The Jay Heritage Center (JHC) has announced the opening of the newly revitalized Jay Estate Gardens, an expansive, educational, green space where American history, sustainability, and diverse cultural narratives all converge. [Read more…] about Jay Heritage Center Opens Revitalized Gardens
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The Making of “Dickinson” at the Jay Estate (Virtual Program)
The Jay Heritage Center will host a virtual conversation about the making of the Apple TV+ historical comedy Dickinson, which filmed for more than two months at the Jay Estate last year, on April 6th. [Read more…] about The Making of “Dickinson” at the Jay Estate (Virtual Program)
Our First Civil War: Patriots and Loyalists (Virtual Program)
The Jay Heritage Center (JHC) will welcome best-selling historian and two-time Pulitzer finalist H.W. Brands on Thursday, March 24th, for a free virtual conversation about his new book, Our First Civil War: Patriots and Loyalists in the American Revolution(Doubleday, 2021). [Read more…] about Our First Civil War: Patriots and Loyalists (Virtual Program)
Police Violence & Black Rebellion Since the 1960s (Virtual Program)
In America on Fire: The Untold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellion Since the 1960s (Liveright, 2021) Dr. Elizabeth Hinton puts the protests over the killing of George Floyd in the summer of 2020 into historical context.
Hinton argues that “the events of 2020 had clear precursors and any attempt to understand our current crisis requires a reckoning with the recent past.” The book makes the case that Black rebellion “was born in response to poverty and exclusion, but most immediately in reaction to police violence.” [Read more…] about Police Violence & Black Rebellion Since the 1960s (Virtual Program)
Jay Heritage Center Celebrating 30 Years
This year marks the 30-year anniversary of Jay Heritage Center, in Rye, Westchester County.
In 1992 the non-profit began executing their plan to transform the historic buildings and grounds of the landmark Jay Estate into a public park. [Read more…] about Jay Heritage Center Celebrating 30 Years
TV Show “Dickinson” Films at Jay Heritage Center
This past winter, an Apple TV+ film crew from the historical comedy “Dickinson” turned the Jay Meadow at the Jay Heritage Center in Rye, NY, into a Civil War battlefield.
The show, which stars Academy Award nominee Hailee Steinfeld as poet Emily Dickinson, spent more than two months filming around the Jay Estate for its third and final season, which is streaming now on Apple TV+. [Read more…] about TV Show “Dickinson” Films at Jay Heritage Center
Jay Heritage Gifted Portrait of Peter Augustus Jay
The Jay Heritage Center has announced the donation of a painting of Peter Augustus Jay, the eldest son of jurist John Jay.
Executed by leading 19th century American portraitist John Wesley Jarvis, the artwork was given by the children of Jay “Peter” Pierrepont Moffat, Jr., in honor of their father and their mother Pamela Dawson Moffat. The painting was passed down through the Jay family over the generations. [Read more…] about Jay Heritage Gifted Portrait of Peter Augustus Jay
Jay Heritage Center Hosting Clean Water Forum
The Jay Heritage Center will host Save the Sound’s Water Quality and Ecological Restoration teams for an in-person forum on water quality, stormwater management, and river, marsh, and coastal restoration opportunities in Rye, New York, on Wednesday, June 30, from 3 to 6 pm. [Read more…] about Jay Heritage Center Hosting Clean Water Forum
Jay Heritage Hosting Elizabeth Kolbert, Henry Fountain
The Jay Heritage Center is set to host Elizabeth Kolbert and Henry Fountain for a virtual discussion of Kolbert’s new book, Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future (Crown, 2021) on Tuesday, May 18th. [Read more…] about Jay Heritage Hosting Elizabeth Kolbert, Henry Fountain
Pulitzer Prize-Winner Thomas E. Ricks (Virtual Event)
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tom Ricks is set to discuss his new book, First Principles: What America’s Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country, in which he offers lessons for our fraught political moment, on February 23rd at 6 pm. [Read more…] about Pulitzer Prize-Winner Thomas E. Ricks (Virtual Event)