Leather Gear Medallion Workshop
The workshop gives you some experience in basic leather working. You get a 2 1/2″ leather gear that you will decorate by stamping images, adding a concho ($5 additional), and/or color that you can turn into a pin or medallion or whatever your imagination envisions. Cost is $5 and all tools and supplies are provided.
Read MoreMake Your Own Pirate Flag
Make and take a mini fabric pirate flag. Choose your favorite Jolly Roger from history, or invent your own design! $5 Maker’s Fee to cover supplies
Read MoreLearn to Play Captain Hornblower’s Favorite Card Game!
(Tables will be set up) If you’ve ever read C.S. Forester’s Hornblower series, then you’ll know how fond he was of the card game whist. This is the card game that was the ancestor of trick-taking card games like Contract Bridge and Euchre. It’s a four player (two partnerships) game with rules that are simple…
Read MoreResistance, Revolt + Maroon Societies
Resistance can take many forms. It can be an armed rebellion or revolt, a personal attack or escape. It canalso look like the food people ate, the clothes they wore, or the language they created. This presentation looks at the ways that enslaved and free Black people in the Americas and the Caribbean resisted systems…
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