Category Archives: Arts & Sciences

Thursday Solar, March 19

Arts & Sciences, Solar, Uncategorized

The Canton of Appleholm invites you to join Þorfinnr at his home for an informal Arts & Sciences craft night, Thursday, March 19, from 6 PM to around 8 PM. We have returned to our usual third Thursday schedule.

Þorfinnr will talk through early to high medieval masculine undershirts and begin cutting out his own.

You are welcome to bring your current crafting project to work on as we chat, or a historically-inspired item you’ve made that you’d like to display or discuss with the group. Light fare will be provided, but please bring food or drink if it you wish to have it.

Location: 165 W 66th Street #4E, New York, NY 10023. Tell the doorman you’re visiting Alec. (The building as a whole is wheelchair-accessible, but the bathroom is not.)

All are welcome to join us. No Society membership or previous experience required. No fee. Modern attire; come as you are. We look forward to seeing you!

A white linen early medieval undershirt

Thursday Solar, February 26

Arts & Sciences, Solar, Uncategorized

The Canton of Appleholm invites you to join Þorfinnr at his home for an informal Arts & Sciences craft night, Thursday, February 26, from 6 PM to around 8 PM. Note that this the fourth Thursday, one week later than our usual schedule.

We will have a shared space for craft or art work, along with a tentative discussion about 16th century menswear. If you are coming from the previous weekend’s Venetian Carnevale, this is a great place to ask about what fabulous fashions your fellows flaunted!

You are welcome to bring your current crafting project to work on as we chat, or a historically-inspired item you’ve made that you’d like to display or discuss with the group. Light fare will be provided, but please bring food or drink if it you wish to have it.

Location: 165 W 66th Street #4E, New York, NY 10023. Tell the doorman you’re visiting Alec. (The building as a whole is wheelchair-accessible, but the bathroom is not.)

All are welcome to join us. No Society membership or previous experience required. No fee. Modern attire; come as you are. We look forward to seeing you!

Portrait of a Man
1586-89
Oil on canvas
ROBUSTI, Domenico
(b. 1560, Venezia, d. 1635, Venezia)
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Thursday Solar, January 15

Arts & Sciences, Solar

The Canton of Appleholm invites you to join Þorfinnr at his home for an informal Arts & Sciences craft night, this Thursday, January 15, from 6 PM to around 8 PM. We will have a shared space for craft or art work, along with related discussion.

You are welcome to bring your current crafting project to work on as we chat, or a historically-inspired item you’ve made that you’d like to display or discuss with the group. Light fare will be provided, but please bring food or drink if it you wish to have it.

Location: 165 W 66th Street #4E, New York, NY 10023. Tell the doorman you’re visiting Alec. (The building as a whole is wheelchair-accessible, but the bathroom is not.)

All are welcome to join us. No Society membership or previous experience required. No fee. Modern attire; come as you are. We look forward to seeing you!

Detail from “Five Feminine Occupations” by Geertruydt Roghman, circa 1640. (Met Museum, item 56.550.2)

Arts & Sciences Solar, December 18

Arts & Sciences, Solar

The Canton of Appleholm invites you to join Þorfinnr at his home for an informal craft night, Thursday December 18 from approximately 6-8 PM. In addition to sharing the space for crafting, Þorfinnr will discuss his recent successes and failures in shoe making.

You’re welcome to bring your current crafting project to work on as we chat, or an item you’ve made that you’d like to display or discuss with the group. Light fare will be provided, but please bring food or drink if it you wish to have it.

Location: 165 W 66th Street #4E, New York, NY 10023. Tell the doorman you’re visiting Alec. (The building as a whole is wheelchair-accessible, but the bathroom is not.)

All are welcome to join us. No Society membership or previous experience required. No fee. Modern attire; come as you are. We look forward to seeing you!

Detail from Hausbuch der Mendelschen Zwölfbrüderstiftung, Vol I Folio 93v. (Germany, 15th C.)

Sunday Solar, March 30: Brewing Basics

Arts & Sciences, Class, Solar

The Canton of Appleholm invites you to join us for our monthly afternoon of crafting, conversation and companionship!

For this month’s gathering, Wojtek z Wizny will present “A Brief History of Beer (and how to make it in your apartment).” Aimed at first-time brewers, this talk will cover the basics of fermented beverages and the modern homebrewing movement, and show you how to brew a simple ale in a New York apartment.

You are welcome to bring a handcraft to work on, a snack to share, a story to tell, or questions you want to explore — or walk in empty-handed and leave with freshly-learned skills, a full belly, and new friendships!

We’ll gather at 3:00 PM on Sunday, March 30 at the home of our chatelaine Madwen Gam, at 569 W 161st Street, buzzer 6, just east of Broadway. (Note that this site is upstairs and is not wheelchair-accessible.)

All are welcome to join us. No Society membership or previous experience required. No fee. Modern attire; come as you are. Feel free to RSVP or just come by and say hello!

Detail from “Biermessers” in Hausbuch der Mendelschen Zwölfbrüderstiftung, 1506.

Sunday Solar, January 26

Arts & Sciences, Solar

The 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, January 26 at the home of our chatelaine Madwen Gam, at 569 W 161st Street, buzzer 6, just east of Broadway. (Note that this site is upstairs and is not wheelchair-accessible.)

All are welcome to join us. No Society membership or previous experience required. No fee. Modern attire; come as you are. You may RSVP if you wish, or just come by and say hello!

Sunday Solar, December 29

Arts & Sciences, Solar, Uncategorized

The 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 baking, you can prepare some cookies ahead of time and bring them over to decorate with the group — or just show up and we’ll hand you some cookie cutters and a bag of frosting and let you run wild.

We’ll gather at 3:00 PM on Sunday, December 29 at the home of our chatelaine Madwen Gam, at 569 W 161st Street, buzzer 6, just east of Broadway. (Note that this site is upstairs and is not wheelchair-accessible.)

All are welcome to join us. No Society membership or previous experience required. No fee. Modern attire; come as you are. You may RSVP if you wish, or just come by and say hello!

Detail from “Cucina” by Vincenco Campi, 1580s.

A Sunday in Siena

Arts & Sciences

We 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 least a dozen other halls filled with items we’d like to examine on a future visit, so I’m sure we’ll be back again in the months ahead. Keep an eye out for additional announcements and we’d love to have you join us on our next outing!

Gallery Sunday: Painting in Siena, December 8

Arts & Sciences

The 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. In addition to large paintings (and so much gold leaf!) the exhibit also includes a few books, textiles, and carvings. Afterwards, we can pass through the recently-reopened European painting galleries, which had been closed for the last few years to allow for renovation of the building’s skylights.

We’ll meet up on the front steps, weather permitting, or in the lobby atrium, and then enter as a group. (If you miss us there, call Mathghamhain at 917-502-7795 to link up inside the museum.) We’ll probably spend about two hours in the museum, and when we’re done some of us may walk over to Madison to get a snack in a local diner.

Visitors with proof of New York State residence may pay any amount to enter (as little as $1) and the same goes for students from NJ and CT; sadly, for other out-of-state visitors or those without ID, admission is an exorbitant $30.

All are welcome to join us. No Society membership or previous experience required. There is no charge to join us. Modern attire; come as you are. The museum is ADA-accessible; use the street-level entrance to bypass the main stairs.

Feel free to RSVP to events@appleholm.eastkingdom.org or just show up and join us. We look forward to seeing you soon! 

Detail from The Crucifixion, by Pietro Lorenzetti, circa 1340