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Events in Auburn this holiday season!
There is no better place to celebrate the holidays than Auburn, New York! The Historic Sites Commission has worked all year long to offer a variety of events for Auburnians and visitors during the holiday season. What better way to celebrate with loved ones by honoring the rich and prestigious history and culture in Auburn?!
This year the Cayuga Museum presented an exhibit called "The Games People Play: Sports in Cayuga County". This was a very well attended and popular exhibit. Sports are a very important part of our community. This fact was well illustrated by the huge support given to the State Championship winning Auburn High Football Team. The Cayuga Museum has made arrangements to collect memorabilia from this season's football team. In 20 year, 50 years or 100 years, the Museum will have the material to add to a future exhibit about sports in Cayuga County.
7pm History Book Club - Thursday, December 7 Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick and the Bitter Partnership that Transformed America by Les Standiford.
Sunday, December 10 - Annual Holiday Open House at historic sites of Auburn. The Museum welcomes the community to the Annual Open House with festive holiday decorations, home-made cookies and hot apple cider.
Entertainment : Noon to 1 pm - Girl Scout Carolers
2 pm to 3 pm - The Ambassadors of Joy, a vocal quintet based in Auburn, NY will perform holiday music. Drawing of winner of Crystal Lamp raffle. Drawing of winner of Tree of Life quilt.
Monday, December 25 - CHRISTMAS DAY - MUSEUM AND OFFICES CLOSED
By shopping with your favorite on-line retailers through www.shoppingformuseums.com, you can have a donation sent to the Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center at no additional cost to you. The Art Center staff are very excited about their participation with this on-line service.
"As museums increasingly find themselves fighting for limited charitable and governmental resources, it becomes obvious that museums need new avenues to improve financial independence." Marilyne Eichinger, Founder of Shop for Museums.com
Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center is open to the public:
Tuesday-Saturday 10am - 5pm, Sunday 1 - 5pm
Closed on Mondays and all major holidays.
Suggested admission: $3 for adults. Art Center members and children under 12 are always free.
SEWARD HOUSE
(www.sewardhouse.org)
It has been a year since the publication of Doris Kearns Goodwin's Team of Rivals: The Political Gebius of Abraham Lincoln. While the staff at the Seward House prepared to greet readers who were newly enthusiastic about Seward and Lincoln, they are not sure that they were ready for the overall response. Within three days of publication, the Seward House had their first visitor - a gentleman driving from North Carolina and listening to the audio book - who made a specific detour to see the place. In February fifty people came to a book discussion on Rivals. By the summer, unprecedented numbers of new guests arrived form across the country. The museum welcomed over 2,000 visitors in July and 1,900 more in August. Among these interested readers were Congressman Sherwood Boehlert and State Senators David Valesky, Raymond Meier and Michael Nozzolio. In July, Governor George Pataki dropped in for a tour. Governor Pataki's was the first gubernatorial visit since Thomas E. Dewey stopped at the Seward House in 1946.
Art program: Thomas Cole
Wednesdays at 11:00 a.m. - November 15 and December 13.
Seward House presents a lecture on artist Thomas Cole (1801-1848) and his 1839 painting Portage Falls on the Genesee River. Cost is the regular museum admission. Please call (315) 252-1283 for more information or to make reservations for the lecture.
Holiday Open House
Sunday, December 10, Noon to 5:00 p.m.
A Seward House tradition for over 25 years. Decorations, music and costumed docents create a holiday with Victorian atmosphere. Free admission.
Art program: Thomas Cole
Wednesdays at 11:00 a.m. - November 15 and December 13.
Seward House presents a lecture on artist Thomas Cole (1801-1848) and his 1839 painting Portage Falls on the Genesee River. Cost is the regular museum admission. Please call (315) 252-1283 for more information or to make reservations for the lecture.
Speaking for Themselves: Women of Seward House
First Saturday of each month (Feb-Dec) at 1:00 p.m.
This special tour interprets the lives of the 19th-century Seward women through their letters and diaries. The cost is the regular museum admission fee. To register, please call Seward House at (315) 252-1283.
WILLARD CHAPEL
(www.willardchapel.org)
December 10th: Holiday Traditions Noon till 5 p.m. FREE
Holiday Concert Featuring the Auburn Chamber Orchestra's
Upcoming Events:
• Amateur Chefs' Night (February)
• Thom Dutton, The Troubadour Harper (February)
In 2007, the Community Preservation Committee will offer workshops focusing on the unique architecture of Auburn. A variety of events called Tea & Architecture are scheduled to celebrate Historic Auburn's Architecture. Margaret Mosher will present Architecture 101 at the Willard Chapel on March 25th from 2 to 4 pm. Then let Mike Long take you on a tour of Auburn's Architecture Through Film on May 6. Next join a special Porch Walk planned for June 3rd on South Street. The walk starts at the gazebo across from City Hall and is an "at you own pace guided tour of Historic South Street from 2 pm to 3:30 pm. Art work will be exhibited and for sale on many of the porches for walkers to enjoy. Lastly, on September 30th, take a guided tour of Historic South Street from 2 pm to 3:30 pm and then attend a lecture on etiquette for formal tea. Peter Wiseby, of the Seward House, will give the lecture and serve tea. Guides will tell the stories of the South Street homes and point out architecturally significant details. Join the fun.
HARRIET TUBMAN HOME
(www.nyhistory.com/harrettubman/#tours)
Tours and Events at the Harriet Tubman Home
The Harriet Tubman Home is open to visitors Tuesday through Friday from 11 AM to 4 PM, and Saturdays by appointment. Extended hours are available in February (Black History Month).
Special events commemorating Harriet Tubman are held each year on Memorial Day Weekend. Persons interested in receiving information about these events are urged to contact the Home for more information.
CAYUGA COUNTY OFFICE OF TOURISM
(www.tourcayuga.com)
Holiday Lights by the Lake
December 1st - December 31st
Emerson Park, Rt. 38A
Auburn, NY 13021
315-253-5611
www.co.cayuga.ny.us/parks.emerson (Fri. - Sun. only) 5 - 9PM, drive through full-color holiday light displays, FREE
Midnight Madness
December 23rd
Fingerlakes Mall, Rtes. 5 & 20
Auburn, NY 13021
315/255-1188
7 - 10 PM, charity raffle
New Year Celebration
December 31st
Casey Park, N. Division Street
Auburn, NY 13021
315-253-7618
7-Midnight, non-alcoholic family celebration with entertainment and food
Varmint Hunting Seminars
January 6th
Bass Pro Shops, Fingerlakes Mall, Rtes. 5 & 20
Auburn, NY 13021
315/258-2700
1PM & 3PM, seminars on hunting coyotes, FREE
Produced in NY Show
January 13th
Fingerlakes Mall, Rtes. 5 & 20
Auburn, NY 13021
315/255-1188
10AM - 2PM, area youth 4-H showcase of products using NY ingredients/resources, FREE
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