Red House hopes to benefit from scheduling conflict

When the Red House Interpretive Center staff scheduled the site's first-ever festival focusing on historic arts and crafts, they didn't realize the event would be competing with the Arts Council's annual arts festival, ArtsCape. Both events will be happening Saturday, ArtsCape at Capaha Park and the Mayfest Historic Arts and Crafts Festival at the Red House; both at nearly identical times, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. for ArtsCape, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for Mayfest.

But Red House director Jane Jackson said she hopes to turn the concurrent scheduling into an advantage, encouraging people to make Saturday a complete day of arts and crafts, including the historic arts and crafts that will be featured at the Red House.

"Hopefully people will hear about both of them and go to both of them," Jackson said.

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