VACAVILLE The Vacaville Museum’s very successful Nut Tree Centennial Exhibit will close at 4:30 p.m. Saturday.
The exhibit featured all things original Nut Tree, including displays of the restaurant, retail shops and the Post Office.
The colorful art of Nut Tree graphic artists, led by Don
VACAVILLE What’s perhaps the first significant Fall Harvest Festival of the season drew visitors Saturday for a day of shopping and sharing the community’s history.
The festival is a fundraiser hosted by the Vacaville Museum Guild, which helps raise money to keep the lights on and the
VACAVILLE The Vacaville Museum Guild will host a Fall Festival Courtyard Sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at 213 Buck Ave.
Included in the museum sale items will be several paintings, costume jewelry, and pumpkins decorated with succulents. Also for sale, and to coincide with the current Nut Tr
Museum Guild schedules dinner for 8, tea for 12 fundraiser
Both events will be prepared and served by guild members.
Dinner for 8 will be held at the former home of Vacaville treasure Don Birrell (1922-2006), who was the director of the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento from 1951-1953, and the design director of the Nut Tree from 1953 until his retirement in 1990.
He also designed the Vacaville city logo, among other iconic images in Solano County. His home is filled with examples of his design work for the Nut Tree.
The evening will start with cocktails, followed by a tour of the home and the meal.