GRRRL Camp is returning to Falconwood Park in Bellevue this summer and partnering with 1% Productions to bring in nationally known acts.
The music and arts festival, July 19 and 20, is adding a second day and will feature Indigo De Souza, Hurray for the Riff-Raff, Shannon and the Clams and more.
The event celebrates and empowers women in music, art and business. It will feature camping, workshops, vendors, concerts and other activities. All ages are welcome.
“This year will look very different from last year, and we’re excited about that,” Falconwood Park Executive Director Shannon Claire said in a press release. “With 1% Productions’ support, we’re bringing in acts that we would be able to otherwise and it will set the tone for the future.”
1% Productions also produces the Outlandia Music Festival at Falconwood, which will be Aug. 9 and 10 this year.
The festival’s headliner, Indigo De Souza, released her latest album, “All of This Will End,” in 2023, and publications including Rolling Stone, Paste and Pitchfork included it on their best album of the year list. Shannon and the Clams, an indie rock act, will release its new album on May 10.
Festival patrons are encouraged to stay overnight to get the full experience. Tickets, starting at $65 for early birds, are on sale now at girrlcamp.com
Band convention this weekend
The Nebraska Wind Symphony is hosting the first-ever regional convention of the Association of Concert Bands this weekend in the Strauss Performing Arts Center at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.
The convention, which began Friday night and continues all day Saturday, is bringing bands and musicians together for collaboration, education, performance and discussion, according to a press release.
Clinics include a new music reading band session, a roundtable forum on community band issues and a showcase of early band instruments.
Groups scheduled to perform are the UNO Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Lewis Central High School Symphonic Band, Omaha Symphonic Winds, Central Iowa Wind Ensemble and the Nebraska Wind Symphony.
Concerts are free and open to the public. For a schedule of remaining performances, go to acbands.org/rec-ne
Cantata at Cathedral
“Standing Bear,” a cantata for baritone and strings, will be performed at 5 p.m. Sunday at St. Cecilia Cathedral, 701 N. 40th.
Chickasaw composer and pianist Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate wrote the piece. NAVO, a Kansas-based music organization, and soloist Grant Youngblood will perform it and participate in a preshow talk. Youngblood has appeared with the Metropolitan Opera in New York City and the Lyric Opera of Chicago, and many other opera companies and orchestras.
The one-act cantata imagines the thoughts Standing Bear had and the images he saw while he was journeying from his native homeland to bury his son.
The Cathedral Creative District, made up of St. Cecilia, Joslyn Castle and Cali Commons, is presenting the free program.
‘Radium Girls’ at Lofte Theatre
The real-life story of women who painted luminous radium watches and then became mysteriously ill is the next play at the Lofte Community Theatre in Manley, Nebraska.
“Radium Girls” premieres May 3 and runs through May 12. The play, set in 1926, follows Grace Fryer, a courageous watch dial painter, who fought for justice against her former employer.
Radium once was seen as a miracle cure for tumors, so her boss, Arthur Roeder, couldn’t believe it might be causing the workers’ illness.
The Lofte will have a concession selling pulled pork sandwiches, macaroni salad and green beans during the run of the play.
Showtimes are 7 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets, $24 general admission, are available at lofte.org
An aerial view of Joslyn Castle at 3902 Davenport St. in the Gold Coast Historic District of Omaha in 1940. In the background are the servant's quarters.
George Joslyn is in the stovepipe hat at left and Sarah is in the center, behind the flowers with her arms folded in this photo.
The Joslyns had three Omaha residences throughout the years. They lived in this house at 2522 Davenport shortly after their arrival to Omaha in 1880. They moved to 2111 Emmet, and by 1898 they were living on what was soon to become the grounds of the castle, then called Sutphen's Farm.
The Charles Hemple family bought this house, and it was converted to a duplex after they moved. It was torn down for the coming of the Interstate in the 1960s.
A portrait of Sarah Joslyn by Leopold Seyffert is seen in March 1941. It was commissioned as a companion portrait to one of George Joslyn, painted by Paul Trebilcock in 1932. Because Mr. Joslyn died in 1916, the portrait depicts her as she appeared 25 years ago.
Mason School pupils sing Christmas carols at the Joslyn Castle in December 1944. Mrs. Doris Crosford directs the young carolers who fill the staircase.
From left, Independent Roofing Co. employees Domingo Santos and Manuel Marquez replace the asphalt roof on the Joslyn Castle's Carriage House with new slate, matching the original castle roof, in 2015.
The Burke High string quartet entertained Omaha school district faculty at an art show at Joslyn Castle in 1986. The quartets members are, clockwise from left: Robin Haberman, Mark Harr, Susan Tolksdorf and Jenny Park.
