History, Natural History & the Arts
The Southampton History Museum has announced THAWfest, a local food and history weekend, set or Saturday and Sunday, March 23-24, 2019.
As part of THAWfest, Amagansett Food Institute and the Southampton History Museum will co-host a hands-on workshop with Chef Jack Formica, who will focus on foods regionally available, with a particular emphasis on living/raw foods. [Read more…] about Local Food & History Weekend At Southampton History Museum
The Annual Long Island Apple Festival will be held on Sunday, September 24th, from 11 am to 4:30 pm at the Sherwood-Jayne Farm, 55 Old Post Road, in East Setauket.
The 18th century Sherwood-Jayne Farm retains its original apple orchard, where some of the trees are over 100 years old. [Read more…] about Long Island Apple Festival Sunday Sept 24th
The Senate House State Historic Site will celebrate maple season on Saturday April 8, 2017 from 11 am – 3 pm.
Activities include boiling maple sap to syrup, making jack wax candy, baking molasses cornbread and waffles over an open fire, hewing a log into a trough and making wooden buckets and spiles which were used to collect the sap. The First Ulster Militia will re-enact a raid on the sugar bush. Mark Rust will perform traditional 18th century music on a variety of musical instruments including banjo, violin, guitar and spoons. [Read more…] about Senate House State Historic Site Sugaring Off Party