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Holiday Concert - 2019
December 7 - 4PM Greetings! We closed 2019 with our Holiday Concert. It was a major undertaking. There was standing room only when the...
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Dec 7, 20191 min read
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Victorian Framed Jewelry Art Workshop
November 10, 2019 Helen Day directed another wonderful and well received Framed Jewelry Art Workshop. There was a packed house of people...
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Nov 10, 20191 min read
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Literary Sunday
November 3, 2019 Victorian Building at Maple Grove 12:30 to 2:00 On Sunday afternoon, the Friends of Maple Grove sponsored the November...
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Nov 3, 20191 min read
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Murder Mystery 2019
The first night of the Friends of Maple Grove Murder Mystery Production 2019 took place last night. It was set in the 1920s with a script...
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Nov 1, 20191 min read
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Trunk or Treat 2019
Greetings! I look out the window today and marvel what a difference 24 hours makes! We have to be extremely grateful for the perfectly...
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Oct 26, 20192 min read
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Open House New York
Open House New York 2019 – Sunday, October 20: Once again The Friends of Maple Grove participated in Open House New York 2019 and had two...
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Oct 20, 20191 min read
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Eric Scott Horn Art Exhibit Opening
Eric Scott Horn Art Exhibit Opening, October 19 at 6 PM in the Art Gallery at the Center at Maple Grove. There was a large crowd from the...
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Oct 19, 20191 min read
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Afternoon at the Opera Concert
Afternoon at the Opera Concert, October 19: The concert started at 4 PM. The turn-out was extremely wonderful with 94 people in...
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Oct 19, 20191 min read
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The Matthew Graybil Piano Concert
Greetings to all! The weather on October 12 looked dire but there was a shift and we had a beautiful calm evening. It brought out a...
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Oct 12, 20191 min read
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Children's Concert and Coco Film
On Saturday October 5 we had quite a remarkable day! The Musica Reginae group held one of their Community Concerts for Kids at the Maple...
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Oct 10, 20191 min read
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Spirits Alive
Greetings! Spirits Alive 2019 was a smashing success and very well received. We started off with a sunny humid day and a wonderful team...
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Sep 29, 20191 min read
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Jennifer Baker and Tim Fredrick read short stories
Jennifer Baker and Tim Fredrick read short stories on Sept. 29th at Kew & Willow Books as part of the Friends of Maple Grove Literary...
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Sep 29, 20191 min read
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The Great American Songbook Concert & Michelle Aragon Art Exhibit
This concert was held on September 21, 2019 and was the opening event for the Friends of Maple Grove 2019 - 2020 Season! There was a...
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Sep 21, 20191 min read
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Humanities Reading Series - Woman Suffragettes
This six week series, has a 90 minute discussion period and started Saturday, September 14 at the Victorian Building at Maple Grove. The...
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Sep 14, 20191 min read
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9/11 - National Day of Service & Remembrance - Community Conversation
Friend of Maple Grove Board member Jo Anne Raskin led a conversation about 9/11 today with a large group of over 15 people. It is sad to...
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Sep 10, 20191 min read
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Victorian Framed Jewelry Workshop
Helen Day conducted a wonderful workshop on July 27 and had a group of 12 who attended. As can be witnessed from the photographs those...
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Jul 27, 20191 min read
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Victorian Decoupage Workshop
The word decoupage comes from Middle French "decouper", meaning to cut out or cut from something. In 19th century England, during the...
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Jul 20, 20191 min read
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PIZZA AND ICES Walking Tour
Honoring the founder of Dani’s Pizza and creator of Marino’s Italian Ices. Group met at the Victorian Building and walked to Dani's House...
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Jun 29, 20191 min read
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Pacific Concert and Art Exhibit
· Pacific Concert and Art Exhibit – Saturday June 15 - The Pacific Concert was the last concert of the season from 4 PM to 6 PM...
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Jun 15, 20191 min read
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Spanish American War Encampment
Annual military reenactment inside the gate at Lefferts Blvd. & Kew Gardens Rd. This year we had living historians from the Spanish...
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Jun 9, 20191 min read
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