Thursday July 17

• 5:00pm — Seneca Arts Council Juried Show, 109 Fall St.
• 5:00pm — Community Service Award Presentation honoring Robert and MaryEllen Kernan, Heritage Area Visitor Center, 115 Fall Street
• 7:00pm — Community Band Concert, People’s Park

Friday, July 18

• 7:00pm — Sojourner Truth Speaks, by Bridgette Houston of Colonial Williamsburg, Women’s Interfaith Institute, 140 Fall Street

Saturday, July 19

• 10:30am — A Living History Presentation with Eleanor Stearns as Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton House, Washington Street
• 11:00am — Priscilla Porter’s Astonishing Ladies: Old Time Baseball Game, People’s Park
• 11:30am — In Stanton’s Footsteps, a WRNHP Ranger-guided walking tour from the Wesleyan Chapel to the Elizabeth Cady Stanton House, one hour/one mile; encore at 2:00pm
• 1:00pm — Meet Coline Jenkins (great, great granddaughter of ECS) at the Elizabeth Cady Stanton House
• 1-2:00pm — Women’s History Trail Riders’ Arrival, People’s Park
• 2:00pm — Judge Elma Bellini, Acting Supreme Court Justice, discussing women and domestic violence, People’s Park at the Gazebo
• 2:30pm — Book Signing with Ellen Carol DuBois, WRNHP Visitor Center
• 3:00pm — A Living History Presentation with David Anderson as Frederick Douglass, Elizabeth Cady Stanton House
• 4–7:00pm — Laura Black and El Kabong Concert featuring Steely Dan-style music with Latino trends
• 4-4:30pm — 10th Anniversary of the Founding of Friends of the WRNHP; Presentation of the In Her Footsteps award to the stars of the Moondance Film Festival winner, Heroic Girlz, WRNHP Visitor Center
• 4:30pm — WomEnchant, a musical presentation, WRNHP Visitor Center
• 5:00pm — Commemorative Ceremony at the Wesleyan Chapel marking the 160th Anniversary of the First Women’s Rights Convention and the 100th Anniversary of the placement of the bronze commemorative plaque in May 1908. Featured speaker Ellen Carol DuBois
• 7:00pm — One Voice Alliance Film Festival: Down to the Bone, Sundance Award Winner and highly acclaimed film, Women’s Interfaith Institute

Sunday, July 20

• 8:30am — March to the Chapel, Commemorating the orignal march to the Wesleyan Chapel by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, and other foremothers; join dignitaries and citizens alike, along with the Village of Seneca Falls, Town of Seneca Falls, One Voice Alliance, Women’s Interfaith Institute. National Women’s Hall of Fame and many others...
• 10:30am — Rededication of the Declaration of Sentiments, Wesleyan Chapel
• 2:00pm — Adi Shakti Dancers, spiritual belly dancing from many lands
• 3:30pm — One Voice Alliance Film Festival: “Seneca Falls,” taking viewers on a life-changing journey with nine high school girls of Wower Power (a drama group) bound for the birthplace of women’s rights in America; part teenage road trip, part shocking history lesson, the film is an awakening; meet Director Louise Vance at the Women’s Interfaith Institute
• 6:00pm — Heroic Girlz Film Presentation: women of history share their stories with 11-year-old girls of today, who examine and relate their perspective; meet producers Cindy Parish and Meg Agnew and four stars of the film

Monday, July 21

• All Day — Bon Ton Roulet, an annual event comprised of 400+ bicyclists raising funds for the YMCA
• 4:00pm — Wine & Cheese Tasting in People’s Park featuring Seneca and Cayuga Wine Trail wineries and The Creamery Ice Cream Shop
• 5:00pm — The Whale Story with Fran Caraccilo and Doris Wolf, People’s Park
• 7:00pm — Community Band Concert, People’s Park

Tuesday, July 22

• 7:00pm — Stories from the History of Seneca County with Walter Gable, People’s Park at the Gazebo Wednesday, July 23
• 6:30pm — A Frank Discussion with Elizabeth Cady Stanton about her days in Seneca Falls, starring Kathy Jans-Duffy
• 7:00pm — Pam Bryan Players Presents Step Up to the Plate and WomanSpeak, two short plays that look at modern dilemmas from our foremothers’ perspectives

Thursday, July 24

• 7:00pm — Community Band Concert, People’s Park
• 8:15pm — Convention Days Presents Speakers’ Corner, an Open Mike Night

Friday July 25

• 8:00pm — People’s Park Films for Kids Only: Shrek 1, 2 and 3, shown in the Park; bring the kids in their jammies with sleeping bags and have some popcorn!

Saturday July 26

• 11-4:00pm — Fun Food, Drinks, and Kid-Friendly Treats for sale at the Village Tent, People’s Park
• 1-4:00pm — Safe Kid Program with Sergeant Mike Petrocci of the Seneca Falls Police Department, Cowing Street
• 1–5:30pm — Playland in the Park, fun activities for kids of all ages, People’s Park and Cowing Street
• 1-5:00pm — Classic Car Show featuring 100+ on display along Fall Street; free giveaways and trophies awarded, including the Bill Povero Memorial Trophy
• 2–5:00pm — Laura Black and El Kabong Concert featuring Steely Dan-style music with Latino trends

Sunday July 27

• 11–3:00pm — Fire Apparatus Muster – The Homecoming; see fire equipment built in Seneca Falls in the 1800’s by Silsby, Downs, Cowing, Rumsey and Gould’s; watch Ms. Daisy draw and spray, and the Seneca Tug in the canal harbor
• 11-5:00pm — “911 Quilt” on display for signing, People’s Park
• 11-5:00pm — Regional Art Show, featuring local artists, People’s Park
• 2:00pm — Savannah Cellarsavers Brass Band Concert, People’s Park

Printable 2008 Schedule Card