Events

• May 2024, Public Mansion Tours Resume Copy link to this event
  

  Date(s): May 3, 2024

  May 2024, Public Mansion Tours 

  Limited tours will begin the season, running Fridays through Mondays starting on May 3, 2024, through May 20, 2024. There will be an 11am, 1pm and 3pm ticketed tour offered.The full 2024 tour season will begin on Friday May 24, 2024, running through October 31, 2024. Ticketed tours will be offered Thursdays through Mondays at 11am, noon, 1pm, 2pm and 3pm.There will be no public tours offered on May 11, 2024, and no 3pm public tour on May 20, 2024.Tickets can be purchased in person on the day of the tour at our visitor center located in the historic Letterbox starting at 10:30am.

  Registration required: No

• 2024 Reading Ranger Program on Mondays Copy link to this event
  

  Date(s): Jun 10, 2024 - Aug 12, 2024

  2024 Reading Ranger Program

  Stories focusing on conservation will be read by a Forest Service Ranger on Monday mornings 10AM until 11AM. Followed by a craft activity, hike, or scavenger hunt. Parents are required to remain on site during this program. The program will be held at the lower pavilion, located at the lower parking lot of Grey Towers. There is no cost to attend.

  June:

  6/10 Smokey’s Story

  6/17 Kids making a difference in their communities

  6/24 Noticing the world around you

  July:

  7/1 Fire and firework safety

  7/8 Fire Management and Fire Towers

  7/15 Conservation and Community

   7/22 Trees at Grey Towers

  7/29 Invasive Species Management

  August:

  8/5 Smokey Bear 80th Birthday Preparation (creating a birthday card)

  8/12 Box Turtle at Long Pond (guest reader, turtle demonstration)

   

  Age group: 4 to13

  Registration required: No

  Sponsor Contact: Grey Towers National Historic Site

  Phone: 570-296-9647

• July 14, 2024, The Meaning of Place: Putting Forest Conservation into Practice Copy link to this event
  

  Date(s): Jul 14, 2024

  The Meaning of Place: Putting Forest Conservation into Practice

  July 14, 2024
  1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

  

  Presentation led by Former Grey Towers Director Ed Brannon.

  For event information or tickets visit http://greytowers.gov/events

  Registration required: Yes

• July 14, 2024, Free Summer Concert with Amy London & the Royal Bobsters Copy link to this event
  

  Date(s): Jul 14, 2024

  Free Summer Concert with Amy London & the Royal Bobsters

  

  Bring a picnic  to enjoy on the East Lawn while you listen to world-renowned Amy London and the Royal Bobsters perform.

  Amy is a jazz singer and educator (since 1984) who has appeared from Broadway to Istanbul. The Royal Bobsters create vintage vocal jazz with their high-flying voices developing swing prowess enhanced by dazzling arrangements.

  Registration required: No

• August 11, 2024, Giffords Birthday Copy link to this event
  

  Date(s): Aug 11, 2024

  Giffords Birthday 

  Join us for some birthday fun. Times and information to be annouced soon 

  Registration required: No

• Aug 31, 2024, Star Gazing Copy link to this event
  

  Date(s): Aug 31, 2024

  Aug 31, 2024, Star Gazing 

  

  Bring your own blankets to enjoy storytelling and more from the US Forest Service on the East Lawn while we prepare to gaze and learn about the stars with our gifted speaker George Preoteasa.

  Wear appropriate footwear as you are walking in very low-lighting.

  For event information or tickets visit http://greytowers.org/events

  Registration required: Yes

• Sept 28, 2024, Festival of Wood and National Public Lands Day Copy link to this event
  

  Date(s): Sep 28, 2024

  Sept 28, 2024, Festival of Wood and National Public Lands Day. A one-day festival with concentration on natural resources and conservation. Times to be announced. 

  Registration required: No

• Oct 5, 2024, Burial Grounds Walk Copy link to this event
  

  Date(s): Oct 5, 2024

  Dramatic Production: Laurel Hill Burial Ground Walk

  October 5, 2024
  11:00 am - 12:30 pm & 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

  

  Come meet Mourning Mary and her friends as they teach you about Victorian funeral customs, enjoy tasty funeral biscuits, and walk the Laurel Hill Burial Grounds where the spirits will speak about those buried there.

  • Dramatic, first-person readings illustrate how those buried there helped shape the community.
  • Meet at the Visitors’ Pavilion near the parking lot.
  • Light refreshments will be provided.
  • Rain or shine; please dress appropriately, with sturdy shoes for uneven ground.

  for tickets visit http://greytowers.org/events

  Registration required: Yes

• October,26, 2024, An Afternoon with Edgar Allan Poe – New Stories Copy link to this event
  

  Date(s): Oct 26, 2024

  An Afternoon with Edgar Allan Poe – New Stories

  

  We found books by Poe in the historic library, so what better way to mark Halloween than with this annual dramatic reading by the American Readers Theatre.

  Appropriate for ages 13 and up.

  A US Forest Service program with support from the Grey Towers Heritage Association.

  $5 Students / $20 Members / $25 General Public

  For tickets and event times visit http://greytowers.org/events

  Registration required: Yes

• Dec 6, 7 & 8 “A Christmas Carol” Performance Copy link to this event
  

  Date(s): Dec 6, 2024 - Dec 8, 2024

  The annual performance of Charles Dickens’ immortal classic A Christmas Carol.

  

  This 90-minute two-person performance features the original text by Charles Dickens as he himself performed it during his reading tour of America. For 44 years, one or more members of the Plummer family have presented this performance in the Great Hall of Grey Towers. This year, siblings Therese and Joe Plummer, Jr. continue this proud holiday tradition.

  This show is not recommended for children under the age of 10.

  $15 Students / $25 Members / $30 General Public

  For times and tickets visit http://greytowers.org/events

  Registration required: Yes