RETRO DINING

Retro Entertaining - A Legacy of Entertaining with Gail Blakely & Alison Martin
November 16, 2023
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
$65/$75 non member

Join Highfield’s Gail Blakely along with Alison Martin for a culinary look back! In this Retro Entertaining class, we will explore a number of “old-fashioned” but timeless recipes which Alison inherited from her mother, Ruth Clark, a very important person in Highfield history. We will make Crustless Quiche, Lemon Chicken with Wild Rice Pilaf, and Almond Cake. We will also prepare a bonus recipe from Alison herself: Alison’s Grown Up Macaroni and Cheese. Enjoy a bit of tasty nostalgic comfort in Highfield’s kitchen!

Register online now or call, 508-495-1878 ext. 2

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HOLIDAYS AT HIGHFIELD
November 24th - December 10th
Thursday - Sunday each weekend

Holidays Through the Generations
Member Preview
Tuesday, November 21, 2023
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Highfield continues to be transformed into Holidays Through the Generations. This year’s festive trimmings are crafted and curated by the creative genius of designers Sandra Cavallo & Sarah Pring. Begin your holiday season with joy and merriment at Highfield as you explore vignettes inspired from different decades starting in the late 19th century and spanning through the 1940s, 50s, 60s, and 70s into modern day as the DIY movement.

Join us for the Members Preview on November 21st and enjoy light refreshments as you shop the Holiday Gift Gallery, featuring hand-crafted jewelry, ornaments, cards, books, and more. We look forward to hosting this special membership evening and thanking you personally for your support.

This is a free benefit for current members and takes place on Tuesday, November 21, 2023, from 3:00pm to 6:00pm. Not a member, not a problem. Come and join the membership at the preview and enjoy the evening.  No need to pre-register.

The house will open to the public on Friday, November 24, 2023, for three consecutive weekends. The cost per person during open dates are as follows:

$10.00 per individual member or non-member Children under 17 are free

Holidays at Highfield is made possible in part by Rockland Trust and Martha's Vineyard Bank, and we appreciate their support.

Thank you also for the support of Eastman's Hardware & Hand in Hand for their continued partnership.

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NOTES FROM THE ARCHIVES

ARCHIVE RESEARCH -RE: SAVING HIGHFIELD PERIOD DATA TRANSFER VHS to DIGITAL

The latest archival research underway is transferring several video tapes made by Paul Rifkin between 1994 and the early 2000s. The following transcribes parts of a meeting that was recorded on March 16, 1994, led by Mary Lou Smith of the Falmouth Historical Commission. The subject was strategizing how to prevent the Conservatory from demolishing Highfield Hall after a 3-month Demolition Delay Law expired.

Members of the Save Highfield group took turns to speak, with future restoration architect, Noah Greenberg making a strong argument about historic preservation and community. “My name is Noah Greenberg, and I am on the Design Review Committee, and I am the Vice Chair of that committee. This issue has been bothering me a lot, and it is a very important one, I don’t see how this town can afford to give up much more of its heritage, we don’t have much left. Everyone can feel in their heart what is missing. Beebe Woods would be nothing but a bunch of woods without the manor house up there. When I first came to this town it was amazing to see the house with its land still intact. To let it go to waste and let them tear it down and leave a hole in the ground would be symbol to our children that we don’t care at all.

There is no argument that can be made that ‘the building is in such bad shape’ it really doesn’t matter how bad it is, it may be terrible, it is made out of wood, and we can replace the wood. But one of the important things about it is, as a society we would never be in the position again to afford to build like that. The only thing we can do now is to take it by its hands and build it into something wonderful.”

SAVE THE DATE

ROBERT BURNS SUPPER
January 27, 2024
5:00 pm - 9:00 pm (tentative)

Plans are underway for our Annual Robert Burns Supper!

While we are working out the details we wanted you to know the date and time and will forward additional details as they unfold.

We are not registering folks just yet but stay tuned for more information.

RECIPE OF THE MONTH FROM GAIL BLAKELY

PUMPKIN DONUT HOLES

Jesse Sheehan is one of my favorite cookbook authors. She has written The Vintage Baker as well as Snackable Bakes, both of which I use on a regular basis. Currently she is hard at work on a book that focuses on savory baking—she occasionally runs some recipes from that on her blog, Jesse Sheehan Bakes.

For this time of year, I thought her pumpkin donut holes with cinnamon sugar might be a good recipe for you to try. The photo is from her website, but you might recognize these as “dirt bombs,” one of the recipes we featured in a class last year. They are simple to make, and you will have two dozen donut holes that you can package in cellophane and give as gifts, or keep them all to yourself. They also freeze well, should you want to keep them on hand for a quick snack.

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