Mabee Farm Historic Site

Mabee Farm to Fork Celebrates Agricultural History Saturday

September 21, 2016 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

The Schenectady County Historical Society and the Electric City Food Co-op are teaming up to host an evening of local food tastings and live jazz (featuring Roben Kosek Jazz & Blues) inside Mabee Farm’s historic Dutch Barn, on Saturday, September 24th.

Mabee Farm to Fork will be held from 5 – 8 pm. Tickets are $25 per person and will include local food tastings prepared by chef Christopher Marney. A cash bar will be available for alcoholic drinks. [Read more…] about Mabee Farm to Fork Celebrates Agricultural History Saturday

Mabee Farm to Fork Celebrates Agricultural Traditions

August 19, 2016 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Mabee Farm to Fork will be held on Saturday, September 24, from 5 – 8 pm. Tickets are $25 per person and will include local food tastings prepared by chef Christopher Marney. A cash bar will be available for alcoholic drinks. [Read more…] about Mabee Farm to Fork Celebrates Agricultural Traditions

Mabee Farm’s Civil War Living History Day June 27th

June 15, 2015 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

On June 27th the Mabee Farm Historic Site will present Civil War Living History Day from 10 am to 4 pm. Living history educators, historians, and musicians from across New York and beyond will be on hand to recall one of the tumultuous moments in American history.

The event will feature education and family entertainment including living history demonstrations of military life, a children’s military muster, the exhibit “Witness to Assassination: President Lincoln’s Death and the Schenectady Connection,” and a musical performance by the 77th New York Regimental Balladeers. [Read more…] about Mabee Farm’s Civil War Living History Day June 27th

Folk Singer Dave Ruch On “The Historians” Podcast

June 12, 2015 by Bob Cudmore 2 Comments

This week “The Historians” podcast features an interview with performer and teaching artist Dave Ruch from Buffalo. Ruch will perform traditional and historical songs of New York State at 7 p.m. on Saturday June 13 at the Mabee Farm Historic Site on Route 5-S in Rotterdam Junction, N.Y. The Radio Rounders will entertain as well. The event features beer, wine and snacks and is sponsored by the Schenectady County Historical Society. Listen online here.
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Schenectady Celtic Heritage Day June 6th

May 27, 2015 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

The Sixth Annual Schenectady Celtic Heritage Day, presented by a partnership of the Schenectady County Historical Society and the Schenectady Ancient Order of Hibernians, will be held at the Mabee Farm Historic Site in Rotterdam Junction on June 6, 2015 from 11 am to 7 pm.

This year’s event brings live music from regional Celtic favorite Triskele, as well as Dublin Train Wreck, and the Fiddler’s Tour plus Celtic dance performances by the Braemor Highland Dancers and the Farrell School of Irish Dance. [Read more…] about Schenectady Celtic Heritage Day June 6th

19th Century Insane Asylums Lecture Planned

April 28, 2015 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Michael T. Keene, author of Mad House: The Hidden History Of Insane Asylums In 19th Century New York, will discuss his book, which draws on hospital archives, private letters, and newspaper accounts, on May 16th at the Mabee Farm in Rotterdam Junction.

Michael Keene is the author of Folklore and Legends of Rochester, Murder, Mayhem and Madness, Mad House, and Question of Sanity. [Read more…] about 19th Century Insane Asylums Lecture Planned

Kurt Vonnegut in Schenectady Talk Saturday

April 9, 2015 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Kurt Vonnegut, the renowned author of Slaughterhouse-Five, Breakfast of Champions, and Cat’s Cradle, spent an important part of his life in Schenectady. The region influenced his work, and Schenectady appears as the setting for many of his stories, including the novel Player Piano.

K.A. Laity will discuss Vonnegut’s time in Schenectady – as a PR man for General Electric, and as a volunteer fire fighter – and the region’s legacy in his work on Saturday, April 11th at 2 pm at Mabee Farm Historic Site in Rotterdam Junction. The vent is part of the “It Came From Schenectady: Science Fiction in the Capital Region” exhibit series. [Read more…] about Kurt Vonnegut in Schenectady Talk Saturday

The Erie Canal And Immigration

February 18, 2015 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

Historian Craig Williams will present a program entitled “The Impact of the Erie Canal on Immigration to Schenectady” at Mabee Farm Historic Site in Rotterdam Junction on Saturday, February 28, 2015 at 2 pm.

With the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825, some Schenectadians falsely believed that users of the canal would bypass the city without stopping. Instead, the Erie Canal brought Schenectady and other cities across New York State waves of new settlers, immigrants, and workers. The Erie Canal attracted new communities from foreign lands to Schenectady, helping to establish its ethnically diverse heritage. [Read more…] about The Erie Canal And Immigration

Mabee Farm’s Howlin’ At The Moon Concert Series

January 26, 2015 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

The Schenectady County Historical Society will present its seventh season of the Howlin’ at the Moon concert series at Mabee Farm Historic Site in Rotterdam Junction, NY, just west of Schenectady.

The 2015 season includes 12 scheduled evenings of live music, featuring regional folk and bluegrass artists events – one each month on the Full Moon. [Read more…] about Mabee Farm’s Howlin’ At The Moon Concert Series

Ellen McHale On Changing Mohawk Valley Demographics

November 28, 2014 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

What are the dynamics of cultural equity and how does a community encourage its own cultural arts? Ellen McHale, Executive Director of the New York Folklore Society, will speak about the 21st century demographics of Schenectady and the Mohawk Valley and will provide some thoughts towards a culturally inclusive community on December 13th, at the Mabee Farm historic Site. [Read more…] about Ellen McHale On Changing Mohawk Valley Demographics