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Events Art Gym: Loosen Up & Stay Limber Ongoing Wednesdays, 530-730pm $20 drop-in, thru Oct 29. LENGTH: 2 hours, weekly ongoing LEVEL: any level WHAT TO EXPECT: Art Gym is a weekly space for artists looking to get more limber with their work and build expressive strength. With timed prompts, you'll loosen up and make bold marks and rediscover the joy of creating without overthinking. Let go of the fear of making mistakes, move past your blocks, and unlock new discoveries. Not a class, not therapy. No pressure, no critique. Two rules: keep your hand moving and don't apologize. Susan and Dina will provide guided prompts that will nudge you toward creativity without expectation of skill or outcome. Follow the prompts or ignore them completely! Share your work with the group or don't! This is a welcoming and safe space for artists at any level. Come work out! YOU CAN DO THIS! EXTRAS: Art Gym is perfect for artists looking to develop a practice in a supportive community. DON'T FORGET: Bring your own supplies/materials, though basic supplies will be available. And bring snacks/drinks if you choose. The Abbott Studio is on the second floor of the Education Wing. SAVE: Buy a 6-pack pass for this class and save $20! Purchase a membership for only $65 and get discounts on classes and events year-round at the Center. FACILITATORS: Dina Lyons Howell Raised on Long Island’s South Shore, Dina has been painting, drawing and creating for as long as she can remember. Formally trained in graphic design with a BFA from Cooper Union and an MFA from Yale, Dina ran her own design studio on the Cape for a decade before pivoting into UX design and e-commerce product management. These days, Dina has been exploring watercolors, collage, nature journals, photography, and autobiographical writing. She is very interested in exploring techniques for breaking through creative blocks and learning how to get more comfortable with making things without expectations. You can see some of her work at https://dinalyonsdesign.com/ or on Instagram @dina_howell_artist. Susan McLaughlin Susan McLaughlin is a self-taught artist whose creative journey began in 2015 when she joined a writing gym where she learned to be brave and bold with words and ideas. In 2018 that translated into bravery with images. Susan practices making marks, finding an image, embracing the mess/mistakes, and reworking her pieces to discover something new. You can see some of her work on Instagram @sm_art88. Date and Time: Ongoing Wednesdays Cost: $20 Place: Cultural Center of Cape Cod 307 Old Main Street, South Yarmouth, MA, USA Website

Events Junk Journaling for Joy with Cindy LaFlash No class Sep 23. LENGTH : ongoing, try it out once or come weekly LEVEL: all levels WHAT TO EXPECT: Join artist Cindy LaFlash for a laid-back, feel-good workshop where we’ll dive into the joyful chaos of junk journaling: think pretty paper scraps, vintage book pages, stickers, fabric bits, magazine cutouts, and whatever else we can glue down to delight our inner child. EXTRAS: All materials are included! Cindy brings a treasure trove of supplies, endless prompts, and a whole lot of inspiration to get your creativity flowing. You’ll leave each session with pages full of color, texture, and meaning—and maybe a few new crafty besties. No experience needed, just a desire to play. Come make something beautiful just because it makes you happy. DON'T FORGET: This class is in the Abbott Studio, upstairs in the Education Wing. Bring stuff from your own craft stash if you want. And bring your own beverage if you choose, too. SAVE: Buy a $100 6-pack for this class and get 1 class free! And consider p urchasing a membership for only $65 and get discounts on classes and events year-round at the Center. INSTRUCTOR: Cindy LaFlash is a dedicated mom of five, a Craft Queen, and founder of LaFlash of Creativity, a mobile creative studio powered by artistic inspiration providing accessible, joyful art experiences to people of all ages through workshops, pop-up events, and private gatherings. Date and Time: Ongoing Tuesdays Cost: $20-$100 Place: Cultural Center of Cape Cod 307 Old Main Street, South Yarmouth, MA, USA Website

Events Sloppy Jalopy Paint-A-Car at the Art Barn! HEY, KIDS! A big white car* is parked on our Hyannis campus and we need you to come down and PAINT IT! The Sloppy Jalopy is primed white and we will provide kids with non-toxic water-soluble paints and buckets of colorful chalk to turn it into a unique work of art! When it rains, we'll start all over again! Sloppy Jalopy is included with your admission to the Art Barn. *a donated unrepairable 2001 Cadillac Eldorado Date and Time: Ongoing Event Cost: Free Place: Cultural Center of Cape Cod 307 Old Main Street, South Yarmouth, MA, USA Website

