Tag Archives: fun

Farley Center Volunteer Day in the Sculpture Garden

community, environmental, friendship, fun, volunteer, woods

8/3/2021

Please join Farley Center Board Member Jeanne Meier, the Spartan Youth Service (SYS) Volunteers and other Farley Center volunteers for a day working in the Sculpture Garden!

Chance to Showcase Farley Sculptures!

In addition to being a physician and community activist, Gene Farley enjoyed making sculptures, mostly in metal or wood. Many of his metal sculptures are permanently installed on the grounds of the Farley Center. We need to do some tender loving trimming so they don’t get lost in the plants which surround them.

If you would like to help with this project, grab your garden shears or clippers and come on out.

Meet at the Center at 8:20 at the Bur Oak Welcoming Area near the red packing shed.

This work is all outdoors so dress for the weather and bring work gloves and water bottles. If you have any questions, please e-mail programs@farleycenter.org.

Rooted In The Land: Land Art Exhibition

art, celebration, community, Culture, environmental, friendship, fun

As part of the “Rooted in the Land” celebration, 26 artists are coming together to fill the NPS woods with art using only materials that can safely decompose back into the ground! This is the 5th year we’ve had artists creating in the woods and its the largest exhibition yet! Work will be on public view August 15 – October 31, 2021.

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Farley Center Concert – Skip Jones

celebration, community, Culture, Festival, friendship, fun, music

Farley Center Concert with Skip Jones

SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL MUSICIANS!
All proceeds will go to the musicians

Come join us for an in person concert with Skip Jones, – Wisconsin Folksinger, Storyteller and Educator

Cost: $20 (PAY AT THE DOOR)
SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL MUSICIANS!

All proceeds will go to the musicians

Come join us for an in person concert with Wisconsin Folksinger, Storyteller and Educator Skip Jones at the Farley Center under the Bur Oak Welcoming Area (BOWA ).

About Skip Jones:
For over 40 years I have been sharing songs and stories with audiences of all types and sizes.

Some songs come from the giants of Americana music – giants such as Woody Guthrie. Others are from some of the great folk singers I have had the privilege of working with over the years, such as my old friend and mentor U. Utah Phillips, Guy Carawan, Bill Stanes and Larry Long. On occasion, I may also sneak in a few songs I have written myself.

The stories come from my travels around the world as a navy veteran and performer, and from my own back yard surrounded by members of the Mohican Nation in Northeast Wisconsin.

They also come from the lives and observations of thousands of “regular” yet very special people I have entertained, from ages 3 to 108.

I am a musical activist for many issues from clean water to respecting each other, and my convictions work their way into my music and stories.

Beyond my own performances I have organized and directed festivals and concert series, introduced House Concerts to the Midwest and beyond, provided high-quality sound engineering for folk festivals and cultural events, and have produced and recorded albums for local, regional and national artists.

See: www.skipjones.net

We encourage attendees to come early or stay late and take a walk through the Natural Path Sanctuary and Farley Center farms.Please bring your own blanket, chair, food and drinks to the concert. Please bring your masks as well.

We are offering an informational tour with Farley Center Board Vice Chair Jeanne Meier at 11:00 – one hour before the concert.

**Farley Center honey ($10) will be available. Please bring cash.**

For any questions, please contact us a 608-845-8724 or e-mail us at programs@farleycenter.org

HOSTED BY::

Farley Center
www.farleycenter.org

Southwest Wisconsin Area Progressives (SWWAP)
http://www.swwap.org/

Natural Path Sanctuary
www.naturalpathsanctuary.org

Farley Center Volunteer Day on the Farm

community, environmental, farm, friendship, fun, volunteer, woods

7/5/2021

Please join the Farley Center Farm Manager Seth Riley and other Farley Center volunteers for a day working on the farm.

Meet at the Center at 10:20 at the Bur Oak Welcoming Area near the red packing shed.

