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Pickling is a method of preserving food that is found in many cultures and usually involves brine, vinegar, spices, and fermentation. Vegetables, fruits, meats, fish, and nuts are often pickled alone or mixed together in various ways to keep food for out-of-season eating. Traditionally, pickling was a way of ensuring food sources for those working far from the comforts of home on land and sea, no matter the climate. Today, many home cooks in the region use the bounty of their gardens and local markets to pass on favorite recipes and preserve their foodways throughout the year.

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F O O D & C R A F T D E M O N S T R A T I O N S

p i c k l i n g t r a d i t i o n s traditionsTextiles are all around us. Both utilitarian and decorative, textiles can be as varied as clothing, containers, bed coverings, wall hangings, and floor coverings. Textiles serve as both functional items for everyday use and as finery for special occasions.

Here in the folk craft area you will have a chance to watch traditional techniques used in the making of textiles: twining, coiling, weaving, quilting, hooking, and lace making. We also explore how textiles are used in what is called the “unstitched garment,” i.e., wrapping Indian saris, African headwraps, and Islamic headscarves. You will discover how the pattern of a textile’s weave, its thread count, and the way it is worn can convey religious belief, marital status, wealth, or social standing.

What began as basic survival skills have evolved largely into expressions of aesthetic creativity.

Come compare quilting traditions from African American and Anglo American quilting guilds. Watch how embellishments such as bobbin lace are created. Try your hand at hooking a rug. See how you look in an African head wrap.

C R A F T S & C R A F T E R SBobbin lace makingLinda LaneNeedle lace making Florence BetgeorgeCranberry Rug HookersKathy Blake-Parker and Bonnie EnslinBosnian Rug weaving Fatima VejzovicLithuanian pick-up weaving Jonas StundziaBhutanese Nepali weavingJahar Ghalley

African American quilt makingSisters in Stitches Quilting GuildAnglo American quilt makingChelmsford Quilting GuildWampanoag soft twined basket making Elizabeth James PerryRwandan coiled basket making Patrisiya KayoberaSouth Asian sarisLakshmi Narayan African headwraps, textiles, and fashion Roseline Accam Adwajie Islamic headscarves and fashionQamaria Amatul-Wadud

Noon:Refrigerator PicklesMill City Grows/UTEC: Lydia Sisson

1pm:Jamaican Pickled Pepper SauceNicole Williams

2pm:Northern Indian CholayYogesh Kumar

3pm:Lithuanian PickleIrena Malasaukas

4pm:New England Bread & Butter PicklesJackie Oak w/ Tricia & Gerard Marchese

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BORDING HOUSE PARK 6:30 - 6:55 Parade - The Original Pinettes Brass Band (New Orleans brass band)6:55 - 7:15 Festival kick-off 7:15 - 8:00 Alicia Svigals’ Klezmer Fiddle Express feat. Steve Weintraub (klezmer) 8:15 - 9:00 Wylie & the Wild West (western music)9:15 - 10:15 Adonis Puentes & the Voice of Cuba Orchestra (Cuban)

DUTTON ST. DANCE PAVILION 7:15 - 8:30 Super Chikan & the Fighting Cocks (Delta blues)9:00 - 10:15 Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba (Malian ngoni ensemble)

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SATURDAYJULY 25BOARDING HOUSE PARK12:00 - 12:45 Music in the Glen (Irish)1:00 - 1:45 John Berberian Ensemble (Armenian)2:00 - 2:45 Ann Yao Trio (Chinese string ensemble)3:00 - 3:45 Mickey Galyean & Cullen’s Bridge (bluegrass)4:00 - 4:45 Wylie & the Wild West (western music)5:00 - 6:00 Super Chikan & the Fighting Cocks (Delta blues)7:10 - 7:30 Parade – The Original Pinettes Brass Band (New Orleans brass band)7:30 - 8:15 The Fairfield Four (gospel)8:30 - 9:15 Yves Lambert Trio (Québécois)9:30 -10:30 Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba (Malian ngoni ensemble)

JFK PLAZA12:00 - 1:00 Leroy Thomas & the Zydeco Roadrunners (zydeco)1:15 - 2:00 Los Cambalache (son jarocho)2:15 - 3:15 Yves Lambert Trio (Québécois)3:30 - 4:30 Music in the Glen (Irish)4:45 - 5:45 Polka Country Musicians (polka)6:05 - 7:10 Adonis Puentes & the Voice of Cuba Orchestra (Cuban)

MARKET STREET12:00 - 1:00 Fiddle Traditions – Alicia Svigals; Guowei Wang (Ann Yao Trio); Anjna Swaminathan (Mythili Prakash Dance Ensemble); Billy Hawks (Mickey Galyean & Cullen’s Bridge)1:15 - 2:00 Mythili Prakash Dance Ensemble (Bharata Natyam)2:15 - 3:00 The Harris Brothers (Appalachian blues)3:15 - 4:00 Super Chikan – solo (Delta blues)4:15 - 5:00 Kingfisher Singers & Dancers (Wampanoag social songs & dance)5:15 - 6:00 Mickey Galyean & Cullen’s Bridge (bluegrass)6:15 - 7:00 Alicia Svigals’ Klezmer Fiddle Express feat. Steve Weintraub (klezmer)

