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King Philip’s War & Violence Talk in Albany

February 20, 2020 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

memory lanes bookKing Philip’s War (also known by other names) took place in 1675–1678, mostly between native inhabitants of New England and New England Colonists.

The conflict was one of the greatest calamities of seventeenth century New England and extraordinarily violent. For example, after being defeated, native leader Metacomet was killed, his corpse beheaded, and then drawn and quartered – his head was displayed in Plymouth for more than 20 years. His son was among those enslaved and transported to Bermuda. [Read more…] about King Philip’s War & Violence Talk in Albany

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, Events, History Tagged With: Albany, Books, Military History, SUNY Albany

Capital District Genealogical Conference Set for May

February 13, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Capital District Genealogical SocietyThe Capital District Genealogical Society has announced their 2020 Conference, set for Saturday, May 30th, at The Desmond Hotel in Albany.

Judy Russell will be the Keynote Speaker on the subject “After The Courthouse Burns: Rekindling Family History through DNA.” Catastrophic records loss due to fires and disasters at courthouses is a fact of life for genealogists. When a disaster takes out birth, marriage, death, court, land and probate records all in one fell swoop, it may still be possible to light our family’s research fires — to rekindle our interest in our ancestral roots — using DNA evidence. [Read more…] about Capital District Genealogical Conference Set for May

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Albany, Conferences, Genealogy

Romantics to Ragtime Concert at Ten Broeck

February 13, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Ten Broeck MansionThe Ten Broeck Mansion, home of the Albany County Historical Association (ACHA), has announced “Romantics to Ragtime: A Celebration of Song, Poetry and Art,” a concert set for Saturday, February 15th from 1:30 to 2:30 pm. The concert, exploring the culture of the 1820s-1920s, features the music of Stephen Foster, Amy Beach and Scott Joplin, and Spirituals. [Read more…] about Romantics to Ragtime Concert at Ten Broeck

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Albany, Albany County Historical Association, concert, Music, Ten Broeck Mansion

Weeksville Heritage Director Keynoting Museums Conference

February 6, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

power of partnership conferenceRobert Fields has been named Keynote Speaker for the Museum Association of New York: The Power of Partnership Conference, set for March 29th-31st, in Albany. Fields’ keynote is set for 9 am on Tuesday, March 31st.

Fields is the President & Executive Director of Weeksville Heritage Center, an historic house museum in Brooklyn dedicated to keeping the history of one of the largest free black communities in pre-Civil War America relevant and resonant for contemporary audiences. [Read more…] about Weeksville Heritage Director Keynoting Museums Conference

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Albany, Conferences, MANY, Museum Association of New York

WWI Vet, Belgian Painter Edward Buyck in NY

January 26, 2020 by Maury Thompson 6 Comments

NYS governor charles poletti by Edward Pierre Buyck Royal Academy of Belgium artist Edward P. Buyck de Morkhoven, known for his portraits of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and other prominent politicians, lived in upstate New York for much of his adult life.

Buyck, also was known for his painting of race horses, landscapes and historical settings. At the time of his death in 1960, his painting of an old-time Albany scene at the corner of State and Pearl streets, still hung at the Munger-DeWitt Clinton Hotel in Albany. [Read more…] about WWI Vet, Belgian Painter Edward Buyck in NY

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Albany, Art History, World War One

Recycled & Refashioned: The Art of Ruby Silvious

January 23, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Hay Bales by Ruby SilviousFor the past five years, Ruby Silvious has been painting and drawing on tea bags that have been steeped in hot water, emptied, and dried. The stained paper (and occasionally cloth) of the tea bags offers a distinctive canvas for her miniature paintings, which present a visual journal of her life and travels — a watercolor of breakfast or flowers encountered on a walk, a street scene of a French town, or a museum gallery and its art-loving crowds. [Read more…] about Recycled & Refashioned: The Art of Ruby Silvious

Filed Under: History, New Exhibits Tagged With: Albany, Albany Institute For History and Art, Art Exhibit

Teaching Black History Through Theatre

January 19, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Walter Simpkins and Donald HymanThe Albany Institute of History & Art is set to host a special program in honor of Black History Month entitled “Teaching Black History through Theater,” on Saturday, February 1st, at 2 pm.

Re-enactors Donald Hyman, Penny Meacham, Walter Simpkins, and Clifford Oliver will portray prominent local and national African Americans including Judge James C. Matthews, Sojourner Truth, Moses Viney, and Solomon Northrup. Each presenter will provide insight into how theatrical performances and re-enactments help tell the often unknown stories of important historical figures. There will also be a time for Q&A with event attendees. [Read more…] about Teaching Black History Through Theatre

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: African American History, Albany, Albany Institute For History and Art, Black History

Albany Institute Free On MLK Day

January 17, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Albany institute of history and artThe Albany Institute of History & Art has announced they will offer free admission to the galleries on Monday, January 20, 2020 from 10 am to 5 pm.

Current exhibitions include: A Brilliant Bit of Color: The Work of Walter Launt Palmer; Painting the American Southwest: The Work of Otto Plaug; Joan Steiner’s Look-Alikes; The Hudson River School: Landscape Paintings from the Albany Institute; Ancient Egypt; and Traders & Culture: Albany and the Formation of American Identity. [Read more…] about Albany Institute Free On MLK Day

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, Events, History Tagged With: Albany, Albany Institute For History and Art

Toni Morrison Tribute Starting NYS Writers Institute Season

January 17, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

toni morrison at writers instituteThe NYS Writers Institute is set to hosts A Tribute to Toni Morrison on Friday, January 24, at 7 pm, at Page Hall on the UAlbany downtown campus, 135 Western Avenue, Albany.

The event will include a screening of the 2019 documentary The Pieces I Am and a panel discussion about her life and legacy. [Read more…] about Toni Morrison Tribute Starting NYS Writers Institute Season

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Albany, NYS Writers Institute, SUNY Albany

Historic Waterways Focus of Special Albany Lecture

January 14, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Erie Canal Lock in Albany in 1893The Albany Institute of History & Art is set to host “What is a Waterway Anyway?” with guest speaker Daniel Rinn, PhD candidate at the University of Rochester, on Sunday, January 19th, at 2 pm. This lecture is included with museum admission and part of the New York tour of the Water/Ways exhibition that is currently on view at the Hudson River Maritime Museum in Kingston, New York (January 11-February 23, 2020). [Read more…] about Historic Waterways Focus of Special Albany Lecture

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, Events, History, Mohawk Valley, Nature, Western NY Tagged With: Albany, Albany Institute of History & Art, Environmental History, Erie Canal, Hudson River, Transportation History

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