Events Colored Pencil Realism with Madison Shepherd 4 Saturdays, Oct 11-Nov 1, 10-12pm. Member $160, Not-Yet-Member $176 LENGTH: 4 2-hour classes LEVEL: beginner WHAT TO EXPECT: Learn how to create realistic drawings in colored pencil in the fun beginner class with artist Madison Shepherd. Students will learn how to create the illusion of depth, shape, and texture, and explore color theory, how to layer pencil, and how to bring an image to life. The small class format ensures that each student will get individual attention. EXTRAS: All materials are provided, but students are welcome to bring their own supplies if they have them. DON'T FORGET: The first 2 classes are in the Abbott Studio upstairs in the Education Wing. The last 2 classes are in the beautiful Saben Board Room in the Great Hall. SAVE: Save $16 on this class by purchasing a membership for only $65 and get discounts on classes and events year-round at the Center. INSTRUCTOR: Madison Shepard is a colored pencil artist and circus performer. She primarily focuses her work on endangered species protection and portraiture. She has shown in galleries across New England. You can find her work at @earthyartworks on instagram. Date and Time: 4 Saturdays, Oct 11 AM-12 PM Cost: $160-$176 Place: Cultural Center of Cape Cod 307 Old Main Street, South Yarmouth, MA, USA Website

Events Yarmouth Port Common's Halloween Trick-Or-Treat Visit the Captain Bangs Hallet House. Edward Gorey House, Thacher Hall, Winslow Crocker House, and the Chapter House Inn for treats and some not-so-scary Halloween fun in a safe environment. Join the Yarmouth Port Library in Thacher Hall for a spooky story at 5 PM. All ages welcome! FREE! No registration necessary. Date and Time: Oct 31, 4:30 PM-6:30 PM Cost: Free Place: Historical Society of Old Yarmouth 229 Old King's Highway, Yarmouth Port, MA, USA Website

Events Historic Reservation Walking Tour + Quaker Hospitality Historic Reservation Walking Tour + Quaker Hospitality In 1713, Yarmouth residents laid out a 160-acre reservation for the indigenous peoples of Yarmouth to live upon. This confined area was their home for 65-years. Join Wampanoag/Nipmuc, Waban Webquish (Marcus Hendricks), and local historian, Bob Kelley, on this walk around the boundaries of this one-time reservation to learn more about those that once lived here. This special annual walk starts at Packet Landing and is designed to finish at the Yarmouth Quaker Meetinghouse, just after their service is finished. Tour participants are invited to break bread with the Friends in the Ancient Schoolhouse on the Quaker grounds. Refreshments are included with this special tour. Note: Mass EBT, WIC, and ConnectorCare card holders are eligible for 50% off program tickets through the Mass Cultural Council's Card to Culture program. Please email info@hsoy.org for more information and to reserve your Card to Culture program tickets. Fee: $15 Members, $20 Not-Yet-Members --> HSOY Members receive discounted program tickets, amoung other perks! Sign-up online today! PLEASE NOTE: This is a walking tour and will cover approximately 2 miles and take about 2 hours. Tour is a rain or shine event - please wear comfortable walking shoes and dress for the weather. Tour maximum is 30 people. Online reservations close 1 hour prior to tour time (8:30 AM) This special program includes light refreshment at the end of the tour For more information, visit our website: www.hsoy.org/indigenous-peoples Date and Time: Oct 26, 9:30 AM Cost: $15-$20 Place: Historical Society of Old Yarmouth 229 Old King's Highway, Yarmouth Port, MA, USA Website

