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Council-Sponsored Events in New York State
Experience the humanities in action - take in an exhibition, attend a lecture series, or join a discussion group this month! The events listed here are either presented by the Council or by organizations that have been awarded Council grants or Speakers in the Humanities funding; all are open to the public. Please note that times and venues may change. Please contact the sponsoring organization to confirm event details.
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| May 21 2013 | Great Neck | Ciudad y Suburbia: The Changing Nature of Latino Immigration | More > |
| May 22 2013 | Roslyn | Behind the Bright Lights: The Great Broadway Theaters | More > |
| May 22 2013 | Honeoye Falls | Lincoln on the Civil War: Fourth Discussion | More > |
| May 22 2013 | Ontario | The Need for Civility in Contentious Times | More > |
| May 22 2013 | Elmont | Political Humor: A Look Back - Anger Mixed with Mirth | More > |
| May 22 2013 | Rochester | Serving: Second Discussion | More > |
| May 23 2013 | Weedsport | The War of 1812: Songs and Stories from New York and Beyond | More > |
| May 23 2013 | Rochester | Dialogue: PROFILED - RACE IN CIVIC CIRCLES Series: Race and Education- Primary/Secondary | More > |
| May 23 2013 | Lockport | The War of 1812 in Niagara County, NY | More > |
| May 23 2013 | Fort Montgomery | Understanding Past Native American Cultures in the Hudson Valley Through Archaeology | More > |
| May 23 2013 | Forest Hills | Serving: Third Discussion | More > |
| May 23 2013 | Flushing | Growing & Aging: Discussion 5 | More > |
| May 24 2013 | Rochester | Film and Dialogue: Strange Fruit | More > |
| May 24 2013 | NYC | Roman Warfare Adrian Goldsworthy, Historian and Author | More > |
| May 25 2013 | Hempstead | Serving: Third Discussion | More > |
| May 26 2013 | Stony Brook | America's Nine First Ladies From New York State | More > |
| May 28 2013 | Bethpage | Brooklyn Bridge Forever: A Monument in Stone and Steel | More > |
| May 28 2013 | Esperance | Serving: Third Discussion | More > |
| May 29 2013 | Sackets Harbor | Archeology and the Second Battle of Sackets Harbor: Why the Militia Deserves Its Due | More > |
| May 29 2013 | Geneva | The World Split Open: Global Women's Fiction and Memoir: Third Discussion | More > |
| May 29 2013 | Rochester | Serving: Third Discussion | More > |
| May 30 2013 | Brightwaters | Robert Moses and His Long Island Legacy | More > |
| May 30 2013 | Lake Placid | Common Threads: Adirondack Quilts Tell Their Stories | More > |
| May 31 2013 | NYC | Allied Master Strategists: The Combined Chiefs of Staff in World War II David Rigby Author | More > |
| Jun 1 2013 | New Paltz | In the Good Old Colony Days: Songs of Early America | More > |
| Jun 1 2013 | Bronx | Healing Through Plant Medicines and Foods What We Can Learn from Different Cultures | More > |
| Jun 2 2013 | Yonkers | In the Good Old Colony Days: Songs of Early America | More > |
| Jun 2 2013 | Quogue | Grand Central Terminal: 100 Years of a New York Landmark | More > |
| Jun 3 2013 | Rochester | The Hornet's Nest: Love-Lies-Bleeding by Don DeLillo | More > |
| Jun 5 2013 | Honeoye Falls | Lincoln on the Civil War: Fifth Discussion | More > |
| Jun 5 2013 | Rochester | Serving: Fourth Discussion | More > |
| Jun 6 2013 | Scarsdale | Warrior Mother Spirit as Lady Liberty: A Native American Perspective | More > |
| Jun 6 2013 | New York | "Voices of the Future" Panel Discussion | More > |
| Jun 6 2013 | Buffalo | Serving: Fifth Discussion | More > |
| Jun 6 2013 | Lake Placid | The Stedman and Moses Collection of Historic Photographs Opening Reception | More > |
| Jun 7 2013 | West Nyack | The Immigrant Saga: A Memoir of the Lower East Side & Early Jewish American Writers | More > |
| Jun 7 2013 | Seneca Falls | "Your" County, Town or Village in World History Perspective | More > |
| Jun 7 2013 | Hudson | On the Waterfront and the Hollywood Blacklist | More > |
