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Abstract Paintings & Tribal Masks Exhibition At New Hampshire Antique Co-Op
Now on view through May 31, 2020
Congregational Church Stays Connected
During the suspension of in-person activities in light of the Covid-19 situation, the Congregational Church of Amherst, UCC has a variety of ways for members and others to connect with church programs. This is especially important during April as Holy Week and Easter are on the horizon.
The most up-to-date information about church activities can be found on the church’s website (ccamherst.org) or by calling the church office at 673-3231. Sunday services are broadcast on FacebookLive and recorded for later on-line viewing. Services are followed by a Virtual Fellowship Hour. Links for these and other events can be found on the website.
The church’s Facebook page is another source of information, including updates and video messages from the pastors. Pastors Maureen Frescott and Kate Kennedy are available to provide pastoral care during this time, and the church welcomes community members to connect with this loving, serving, open and affirming community of faith.
Lorraine Alice Hamilton
AMHERST – Lorraine Alice Hamilton of Amherst, New Hampshire, Beach Haven, New Jersey and Rancho Mirage, California died June 14, 2020 from pancreatic cancer at her home in California. She was 73 years old and a participant in the trial of a new cancer drug at NYU Langone in New York City since April 2019. She hoped that results from the trial would improve care for other patients who develop this cancer. She was with her family when she died and was
Donald Richard Haaker
Donald Richard Haaker, 80, born June 2, 1940, son of Carl E Haaker and Jeanne LaRochelle Haaker of Fitchburg, MA, son, brother, father, grandfather, and great grandfather, peacefully passed away on Sunday, June 7, 2020 at Saint Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford, MA.
Don, as he was affectionately referred to by friends, and Dad or Grandpa by family, was a proud veteran, avid fisherman, former business owner, collector of “As Seen On TV” gadgets, and
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Historical Society of Amherst
Conservation of Sarah Davenport’s Hair Album
In 2019, the Davenport House Museum in Savannah, Georgia, brought a 19th-century hair album to the Northeast Document Conservation Center for assessment, conservation, and digitization.
The Sarah Davenport scrapbook contained an unusual surprise: locks of human hair, some 200 years old, that Sarah had collected from her family and tied to the pages of the text block using silk. This project proved to be an interesting conservation challenge!
Join the Historical Society of Amherst and NEDCC’s Mary French to learn the fascinating story of the Davenport hair album, and the suite of techniques experts used to preserve this irreplaceable snapshot of American history.
Victorian hair albums were often assembled using locks of hair from living friends and family and more closely relate to the concept of an album amicorum or friendship album. Friends exchanged locks of hair as a token of affection or sometimes remembrance if a friend was moving far away and it was unlikely that they would ever see each other again. The locks of hair were styled according to the abilities of the album creator, ranging from simple bunches tied together with string or ribbon to elaborate braided and looped creations. Asking one’s friends for a lock of hair seems almost unimaginable now, but in a time before the invention of photography, a piece of hair was the only tangible way to remember someone.
Thanks to NEDCC’s conservation efforts, those most personal memories live on after more than two centuries!
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VIRTUAL PROGRAM • Monday, February 8, 6:45-8:30 PM
Amherst Garden Club Presents:
Designing, Constructing and Planting the Entry Garden
The garden space between the street, driveway, or walkway and your home offers a powerful first impression to someone arriving at your door. Landscape horticulturist Warren Leach, owner of Tranquil Lake Nursery in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, will take us on a visual tour of enticing entry gardens using before and after scenarios.
Warren will focus on walkway design and construction techniques, solving problems of scale and grade, as well as showcasing a rich planting palette that offers year-round beauty with an eye on low-maintenance. Your
Warren Leach
entry garden will be a pleasure for you to enjoy and welcoming to visitors.
For more than twenty-five years, Warren has been creating beautiful landscapes throughout New England as well as making captivating and educational display gardens at Tranquil Lake Nursery, a prominent grower of daylilies, iris, and distinctive perennials, and woody plants.
Warren is also an award-winning landscape designer, twice receiving the National Landscape Association Regional Certificate of Merit for Residential Landscape Design. Images of his garden design at Brigham Hill Farm in North Grafton, Massachusetts are archived at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. In 2009 the Rhode Island Nursery and Landscape Association awarded Warren 1st place in Residential Design and Installation for his ornamental vegetable garden at Brigham Hill Farm. The Massachusetts Horticultural Society has also honored Warren with a Gold Medal for his horticultural expertise, landscape design, and many years of forcing plants and creating exceptional displays in the New England Spring Flower Show.
During the pandemic, the garden club has been meeting online. Our business meeting will begin at 9:15 am, followed by Warren’s presentation at 10:30 am. Contact the garden club at info@amherstgardenclub.org if you would like to attend the business meeting, presentation, or both.
VIRTUAL PROGRAM • Thursday, March 4, 10:30 AM