Celebrate the longest nights with Solstice stories and songs evoking the warmth of the season. Oracle award-winning storyteller Diane Edgecomb weaves together a tapestry of ancient tales: evergreen myths, legends of light and entertaining stories that reveal the deep meaning behind our winter holiday traditions. This theatrical storytelling, accompanied by Celtic harper Margot Chamberlain and multi-instrumentalist Tom Megan, features the Scandinavian “Legend of the Mistletoe,” seasonal music, song and humorous Wassail traditions. Complimentary refreshments including a cider-based Wassail Bowle will be served in the Loring-Greenough House’s elegant eighteenth century dining room.
Friday, December 21 & Saturday, December 22nd:
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM: a two part evening event with intermission including traditional refreshments
Tickets: $25
Sunday, December 23:
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM: a special one hour Matinee performance Refreshments will be after the performance.
Tickets: $20
Time: December 21, 2018 at 7:30pm to December 23, 2018 at 3pm
The Winter Solstice in Story and Song
Organized By: Diane Edgecomb
Celebrate the longest nights with Solstice stories and songs evoking the warmth of the season. Oracle award-winning storyteller Diane Edgecomb weaves together a tapestry of ancient tales: evergreen myths, legends of light and entertaining stories that reveal the deep meaning behind our winter holiday traditions. This theatrical storytelling, accompanied by Celtic harper Margot Chamberlain and multi-instrumentalist Tom Megan, features the Scandinavian “Legend of the Mistletoe,” seasonal music, song and humorous Wassail traditions. Complimentary refreshments including a cider-based Wassail Bowle will be served in the Loring-Greenough House’s elegant eighteenth century dining room.
Friday, December 21 & Saturday, December 22nd:
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM: a two part evening event with intermission including traditional refreshments
Tickets: $25
Sunday, December 23:
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM: a special one hour Matinee performance
Refreshments will be after the performance.
Tickets: $20
Time: December 21, 2018 at 7:30pm to December 23, 2018 at 3pm
Location: Loring-Greenough House
Street: 12 South St
City/Town: Jamaica Plain, MA, 02130
Website or Map: https://wintersolstice_2018.eventbrite.com
Phone: 617-522-4335
Event Type: performing, arts