http://nyhumanities.org/events/rss NY Council for the Humanities Events RSS feed en http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=2851 Mar 12 2010 at 10:30 AM, Suffolk Y Jewish Community Center, 74 Hauppauge Rd, Commack, NY --- Visitors to New York, dazzled by the lights of Broadway, often overlook Broadway's other artistic and historical resource, unique to the city: the theaters themselves. With three-quarters of a century of history behind them, the forty surviving Broadway theaters stand as stunning works of art in themselves, as well as monuments to the lively history of American theater. Many were built as lavish headquarters for Broadway's great impresarios, who spared no expense in their decor. The Belasco Theater - designed for David Belasco, the self-styled "Bishop of Broadway" - boasts Tiffany glass, paneled wooden ceilings, and murals by the... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 2851 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3481 Mar 12 2010 at 7:00 PM, New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, 721 Broadway, New York, NY --- As part of Hip-Hop Theater Festival’s Humanities Series, Joe Schloss Ph.D., will join the legendary Ken Swift in a conversation about aesthetics of Breaking and Rock (two distinct forms of Hip-Hop Dance), cultural history, the need for documentation and the absence of institutional support in preserving the heritage of New York’s Hip-Hop cultural legacy. Come join us for one of the many important conversations contributing to the growing body of discourse around these important forms of urban American culture. The respondent for the evening will be Imani Johnson, Ph.D., who is a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Performance Studies... Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:46:18 -0500 nyhumanities 3481 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3199 Mar 13 2010 at 1:00 PM, Morris-Jumel Mansion, 65 Jumel Terrace, New York, NY --- This lecture on Founding Mother Mercy Otis Warren (1728-1814), America’s first female playwright and historian of the American Revolution, traces her life and work. Through a lively slide and/or Power Point presentation, audiences learn how Mrs. Warren rose to become one of America’s most influential patriots in spite of her female gender. The sister of James “The Patriot” Otis, Jr.. -- Famous for declaring “taxation without representation is tyranny” �" Mrs. Warren produced important anti-British and anti-Tory plays, poems, an influential pamphlet advocating for a Bill of Rights and a three-volume The History of the Rise, Progress and... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3199 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3288 Mar 13 2010 at 2:00 PM, Uniondale Public Library, 400 Uniondale Ave, Uniondale, NY --- In the mid and late nineteenth century, American women often brewed cosmetics in their kitchens, using ingredients from their pantries, gardens and sometimes from their local pharmacists. Results often had serious medical consequences. Women's fashions in the Victorian era often led them to use substances meant to enhance their beauty that had unwanted and deleterious effects. Consumption (tuberculosis) was a frequent plague on people of all classes, and its victims often appeared pale and sickly. This look became fashionable and healthy women might use easily accessible substances such as vinegar, arsenic or belladonna with rather unexpected and unwelcome results. Face whitening... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3288 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3307 Mar 13 2010 at 9:15 AM, Manhattanville College, 2900 Purchase St, Purchase, NY --- African enslavement and freedom in early 1600’s-1830’s in New York City is the focus of this illustrated presentation. This slide presentation focuses on the people, places and events that highlight the history of the Africans presence in 17th and 18th century NYC. Enslaved Africans in 18th century NYC made up the 2nd largest group of enslaved people in colonial America, second only to Charleston South Carolina. NYC’s role as a major port was instrumental in this business of selling human beings under both Dutch and British occupation. Locations such as the Slave Market at Wall Street, the National Monument NY African... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3307 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=2810 Mar 14 2010 at 10:00 AM, Madison Jewish Center, 2989 Nostrand Ave, Brooklyn, NY --- Sholom Aleichem, Boris Thomashefsky, and Molly Picon are great figures in Yiddish culture who have profoundly influenced American English, especially through classic comedy routines Dr. Libo shares with the audience. More than any other language since the Revolutionary War, Yiddish has exercised a profound influence on American English far beyond the confines of the immigrant Jewish world. Hundreds of Yiddish words and expressions have become ineluctably a part of American English - everything from shmatte, shmendrik and shlock to chutzpah chochm and oy gevalt. Many Yiddish words and expressions entered American English as punch lines to jokes, often told by... