Donald Grant Mitchell Bicenntenial Celebration

Donald Grant Mitchell Bicenntenial Celebration

1822-2022

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  • March 24, 2022

    Events

    Events & activities being organized to date include:
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    • April 11- May 1: Pop-Up exhibit of featured items from the Yale Beinecke Library archives — maps, photos, letters, etc. April 11- May 1, 2022
    • Monday, April 11: A family-oriented kick-off/birthday party on Monday, April 11 at 6pm at the Mitchell Library
    • Thursday, May 5: A lecture by Yale History Professor Jay Gitlin on Thursday, May 5 at the NH Museum
    • Saturday, May 7: A public walking tour of Edgewood Park on Saturday, May 7 at 4pm
    • Saturday, May 7: An ongoing temporary, movable exhibition including reproductions of DGM’s maps of NH, Westville, vintage photographs of parks, the farm, interiors of the homestead & early parks, to be used at the various public events & activities
    • Saturday, June 11: A public walking tour of East Rock Park on Saturday, June 11 at noon
    • Date TBD: A public architectural tour of the Forest Road farmstead area, to include walks around four former structures from the Edgewood farm: the main Mitchell homestead, the farm superintendent’s cottage, the former barn and a former stable, all now residences (Date TBD)
    • Date TBD: An informal, in-person talk about DGM and his Edgewood Farm at the Yale Beinecke Library talk series
    • Date TBD: Performances by A Broken Umbrella Theater
      Stay tuned for more info about a staged reading and an outdoor screening of the “iMarvel” theatrical performance by Broken Umbrella Theater, and a public “interview” with Donald Grant Mitchell.
      (In the meantime, click this link to a video of prerecorded video of A Broken Umbrella Theater’s performance of “iMarvel”– from some years ago with a great intro by both Colin Caplan and Rachel Alderman.)
    • Date TBD: Creation of a participatory public art/mural in Westville

  • May 26, 2022

    Walking Tour and Discussion

    Walking Tour and Discussion

    Architectural/Historical Walking Tour and Discussion: Donald Grant Mitchell and his Edgewood Farm Join the New Haven Preservation Trust for a walking tour of the exterior of the four buildings–now all residences–from DGM’s farm in the Forest Road/Edgewood Way area of Westville and learn more about Mitchell’s search for the perfect farm, his farm design and […]

  • May 26, 2022

    Lecture/Discussion

    Lecture/Discussion

    Reveries of a Landscape Designer: Donald Grant Mitchell and the Path to the New Haven Park System Leslie Martino, landscape designer, and historian will discuss DGM’s landscape and park design history. Presented by the New Haven Museum Date: Thursday, September 8Time: 6-7 pmLocation: TBD

  • April 21, 2022

    Saturday, May 14

    Westville ArtwalkDonald Grant Mitchell Exhibit Artwalk is a free, annual, community-based arts festival that spans three blocks in historic Westville Village and Edgewood Park, New Haven. Live music, art exhibitions and demonstrations, interactive art-making for kids and adults, theater performances, walking tours, and a 30+ vendor Artist & Artisan Market — a superbly fun day […]

  • April 21, 2022

    April 11 – May 1

    A pop-up display on the mezzanine of some items from the special collections at Yale: Photographs, interiors of Edgewood, undated, photographer not noted. Poem: On the 80th birthday of Donald Grant Mitchell, by Waldo H. Dunn, April 12, 1902. Photograph of Donald Grant Mitchell, 1903, photographer not noted. Pictures of Edgewood, Donald Grant Mitchell, 1869. […]

  • April 8, 2022

    Monday, April 11

    Monday, April 11

    Join us for a free family-friendly birthday party honoring Donald Grant Mitchell’s Bicentennial Birthday on Monday, April 11 at 6pm at Westville’s Mitchell Library located at 37 Harrison Street, the the Westville section of New Haven! 
    Read More or click here to RSVP

  • April 1, 2022

    Thursday, May 5 Lecture

    Thursday, May 5 Lecture

    The New Haven Museum will host a virtual lecture during Preservation Month: “The Suburb Within: Donald Grant Mitchell, Edgewood and the Greening of New Haven” with historian Jay Gitlin. Learn more.

  • April 1, 2022

    Saturday, May 14, Walking Tour

    Saturday, May 14, Walking Tour

    Walking Tour: Donald Grant Mitchell and Edgewood Park Learn More.

  • April 1, 2022

    Saturday, June 11, Talk & Walk

    Saturday, June 11, Talk & Walk

    Talk & Walk with Channing Harris at East Rock Park, hosted by the Friends of East Rock Park. Learn more.

@2022 Donald Grant Mitchell Bicentennial Committee
Contact: Barbara Lamb
Email: b-lamb@sbcglobal.net Tel: 203-931-9090

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