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Museum Association of New York Conference Call for Proposals

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MANY 2024 ConferenceThe Museum Association of New York (MANY) is seeking proposals for conference sessions, workshops, panel discussions, facilitated discussions, and peer-to-peer learning experiences that focus on their 2024 conference theme, Giving Voice to Value.

Museum professionals from across the state are expected to attend the conference on April 6-9, 2004 in Albany, NY to discuss the proposition that it is time to look at new ways to communicate their value to stakeholders, funders, legislators, visitors, and communities. [Read more…] about Museum Association of New York Conference Call for Proposals

Poet-Boxer Arthur Cravan: The Man Who Shocked Greenwich Village

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Arthur Cravan, c. 1916.The first annual exhibition of the Society of Independent Artists opened at Manhattan’s Grand Central Palace on the evening of April 10, 1917. Thousands of guests gathered to celebrate what was to be the largest art show ever held in New York. The momentous occasion took place in an atmosphere of growing political tension as it coincided with America’s entry into the First World War.

In spite of these circumstances, there was a single figure who attracted widespread attention. Known by his adopted name of Arthur Cravan, he had been invited to deliver a lecture on “The Independent Artists in France and America.” His outrageous behavior shocked New York’s artistic elite. [Read more…] about Poet-Boxer Arthur Cravan: The Man Who Shocked Greenwich Village

Brooklyn Children’s Book Fair Set for November 12th

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Brooklyn Museum Childrens Book FairThe Brooklyn Museum’s annual Brooklyn Children’s Book Fair will be held on Sunday, November 12, from 11 am to 3:30 pm. This year is the largest in the fair’s history, bringing together 41 Brooklyn authors and illustrators to share their latest books. [Read more…] about Brooklyn Children’s Book Fair Set for November 12th

Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts Virtual Programming Returns

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Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts Back in Blue Online Series 2022-24The Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts (ALCA) has announced the return of its virtual programming with the 2023-2024 lineup of Back in Blue: The Online Series! From November through February, video recordings of performances from the Arts Center’s 2023 season will become available to view on ALCA’s YouTube Channel. [Read more…] about Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts Virtual Programming Returns

Halloween Events at Historic Huguenot Street

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Haunted Huguenot Street 2023The beloved community tradition of Trick-or-Treat on Huguenot Street returns to New Paltz, Tuesday, October 31st from 3:30 – 5:30 pm. Children and families are welcome to gather on Huguenot Street and seek goodies from the residents of the historic homes, both past and present.

This event is free and open to the public. [Read more…] about Halloween Events at Historic Huguenot Street

Vermont Historical Society’s Creepy Doll Week is Back

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Creepy Doll WeekThey’re baaaack! The Vermont Historical Society’s Creepy Doll Week is back for another year. The Historical Society has selected a handful of dolls from their collection and placed them into a bracket. Their followers can vote on which dolls they think are the creepiest, which culminates in the reveal of a winner on Halloween. [Read more…] about Vermont Historical Society’s Creepy Doll Week is Back

Rediscovered Black Potter Thomas W. Commeraw

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Thomas W. Commeraw stonewareThe pottery of Thomas W. Commeraw, a stoneware manufacturer working in the city of New York during 1797-1819, has been acquired by American museums since the early twentieth century.

Always assumed to be a white potter of European descent, Commeraw’s remarkable life story languished in obscurity until a chance encounter with a census record sent collector, auctioneer and author Brandt Zipp on a long journey to bring it to light. [Read more…] about Rediscovered Black Potter Thomas W. Commeraw

‘The Winter Show’ Celebrating 70 Years Showing Fine and Decorative Arts

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The Winter Show photo by Simon CherryThe Winter Show’s 2024 edition brings together over 65 dealers in the fine and decorative arts, presenting museum-quality works from around the world, spanning 5,000 years from antiquity to today. [Read more…] about ‘The Winter Show’ Celebrating 70 Years Showing Fine and Decorative Arts

Ironweed Public Reading to Celebrate Novel’s 40th Anniversary

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Ironweed Novel by William Kennedy (1983)A marathon public reading of Ironweed by Albany’s William Kennedy, which won the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction and put the author’s hometown on the literary map, will begin at noon and continue through 8 pm on Wednesday, November 1 to mark the 40th anniversary of the novel’s publication in 1983. [Read more…] about Ironweed Public Reading to Celebrate Novel’s 40th Anniversary