Arts & Culture
Nov 26-29Hycroft for the Holidays
Over 40 local artisans inside Shaughnessy's Edwardian Hycroft mansion for four days. You'll arrive like a royal on a walkabout and leave like someone who actually has to pay.
Shaughnessy
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Nov 26-29Over 40 local artisans inside Shaughnessy's Edwardian Hycroft mansion for four days. You'll arrive like a royal on a walkabout and leave like someone who actually has to pay.
Shaughnessy
More infoHycroft for the Holidays puts over 40 local artisans inside an Edwardian mansion in Shaughnessy, and there's only one correct way to enter an Edwardian mansion: hands clasped behind your back, like a minor royal touring a factory. The impression survives about three tables. Then you pick something up, praise it out loud and tip it over to read the price. That's where the tour collapses, because royals famously don't carry wallets and you're already reaching for yours. The house is home to the University Women's Club and dressed for the season, so the grandeur is handled. Tickets are non-refundable, which makes them the one thing here you can't put back after picking it up. Do a lap together, then split up and each choose a small gift for the other, no conferring. Every royal visit ends with a local handing over a modest present and a nervous smile. At the swap, it turns out you're the local.
Book ahead. Tickets are non-refundable and shopping is extra, so agree on a gift limit before the first table. Take one lap together at walkabout pace. Then split up and each pick a small handmade gift for the other without conferring. Meet back up and present it properly, nervous smile included, to someone standing with their hands clasped behind their back.
6pm - 9pm
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