The Crown Province of Østgarðr is the greater New York City chapter of the Society for Creative Anachronism, a not-for-profit educational and social organization dedicated to re-creating aspects of medieval and Renaissance culture. You can read more about the SCA at “About Us.” If you have any questions or want to get involved, email our newcomers’ officer. You can find links to our Facebook group, mailing list, and local sub-chapters at “Getting Involved.”
SAVE THE DATE!
The Northpass Sunday Solar on December 22 will be a Medieval Soup Tasting!
Research a period soup, bread, or flavored butter recipe, then create that dish and bring it to share.
We will share our dishes and sample each other’s recipes.
The event will be in Mohegan Lake in northern Northpass from 3-6 pm
RSVP via email with Vitasha Ivanova doch’
The Crown Province of Østgarðr invites you for a hands-on lesson on planning and preparing a meal for an SCA event.
Hosts Brandr Aronsson and Friderich Grimme will share their experience with cooking dayboards and feasts for both local and kingdom events. Topics will include menu selection, the planning process, and on-site logistics. We’ll talk about preparations for an upcoming event and will aim to get our hands dirty in the kitchen.
This session will be perfect for people who’ve already done a bit of cooking but have questions about how to build up from there to serving a historically-themed meal to a large group.
Join us on Sunday, October 27, from 11 AM to 4 PM, at Brandr’s home, located at 3208 Farragut Road, in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn. The nearest subways are the 2 train at Flatbush Ave and the 5 train at Newkirk Avenue; the nearest bus stops are on the B44 and the B6.
All are welcome. No Society membership required. Modern attire. If you have questions, reach out to Brandr at 113751@members.eastkingdom.org.
The Kings County Fiber Festival celebrates the talented people who turn string and thread into useful objects and works of art — and the Crown Province of Østgarðr is joining in to demonstrate that the handcrafts of the pre-modern era still have relevance today.
This year’s festival will be held at the Old Stone House in Brooklyn, at 336 3rd Street, on Saturday October 12 from 10:00 to 5:00.
We’ll have a exhibition space at the festival and are looking for a few more talented people to help us show off the wide range of fiber crafts practiced in the SCA. If you spin, dye, weave, sew, knit, make lace, or otherwise craft with roving, thread, or yarn, this is an amazing opportunity to show off your work to a big crowd of handcrafting enthusiasts. (And of course there will be time to visit the many fiber vendors who are also part of the event.)
We also have room for a couple of folks who enjoy chatelaining and can explain to passersby how their interests in fiber arts can fit into the universe of our Society. Come out and help us introduce the SCA to an appreciative audience of crafters!
To join our exhibition, please reach out to our event steward, Eadwine the Younger, via Messenger at https://m.me/100068704373783 or via Discord at https://discord.com/channels/@me/875546920272166912.
To all,
A sincere and heartfelt thank you to the staff and volunteers at this year’s Barleycorn. We had a wonderful event filled with laughter, jests, comradery, and valor.
We want to thank our outgoing marshals and champions for hosting our excellent tournaments:
We thank our day-board staff Gráinne inghean Uí Néill, Valentina, Anna, and Ramic for serving such a delicious meal.
We thank our volunteers Winifred, Franciscus, Evelyn de Trees, Conrad, Matty, Teodora Ivanić, Asta of Brokenbridge, Wojtek y Visby, Ilia Aleksandrovich, Iulian Ilia syn, and Magnus mac Gilleain for providing their hands and labor for this event.
We thank Arabella De Mere, Fenneke Jans, and Martina Maria De La Rosa for helping with the armored and rapier lists.
We thank Brendan Firebow and Eliayhu al-Tahli “Tally” for running Rapier authorizations, who authorized 4 new fencers at Barleycorn.
We thank our Youth Point and Minor Chancellor Kunigunde Wederman for hosting lovely activities for the youth of the province.
We thank our Excellencies Sofya Gianetta di Trieste and Angelica di Nova Lipa for gracing us with their presence and hosting court with us.
We thank Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin for heralding on behalf of their excellencies.
Our thanks to Drasma Dragomir for her excellent heralding of poetry regarding perfect lemons.
We thank Jenna Childslayer, Gibbs Morris, and Aislinn Chiabach for coordinating and hosting barter town.
We thank Antonius Gracchus for building and maintaining our online event page and information.
We thank Pia Maletesta d’Rimini for coordinating our registration point with Richard the Poor, the brewing showcase, collection of food donations, and for the creation of our tokens for the event.
Lastly, we thank the members of Northpass for coming together and coordinating with us to make Barleycorn happen. A special thank you to Meadhbh Mac Pharláin, Marcus mac Pharláin, and Richard the Poor for coordinating all the paperwork and legwork necessary for us to host Barleycorn within the Canton of Northpass.
Many apologies if we missed anyone or any activities that deserve to be noted. Please let us know, so we shall add them to our records.
Though the summer has parted, may we meet the season again with merriment.
In Service,
Vitasha Ivanova doch’ & Catelin Straquhin
Greetings all!
The Barleycorn Day of Champions we all are looking forward to is well underway in terms of preparations.
Find out more about the AS 59 (2024) event here – Barleycorn 2024
Event details on the official EK site here for pre registration – Official East Kingdom
Join Mathghamhain on Sunday, September 8th at 2 PM for an online event to learn more about heraldry and how to make your own device!
The link can be found on the Østgarđr calendar, or feel free to join via this link;
https://meet.google.com/bvd-odii-iub
Please find our full June AS 59 Commons Minutes here, where the business for the Crown Province Commons has been recorded. – Online Document
Let it be known that there are proposed changes to the Charter of Ostgardr!
Comments should be directed to our Seneschal, reachable via email at
Seneschal @ostgardr.eastkingdom.org
The section of the charter dealing with commons meetings has not been amended to reflect the changes that were introduced during the Covid shutdown; at first we thought those changes would be temporary, but we’ve found they suit us, and we should formalize them.
— Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin, February 2024
Join us on Sunday, July 14th, from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM on Google Meet to learn about medieval turnshoes from Dafydd ap Tomas.
The event will be held on Google Meet and here is the link.
See you there!
Prepare, Repair and Air Out all your summer camping gear at the Tavern!
Simon the Tanner and his beloved wife Berthe are inviting folks to their home in South Salem, NY
(address provided upon RSVP) on Saturday, June 22, 2024 for an afternoon of leather crafting,
sewing, socializing, and sharing refreshments to get ready for this summer’s camping season. Garb
is welcome and recommended.
• Simon will provide attendees with leather pouch-making supplies and guide folks in
creating leather pouches and bags.
• Gareth will be advising on the creation of firestarting kits.
• There will be a couple of firepits available for those who would like to try out new or old
recipes over an open fire.
• There is plenty of space if you want to try setting up your tent (to check for wear and tear)
• There will be sewing supplies for those who wish to make repairs to their garb
• And there will be music and refreshments in the Tavern.
RSVP at 247839 @ members.eastkingdom.org