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 2810 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3241 Mar 14 2010 at 2:00 PM, Marcellus Free Library, 32 Maple St, Marcellus, NY --- Experience the sights and sounds of travel in New York State during the 1800’s! Whether traveling by rail, canal or road, there’s no such thing as packing lightly for a wealthy Victorian. Audience members are welcome to become a part of a living history trip with trunks and satchels learning about 19th century transportation methods (canal, train, horse, carriage) hardships, joys, proper etiquette and attire, social expectations, and traveler preparations…so different from today! This multi-media, audience interactive program/lecture brings participants into the life of a Victorian industrialist and his wife as they prepare to travel (1870-1900). Transportation methods, rules and... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3241 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3197 Mar 14 2010 at 2:00 PM, Hauppauge Public Library, 601 Veterans Memorial Hwy, Hauppauge, NY --- Discover the mystical power of the landscape of the Hudson River Valley that would one day give rise to a new civilization. This presentation will chronicle the spiritual impact of Thomas Cole (1801-1848), the father of the Hudson River School of painting, on the emergence of New York City as the Empire City. This New York City painter was the first person to elaborate a theology of the Hudson Valley, that the mountains, lakes, rivers, valleys, panoramas, and farm land possessed a transformative power that could and would blend the Dutch and English, and hosts of later immigrants into a... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3197 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3200 Mar 14 2010 at 2:00 PM, Hyde Collection Trust dba The Hyde Collection , 161 Warren St, Glens Falls, NY --- This illustrated lecture unravels some of the hidden mysteries of the greatest theft of art in the 20th century carried out by the Nazi regime. It exposes the acts of looting, the key figures involved, and reveals intriguing detective tales, including personal stories and case studies of recent research by modern-day "art sleuths." The greatest theft of art in 20th century history was the theft carried out by Nazi Germany, beginning in 1933 and lasting until the end of World War II. Shrouded in secrecy, the Nazis launched a methodical and well-conceived campaign to confiscate and loot Europe of... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3200 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3338 Mar 14 2010 at 3:00 PM, Irvington Public Library, 12 S Astor St, Irvington, NY --- Linda Russell explores the history of the Hudson River Valley through folk ballads, Revolutionary War songs, Erie Canal ditties and dance tunes. The Hudson River has been the backdrop for a wealth of human history: In the 17th and 18th centuries, pirates hid in the coves and soldiers built forts on its banks. In the mid- 19th century, it was inspiration for artists, poets and inventors. In the 20th century, it was a neglected, dirty stream transformed by Pete Seeger and others into an environmental success story. This program traces life along the Hudson as seen in folk ballads, Erie Canal... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3338 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3388 Mar 15 2010 at 7:00 PM, CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 899 10th Ave, New York, NY --- Part of Lecture Series, "Justice and Injustice in 1950s America" Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:05:22 -0500 nyhumanities 3388 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3485 Mar 15 2010 at 6:30 PM, YM and YWHA of Washington Heights and Inwood, 54 Nagle Ave, New York, NY --- This lecture will explore the origin of the synagogue and its decorative art in Hellenistic Jewish communities (3rd - 1st centuries B.C.E). An illustrated lecture about the origin of the synagogue, and its decorative arts; an institution and practice whose roots can be traced back to the Biblical traditions of the "sanctuary" (miskan), also known as the Tabernacle, and the permanent "house" (bayit), or temple (miqdas), of the God of Israel. Special attention will be given to the artistic motifs unearthed in the ancient synagogues of Israel, structures primarily datable to the Byzantine period (4th - 7th centuries C.E.). The... