Here is Lady Catherine’s presentation from 11/25 A&S, “Satire & Elegy and the Invention of Personal Poetry”. If you want to write your own elegiac poem for Rome for the Holidays, this will tell you how!

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Thanks to the hard work of Lady Lucy, we have a fantastic line-up of Roman-related classes for November!

• November 4: “Globi & Possibly More” with Talia! Talia is going to do a cooking demonstration of Roman globi, which are basically donuts. If time permits, we may get into a discussion of Roman breads.
• November 11: “Sic Semper Tyrannus, Lanea v. Rome” with Lanea (obviously). Lest we swallow the Roman red pill, Lanea will remind us why Rome sucks as we should all fight the power!
• November 18: “Roman Clothing” with Dame Emma West and Surprise Guest. Dame Emma and a TBD surprise co-teacher will download us on what the Romans wore – with plenty of time to pull something together before the actual Rome for the Holidays festivities.
• November 25: “Satire & Elegy and the Invention of Personal Poetry” with Katie! Katie is going to teach us some Roman cultural stuff because she is wicked smart and knows things (this is the official description).
• Date TBD: “Parthian Chicken Cooking Demonstration” with Aurelio! On a TBD weekend afternoon in earlyish November, Aurelio will demonstrate cooking a Roman dish called Parthian Chicken. He will also discuss Roman spiced wine, the predecessor to hippocras.

All Wednesday classes will take place in our normal Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/vwn-gvet-pgo

The Roxbury Mill October A&S lineup is as follows:

• Oct 7 – Aztec Food & Drink with Ilhuicacihuatl, called Yzma of Marinus
• Oct 14 – SCA 103 Introduction to SCA with Adelaide
• Oct 21 – Streaming lecture on the Black Tudors (group watch)
• Oct 28 – Hats of the Ancient World with Lanea

The link to the video/chatroom for group watch sessions will be posted in the Facebook group by 7 PM on the day of. All other A&S will be in our usual GoogleMeet room, from 7:30-9:30pm every Wednesday. To join the video meeting, click this link: https://meet.google.com/vwn-gvet-pgo Otherwise, to join by phone, dial +1 650-667-2697 and enter this PIN: 529 343 850#

The Roxbury Mill September A&S lineup is as follows:

• Sept 2 – Introduction to Natural Dyes with Ela
• Sept 9 – Developing Embroidery Projects with Helena
• Sept 16 – Open A&S
• Sept 23 – Shakespeare Read-Along, Part 1 (vote on which play on Facebook or contact Lucy; also contact Lucy if you want a part!)
• Sept 30 – Shakespeare Read-Along, Part 2

The link to the video/chatroom for group watch sessions will be posted in the Facebook group by 7 PM on the day of. All other A&S will be in our usual GoogleMeet room, from 7:30-9:30pm every Wednesday. To join the video meeting, click this link: https://meet.google.com/vwn-gvet-pgo Otherwise, to join by phone, dial +1 650-667-2697 and enter this PIN: 529 343 850#

The Roxbury Mill August A&S lineup is as follows:

August 5 – 14th Century French Females who didn’t give a F***: Isabella of France, Jeanne de Clisson and Joanna de Flanders with Ysabeau
August 12 – Group watch of “The Little Hours”
August 19 – Building an SCA Website with Kaaren and Ela
August 26 – Hippocras History and Methodology with Aurelio*

The link to the video/chatroom for the group watch sessions will be posted in the Facebook group by 7 PM on the day of. All other A&S will be in our usual GoogleMeet room, from 7:30-9:30pm every Wednesday. To join the video meeting, click this link: https://meet.google.com/vwn-gvet-pgo Otherwise, to join by phone, dial +1 650-667-2697 and enter this PIN: 529 343 850#

* This will be a live brewing session. Ingredients and equipment that you will need are given below.

Hippocras: History and Methodology

Learn how to make a delicious period beverage! Hippocras is a simple drink made by steeping spices in sweetened wine, documented to the 14th Century and popular for hundreds of years. This class will go over the general recipes and methods for producing this varient of mulled wine.

