The Madison Lyric Stage performed 6 productions of the English suspense opera “The Turn of the Screw” in October inside our historic Grave House. The event was sold out. The opera is a chamber piece in english composed by Benjamin Britten. Each productions was delightful and featured ghosts. It marked […] Read more »
Shoreline Arts Alliance Meeting
In early October the Shoreline Arts Alliance (SAA) held its monthly meeting at the Grave House. The Madison Lyric Stage was recently accepted as a member. A representative of the Deacon John Grave Foundation board served as co host and gave tours of the house. A representative of the Connecticut […] Read more »
Garden Club of Madison Hypertufa Event
Garden Club of Madison held a workshop on the grounds of the Deacon John Grave House on Tuesday October 2nd. A nice crowd attended the workshop and learned how to construct hypertufa troughs. They present a new way of gardening which allows alpine, succulents and aquatic uses of the containers. […] Read more »
Annual Meeting Featured Board Member and Town Historian in a Talk and Display of Old Maps
Henry Griggs, Past President of the Deacon John Grave House gave an interesting presentation of his collection of very old maps. Of note was a 1827 very colorful large map which illustrated Madison as an independent town in 1826. During social time members were able to view the maps on display […] Read more »
The Annual Late Summer Mixer
The weather broke clear on August 19 and the George Mansion Band played music from the Great American Songbook for our members and those from the Madison Historical society, The Garden Club of Madison and CLEMA. It was an evening of great music and camaraderie. Members brought lawn chairs and […] Read more »
The Grave House Had Some Great “Company”
The Madison Lyric Stage produced the great Tony Award winning musical “Company” by Stephen Sondheim. The musical was the initial offering to bring cultural events to downtown Madison. Around 600 visitors watched 10 performances under the big top tent. The barn was converted to a theater front and housed the […] Read more »
Fourth of July Open House
Madison marked Independence Day, starting it with a bang…and an evening of fireworks! The celebration continued the following morning with a Fourth of July parade down the main street. Many of the parade entries lingered in front of the Deacon’s house for an extra drum beat or photo shoot, where […] Read more »
Lessons on the Lawn
Area history buffs met on the lawn at the Deacon’s House on a warm Friday evening recently to hear about the life and times of Daniel Hand, a native son and progressive philanthropist. While the audience gathered, people shared food and conversation in anticipation of the informal lecture to come. […] Read more »
Madison Lyric Stage at Home at Our House
Company is here and we can’t wait for you to see it! Come join Madison Lyric Stage for our first production under the big top tent at the Deacon John Grave House, 581 Boston Post Road in Madison. Madison Lyric Stage will present the multiple Tony Award-winning musical comedy Company July […] Read more »
Connecticut Open House Day at the Grave House & Gardens
Connecticut started the event 14 years ago and on Saturday, June 9th and over 230 houses participated. A large crowd toured the Grave House observing and tasting a hearth cooking demo. The cooking included potato chowder, strawberry fritters, strawberry cornbread and a hanging chicken. Farm tools, linen making, including growing […] Read more »