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Seven pale-skinned people crowd around a wooden table to our right in this horizontal painting, as several more gather around a fire in a deeply shadowed room beyond, to our left. The room we are in has high ceilings and peanut-brown walls and floor. At the center of the composition, a man dressed in mustard yellow with a yellow and burnt-orange jester’s cap stands facing us. His smiling mouth is agape, and he lifts his left arm, to our right, to gesture toward the group at the table there. His feet are widely planted, and a ceramic jug dangles from his other hand. At the table to our right, one man sits at the front, left corner of the table, leaning back in his chair as he raises his black hat high in his right hand, closer to us. His face is tipped up and his mouth is wide open. Across from him is another young man in a blue-gray jacket who wears a paper crown. With the back of the wrist closer to us planted on his hip, he tilts back his head to drink from a tall tankard held in his other hand. One young and one older woman women sit smiling among the men. The younger woman wears a navy-blue dress with a white cap covering the back of her blond hair, and the older woman is in ocean blue with a white head covering. Two more men at the table also have their mouths open and wear earth-toned clothes. A man has poked his head through a small, squared opening high on the wall above the table to our right, to look down at the group. Over the the man in the jester's hat, a gray owl sits chained to a perch driven into the wood stud that frames the wall behind the group. Bits of paper are scattered on the floor and two terracotta jugs sit gleaming in the lower right corner. A tawny cat peers out from behind the drinker’s seat. A dog with sable-brown fur lies near a low table in the lower left corner of the painting. A shallow, terracotta dish with short feet sits on the table and a brown ceramic jug, oyster shells, and a few stalks of straw sit near the dog and table. In the dimly lit room beyond this one, a man, woman, and four children gather around a fireplace. The woman holds a long-handled griddle over the flame, and she turns to look back over her shoulder. The artist signed and dated the work as if he had written on the front edge of the low table to our left: “D. TENIERS F 1635.”

12th Night: Crossroads of Constantinople

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January 4 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 pm

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To all who hear this message: You are invited to celebrate the reign of Emperor Justinian and Empress Theodora over the Eastern Roman Empire. Guests will come from as far west as the lands harried by the Visigoths, from as far east as the borders of the Persian Empire, from as far north as the Alpine mountains, and as far south as the Upper Nile, and perhaps even beyond! 

The citizens of Constantinople love to watch chariot races in the Hippodrome. Our two famous rival teams are the Blues and the Greens. At Gate, you will choose a team. You can earn points for your team by volunteering, playing games, taking classes, and more! Children are encouraged to participate in our youth activities, including crafting, remote control chariot races, and a Plague Rat Toss with two difficulty levels. A quiet room will be available for those who need it.

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A War Practice will be held at 11 am on the following day, Sunday 1/5/2025, at the home of HE Dubhghall, 6648 East 163rd Avenue, Brighton CO 80602. Don Jehan Mor will be playing his Prize fights in the North of the Kingdom for the title and station of Master of the noble and distinguished Order of Defense.

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Lianor da Costa

Admission

Adult Member: $20 pre-reg, $25 at door
Child Member 5-14: $10
Family cap $70
Adult Feast $10
Child Feast $5
Merchant $20vv

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The event will feature a competition between the chariot racing factions, the Blues and the Greens. These were more than just sports teams to the inhabitants of Constantinople.
You will choose a team at Gate, and you can earn points for your team by taking classes, volunteering, and participating in activities. Even the feasting will be a competition!

Get a head start on earning points for your team. Volunteer at Signup Genius below!

Signup Genius

Waymire Dome, Adams County Fairgrounds

9755 Henderson Rd
Brighton, Colorado 80601 + Google Map

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