Primetime at Federated

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Monday, February 10

Presenter: Dr. Mari Halkovich

Program: Glitz and Glamour in the White House:
Seven Presidential First Ladies from Ohio, Their History and Fashion

We appreciate Hamlet at Chagrin Falls for sponsoring this program.

After retiring as a school district superintendent, Dr. Mari Halkovich began a second career which combines her interest in history with her love of antique and vintage jewelry. She started her antiques business, Vintage Vanities, and began participating in antique shows, often traveling to other states to buy, sell, and appraise jewelry.

Mari is constantly updating and expanding her knowledge of vintage jewelry. She attends conferences and classes nationally. She is a member of the Gemological Institute of America, American Society of Jewelry Historians, and Costume Jewelry Collectors International.

Mari enjoys enthusiastically sharing her knowledge in this area by presenting programs and teaching classes at the University of Akron.

She is a resident of Granger Township in Medina County, Ohio.

Visit her website at vintagevanitiesjewelry.com

Western Reserve Distillers is a family owned Organic Craft Distillery producing world class spirits in Lakewood, Ohio, which is just a few miles from downtown Cleveland. All of the products are hand crafted in small batches from Ohio farms within 150 miles of the distillery. Each and every product is carefully crafted with an attention to detail often lacking in the products produced by major brands these days.

We will be joining them for a tour of their facilities. The envy of all is the beautiful handmade, 3000L, copper hybrid pot still. It is a sight to behold with the 24 plates inside the tall towers working hard and allowing the distillery to go from mash to the final spirit in a single pass. By doing things this way, they are preserving the natural flavors of the grains to bring a little bit of sunshine with every sip.

At the end of the tour. We will have tastings and a lunch on the premises.

Cost: $25

RSVP to 440.247.6490 by January 25.

In 2017, the Children’s Museum moved into the Stager Beckwith Mansion, the oldest of the mansions on Cleveland’s historic Millionaire’s Row and one of the few still standing. We will learn the history of this beautiful 1866 building. The Stager Beckwith had had several owners over the years and served as the University Club for many years. In recent years the mansion went up for auction twice and when it finally went into forfeiture it was picked up by the Cuyahoga Land Bank. In 2014, Dick and Doreen Cahoon bought the mansion for just $50,000 and gave it to the Children’s Museum.

Our tour will highlight the building’s history and how the conversion into a museum took place. We will also see their extensive collection of dolls and dollhouses. In displaying these large dollhouses, multiple rooms interconnect to show examples from formal mansions to stucco haciendas and from a safari camp to a Gothic greenhouse.

The Museum is closed to the public on Thursdays so there will not be any children around.

After our tour we will go to eat at Slyman’s Tavern near Pinecrest, which is known around the region as having the best corned beef! You are welcome Don Hoke!

We are now renting buses from Precious Cargo. It’s a very comfortable ride with room for everyone!

Cost: $18

RSVP to 440.247.6490 by February 6.