There will be a variety of outdoor tasks so dress for outdoor weather and bring work gloves and water bottles. If you have any questions, please e-mail programs@farleycenter.org.

Farley Center Volunteer Day in the Natural Path Sanctuary

community, environmental, friendship, fun, volunteer, woods

7/6/2021

Please join the Director Shedd Farley and other Farley Center volunteers for a day working in the Natural Path Sanctuary!

Meet at the Center at 10:20 at the Bur Oak Welcoming Area near the red packing shed.

There will be a variety of outdoor tasks so dress for outdoor weather and bring work gloves and water bottles. If you have any questions or want to sign up, please e-mail programs@farleycenter.org.

FARLEY CENTER ON SITE SUPERVISOR
Shedd Farley, Farley Center Director

Farley Center Tree Carving Tour with Artist David Carlson

art, community, Culture, friendship, fun

Tree Carving Tour and information for wood carvers and other interested folks with Artist David Carlson. This will be a visit to the tree and a walkabout on the grounds for ideas.

See: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1468380859914667

For more information, please e-mail David Carlson at djcarlson30@gmail.com

Please send an e-mail to programs@farleycenter.org if you plan on attending.

Greetings Artists,

I have begun to receive seed catalogues, so we know spring is on its way. My thoughts return to the Farley Center Tree Carving project. This is one of many things that Covid-19 has put on hold. The good news is that we can begin to work towards resuming.

I would like to invite you to consider what you might want to contribute to the project. Remember that the theme is “Rooted in the Land.” This will also be the theme of the 2021 land art exhibition this year.

Simply contact me with what you would like to do. The tree is divided by vine carvings into “panels” of various sizes. You can select one of those to carve, paint, or attach objects that are environmentally friendly and that fit the theme. The challenge is to create with materials that are weather resistant.

I will, when things warm up this spring, be refreshing things and then I will be working on a carving on one of the panels modeled after the oak tree we so often gather around at the center. There are lots of other ideas related to the land, such as farming, bees and bee keeping, wildlife, birds, native flowers and much more.

I hope to hear from you soon.
David Carlson

Farley Center Concert – Harmonious wail

celebration, community, Culture, Festival, friendship, fun, music

Farley Center Concert – Harmonious Wail

Cost: $25 PAY AT THE DOOR
SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL MUSICIANS!
All proceeds will go to the musicians

Come join us for an in-person concert with “Harmonious Wail” at the Farley Center under the Bur Oak Welcoming Area (BOWA ).

“The members of Harmonious Wail are purveyors of Americana-infused Gypsy Jazz, who continue to take their listeners on a ride via the music of the Hot Club sounds of Parisian cafes, to the deepest blues of the Memphis Delta, to the heartfelt folk scenes across every-town-America. This harmonious clique are sublime entertainers, great educators, and lifters of spirits.”

“Harmonious Wail is a trio of multi-award winning musicians. Sims Delaney-Potthoff, a mandolin virtuoso, and vocalist, Maggie Delaney-Potthoff, vocalist extraordinaire, whose percussive instrument of choice is a cardboard box (but who can also rock almost any household object), and Jeffo Weiss, a master bassist who dazzles and mesmerizes on both upright and electric 5-string bass.”

We encourage attendees to come early or stay late and take a walk through the Natural Path Sanctuary and Farley Center farms.

We are offering an informational tour with Farley Center Board Vice Chair Jeanne Meier at noon – one hour before the concert.

Please bring your own blanket, chair, food and drinks to the concert.For any questions, please contact us a 608-845-8724 or e-mail us at programs@farleycenter.org

Please social distance and wear masks.

**Farley Center honey ($10) and organic vegetables will be available. Please bring cash.**

HOSTED BY:

Farley Center
www.farleycenter.org

Harmonious Wail
https://harmoniouswail.com/

Southwest Wisconsin Area Progressives (SWWAP)
http://www.swwap.org/

Natural Path Sanctuary
www.naturalpathsanctuary.org

Farley Center Snow Labyrinth Walk

environmental, fun, meditational, snow, winter

Come walk the Snow Labyrinth on the new land at the Farley Center.