Events Revolution in Print Learn about the origins of printmaking and the role printing played during the Revolutionary War, from Printmaker and Living History Presenter, Andy Volpe. Witness a demonstration on a replica printing press and step back in time to learn how revolutionary ideas spread through the colonies. It's not just what was printed that was "revolutionary", but how it was printed. The role and impact of the Printing Press in the American Revolution can never be understated. There is a reason why Freedom of the Press is the First Amendment, and the supporter of all the other Amendments. Andy Volpe will talk about not just the “revolution” of the press itself going back to Gutenberg, but in the “revolution” of printing technology & techniques that developed, the “revolution” of what was printed and of “revolution”, rebellion and radical ideas that were started by the printers themselves. About the presenter: Andy Volpe is an artist, printer, and living historian in the Worcester MA area. He has been involved with the Museum of Printing in Haverhill since 2009 where he gives presentations & tours, curator of the Klein collection, and focuses on printing history in the Renaissance and Early Modern Period. Since 2010 he has worked with Gary Gregory, founder of the Printing Office of Edes & Gill, which replicates printing leading to and during the American Revolution, where Volpe works in Copperplate Engraving, replicating the work of Paul Revere Jr. When he’s not printing as Rembrandt or Revere, he presents on arms, armor and archaeology with the Higgins Armory Collection at Worcester Art Museum, ranging from the Roman Legions, 1470s, and 1630s. He also visits schools, colleges, and libraries as an independent living history presenter. Event Location: Thacher Hall (Lower Level), 266 Route 6A, Yarmouth Port, MA 02675 Fee: $10 HSOY Member Adults; $15 Non-Member Adults. Free for youth ages 10-17. Suitable for ages 10 and up. Limited to 45 people. Advanced reservations required. Fee Note: Mass EBT, WIC, and ConnectorCare card holders are eligible for 50% off program tickets through the Mass Cultural Council's Card to Culture program. Please email info@hsoy.org for more information and to reserve your Card to Culture program tickets. PLEASE NOTE: Parking Note: There is no parking at Thacher Hall. Parking is available just across Route 6A from Thacher Hall around the Common green, as well as at the Post Office, and Chapter House Inn. A crossing attendant will be available to assist with crossing Route 6A at the designated crosswalk in front of Thacher Hall. If you need accessible entry and parking information, please email info@hsoy.org. Event details: The program starts with a talk on the history of printing and the role it played in Colonial America leading to the revolution, and is followed by a demonstration on a replica colonial print press. Prints will be for sale (cash, check or credit card). Refreshments to follow the demonstration. Other info: This event is rain or shine. Event maximum is 45 people. Online reservations close when the tour sells out and no later than 24 hours in advance of the tour. If needed, a waitlist will be created. This event is suitable for ages 10 and up. Date and Time: Oct 19, 2 PM Cost: $0-$15 Place: Historical Society of Old Yarmouth 229 Old King's Highway, Yarmouth Port, MA, USA Website

Museum Directory French Cable Station Museum Website: http://www.frenchcablestationmuseum.org/ Address: 41 South Orleans Rd, Orleans, Massachusetts 02653 Phone: 508- 240-1735 Email: FrenchCableStationMuseum@gmail.com The French Cable Station is a historic station on the southeast corner of Cove Rd. and MA 28 in Orleans, Massachusetts. It was built in 1891 by the French Cable Company, which was installing numerous cables in Cape Cod throughout the late-19th century. By 1898 the station was the terminus of a 3,200-mile long trans-Atlantic telegraph cable called "Le Direct." When France surrendered to Nazi Germany in 1940, it was taken over by the federal government for security reasons, but wasn't returned to the company until 1952. The company resumed operations until 1959. After being purchased by 10 prominent Orleans citizens in 1972, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places the same year. In 1927, the message that Charles Lindbergh had landed in Paris came through this station from Paris. It was then sent to the rest of the United States. The museum features four rooms. The superintendent’s office is essentially as it was through the years. Look around and you will see the walls are covered with a few photos and news articles of major events in the history of the station. Some of these were given to the museum by the Smithsonian Institute. By the superintendents desk is an early copy machine (non photographic). Every letter written was copied before being sent. The testing room contains equipment that was used to determine the location of a fault or break in the cable. Some of the equipment is still operational and can be demonstrated. Also in this room is one of the most unique instruments in the world. It is the Heurtley Magnifier used to amplify the weak signal coming from France. It was developed before there were vacuum tubes. There are only three in existence in the world today. The repair room held the equipment used to repair the cable and equipment. In this room are found samples of the early submarine telegraph cable and cables that have been under the sea for decades. On the walls are photos of a repair operation at sea. In a sealed glass cabinet in the hall are many interesting items including an original Tiffany and Co. Wooden box containing a sample of the 1858 cable. Cyrus Field had sold the cable to Tiffany immediately after the success of the first transatlantic cable in 1858. The operations room was the heart of the cable station. This was where the messages from France were received, recorded, and re-transmitted to rest of the country. Most of the equipment still functions and can be demonstrated. Each tour is about an hour with the last tour starting at 3:30 pm. Please email the museum if you would like to set up a private tour outside of our normal hours. Tours are free to all visitors. Donations are welcome to help defray the cost of running the museum. Hours: Mon. Closed Tue. Closed Wed. Closed Thu. Closed Fri. Closed Sat. Closed Sun. Closed 41 South Orleans Road, Orleans, MA, USA

