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Grey Towers

Autumn landscape tour planned at Grey Towers

MILFORD, PA — The annual autumn landscape tour of Grey Towers National Historic Site, 122 Old Owego Turnpike, will be held on Saturday, October 24, at 1:30 p.m. “Evolution of the Grey Towers Landscape: Autumn in Cornelia’s Gardens,” will feature displays of the native shrubs, the Japanese maple and the historic sugar maple planted by General William Tecumseh Sherman, among other favorites. Grey Towers horticulturist Elizabeth Hawke will provide an inside look at how some of the landscape plants, trees and buildings were incorporated into the design of the 1886 French Chateauesque mansion estate by the Pinchot family.

Group size is limited and pre-registration is suggested. Regular tour fees apply. Participants should meet in the Visitor Pavilion in the Grey Towers parking lot. Dress for the weather and wear comfortable shoes.

For more information email greytowers@fs.fed.us or call 570/296-9630.

Laurel hill cemetery tour

MILFORD, PA — Regional historian Peter Osborne will conduct a tour of the Laurel Hill Cemetery, Milford’s original town cemetery, located on the grounds of Grey Towers National Historic Site, on Sunday, October 25 at 1:30 p.m.

Laurel Hill Cemetery served as the original town graveyard until the Milford Cemetery on Route 209 was established. Osborne will share information about some of the cemetery’s most well-known inhabitants during this program. He also will explain the significance of the artwork on the headstones and grave markers. Participants should meet in the Visitor Pavilion in the parking lot and wear comfortable shoes for the short hike to the cemetery. The tour is free. Pre-registration is recommended.

For more information email greytowers@fs.fed.us or call 570/296-9630.

Kurosawa film up next in WCAA series

HONESDALE, PA — The latest film in the Wayne County Arts Alliance’s (WCAA) film series, Life In Turbulent Times, will be “Rhapsody in August,” to be screened at 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 25 at the Wayne County Chamber of Commerce, 32 Commercial Street. Directed by Japan’s most celebrated filmmaker, Akira Kurosawa, the 1991 film centers on an elderly woman who lost her husband in the 1945 bombing of Nagasaki. Caring for her four grandchildren over the summer, she learns of a long-lost brother living in Hawaii who wants to see her before he dies. American film star Richard Gere appears as the dying man’s son who visits her in Japan and is confronted with the events in Nagasaki.

A donation of $5.00 per person is suggested, to help support the activities of the Arts Alliance. The showing will be preceded with a short introduction and followed by a discussion. For more information visit waynecountyartsalliance.org.