Bread & Puppet welcomes the public to our Annual Political Leaf Peeping, where we will celebrate the glorious fall landscape and the completion of another summer season with an afternoon of music, puppet shows and potato pancakes. The event will take place Sunday, September 26th at the Bread & Puppet farm in Glover.
The event will begin at 2pm in the Pine Forest with a Memorial sing for Elka Schumann, who passed away August 1st. The sing will be followed by side shows performed by friends and neighbours, including Banjo Bob, Merry-Go-Round and Clare Dolan, leading into a short combined Circus and Pageant in the circus amphitheater. We’ll then parade up the hill to witness the official landscape opening ceremony, and director Peter Schumann will serve his traditional potato pancakes with fresh applesauce. “Our Annual Political Leaf Peeping at the time of general Maple leaf admiration will also treat coinciding politics and propose a new politically motivated viewing of our endangered Mother Earth”, says Peter.
The Bread & Puppet Museum—showcasing one of the largest collections of big puppets in the world—and the Museum Store—featuring a selection of new and old posters, books, and banners from the Bread & Puppet Press—will be open throughout the afternoon. An exhibit of watercolor landscapes by stalwart Shape Note Singer and friend of the theater Scott Luscombe will be on view in the Woodshed Gallery, which adjoins the museum. The Bad Bedsheet Existability Exhibit – large format paintings on old bedsheets by Peter Schumann – will be featured at Remi’s Wall, located on the walkway from the circus parking lot to the Pine Forest. The Bread & Puppet Museum will remain open daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Masks are required and available to visit the museum and we strongly encourage the public to wear them while moving around the grounds. This event will not be ticketed. Suggested donation $10, no one turned away for lack of funds. All events take place at the Bread & Puppet farm, 753 Heights Rd., Glover VT.