Feb. 20-March 19

If you have snowshoes, please wear them to help compact the labyrinth path.
We highly recommend snow shoes while going through the labyrinth although you can wear boots.

Park in the lower parking lot at the Farley Center and take the upper meadow path (near BOWA – Bur Oak Welcoming Area and kiosk area). You will pass two benches on your way up the trail (about a 5-10 minute walk). The path to the labyrinth will on the right in the open field.

For more information, please call 608-845-8724 or e-mail programs@farleycenter.org

Farley Center Concert with the Hicksville Debonairs (Joe Mirenna and Peter Gorman)

celebration, community, Culture, Festival, friendship, fun, music

Come join us for an in person concert with the “Hicksville Debonairs (local Mt. Horeb musicians Joe Mirenna and Peter Gorman) at the Farley Center under the Bur Oak Welcoming Area (BOWA ).

Cost: $15 Pay at the door
SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL MUSICIANS!
All proceeds will go to the musicians

Come join us for an in person concert with the “Hicksville Debonairs (local Mt. Horeb musicians Joe Mirenna and Peter Gorman) at the Farley Center under the Bur Oak Welcoming Area (BOWA ).

The Hicksville Debonairs (Joe Mirenna and Peter Gorman) play a wide range of traditional and popular music from the 1860s to the 1960s: Kentucky and West Virginia fiddle tunes, blues, vaudeville, gospel, and jug band music from the Appalachian Mountains and deep South. Their songs and tunes cover a wide range of human experience: young love, hard times, mistaken identity, and more.

We encourage attendees to come early or stay late and take a walk through the Natural Path Sanctuary and Farley Center farms.

We are offering an informational tour with Farley Center Board Vice Chair Jeanne Meier at 4:00 – one hour before the concert.

Please bring your own blanket, chair, food and drinks to the concert.

**Farley Center honey ($10) and organic vegetables will be available. Please bring cash.**

For any questions, please contact us a 608-845-8724 or e-mail us at programs@farleycenter.org

HOSTED BY::

Farley Center
www.farleycenter.org

Southwest Wisconsin Area Progressives (SWWAP)
http://www.swwap.org/

Natural Path Sanctuary
www.naturalpathsanctuary.org

Farley Center Bluegrass Concert with Down From the Hills

celebration, community, Culture, Festival, friendship, fun, music

Come join us for an in-person bluegrass concert with “Down from the Hills” at the Farley Center under the Bur Oak Welcoming Area (BOWA ).

See: http://personalpages.tds.net/~downhome

Listen to a little of their music

Come join us for an in-person bluegrass concert with “Down from the Hills” at the Farley Center under the Bur Oak Welcoming Area (BOWA ).

See: http://personalpages.tds.net/~downhomeListen to a little of their music

Cost: $15 (PAY AT THE DOOR)

SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL MUSICIANS!
All proceeds will go to the musicians

Come join us for an in person bluegrass concert with “Down from the Hills” at the Farley Center under the Bur Oak Welcoming Area (BOWA ).

See: http://personalpages.tds.net/~downhome

We are offering an informational tour with Farley Center Board Vice Chair Jeanne Meier at 4:00 – one hour before the concert.

**Farley Center honey ($10) and organic vegetables will be available. Please bring cash.**

For any questions, please contact us a 608-845-8724 or e-mail us at programs@farleycenter.org

HOSTED BY:

Farley Center
www.farleycenter.org

Down from the Hills
http://personalpages.tds.net/~downhome

Southwest Wisconsin Area Progressives (SWWAP)
https://swwap.org/

Natural Path Sanctuary
www.naturalpathsanctuary.org

Listen to a little of their music

Pat Downing: mandolin, fiddle, melodion, vocals

Bill McWilliams: banjo, guitar, vocals

Lee Grady: guitar, harmonica, vocals

Kevin Lague: upright bass, vocals