2013 Event Calendar

Saturday, June 8, 10:30 A.M.

Walking Tour of Historic Quivet Neck

Join Brendan Joyce for a fascinating stroll around Quivet Neck and learn the history of this special place.
Meet at the Jacob Sears Library, 23 Center Street, East Dennis.
Rain date June 9, 10:30 A.M.

Saturday, June 22, 1:00-4:00 P.M.

Manse Opening Reception

Summer exhibit, "Captain Levi Crowell, Civil War Prisoner". Tour the home of Rev. Josiah Dennis, our first settled minister for whom our town was named, led by costumed interpreters.
Refreshments will be served.
1736 Josiah Dennis Manse Museum, 77 Nobscussett Rd. Dennis Village

Saturday, June 29, 1:00-4:00 P.M.

Jericho Opening Tea & Wedding Gowns Thru the Years

See how fashions and customs changed. Tour the 1801 home of Capt. Theophilus Baker. Enjoy tea and dainties.
Visit the Barn Museum at Jericho.
1801 Jericho Historical Center, 90 Old Main Street, West Dennis

Monday, July 1, 5:30 P.M.

Old Fashioned Pie Sale on the Green

The Manse Bakers 15th annual pie sale. Buy a homemade pie, or just a slice.
Bring a chair and stay for the live concert. Sorry, no early bird sales!
Corner of Rte 6A and Old Bass River Rd., Dennis Village

Saturday, July 13, 1:00 P.M.

Box Lunch Social

On the back lawn at Jericho Museum with "all that jazz". Come in costume if you’d like and enjoy the ambience of the Roaring 20s.
Bring your chair or blanket.
Fundraiser to benefit Jericho Barn restoration. $25.00. Paid Reservations by the July 9 Deadline. Call Pat Corcoran – 508-385-3012
90 Old Main Street, West Dennis. Rain date Sunday, July 14, 1:00 P.M.

Friday, July 19, 10:00 A.M.

Walk through the Sea Captain’s Cemetery

Meet your guide, Terri Fox, at the main door of South Dennis Congregational Church where sea captains worshiped. Then to the graveyard for tales of those lost at sea, a murder, a pickled husband, and the "Keeper of the Dump".
210 Main Street, South Dennis.
Rain date Sunday, July 21, 2:00 P.M.

Wednesday, August 7, 10:00 A.M.-3:00 P.M.

DHS Flotsam and Jetsam Yard Sale

Historical or Hysterical—Stuff!! Come find something you just have to have.
Have your yard sale with us. Rent a table $25.00.
Call 508-398-6736 for information.
West Dennis Graded School, 67 School Street, West Dennis.

Saturday, August, 17, 10:00 A.M.-4:00 P.M.

Colonial Day at the Manse

Tom Kelleher, blacksmith at Sturbridge Village will demonstrate his skills in creating iron work. Spinners, candle and pie making, children’s games.
Refreshments will be served.
1736 Josiah Dennis Manse Museum, 77 Nobscussett Road, Dennis Village

Saturday, August 24, Noon-3:00 P.M.

Jericho’s Teddy Bear Picnic

Bring your children, grandchildren or special little friends in the neighborhood and their beloved teddies or other "very special toy". Games and a treasure hunt.
Reservations $6.00. Call Jinny Devine 508-385-4441
90 Old Main Street, West Dennis.
Rain date Sunday, August 25.

Friday, September 6, 10:00 A. M.

Walk Through the Dennis Village Cemetery

Guided walk through this cemetery listed on the National Registry of Historic Places where Rev. Dennis and his family rest. Meet your costumed guide, Terri Fox, at the Receiving Tomb. Look for the "OPEN" flag.
Just West of Dennis Village Green, Rte. 6A, near Old Bass River Road, Dennis Village
Rain date Sunday, Sept. 8, 2:00 P.M.

Saturday, September 7, Noon-1:30 P.M. (Board ship at 11:30 A. M.)

Ahoy, Mates!

Take a luncheon cruise on the good ship Lobster Roll out of Sesuit Harbor at Northside Marina, 351 Sesuit Neck Road, East Dennis. Enjoy Mary Kuhrtz’s talk about this historic area.
Luncheon - $27.00, Boat Ride only - $15.00.
More information in August newsletter.
Paid Reservations – Phyllis Horton – 508-394-0017

Saturday, September 28, 1:00-4:00 P.M.

Autumn at the Manse

Our annual "Fall for the Arts" celebration.
See this historic Dennis landmark home. Refreshments will be served.
1736 Josiah Dennis Manse Museum, 77 Nobscussett Road, Dennis Village

Saturday, October 5, 1:00-4:00 P.M.

Autumn Open House & Blue Water Wives & Mothers

At Jericho, Marsha Finley will present "A visit with Elizabeth Reynard", who restored and named Jericho.
At the Dennis Maritime Museum see the exhibit on Dennis women who went to sea with their sea captain husbands. These are "Fall for the Arts" events.
Refreshments at both locations.
Jericho Historical Center, 90 Old Main Street ~ West Dennis Graded School, 67 School Street, West Dennis.

Sunday, October 20, 5:00 P.M.

Celebrating DHS 50th Anniversary

Join us for our Annual Meeting and Dinner at the Sea View Restaurant. Social Hour at 5:00, Dinner at 6:00. A brief business meeting with election of officers to follow. Some Old Timers will regale you with tales of a few characters from the Good Old Days in Dennis.
Paid Reservations – Call June – 508-385-9308
67 Chase Avenue, Dennis Port

Sunday, November 17, 2:00 P.M.

Shore Whaling

Yarmouth historian and raconteur Duncan Oliver will present the very early days of whaling in Dennis and Yarmouth.
Refreshments will be served.
Jacob Sears Memorial Library, 23 Center Street, East Dennis.

Sunday, December 8, Noon to 3:30 P.M.

DHS Christmas at the Manse

Costumed docents will greet you throughout the festively decorated historic home of Rev. Josiah Dennis. Enjoy holiday refreshments with us then join in the Dennis Visions Stroll.
1736 Josiah Dennis Manse Museum, 77 Nobscussett Road, Dennis Village