Event Calendar
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Plus 60 Cooking Classes Co-sponsored by Deere-Wiman House
Click link above to view schedule and registration information for theses summer cooking courses. In addition bus tour information for Plus 60 is listed.
Music Workshop with Ella Jenkins (Visit Ella's website)
Date: June 10,
Time: 6:30-8:30pm
Cost: $10, includes workshop and pizza
Description: Workshop intended for adults who work with young children. The workshop will include sharing songs, chants, rhythms, rhymes and games that may be used with children, their families and friends. To reserve your spot contact Gretchen Small at 309-765-7971 or gsmall@butterworthcenter.com.
Music on the Lawn, featuring Ella Jenkins
Date:June 11, 2008
Concert performed at the following times:
9:30am
1:00pm
Description: Ella has gained inspiration by working with children on seven continents for four decades. During her concerts she encourages active participation by using music from diverse cultures. To reserve your spot contact Gretchen Small at 309-765-7971 or gsmall@butterworthcenter.com.
Blossom at Butterworth
Date: June 22, 2008
Visitors will enjoy the splendor of Butterworth Center’s impressive gardens and homes while participating in several exciting activities! Click here for more information.
Watch video of Blossoms at Butterworth and see over 100 new photos of our gardens, as well as photos from last years event on our "Interactive page" by clicking here.
Music on the Lawn, featuring Amy Lowe
Date: July 9, 2008
Concert performed at the following times:
9:30am
1:00pm
7:00pm (family concert)
Description: Description: Families are invited to enjoy this free outdoor concert featuring children's artist Amy Lowe. The concert takes place on the lawn, nestled between the breathtaking gardens and historic Deere-Wiman House. For more information contact (309) 765-7971 or gsmall@butterworthcenter.com. Deere-Wiman House is located at 817-11th Avenue Moline, Illinois.
A Week in the 1830s Summer Camp
Dates: July 14 through 18. Kids will travel back to the 1830s as they enjoy hands-on these hands-on activities and more!
Each day will be a new adventure as we travel back to the 1800s. This summer camp program, for ages 10-12, will be held July 14 - 18, 2008 and goes from 9:00 am-3:00 pm. Registration fee includes lunch, snacks and supplies/activities.
Click here to download the Summer Camp 2008 Registration Form
Discovering Illinois Amish Quilts
Admission: Free
Date/Time: Friday, September 5, 2008, 7pm
Where: Butterworth Center, 1105-8th Street, Moline, Illinois 61265
Description: Discover often-overlooked quilts, made near Arthur, Illinois, in this hour-long presentation. Learn their history going back to the 1870s and their developing diversity as quiltmakers merged their desire for simplification with quiltmaking trends. Learn more
Workshop: Amish Quilts: Design Lessons from Illinois
Date/Time: Saturday, September 6, 2008, 9am-4pm
Where: Deere-Wiman Carriage House at 817-11th Avenue Moline, Illinois
Cost: $45.00 includes all supplies and lunch.
Description:
Study Amish success in color and design to improve your quiltmaking. Illinois’ widely varied quilts offer lessons in value, rhythm, simplification, visual tension, and balance. This six-hour class starts with an introduction to the evolution of Illinois Amish quilts in terms of fabrics, colors, and patterns. Learn more
Each Fridays at Deere-Wiman House concert is held at Deere-Wiman House (817-11th Avenue, Moline, Illinios) at 3 p.m. Refreshments are served after the concert. Featured artists are part of the Visiting Artists series.
AHN TRIO
Date/Time: Friday, September 26, 2008 at 3 p.m.
Where: Deere-Wiman House, 817-11th Avenue, Moline, Illinois
Admission: Free
Description: Born in Seoul, Korea, and educated at Juilliard in New York City, the members of the Ahn Trio "sisters Maria, Lucia, and Angella" are redefining the art and architecture of chamber music, breathing new life into the standard piano-trio literature with commissioned works from visionary composers like Kenji Bunch, Maurice Jarre, Nikolai Kapustin and Michael Nyman. Lucia, Angella, and Maria thrive on dissolving the barriers between art forms. They have fused their work with that of dancers, pop singers, DJ's, painters, installation artists, photographers, lighting designers, ecologists, and even kite makers. To learn more, visit their website at www.ahntrio.com.
EDMAR CASTANEDA
Date/Time: Friday, February 13, 2009 at 3 p.m.
Where: Deere-Wiman House, 817-11th Avenue, Moline, Illinois
Admission: Free
Description: Colombian harpist, band leader and composer Edmar Castaneda was born in Colombia Bogota where he started playing the Colombian harp at the early age of thirteen. He has a unique style of playing harp Combining Latin jazz with traditional Colombian music, Edmar has carved a firm place in the international jazz scene. A jazz harpist of imposing talent, he transforms the harp into a lead instrument to phenomenal effect. Producing cross-rhythms like a drummer, smashing chordal flourishes like a flamenco guitarist and collating bebop and Colombian music, he is practically a world unto himself. To learn more, visit his website at www.edmarcastaneda.com.
GEORGIA GUITAR QUARTET
Date/Time: Friday, April 24, 2009 at 3 p.m.
Where: Deere-Wiman House, 817-11th Avenue, Moline, Illinois
Admission: Free
Description: The Georgia Guitar Quartet has emerged as an exciting new voice in today's chamber music scene. These four young men from the American South deliver a high-energy blend of breathtaking virtuosity and imaginative programming while taking an adventurous approach to classical music. Borrowing from both the past and present, the GGQ consistently draw inspiration from the ever-evolving palette of music that has influenced them: classical masters such as Bach and Brahms, experimentalists in the vein of Cage, Bartók and Stockhausen, and contemporary rock icons like Radiohead and Led Zeppelin.