5:00 – 6:00 PM | Cocktail Reception, Live Music, and Print Shop Experience
Enjoy signature cocktails and hors d’oeuvres on the East House lawn, getting a first-hand look at both the East House and Meeting House preservation projects. Stop in the Print Shop to experience traditional printing methods and to create a handmade souvenir.
6:00 – 6:45 PM | Dinner
Come together in the North Shop for a delicious dinner featuring fresh, seasonal offerings to celebrate the beginning of summer.
6:45 – 7:30 PM | Program and Dessert
Hear from Arron Sturgis, Owner of Preservation Timber Framing, about the Meeting House preservation project and the Village’s new summer internship program. Learn about exciting happenings at the Village while enjoying dessert and coffee.
If you have any questions or concerns, or would like to inquire about sponsorships, please feel free to contact Director of Development Cassidy Priester, at cpriester@shakers.org.
SAVE THE DATE for our 2021
Online Benefit Auction
August 1 — 15
Join us for our Simply Shaker Online Auction where you can bid on exciting items and experiences. Registration and Bidding open at 9:00am, Sunday, August 1, and bidding closes at 5:00pm, Sunday, August 15.
Every bid helps the Village — all proceeds go toward maintaining and protecting our beautiful historic buildings.
Then join us live at our festive
Picnic-on-the-Green
Sunday, August 30 | 5–6:30pm
Bring your own picnic. Light refreshments and dessert are on us!
Celebrate with us at a festive Picnic-on-the-Green! Enjoy the music of the Jared Steer Trio, hear from our special guests on the importance of preserving the Village’s historic buildings, and take part in our live “Fund the Need” Auction to help fund the Village’s building assessment.
Ben Wilson, Director of NH Division of Historical Resources, will lead a presentation “Preserving What is Simply Significant” with Martha Werenfels, Principal at DBVW Architects, Providence, and Rob Emlen, Visiting Scholar in American Studies at Brown University and author of Imagining the Shakers: How the Visual Culture of Shaker Life was Pictured in the Popular Illustrated Press of Nineteenth-Century America.
Social distancing will be in place and please be sure to bring your mask. We will also have special Village masks, made by the Canterbury Sewers, for sale.
$50.00 per person
Celebrate with us at a festive Picnic-on-the-Green! Enjoy live music and hear from our special guest, Martha Werenfels, Principal at DBVW Architects, Providence, on the results of the Village building assessment.
Tickets are $100 per person, including picnic basket fare and beverages.
Auction Committe
Kathleen Belko
Kelly Bryant
Ann Camann, Chair
Rae Easter
Carolyn Leary
Bob Lord
Leslie Nolan
Joan Noga Pazdon
Juliana Phillips
Craig Savage
Sarah Schmidt
Carolyn Tolles
Thank you to our generous sponsors of 2026 Simply Shaker.
