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Summer Solstice Fete with Jazz, Swing, and Blues, at the Boutwell House, Groton, on June 22, 1-4
Groton History Center throws open its doors and welcomes the public to a Summer Solstice Party with music, light refreshments, and convivial conversation at the Boutwell House, 172 Main Street, on Saturday, June 22 from 1 to 4 pm. (Rain date, June 23.) All are welcome to this free event.
Music on this summer afternoon will include Jason J-Bob Eisenberg (guitar/vocals) & Dennis Lefty Poitras (bass/percussion) in cahoots with swing/jazz violinist Nick Norman and reed man, Hans Betancourth (saxes/clarinet). Together the quartet promises a cool repertoire of popular and obscure Jazz, Swing, and Blues from the Great American Songbook (1920s -1950) with the occasional Tango.
Inside the exquisitely restored 1851 Boutwell House visitors will discover not only the one-time home of Governor George S. Boutwell (1818-1905) and family but a museum of rare New England antiquities. Among them: paintings by the West Groton native and famed Impressionist Edmund Tarbell (1862-1938); a stunning group of shorebirds, hand-carved by the late Groton School teacher and local conservationist, Harvey Sarggison (1902-1987); a collection of pewter from the original Groton Inn, and much more.
Behind the house, Georgie’s Garden (originally conceived by the Governor’s daughter, Georgianna Boutwell (1843-1933) is currently enjoying a renaissance under the care of horticulturist Karen Brackett of Groton. Take time to stroll the paths through graceful lupine and other plantings, sit a while on one of several benches, and enjoy the view of Gibbet Hill—one of Groton’s and the state’s most distinctive geologic features.
The Summer Solstice party is free and open to the public, thanks to the Groton Commissioners of Trust Funds, grants, and corporate and private donations. For more information visit grotonhistory.org; grotonhistory.org/Facebook, or call 978-448-0092. Universal access is available throughout the first floor and gardens.
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