023 to show off)

March

3/6        The truth about King Arthur taught by Lady Kat Zamboni

3/13      The truth about Robin Hood taught by Lady Lucy

3/20      Open A&S

3/27 – Hand sewing 101 to prepare for Revenge of the Stitch

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Behold! October and November A&S

We are back at Tikvat starting this week and looking forward to seeing everyone in person again. Unless otherwise noted, classes are at Tikvat and will start at 7:30 pm.

Oct. 4 – Shire Scriptorium. Bring your scribal projects to work on.

Oct. 11 – Medieval dance with Lady Jasmin.

Oct. 18 – Scrolder making for the new crown, led by m’lord Gleep Worp and Lady Kat Zamboni. We will have cardboard and glue and some fabric. Please bring fabric if you have any to donate for this purpose.

Oct. 25 – Learn and sing a cool SCA song, led by Ollam Lanea.

Nov. 1 – Open A&S. Bring a project to work on and hang out.

Nov. 8 – Heraldry workshop with Ollam Ruaidhri

Nov. 15 – Tablet/Card Weaving, Pt. 1 – Warping, taught by Lady Helena. Bring your box loom, tablet loom, or inkle for this class and Part 1 will focus on how to read the patterns and warp up the cards. Materials needed will be posted close to the class date. We will have two weeks to finish warping before the weaving instruction at the end of the month. (Interested but do not have a loom? Please let us know in advance and we can work on getting a loaner for you.)

Nov. 22 (Thanksgiving eve) – Virtual Watch Party! We will watch two of the BBC History of Africa videos covering the Swahili Coast and the Southern Kingdoms while prepping turkey and cranberries! The Watch Party will use Synctube and the link will be posted in a way that (hopefully) does not cause me to get in trouble with FB again.

Nov. 29 – Tablet/Card Weaving, Pt. 2 – Weaving, taught by Lady Helena. Part 2 of the class will focus on how to weave, keep track of the turns, follow the pattern, etc.

There is one A&S spot left in December. What do you want to do? Do you want to teach? Let us know!

– The Shire Ministry of A&S

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September A&S Schedule

September is going to be wild with A&S held in a different location each week due to High Holiday celebrations at TI.  Hang on to your seats and read the fine print! A&S begins at 7:30 pm regardless of location.

Sept. 6 – Open A&S – led by Herrin Clara Hutmacher – In person @ TI 

Sept. 13 – Discussion of the movie Agora (2010) – led by Lady Kat Zamboni. VIRTUAL @ Shire Zoom Room (see below) Agora is a fictional movie about the Greek philosopher-astronomer Hypatia of Alexandria. It stars Rachel Weisz and Oscar Isaacs.

  • If you don’t have time to watch the whole two hour movie, there is a History Buffs (like cliff’s notes) review at History Buffs: Agora

Sept. 20 – Shire biz meeting and social, no A&S. In person @ Adelaide and Ishmael’s house. PM Ishmael or Adelaide for their address. Note: this activity has a different starting time than regular, weekly A&S.

Sept. 27 – Feast and any other Milled! Prep that is needed. In person @ Lucy’s House

Let us know if you have any questions.

Thanks!