Victorian Parlor Series Survey
Your feedback is essential in helping us plan programming for 2025. Please rate your interest by reviewing past Victorian Parlor Series programs.
Wine & Valentines (2019): guests gathered to explore Victorian-era Valentine's traditions, play parlor games, and enjoy wine and chocolate pairings.
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Picnic with The Prescott (2019): guests gathered to enjoy a menu by Chef Trey Prescott, inspired by the Körner's Folly Cookbook, along with yard games like croquet and badminton, and Aunt Dealy's Lemonade cocktail.
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Halloween Mystery Masquerade (2019): guests gathered in costume to solve a historical whodunnit in collaboration with Mystery Men Productions.
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Parlor Music with Fiddle & Bow (2020): guests gathered to enjoy a romantic concert in Cupid's Park Theatre by Fred and Mary, a husband and wife duo who play traditional Celtic music.
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Historical Herbs & Flowers (2021): Guests gathered for a hands-on workshop with experts from the Paul J. Ciener Botanical Garden an discovered the applications and sources of herbs and flowers from the Victorian era while on a guided tour of the house, made their own tussie-mussies, and sachets.
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Plen Air Painting (2021): Guests gathered for a hands-on workshop on how to use watercolor painting in the great out of doors.
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Coffee Culture (2022): Guests gathered for a presentation on the historical origins of coffee and a tasting in collaboration with Savage Roasters Coffee.
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Halloween Mystery Masquerade (2022): Provided with new identities, back stories, and 'deadly weapons,' guests gathered to solve the mystery of a missing industrialist and his fortune.
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Still Life Drawing (2022): Guests gathered with art instructor Gretchen Siebert to learn how to set up a 2D still life composition, using artifacts from the Körner's Folly collection as inspiration.
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Folly Flower Show (2023 & 2024): Guests toured Körner's Folly with an extra layer of ornamentation provided by creative floral arrangements by local designers in each of the historic home's 22 rooms.
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Spirited Halloween Ball (2023): Guests visited in fantastic costume for a theatrical and educational reenactment of a 1900s era seance, along with a popup art exhibit, a book signing, and aura photography, and refreshments.
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Jazz Club (2024): Guests dressed in 1920s attire for a special collaboration with the Winston-Salem Symphony, who brought the Körner family's original jazz records from the 1920s and 30s to life with cocktails by Prohibition-era cocktails by Breathe Lounge.
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What was your favorite Victorian Parlor Series program and why?
What else would you like to explore in Körner's Folly's Victorian Parlor Series?
What could staff do to make programs more interesting, interactive, and/or accessible?
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