History, Natural History & the Arts
Collecting tools and household wares associated with 19th century hop farming has been a hobby of Al Bullard and Dot Willsey for decades.
Bullard and Willsey will share and demonstrate items of their collections as part of the 25th Annual Madison County Hop Fest in Oneida on Saturday, September 18th. [Read more…] about 19th Century Hops Collections at Madison County Hop Fest
Adirondack Experience, the Museum on Blue Mountain Lake, (ADKX) will host two family-friendly fall festivals to close out the 2021 season. [Read more…] about Adirondack Experience Offering Two Fall Festivals
John Brown Lives! and Grand Adirondack Hotel will present the 7th annual Blues at Timbuctoo featuring Jerry Dugger; Karl Schwarz; Split Rock Ramblers; Soul Sky Duo with Mark Emanatian and Jeremy Walz on Saturday, September 19th, from noon to 5 pm. [Read more…] about ‘Blues at Timbuctoo’ Music Event At John Brown Farm Sunday
Champlain Area Trails (CATS) will host a Grand Opening Celebration for the Essex Quarry Nature Preserve on Saturday, September 18th. [Read more…] about Essex Quarry Nature Preserve Grand Opening Set For Sept 18th
The 25th Annual Madison County Hop Fest is set for Saturday, September 18th and will feature Senator Rachel May (NYS District 53), who will describe the tax credit for the rehabilitation of historic barns bill introduced in the New York State Senate (S.6042) by Senator Michelle Hinchey of Saugerties on March 31st, and by Assemblymember Didi Barrett (A.6947) from Hudson on April 14th. [Read more…] about Hop Houses, Barn Tax Credit Focus of Madison Co Hop Fest
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Madison County Hop Fest volunteers who have raised awareness of the agricultural hop houses have called the region of New York State that raised hops “The MMOOOSCH Country” to recognize the counties of Madison, Montgomery, Oneida, Onondaga, Otsego, Schoharie, Chenango, and Herkimer, which produced most of the hops exported from the United States in the 19th Century.
With regard to these counties, the Hop Heritage programs for the 25th Annual Madison County Hop Fest will present programs on hop houses at 11 am, 12:30 pm, and 1 pm on Saturday, September 18th at the Oneida Public Library. [Read more…] about Hop House Programs at 25th Annual Madison County Hop Fest
The 1816 Farmington Meetinghouse in Farmington will host “Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: Poet, Activist, Reformer,” a program set for Sunday, September 26th, at Sonnenberg Gardens in Canandaigua, Ontario County, NY. [Read more…] about Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: Poet, Activist, Reformer
The Lake George Arts Project’s Jazz at the Lake, featuring a weekend of musical performances, is set to return from September 17th through 19th at Shepard Park in Lake George. [Read more…] about Lake George ‘Jazz at the Lake’ Returns Sept 17-19