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Newburgh Barbershop: Shaping Community

March 28, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Cross Cutters barbershop Newburgh Barbershops: Shaping Community is set to open at the Newburgh Community Photo Project on Sunday, March 31, showcasing photography and interviews that celebrate nine barbershops and their role as social and community anchors for Newburgh, NY.

An opening reception is set for March 31st from 5 to 7 pm. The exhibit will run through June 1st, and will be open on Saturdays from noon to 6 pm, or by appointment. [Read more…] about Newburgh Barbershop: Shaping Community

Filed Under: Events, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Black History, Newburgh, Photography

19th Century Hudson River, New England Travel Diaries Published

March 24, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

majestic nature of the northThe new book The Majestic Nature of the North: Thomas Kelah Wharton’s Journeys in Antebellum America through the Hudson River Valley and New England (SUNY Press, 2019), edited by Steven A. Walton and Michael J. Armstrong, features the travel diaries of nineteenth-century artist, educator, and architect Thomas Kelah Wharton, documenting his trips in the lower Hudson River Valley and New Orleans to Boston and back. [Read more…] about 19th Century Hudson River, New England Travel Diaries Published

Filed Under: Books, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Book Notices, Books, Hudson River, Hudson River Valley, Steamboating, Thomas Cole National Historic Site, Transportation History, Washington Irving, West Point

Gravestone Care Program in Sullivan County

March 19, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

revolutionary war grave Gravestone and Cemetery Care, an instructional program by Marianne Greenfield of Gravestone Cleaning Service, Delhi, has been set for Sunday, March 24th at 1 pm at the Time and the Valleys Museum on St. Rt. 55 in Grahamsville, Sullivan County. [Read more…] about Gravestone Care Program in Sullivan County

Filed Under: Events, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Cemeteries, Genealogy, Historic Preservation, Time and the Valleys Museum

Heritage Gardening Program at Sullivan Co Museum

March 3, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

local gardening in the 1930sHeritage vs. Heirloom Gardening, a talk by horticulturist Diana K. Weiner has been set for Sunday, March 10th at 2 pm, at the Time and the Valleys Museum on St. Rt. 55 in Grahamsville, Sullivan County. [Read more…] about Heritage Gardening Program at Sullivan Co Museum

Filed Under: Events, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Agricultural History, Gardens - Landscape Architecture, local farms, Time and the Valleys Museum

Cartographic Visions of New Netherland

February 26, 2019 by Editorial Staff 2 Comments

new amsterdam mapThe New Amsterdam History Center’s Lecture Series, in the City of New York, is set to continue on Wednesday, March 20th, with Cartographic Visions of New Netherland & New Amsterdam: Depictions of Resources and Peoples, led by Ian Fowler, Curator and Geospatial Librarian for the Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division at the New York Public Library.

[Read more…] about Cartographic Visions of New Netherland

Filed Under: Events, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, New York City Tagged With: New Amsterdam, New Netherland, New York City

‘Day of History’ Funded Columbia County 4th Graders

February 19, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

4th Grade Students Tour the Luykas Van Alen House in a Day of HistoryThe Martin Van Buren homestead, Lindenwald, a National Park Service Historic Site, and the Columbia County Historical Society have announced an all-expenses paid ‘Day of History’ partnership during Spring and Fall 2019 for all the students of Columbia County to the CCHS Rural Properties: 1737 Luykas Van Alen House and c.1850 Ichabod Crane Schoolhouse; and to the residence of the 8th U.S. President, Lindenwald, the Martin Van Buren National Historic Site. [Read more…] about ‘Day of History’ Funded Columbia County 4th Graders

Filed Under: Events, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Columbia County, Columbia County Historical Society, Education, Martin Van Buren NHS, Social Studies

Catskill Creek: Exhibition Illuminates Hudson River School

February 7, 2019 by Editorial Staff 14 Comments

Catskill Creek by Thomas ColeThe Thomas Cole National Historic Site has announced the new exhibit “Thomas Cole’s Refrain: The Paintings of Catskill Creek” will be on view from May 4th to November 3rd, 2019.

The exhibition tells the story of Cole’s discovery of Catskill Creek, with its Catskill Mountain background, and his ever deepening attachment to it over the course of eighteen years. [Read more…] about Catskill Creek: Exhibition Illuminates Hudson River School

Filed Under: History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, New Exhibits Tagged With: Hudson River School, Thomas Cole National Historic Site

The Indestructible Man Book Talk Set

January 13, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

mt beacon tragedyThe true and tragic story of an American Navy pilot who survived battles of World War II only to meet his fate just after the war ended in a plane crash on Mount Beacon in Dutchess County, will be the topic of a talk on Saturday, January 19th, at 2 pm, at the Little Red Schoolhouse, 297 Locust Avenue, in Cortlandt Manor, NY.

This event is open free to the public. [Read more…] about The Indestructible Man Book Talk Set

Filed Under: Books, Events, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Books, Mount Beacon, Westchester County, World War Two

Early American Portraits Lecture Planned In Kinderhook

January 9, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Early American/Columbia County Portraits from the permanent collection of the CCHSThe Columbia County Historical Society (CCHS) has announced an illustrated lecture, “Early American Portraits,” led by Gayle Skluzacek, set for Saturday, January 19th, from 4:30 to 6:30 pm, at Van Buren Hall in Kinderhook.

Early American and Columbia County Portrait Paintings are the theme of this two-part Winter Lecture Series. The first lecture will explore Early American portraiture, focusing on the East Coast, including Philadelphia, New York and Boston. Post-lecture, all attendees are invited to the James Vanderpoel ‘House of History’ for wine or other beverages. [Read more…] about Early American Portraits Lecture Planned In Kinderhook

Filed Under: Events, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Art History, Columbia County, Columbia County Historical Society, Cultural History, Kinderhook, Material Culture

Free Field Trip Admissions at Sullivan Co Museum

January 8, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Town of Neversink students enjoying the activities in the Tunnel Toil and Trouble exhibitionA Community Foundation of Orange and Sullivan $2,000 Make a Difference Grant helps funds field trips for qualified schools in Sullivan County to visit the Time and the Valleys Museum.

The Museum currently offers two interactive and engaging field trip programs which fit into the global water unit, water cycle and other standards in the NYS Common Core curriculum for most grade levels. [Read more…] about Free Field Trip Admissions at Sullivan Co Museum

Filed Under: History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Education, Grants, Sullivan County, Time and the Valleys Museum

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