A part of this building, formerly the Joslyn stables located behind the Joslyn Castle, was being used as an auditorium by the Omaha school board in January 1945. The castle was OPS headquarters from 1944 to 1989.
Barred widows in the tower surround the early Joslyn bedroom. After her husband's death in 1916, Sarah Joslyn moved to a large room in the center of the second floor. The castle is seen here on March 17, 1940.
Jerry Herald and 3-year-old son Coy attend the third annual art fair at Joslyn Castle in 1973. Schoolchildren from kindergarten through high school contributed to the fair, with proceeds going to the handicapped.
In 1949, wreckers tear down the walls of the first building the Joslyns built on the grounds. It was a five-room building built in 1897 for the gardener's family.
A view of the bridge at Joslyn Castle that separated the swimming pool area from the wetlands/lily pool area, about 1909. The man in the photo is organist Archer Gibson.
The music room in the Joslyn home. The lattices formerly concealed the pipes of the organ that is now at the Joslyn Memorial. At left is a player piano, at right, a grand piano. March 5, 1940
Joslyn Castle was Omaha Public Schools' headquarters from 1944 to 1989. Seen here is the "Gold Room" with switchboard, secretaries and information counter. The "Morning Room" was the office of Associate Superintendent Fred Hill.
Joslyn Castle was Omaha Public Schools' headquarters from 1944 to 1989. The "Drawing Room" was used for meetings such as one journalism instructors are holding here.
Sarah Joslyn's bedroom on the second floor, complete with fireplace, served as offices for Omaha School District employees. It is seen here on July 10, 1985.
Mrs. Thompson, at rear, leads a tour through the conservatory in 1988. On the tour, from left, are Dennis Franklin, his daughter, Summer, 5, and Janice Franklin, who is carrying April, 3. The Franklins are from Council Bluffs.
March 17, 1940: "In the basement are a regulation-size bowling alley and this billard room. Once the scenes of many a gay time, the rooms have not been used since Mr. Joslyn's death."
March 17, 1940: "The immense china closet of black oak in the dining room also contains many pieces of cut glass, of which Mrs. Joslyn was fond. All items were costly; one tiny cup (second from left, third shelf) cost $16."
March 17, 1940: "The curved main stairway is carpeted with an oriental runner. The post and spindles are carved, as is the paneling. Beneath the stairs, a Tudor doorway leads to a music room complete with pipe organ."
March 17, 1940: "In gold-and-green is the drawing room, in true Victorian magnificence, with ornate chandelier, deep oriental rugs, furniture bought at the 1893 World's Fair. Valuable books and pictures are here, old-time music boxes, and a modern note, a radio in the curtained alcove."
March 17, 1940: "The heavy, ornate, glass-beaded chandelier hangs in the parlor. Friends say Mrs. Joslyn bought it in New York when the castle was being built."
March 17, 1940: "A section of the parlor, or 'Gold Room'. Here are many paintings, some of which were willed to the Memorial. Walls are of a gold cloth. Furniture is gold-toned, definitely 'period,' purchased at the 1904 World's Fair. Through the curtained doorway is the 'morning room.'"
March 5, 1940: "This is the corner of the gold-and-green dining room ... on the table at left is a silver tea service ... the statue at right, work of an unidentified sculptor, will probably go into the Joslyn Memorial."
To the left is a floor lamp with silk shade that is original to the Joslyn Castle; to the right is a gold floor lamp that was original to the Castle's music room.
Sherri Moore, the castle’s director of events, opens the seat of a Black Forest Music Box armchair that was original to the castle’s library. The music box, which has been removed, was activated when a person sat down.
Photos: Omaha landmark Joslyn Castle through the years
The 35-room Scottish Baronial mansion, built in 1903 by George and Sarah Joslyn, includes a reception hall, music room, ballroom and library. Today the castle hosts more than 40 weddings a year, plus murder-mystery parties, literary readings, scotch tastings, anniversary parties, concerts, little kid birthday parties and Christmas celebrations with Santa.
Joslyn Castle is seen on Oct. 18, 1993.
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An aerial view of Joslyn Castle at 3902 Davenport St. in the Gold Coast Historic District of Omaha in 1940. In the background are the servant's quarters.
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George Joslyn is in the stovepipe hat at left and Sarah is in the center, behind the flowers with her arms folded in this photo.
The Joslyns had three Omaha residences throughout the years. They lived in this house at 2522 Davenport shortly after their arrival to Omaha in 1880. They moved to 2111 Emmet, and by 1898 they were living on what was soon to become the grounds of the castle, then called Sutphen's Farm.
The Charles Hemple family bought this house, and it was converted to a duplex after they moved. It was torn down for the coming of the Interstate in the 1960s.
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George and Sarah Joslyn ride their favorite horses, Signal Light and Bay Chief, in this photo from the turn of the 20th century.