I will be demonstrating as well as discussing, and you’re welcome to join! You will need the following:

Equipment:
– 1 large mason jar
– mortar and pestle
– funnel
– kitchen scale or measuring spoons
– bottle stopper
– coffee filters or cheesecloth

Ingredients:
– 1 bottle of wine (I prefer a dry red like Shiraz or Cabernet Sauvignon)
– 1/2 tsp nutmeg
– 25 black peppercorns
– 4 cloves
– 1/4 tsp grains of paradise
– 1/2 tsp ground ginger or 1/2″ knob fresh ginger
– 1/2 tsp rosemary
– 3″ cinnamon stick
– 155g turbinado sugar

If you don’t have these exact spices, or have others you think would be tasty, feel free to substitute! At its core, this is a method more than a recipe.

The Roxbury Mill July A&S lineup for July is as follows:

July 8 – Shire Documentary Night: The Peasants’ Revolt of 1381
July 15 – Ask a GoA
July 22 – Bloody Easy Naalbinding with Lucy
July 29 – will be announced at the July business meeting

The link to the video/chatroom for the documentary night will be posted in the Facebook group by 7 PM on the day of. All other A&S will be in our usual GoogleMeet room.

Weekly Virtual A&S will be from 7:30-9:30pm every Wednesday. To join the video meeting, click this link: https://meet.google.com/vwn-gvet-pgo Otherwise, to join by phone, dial +1 650-667-2697 and enter this PIN: 529 343 850#

The Roxbury Mill Virtual A&S lineup for June is as follows:

• June 3: “May I Give you Some Feedback?” class with Lady Ela
• June 10: Shire Movie Night: The Merry Wives of Windsor at Shakespeare’s Globe
• June 17: Open A&S
• June 24: Trivia Night!

We also will be having some bonus A&S:

• Monday, June 8: Move Night: Coriolanus at the National Theatre (UK)
• Saturday, June 13: Post-University Show-and-Tell/Hangout (time TBD)
• Monday, June 22: Movie Night: Midsummer Night’s dream at Shakespeare’s Globe

Weekly Virtual A&S will be from 7:30-9:30pm every Wednesday (please note the time change!)

To join the video meeting, click this link: https://meet.google.com/vwn-gvet-pgo

Otherwise, to join by phone, dial +1 650-667-2697 and enter this PIN: 529 343 850#

Document template: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F8uCOQP40K0uxvBWueOLiXvuy1uPIJZ1DBEzqTyGaNc/edit?usp=sharing

The model “finished” documentation: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DkK4rOshHzpwIBhbNy-W6zWtigEIkounu3R7s8KPCF4/edit?usp=sharing

Wednesday night May A&S will be as follows:

May 6 — Documenting Original Writing with Ishmael

May 13 — Scriptorium! (Open Scribal Night)

May 20 — Rice Paste Resist Dyeing with Kame

May 27 — Half the Heroes: Sex and Gender in Fighting and the SCA with Nyvein

Weekly Virtual A&S is from 7-9:00pm every Wednesday.

To join the video meeting, click this link: https://meet.google.com/vwn-gvet-pgo

Otherwise, to join by phone, dial +1 650-667-2697 and enter this PIN: 529 343 850#

Arts and Sciences activities at Wednesday practices this month are:

• March 4: Revenge of the Stitch Team Planning / Open A&S 
• March 11: Swap night! Bring any unwanted SCA-related goodies and share/swap with others! 
• March 18: Sarah’s Seaming Technique — Noble Sarah will teach an unusual late-period seaming technique that also simultaneously finishes the seam (are you intrigued? I am!)
• March 25: More Fiber in Your Diet — Lady Ela will discuss different types of fiber (e.g., wool, linen, silk, cotton) and the strengths, weaknesses, and demands of each for different fiber arts (knitting, crochet, sewing, spinning, weaving, etc.). She’ll bring samples; you bring questions!