Museum Directory Brooks Academy Museum-Harwich Historical Society Website: http://www.harwichhistoricalsociety.org/ Address: 80 Parallel Street, Harwich, Massachusetts 02645 Phone: (508) 432-8089 Email: info@HarwichHistoricalSociety.org The museum is housed in the former Pine Grove Seminary. It was a two-room school was presided over by Sidney Brooks, Offered to both boys and girls, it taught a typical high school curriculum including surveying and navigation. Students boarded with local families for about $1.50 a week. The Society's collection at the Brooks Museum chronicles several hundred years of Harwich History, highlighted by the Cape's largest cranberry culture exhibit. New to the museum is the Elmer Crowell Barn on its grounds. You can explore the story of the Harwich bird carver Anthony Elmer Crowell at his newly reconstructed barn which features the workshop of the now world famous carver, furnished as it was during Crowell’s day, along with audiovisual and photographic displays, tools, and bird-carving demonstrations. Hours: Mon. Closed Tue. Closed Wed. Closed Thu. Closed Fri. Closed Sat. Closed Sun. Closed 80 Parallel Street, Harwich, MA, USA

Museum Directory Falmouth Museums on the Green Website: https://museumsonthegreen.org/ Address: 55 And 65 Palmer Ave, Falmouth, Massachusetts 02541 Phone: 508-548-4857 Email: info@fmog.org The Falmouth Museums on the Green, owned and operated by the Falmouth Historical Society, is a two-acre campus that has been serving the residents and visitors of Falmouth since 1900. The Historical Society itself is the oldest such institution on Cape Cod. One of the most popular sites in Falmouth for visitors, it contains the 1790 Dr. Francis Wicks House—a magnificent Federalist-period residence which demonstrates what life was like for an affluent doctor in the late 18th and early 19th centuries; the recently-restored 1730 Conant House—used for exhibits and Historical Society office space; the Hallett Barn Visitors’ Center—rebuilt in 2002 on the site of an original barn and used a welcoming point for those coming to Falmouth as well as the “Whaling Wives Gift Shop”; the Colonial Gardens—showing off plantings, such as a boxwood tree, that go back to the days prior to the American Revolution, and maintained by the Falmouth Garden Club; Memorial Park—a tranquil place of refuge that is open to all visitors looking for relaxation; and the recently-opened (2012) Cultural Center—a superb, 3600 square foot structure used for public and private programs and events, public restrooms, kitchen facilities, and as a repository for archival collections to preserve Falmouth’s past. The Museums also have an extensive research library and allow visitors and members to use it for investigation and examination, genealogy, and inquiries about Falmouth and Cape Cod history. Located at 55 and 65 Palmer Avenue, the Museums on the Green is Falmouth’s repository for its past. For a full listing of events and programs, or simply to learn more about the Museums, go to http://museumsonthegreen.org or email info@museumsonthegreen.org Hours: Mon. Closed Tue. Closed Wed. Closed Thu. Closed Fri. Closed Sat. Closed Sun. Closed 55 Palmer Ave, Falmouth, MA, USA

Museum Directory Toad Hall Sports Car Collection Website: http://www.toadhallcars.com/ Address: 288 Scudder Avenue, Hyannis, Massachusetts 02601 Phone : 508-778-4934 Email: ToadHallCars@aol.com Tickets: Adults $8, kids 16 and under free. Toad Hall started with a few sports cars housed in a shed behind the Simmons Homestead Inn in Hyannisport. Over the past dozen years, the number of cars grew and grew to a total of 30 today. Most are classics from the 50s to the 80s. Most are English. All are red. The cars are all nicely restored. Most of the cars are English with some Japanese and European ones thrown in. There are a dozen Lotuses, half a dozen MGs, Triumphs and Jaguars, and a bunch of Austin Healeys, TVRs, Datsuns, and Ferrari, Mazda, Morgan, AC, Sunbeam, Mini, and a few more. You can visit the museum behind the Simmons Homestead Inn every day. If Bill is not in the museum, check inside the inn or the adjacent gift shop. Hours: Mon. 11:00 AM - 05:00 PM Tue. 11:00 AM - 05:00 PM Wed. 11:00 AM - 05:00 PM Thu. 11:00 AM - 05:00 PM Fri. 11:00 AM - 05:00 PM Sat. 11:00 AM - 05:00 PM Sun. 11:00 AM - 05:00 PM 288 Scudder Avenue, Hyannis, MA, USA

Events Lee and Tennessee Saturday, October 25, 2025, from 2:00 - 3:00 pm. Followed by a short Q/A. New York director David Kaplan presents actors Luke Philip Bosco, John Dennis Anderson, and artist/actor Laura Shabott, in collaboration with Berta Walker Gallery, and the Tennessee Williams Festival. Register Date and Time: Oct 25, 2 PM-3 PM Cost: $18-$24 Place: Cape Cod Museum of Art 60 Hope Lane, Dennis, MA, USA Website