| Jun 7 2013 | Ithaca | "Curating the Cornell Hip Hop Collection" | More > |
| Jun 8 2013 | Hempstead | Serving: Fourth Discussion | More > |
| Jun 8 2013 | Peterboro | What It Means to be Colored: The Freedom Journey | More > |
| Jun 8 2013 | Peterboro | Local Persons (Madison County) Who Served at the Battle of Gettysburg | More > |
| Jun 8 2013 | Peterboro | President Lincoln Presents His Gettysburg Address | More > |
| Jun 9 2013 | Flushing | Growing & Aging: Discussion 4 | More > |
| Jun 12 2013 | Kingston | Of Time and the River: Songs of the Historic Hudson | More > |
| Jun 12 2013 | Rochester | Serving: Fifth Discussion | More > |
| Jun 13 2013 | Scarsdale | Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Second Bill of Rights | More > |
| Jun 13 2013 | Massapequa Park | Political Humor: A Look Back - Anger Mixed with Mirth | More > |
| Jun 13 2013 | Amherst | Working: Fifth Discussion | More > |
| Jun 13 2013 | Clinton | Whose Land is it, Anyway? | More > |
| Jun 14 2013 | Rochester | Dialogue: PROFILED - RACE IN CIVIC CIRCLES Series: Race and Education - Higher Education | More > |
| Jun 14 2013 | NYC | The End of War? John Horgan Stevens Institute of Technology | More > |
| Jun 14 2013 | Corning | The Mexican Muralist Movement and the American Artists It Influenced | More > |
| Jun 15 2013 | South Ozone Park | The Masks of Venice and Carnevale | More > |
| Jun 15 2013 | Seneca Falls | Muslim Journeys: Fifth Discussion | More > |
| Jun 17 2013 | Cincinnatus | North Star Shining: New York State's Freedom Trail -- An Illustrated Journey Along the Underground Railroad | More > |
| Jun 18 2013 | Esperance | More > | |
| Jun 19 2013 | Sodus Point | The War of 1812: Songs and Stories from New York and Beyond | More > |
| Jun 19 2013 | Rochester | Serving:Sixth Discussion | More > |
| Jun 19 2013 | New York | Wild Things and Other Taboos: The Revolutionary Work of Maurice Sendak | More > |
| Jun 20 2013 | New City | Dutch Influence on the American Kitchen and Life | More > |
| Jun 20 2013 | Forest Hills | Serving: Fourth Discussion | More > |
Exhibitions and Ongoing Events
| Oct 1 2012 Nov 30 2013 |
New York | The Counterculturalists: Towards a New Canon | More > |
| Jan 10 2013 Dec 12 2013 |
Canandaigua | City of Canandaigua Centennial Speakers Series and Forum | More > |
| Feb 9 2013 Dec 31 2014 |
Mt. Vernon | St. Paul's Church and the Civil War | More > |
| Mar 1 2013 Jun 30 2013 |
Williamsville | Little Differences: The portrayal of Children with disABILITIES throughout history | More > |
| Mar 1 2013 May 25 2013 |
Ithaca | Decay to DJ: Exploring the Roots of Hip Hop | More > |
| Mar 12 2013 Aug 12 2013 |
New York | "100 Years of Flamenco in NYC" Exhibit | More > |
| Mar 28 2013 Jun 7 2013 |
Ithaca | Hip Hop: Unbound from the Underground - An Ithaca Community Celebration of Hip Hop Culture | More > |
| Apr 10 2013 Jun 1 2013 |
New York | "After History: Alexandre Kojève as a Photographer" | More > |
| May 1 2013 Nov 30 2013 |
Howes Cave | IndianInk: Iroquois & the Art of Tattoos | More > |
| May 18 2013 Sep 8 2013 |
Bronx | Wild Medicine: Healing Plants Around the World, Featuring the Italian Renaissance Garden | More > |
| May 18 2013 Sep 8 2013 |
Bronx | Naturally Curious | More > |
| May 25 2013 May 27 2013 |
Bronx | Commedia Dell’ Arte for Children | More > |
| May 25 2013 Oct 25 2015 |
Lake Placid | Developing our History, Finding our Family: The Stedman and Moses Collection of Historic Photographs | More > |
| Jun 7 2013 Dec 30 2013 |
Granville | Exhibit Opening: Preserving a Heritage, Building a Community: The Carpatho-Rusyn People of the Slate Valley | More > |
| Jun 8 2013 Jun 9 2013 |
Peterboro | United States Colored Troops Institute Exhibit | More > |
| Jun 8 2013 Jun 9 2013 |
Hudson | "IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK..." History, Art and Dialogue about Life in a Girls’ Prison | More > |
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