Welcome to the Canton of Appleholm, the Manhattan chapter of the Society for Creative Anachronism, an organization dedicated to exploring life before 1600 by re-creating activities and crafts of the period. There are tournaments and classes, feasts and finery (and occasional foolery), royal courts and country dancing. We encourage you to come and find out what interests you!
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- Minutes from January CommonsOur canton’s quarterly business meeting was held on Monday, January 27, 2025. The minutes are attached below. Attendance Guests Opening
- Canton Commons, January 27Please join us for the canton’s quarterly business meeting on Monday, January 27, starting at 7 PM via Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/azp-fqtb-dbn We’ll review recent local activity and discuss possible plans for the coming months. We can also consider any other business raised by the officers or populace. As always, folks are welcome to hang out and … Continue reading Canton Commons, January 27
- Sunday Solar, January 26The Canton of Appleholm invites you to join us for a cozy evening of handcrafts, nibbles, and chit-chat as our hostess prepares a chocolate-and-toffee treat for all to share. (Please note that due to scheduling challenges, this month’s gathering has been pushed later in the day than usual.) We’ll gather at 7:30 PM on Sunday, … Continue reading Sunday Solar, January 26
- Sunday Solar at Year’s EndThanks to everyone who dropped by for this weekend’s holiday party and participated in decorating cookies with heraldic designs. Sadly, I didn’t get pictures of all of the cookies, or of the hot mulled beverages simmering on the stove, but hopefully the photos below will give you a hint of how the day went.
- Sunday Solar, December 29The Canton of Appleholm invites you to join us for an afternoon of holiday cheer in a cozy kitchen! As the year comes to an end, let’s come together to bake cookies, decorate them with heraldic and medieval designs, then enjoy them with a mug of mulled cider or bubbly holiday beverage. If you’re into … Continue reading Sunday Solar, December 29
- A Sunday in SienaWe had a nice turnout for today’s trip to the Met, with seven people gathering to view an interesting mix of paintings and artifacts from the fourteenth century. Afterwards we stopped in the recently-refreshed painting galleries to peek at some of the subsequent developments. As we noted multiple times during the trip, there are at … Continue reading A Sunday in Siena
- Gallery Sunday: Painting in Siena, December 8The Canton of Appleholm invites you to join us on another informal weekend outing to one of our many world-class museums. On Sunday, December 8, at 2:00 we’ll gather at the Met to view their exhibit “Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300–1350” which highlights some of the artistic developments at the dawn of the renaissance. … Continue reading Gallery Sunday: Painting in Siena, December 8
- Minutes from November CommonsOur canton’s quarterly business meeting was held on Monday, November 18, 2024. The minutes are attached below, as recorded by Mathghamhain and reviewed by Alienor. Attendance Canton Members: Provincial Guests: Seneschal Arts & Sciences At least two of our Canton’s members taught classes at Pennsic this year. The wonderfully generous Madwen Gam has been hosting … Continue reading Minutes from November Commons
- A Sunday in Madinat al-ZahraIt was lovely to see folks at this weekend’s gallery visit to the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World for their exhibit of artifacts from the tenth-century capital of Islamic Spain. It was a great opportunity to get a glimpse of this intriguing culture that is sometimes relegated to the margins of our … Continue reading A Sunday in Madinat al-Zahra
- Canton Commons, November 18Please join us for the canton’s quarterly business meeting on Monday, November 18, starting at 7 PM. Our video conference will be held via Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/azp-fqtb-dbn We’ll review recent local activity and discuss possible plans for the winter months. We can also consider any other business raised by the officers or populace. As always, folks … Continue reading Canton Commons, November 18