Dan Greene's Storytelling at Pardee-Morris Today

Pardee Morris House

Storyteller Dan Greene

Dan Greene, artist musician and storyteller, displayed some of his works for one day only at the Pardee-Morris House today to a small crowd. His music group The Mountain Movers are internationally acclaimed staple of the music scene here in New Haven. He spoke to an NhvOrg video reporter about the story behind his artwork, which has been displayed at numerous galleries and exhibits in New Haven throughout the years. His work is our modern-day folklore.

"All the drawings are based on one story. The story is called "The Monastery of the Heavenly Forest." But it doesn't start with the Monastery and the Monastery actually isn't the Monastery at all. It starts with a place called The Last City, which is kind of falling apart. Everyone is there is called either Skyscraper Workers or Administrators. And then there's a group that finds some books and they head off across a moat to the forest and they build a monastery based on the vision of one person. But their monastary isn't based on religion. It's based on art, and productivity of art. So when they're there, they're quite happy until some problems arise. And they believe the city is getting back at them some revenge by sending in different animals and people to attack them, but it turns out there's just one villain called The Hypnotist.

Sounds from Yesterday's Event at Pardee Morris

Thanks to our smartphone field operatives, Nhv.Org is proud to present some of the audio from last night's performance at the Pardee Morris House.

As it's stated on the New Haven Museum website:


"The Pardee-Morris House, located at 325 Lighthouse Road in New Haven, is now open for the 2014 season. The Pardee-Morris House is open 12-4pm on Sundays through August 24. Admission is free.

The New Haven Museum’s Pardee-Morris House is a 6,000 sq. ft 18th-century farmhouse located on Lighthouse Road on the east shore of New Haven harbor. Built by Amos Morris around 1750, the house was burned by the British during their raid on New Haven in 1779 and rebuilt by the Morris family. It remained in that family until 1915, when it was purchased by William Pardee, a descendant of the Morris family, who hoped to make it his home. Pardee died in 1918 and willed the property, along with a small endowment, to the New Haven Museum, then known as the New Haven Colony Historical Society. Today, the Pardee-Morris House is open seasonally for events, classes and tours."


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