All events run from 7-8 pm after a museum-hosted reception from 6:30-7pm (unless otherwise noted). RESERVATION is required for every event!!! Admission for non-member adults is $3 (unless otherwise noted) March 07 Spring Exhibit Opening Reception 6-8 pm – no reservation needed The exhibit “Working with Wood” will feature local woodcarvers and woodworkers. Meet them tonight! The exhibit will run until May 26st during regular museum opening hours. March 09 Woodcarving Demonstration 1-3 pm – no reservation needed – free event Several woodcarvers, led by Fitchburg’s Pete LeClair, will exhibit their skills step-by-step. Pete is nationally recognized for his talents and teaches carving around the country. March 14 Irish step dance has its roots in traditional Irish dance. It is generally characterized by a stiff upper body and quick and precise movements of the feet. Be amazed by Anne O’Connell’s Irish Step Dancers who will be performing again at the museum due to popular demand. March 21 Speaker, Life Coach, and Author Maria Milagros shares practical tips and techniques to make you feel empowered and hopeful and can help you live a fun, fulfilled life. Some of her publications, including the book “Super Sparkly Everything,” about how she took her own life from a place of abuse, depression and struggle to a life of freedom, gratitude and love, will be available for purchase. April 11 Marjorie Kraskouskas, a member of the Gardner Chapter of AARP, will present the list of distinguished local women, which was originally proposed in recognition of Women's History Month. Join us in honoring the remarkable women who made a difference and are an essential part of our local heritage. May 02 After having performed at Gardner Museum’s events on several occasions, tonight we showcase this remarkable group of local musicians with an exclusive concert! Program TBA May 09 For over 40 years, Mike Richard has been chronicling the rich history and telling the stories of the Greater Gardner area through his Gardner News column “The Gardner Scene.” His presentation will inform and entertain you with more tales of Gardner’s past. May 16 The Victorian Mansion’s Curator Ken Watson will talk about the building’s architecture and the history of ownership, and share his extensive research on the Pierce family and the building, in the process sorting out nonfiction from fiction. During his 6-year work restoring the famous South Gardner Mansion he also has been involved in many of the paranormal aspects associated with the building. May 23 Jim Kraskouskas, who has been to Lithuania 13 times, will share Lithuanian immigrant stories & his family's and other Lithuanians’ contribution to the Gardner community. All four of his grandparents came from Lithuania around the turn of the century. He was married to his current wife Asta in Vilnius, Lithuania in 2000. June 5 Summer Exhibit “What Time Is It?” opens 1-4 pm – no reservation needed Brian Tanguay, Certified Watchmaker since 1976 (servicing watches for most of Central MA and now spreading out across the country), will showcase the evolution of timekeeping. Featured are the advancement of watches (from pocket watches to wrist watches), and machines made to regulate the watches and the tools needed to service them. The exhibit will from May 21st during regular museum opening hours until the end of August. June 6 Gardner in the 1950's and 1960's. This program is part of the annual Hervey Bowden Essay Contest, where Gardner High School students explore local history topics. The winning research paper receives a $250 award tonight, 3 finalist will read their essays. This annual contest encourages students to research and learn more about Gardner History. It is a successful effort to keep Mr. Bowden’s (1900-1988) memory alive with each new generation of students. He awakened an interest in history in many students during the decades that he taught the subject at Gardner High School. He believed in the lecture method of teaching, making history come alive for the students. An award honors his memory through a fund at the Gardner Museum, established by Raymond H. Fredette, a member of GHS class of 1942, who was a student in Mr. Bowden’s history classes and credits the teacher with awakening his own interest in history, inspiring him to write and publish extensively on the subject of aviation history. Program 7-8 pm (no reception) June 13 First-hand knowledge to help you keep in touch with the latest City Information: past changes and developments & future plans June 20 Old Tower Clock President and curator of the Narragansett Historical Society, Brian Tanguay, with give an updated, narrated slide presentation on the 6-year restoration of Templeton’s E. Howard tower clock (installed by the Boston Company in 1872 in the First Baptist Church), one of a very few in the US which can be viewed by the public. June 27 Harrison Cady: Gardner’s famous Son Cartoonist, Publisher, Comics Historian, Artist and Author Denis Kitchen will share his research on the prominent cartoonist, illustrator, and painter from the 1890s into the1960s. The hot-off-the-press lavish new art book by Denis and Violet Kitchen titled Madness in Crowds: The Teeming Mind of Harrison Cady (Beehive Books) will be available tonight, signed on request by the authors. 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