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George and Sarah Joslyn built the turreted limestone mansion in 1903.
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Unidentified child looks at the portrait of George Joslyn at the Joslyn Museum during art week in December 1941.
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Sarah Joslyn in an Oct. 3, 1928 photograph taken at the ground-breaking for the Joslyn Museum.
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A portrait of Sarah Joslyn by Leopold Seyffert is seen in March 1941. It was commissioned as a companion portrait to one of George Joslyn, painted by Paul Trebilcock in 1932. Because Mr. Joslyn died in 1916, the portrait depicts her as she appeared 25 years ago.
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A postcard of Omaha's Joslyn Castle, circa 1910.
Joslyn Castle after the 1913 tornado.
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A view of the destroyed Joslyn Palm House after the 1913 tornado.
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A view of the destroyed Joslyn Palm House from a castle turret after the 1913 tornado.
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The exterior of the Joslyn Castle at 39th and Davenport Street in mid-central Omaha.
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The Joslyn Castle tower is in the foreground with the Omaha skyline behind in March 1971.
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E.M. Rogers (inset) clears off almost a mile of sidewalks at the Joslyn home on Feb. 10, 1936.
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Snow on the fence at Joslyn Castle in late 1941.
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Snow at Joslyn Castle in 1944.
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Snow on the grounds of Joslyn Castle in December 1974.
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Mason School pupils sing Christmas carols at the Joslyn Castle in December 1944. Mrs. Doris Crosford directs the young carolers who fill the staircase.
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The 1990 renovation of the Joslyn Castle added floral wallpaper and raspberry pink paint and carpeting.
The Joslyn Castle’s grand staircase hall had fresh paint and carpet, which allowed the woodwork to stand out, after renovation work in April 2015.
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OMAHA: Independent Roofing Co. employees work to replace the asphalt roof on the Carriage House in April 2015.
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From left, Independent Roofing Co. employees Domingo Santos and Manuel Marquez replace the asphalt roof on the Joslyn Castle's Carriage House with new slate, matching the original castle roof, in 2015.
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Enthusiasts crowd around Bryan Bredthauer’s 1959 Messerschmitt KR 201 Roadster at the fifth annual Joslyn Castle Classic Weekend in 2014.
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Polling place worker Jeanne Schuler, right, works at Joslyn Castle on Tuesday, May 10, 2016.
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Courtney Quinn Jr. votes in the Gold Room at the Joslyn Castle on Tuesday, May 10, 2016.
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The Burke High string quartet entertained Omaha school district faculty at an art show at Joslyn Castle in 1986. The quartets members are, clockwise from left: Robin Haberman, Mark Harr, Susan Tolksdorf and Jenny Park.
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A part of this building, formerly the Joslyn stables located behind the Joslyn Castle, was being used as an auditorium by the Omaha school board in January 1945. The castle was OPS headquarters from 1944 to 1989.
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A group of children from Clifton Hill school tour the grounds of the new office of the Omaha public school system on Sept. 12, 1949.
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Joslyn Castle on Dec. 31, 1980.
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An undated photo Joslyn Castle.
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Joslyn Castle in 1994.
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Barred widows in the tower surround the early Joslyn bedroom. After her husband's death in 1916, Sarah Joslyn moved to a large room in the center of the second floor. The castle is seen here on March 17, 1940.
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Joslyn Castle is seen on Oct. 18, 1993.
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Jerry Herald and 3-year-old son Coy attend the third annual art fair at Joslyn Castle in 1973. Schoolchildren from kindergarten through high school contributed to the fair, with proceeds going to the handicapped.
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In 1949, wreckers tear down the walls of the first building the Joslyns built on the grounds. It was a five-room building built in 1897 for the gardener's family.
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Joslyn Castle is seen on Oct. 6, 1968.
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A view of the bridge at Joslyn Castle that separated the swimming pool area from the wetlands/lily pool area, about 1909. The man in the photo is organist Archer Gibson.
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Mason School pupils sing Christmas carols at the Joslyn Castle in December 1944. Mrs. Doris Crosford directed the singing.
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Campaign signs are seen outside the polling station at Joslyn Castle on Nov. 4, 2014.
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Ben Nelson with Nelson & Nelson Painting and Papering paints the grand stair hall on April 9, 2015, during renovations at the Joslyn Castle.
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Jamon Hampton votes at the Joslyn Castle on May 10, 2016.
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Joslyn Castle in 1925.
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The music room in the Joslyn home. The lattices formerly concealed the pipes of the organ that is now at the Joslyn Memorial. At left is a player piano, at right, a grand piano. March 5, 1940
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One of the Joslyn Castle towers is seen in July 1944.
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The central hall, seen in July 1944, has stained glass windows and a carved mahogany staircase.
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Duane Thompson, a polling place worker, hangs a sign at the Joslyn Castle on May 10, 2016.