ST. ANNE’S CHURCHYARD12:15 - 1:00 Kingfisher Singers & Dancers (Wampanoag social songs & dance)1:15 - 1:45   Mali to Mississippi – Bassekou Kouyaté, Super Chikan2:00 - 2:45 The Fairfield Four (gospel)3:00 - 3:45 Los Cambalache (son jarocho)4:00 - 5:00 World Strings – Ann Yao, Yihan Chen (Ann Yao Trio); John Berberian, The Harris Brothers, Abhik Mukherjee (Mythili Prakash Dance Ensemble); Cesar Castro, Chuy Sandoval (Los Cambalache)5:15 - 6:00 Leonardo Sandoval (tap)

DUTTON ST. DANCE PAVILION 12:15 - 1:15 Polka Country Musicians (polka)1:30 - 2:30 Wylie & the Wild West (western music)2:45 - 4:00 Alicia Svigals’ Klezmer Fiddle Express feat. Steve Weintraub (klezmer)4:15 - 5:15 The Original Pinettes Brass Band (New Orleans brass band)5:30 - 6:30 Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba (Malian ngoni ensemble)7:30 - 8:30 Leroy Thomas & the Zydeco Roadrunners (zydeco)9:00 - 10:00 Adonis Puentes & the Voice of Cuba Orchestra (Cuban)

STREET (JOHN & MERRIMACK)1:00 - 1:20 Leonardo Sandoval (tap)3:00 - 3:20 Leonardo Sandoval (tap)

SUNDAYJULY 26BOARDING HOUSE PARK12:00 - 12:45 The Fairfield Four (gospel)1:00 - 1:45 Mythili Prakash Dance Ensemble (Bharata Natyam)2:00 - 2:45 John Berberian Ensemble (Armenian)3:00 - 3:45 The Harris Brothers (Appalachian blues)4:00 - 4:45 Yves Lambert Trio (Québécois)5:00 - 6:00 Adonis Puentes & the Voice of Cuba Orchestra (Cuban)

JFK PLAZA 12:00 - 12:45 John Berberian Ensemble (Armenian)1:00 - 1:45 The Harris Brothers (Appalachian blues)2:00 - 2:45 Music in the Glen (Irish)3:00 - 3:45 Mickey Galyean & Cullen’s Bridge (bluegrass)4:00 - 5:00 Polka Country Musicians (polka)5:15 - 6:15 Alicia Svigals’ Klezmer Fiddle Express (klezmer)

MARKET STREET12:00 - 12:45 Passing It On: Seisuns, Pubs & Jams – Music in the Glen, Mickey Galyean & Cullen’s Bridge1:00 - 1:45 Leonardo Sandoval (tap)2:00 - 2:45 Kingfisher Singers & Dancers (Wampanoag social songs & dance)3:00 - 3:45 Global Voices -The Fairfield Four; Adonis Puentes; J. Kane, Wylie Gustafson (Wylie & the Wild West); Roopa Mahaden (Mythili Prakash Dance Ensemble)4:00 - 4:45 Ann Yao Trio (Chinese string ensemble)5:00 - 5:45 Mythili Prakash Dance Ensemble (Bharata Natyam)

ST. ANNE’S CHURCHYARD12:15 - 1:00 Accordion Masters – Patrick Farrell (Alicia Svigals’ Klezmer Fiddle Express); Yves Lambert; Leroy Thomas; Chris & Erik Bogdon (Polka Country Musicians)1:15 - 2:00 Ann Yao Trio (Chinese string ensemble)2:15 - 3:00 Los Cambalache (son jarocho)3:15 - 4:00 Percussion Traditions – Rajna Swaminathan (Mythili Prakash Dance Ensemble);Reinal de Jesus, Ivan Llanes (Adonis Puentes & the voice of Cuba Orchestra); Leonardo Sandoval; Charles Dermenjian (John Berberian Ensemble)4:15 - 5:00 Leonardo Sandoval (tap)

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DUTTON ST. DANCE PAVILION 12:30 - 1:45 Wylie & the Wild West (western music)2:00 - 3:00 Polka Country Musicians (polka)3:15 - 4:30 Super Chikan & the Fighting Cocks (Delta blues)4:45 - 6:00 Leroy Thomas & the Zydeco Roadrunners (zydeco)

STREET (JOHN & MERRIMACK)1:30 - 2:00 The Original Pinettes Brass Band (New Orleans brass band)3:30 - 4:00 The Original Pinettes Brass Band (New Orleans brass band)

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