The Pawling House Bed & Breakfast

105 West Main Street
Pawling, New York
12564

innkeeper@pawlinghouse.com
845-855-3851

Arts & Culture

Art Galleries

Gallery on the Green — www.gotgpawling.com

Pawling Concert Series: 2010-2011

A Far Cry — Friday, October 1, 2010, Gardiner Theater This 17 member self-conducted string orchestra has ”a lush sweet sound that is achingly alive and emotional,“ said Strings Magazine. Doing it their way, the young musicians have been praised as "brilliant, energetic and thrilling" by the Boston Globe.

Gramercy Trio — Friday, November 12, 2010, Gardiner Theater The piano trio will be assisted by three dancers in a segment entitled, ”Where Sound and Motion Meet“ based on contemporary music commissioned by the artists. After intermission the Trio will include the very demanding Ravel work for violin, cello and piano.

Amarcord — Friday, December 3, 2010, All Saints’ Chapel Founded by former members of St. Thomas Boys Choir in Leipzig, these five male singers perform works from all periods of western music spanning the Middle Ages to modern compositions. A cappella singing in a pine-bedecked chapel will usher in the Holiday Season.

Preservation Hall Jazz Band — Friday, April 1, 2011, Gardiner Theater The incomparable and familiar sounds of the best in traditional New Orleans jazz have re-emerged with a post-Katrina newness and vigor to present this distinctive art form to today's audiences.

Eileen Ivers and Immigrant Soul — Friday, April 29, 2011, McGraw Pavilion. A major presence on the Celtic and world music scene, Ivers has been called the "Jimi Hendrix of the violin" by the New York Times. Founder of Cherish the Ladies, star of Riverdance and the Chieftains, she brings her band, Immigrant Soul, a unique blend of traditional and contemporary musical cultures. This performance will take place in a coffee-house styled setting with desserts and beverages available.

All programs subject to change Call (845) 855-3100 for tickets and information

Local Historical Sites & Landmarks

Visit: www.pawling-history.org

Akin Free Library — circa 1898 1st Fl - Resource documents, rare volumes, ledgers, genealogies of early families, as well as contemporary literature, books by local authors, newspaper collections, and a children's section. 2nd Fl - Museum dedicated to Quaker Hill memorabilia including farm implements, turn of the century photographs, period and Quaker clothing, hats, and costumes. Lower floor - houses the Olive Gunnison Natural History Museum

John Kane House — circa 1740 When Washington moved the Continental Army northward in the summer of 1778, following the British evacuation of Philadelphia and the battle of Monmouth, New Jersey, he chose to position his forces in the area extending from Danbury, Connecticut to Newburgh, New York and chose the John Kane house in Pawling as his headquarters.

Oblong Meeting House — circa 1764 It was at the Oblong Meeting House in 1767, nearly 100 years before President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, that the first effective action for the abolition of slavery in the colonies was taken. This same meeting house witnessed a different scene during the winter of 1778-79 when the building was commandeered by General Washington's officers for use as a military hospital.

Trinity-Pawling School — circa 1909 Now a preparatory school for boys, grades 9-12, the facility was used during World War II as a cryptographic center and later as a rehabilitation hospital.

Arts & Culture (Near Pawling)