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Sarah Joslyn received an honorary doctorate degree on June 3, 1937, from the University of Omaha. She was conferred by President Rowland Haynes.
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Sarah Joslyn received an honorary doctorate degree on June 3, 1937, from the University of Omaha. She was conferred by President Rowland Haynes.
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A formal portrait of Sarah Joslyn in 1931.
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Joslyn Castle was Omaha Public Schools' headquarters from 1944 to 1989. Seen here is the "Gold Room" with switchboard, secretaries and information counter. The "Morning Room" was the office of Associate Superintendent Fred Hill.
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Joslyn Castle was Omaha Public Schools' headquarters from 1944 to 1989. The "Drawing Room" was used for meetings such as one journalism instructors are holding here.
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Mrs. Campbell in the Joslyn Castle Memorial Library in July 1951. Joslyn Castle was Omaha Public Schools' headquarters from 1944 to 1989.
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Joslyn Castle was Omaha Public Schools' headquarters from 1944 to 1989. The carriage house in seen in this photo from that time.
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A window in the old music room on Dec. 31, 1980 ran Jan 6, 1981. Joslyn Castle was Omaha Public Schools' headquarters from 1944 to 1989.
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Joslyn Castle was Omaha Public Schools' headquarters from 1944 to 1989. This photo was taken Dec. 31, 1980.
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Sarah Joslyn's bedroom on the second floor, complete with fireplace, served as offices for Omaha School District employees. It is seen here on July 10, 1985.
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Joslyn Castle was Omaha Public Schools' headquarters from 1944 to 1989. The staircase is seen here on Dec. 31, 1980.
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Mrs. Thompson, at rear, leads a tour through the conservatory in 1988. On the tour, from left, are Dennis Franklin, his daughter, Summer, 5, and Janice Franklin, who is carrying April, 3. The Franklins are from Council Bluffs.
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Visitors explore he children's museum, formerly the music room at an open house at the castle in 1944.
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A window gives visitors a look into the solarium on Dec. 31, 1980.
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The south entrance as Joslyn Castle is seen in 1955.
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Opera Omaha picnic at Joslyn Castle in 1991. From left, Laura and Jim Hale, and David and Linda Gardels.
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March 17, 1940: "In the basement are a regulation-size bowling alley and this billard room. Once the scenes of many a gay time, the rooms have not been used since Mr. Joslyn's death."
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The office where Mrs. Joslyn transacted her business is seen in 1940.
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March 17, 1940: "The immense china closet of black oak in the dining room also contains many pieces of cut glass, of which Mrs. Joslyn was fond. All items were costly; one tiny cup (second from left, third shelf) cost $16."
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March 17, 1940: "A section of the dining room with immense circular table and heavy chairs. The dark sideboard is built in, is elaborately carved."
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March 17, 1940: "This hand-wrought silver tea service, said to have been brought from Sweden, in in the parlor."
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March 17, 1940: "The curved main stairway is carpeted with an oriental runner. The post and spindles are carved, as is the paneling. Beneath the stairs, a Tudor doorway leads to a music room complete with pipe organ."
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March 17, 1940: "In gold-and-green is the drawing room, in true Victorian magnificence, with ornate chandelier, deep oriental rugs, furniture bought at the 1893 World's Fair. Valuable books and pictures are here, old-time music boxes, and a modern note, a radio in the curtained alcove."
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March 17, 1940: "The heavy, ornate, glass-beaded chandelier hangs in the parlor. Friends say Mrs. Joslyn bought it in New York when the castle was being built."
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March 17, 1940: "A section of the parlor, or 'Gold Room'. Here are many paintings, some of which were willed to the Memorial. Walls are of a gold cloth. Furniture is gold-toned, definitely 'period,' purchased at the 1904 World's Fair. Through the curtained doorway is the 'morning room.'"
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March 5, 1940: "This is the corner of the gold-and-green dining room ... on the table at left is a silver tea service ... the statue at right, work of an unidentified sculptor, will probably go into the Joslyn Memorial."
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A fumed oak side chair that is original to the Joslyn Castle's dining room.
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To the left is a floor lamp with silk shade that is original to the Joslyn Castle; to the right is a gold floor lamp that was original to the Castle's music room.
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This dog collar was worn by one of the two St. Bernards that George and Sarah Joslyn had as pets at their home, the Joslyn Castle.
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A formal coat and vest worn by George Joslyn.
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All that remains of the bowling alley in the basement of the Joslyn Castle is the floor.
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Sherri Moore, the castle’s director of events, opens the seat of a Black Forest Music Box armchair that was original to the castle’s library. The music box, which has been removed, was activated when a person sat down.
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The basement, featuring George Joslyn's pool room and smoking room, is one of the new tour's most popular attractions.