St. Stanislaus School benefit, 9 to 4 in Kolbe Hall, Adams. Bake sale, snack bar, games, Chinese auctions, money raffle, crafts, and pierogi.
Blackinton Union Church, 1373 Massachusetts Ave., North Adams; 10 to 2. Crafts table, bake sale, Chinese auction, the Christmas table, and kid's grab bag. Lunch $4, $2 kids.
First Congregational Church, North Adams, 9-2.
Nov. 28 Becket Federated Church, Route 8, holiday bazaar from 9-3. Lunch, crafts, baked goods, holiday and other items. Information: Mary Peltier, Parish House, 413-623-5217.
Dec. 5
Holiday Fair at First Congregational Church, 25 Park Place, Lee, from 10 to 3; handcrafted items, raffles, children's shop, bake sale, cut Christmas trees and lunch from 11 to 1. Includes angel-themed goods from SERRV. Information, 413-243-1033 or www.ucc-lee.org.
Dec. 12-13
North Adams Country Club, crafts 9-4; food from That's a Wrap from 11-2. Information: Sheryl Morehouse at 413-822-3329.
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LENOX, Mass. — Award-winning wedding-cake designer Cile Burbidge will give a demonstration and visual presentation of her talents at Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum on Wednesday, Aug. 5, at 4. The audience will have the opportunity to meet the speaker at the Victorian Tea that follows her demonstration.
Burbidge will demonstrate the process of constructing and decorating her highly elaborate wedding cakes. She will also show accompanying slides to help illustrate the step-by-step method for completing her cakes.
Jeffery Steingarten, Vogue food critic, gave Burbidge this compliment, "... Rarest is the incredibly elaborate, all-white Victorian cake decorated with flowers, urns, arches, vases and trellises of 'glace royal' … The leading practitioner is probably Cile Bellefleur-Burbidge ... and casting your eyes upon any of her cakes will take your breath away."
Prices of her cakes have ranged from $10,000 to $20,000 and have been on view at the Smithsonian Institution, Tiffany's and at weddings for heads of state around the world.
Burbidge has also written two books on cake decorating. An exclusive example of her artistry is on display at Ventfort. She is the wife of John Burbidge, the designer of "Les Petites Dames de Mode" ("The Little Ladies of Fashion") that are also on display at the historic mansion. The highly acclaimed 29-inch mannequins represent the history of fashion from 1855 to 1914. The Burbidges live in Danvers.
Tickets for the demonstration and tea are $15 per person for nonmembers and $12 for members and may be purchased by calling Ventfort Hall at 413-637-3206. The historic mansion is located at 104 Walker St.
The program is supported in part by grants from several local cultural councils.