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3485 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3438 Mar 15 2010 at 7:00 PM, First Unitarian Church, 220 Winton Rd S, Rochester, NY --- The "forgotten feminist," Matilda Joslyn Gage (1826 - 1898) harbored fugitive slaves, was an adopted Native American, influenced "Oz," and worked for the separation of church and state. Although she was considered equally important as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony (the were called the "triumvirate of the movement"), Matilda Joslyn Gage (1828 - 1898) has been all but written out of history. Dr. Sally Roesch Wagner, the foremost authority on Gage, enlightens about this amazing women "lost from history," who offered her Fayetteville, New York home as a station on the Underground Railroad, was adopted into the Wolf... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3438 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3203 Mar 16 2010 at 11:30 AM, St. Marks Church, Molloy College, 200 Hempstead Ave, Rockville Centre, NY --- This lecture discusses ancient colorful "Carnevale" traditions and demonstrates social, ritual and theatrical uses of masks, as well as that of the Commedia dell'Arte traveling theatre of the Renaissance. This lecture discusses in detail the history of the colorful event called "Carnevale," the annual Italian festival celebrated on Fat Tuesday. In Latin, the word means "goodbye to meat," signifying that Fat Tuesday is the last day that meat may be eaten before the strict fast that ensues at the beginning of Lent. In Italian, the day is also called "Martedi Grasso;" in French, Mardi Gras. The ancient tradition... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3203 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3025 Mar 18 2010 at 6:30 PM, JCC of Mid-Westchester, 170 Central Park West, New York, NY --- This lecture demonstrates how the revolution in computer miniaturization, bioelectronics, and applied neural control technologies is positioning scientists to create machine-assisted minds, science fiction's "cyborgs," and explores the moral , social, and policy issues that implantable brain chips raise. Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:35:51 -0400 nyhumanities 3025 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=2953 Mar 18 2010 at 1:00 PM, JCC of Mid-Westchester, 999 Wilmot Rd, Scarsdale, NY --- This lecture demonstrates how the revolution in computer miniaturization, bioelectronics, and applied neural control technologies is positioning scientists to create machine-assisted minds, science fiction's "cyborgs," and explores the moral , social, and policy issues that implantable brain chips raise. Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 2953 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3061 Mar 19 2010 at 1:00 PM, Shawangunk Correctional Facility, Po Box 750, Wallkill, NY --- Accompanying herself on mountain and hammered dulcimers and guitar, Linda Russell explores the images of 18th and 19th century American women as reflected in the popular song of the day. This presentation is a musical survey of the history of women in America. By looking at the popular songs of the past--the ballads, love songs, suffrage anthems, work songs and dance tunes--we can trace the perceptions and realities of women's lives. The music of the day shows the role of women in 18th and 19th century American society. Accompanying herself on mountain and hammered dulcimers, pennywhistle, guitar and limberjack, Linda Russell... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3061 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3363 Mar 19 2010 at 7:00 PM, Buffalo Fine Arts Academy dba Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1300 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo, NY --- Poet, critic, teacher and curator BILL Berkson comes to the Albright-Knox for a special two-part event. First, Berkson will present “DeKooning-esque,” an inclusive quick-time exploration of 1960s art history exploring the brushstroke: its history, crucial role in the development of Pop and Minimalist styles, and significance in both the works of Williem deKooning and his contemporaries and followers. Centered on the Albright-Knox’s own deKooning, Gotham News, this Gusto at the Gallery talk will examine various artists represented in the Gallery’s Permanent Collection. Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:39:53 -0500 nyhumanities 3363 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3116 Mar 19 2010 at 12:00 PM, Port Washington Public Library, 1 Library Dr, Port Washington, NY --- Beethoven opened the floodgates of Romanticism, creating works of nobility and grandeur that, once heard, become part of one's soul. "Beethoven!" A household name, synonymous with unequaled greatness. A dazzling tapestry of musical wealth, a fountainhead of countless melodies. His music strides with awesome majesty, spellbinding mystery, affecting tenderness, exciting drama, mischievous humor; or, it rises with sublime, benevolent majesty to bestow the gift of joy to humanity united in brotherhood. Mr. Matthias will play excerpts from, and comment on, the following piano masterworks: piano sonatas (Pathetique, Moonlight, Waldstein, Hammerklavier), variations, miscellaneous works (Rage Over the Lost... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3116 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3400 Mar 20 2010 at 11:00 AM, Port Washington Public Library, 1 Library Dr, Port Washington, NY --- A reading and discussion series exploring award-winning authors and books from New York and facilitated by Professor Peter West. This session will focus on Junot Diaz's The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:15:01 -0500 nyhumanities 3400 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3308 Mar 20 2010 at 11:15 AM, Locust Grove: The Samuel Morse Historic Site, 2683 South Rd, Poughkeepsie, NY --- For over twelve thousand years, the region that is now lower New York, New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware was home to groups of Lenape (Delaware Indians) and their prehistoric predecessors. By the late 18th and early 19th centuries, however, after a tragic series of removals had taken them halfway across the continent, the broken remnants of these tribes finally came to settle in parts of Oklahoma, Wisconsin and Ontario. By the late 20th century, only a handful of elders could still speak their native language, or had knowledge of the traditional ways. In this lively and engaging... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3308 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3364 Mar 20 2010 at 12:30 PM, Buffalo Fine Arts Academy dba Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1285 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo, NY --- Poet, critic, teacher and curator BILL Berkson comes to the Albright-Knox for a special two-part event. Be sure to join us for part two of Berkson’s visit, a special stroll into the Gallery space for an intimate “walk and talk” conversation amidst modern masterpieces. Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:42:53 -0500 nyhumanities 3364 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3290 Mar 21 2010 at 12:00 PM, Mid Island Y JCC, 45 Manetto Hill Rd, Plainview, NY --- This lecture includes readings and discussion of a remarkable group of immigrant autobiographies, all written in 1942, and translated from the Yiddish. Soyer explores the remarkable collaboration between an organization of immigrant scholars - the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research - and a group of 223 "ordinary" immigrants who responded to a call to write their life stories in 1942. These autobiographies, written by shop workers, small businesspeople and housewives, describe life in the old country and in the new. They cover the great political and social developments of the time, as well as the minutiae of everyday existence.... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3290 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3339 Mar 22 2010 at 1:30 PM, Sterling Glen of Roslyn, 100 Landing Rd, Roslyn, NY --- This lecture will illustrate the changing roles for and expectations of American women during and after World War II, as portrayed in Hollywood movies. Before World War II, women were expected to marry and remain at home where they cooked meals and raised children, while their husbands were the breadwinners. During the war, however, the role of women in American society changed. Women now were manning assembly lines, entering the military, and experiencing personal and economic freedom that previously had been the exclusive domain of men. With peacetime came a return to "normalcy," and the expectation that women would... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3339 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3389 Mar 22 2010 at 7:00 PM, CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 899 10th Ave, New York, NY --- Part of Lecture Series, "Justice and Injustice in 1950s America" Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:08:24 -0500 nyhumanities 3389 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3506 Mar 22 2010 at 7:30 PM, SUNY Purchase College, The Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, Purchase, NY --- Investigative author Edwin Black will discuss the information published in his book, IBM and the Holocaust, which detailed the level of involvement a German IBM subsidiary played in the efficiency of the Final Solution. Mr. Black has written nine award-winning books and has been a National Book Award nominee three times. This event is free and open to the public but reservations are requested by calling the Holocaust and Human Rights Education Center at 914.696.0738. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:25:06 -0500 nyhumanities 3506 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3407 Mar 23 2010 at 7:00 PM, Poets House, 10 River Terrace, New York, NY --- Poets Basil King and Thomas Meyer join scholars Carolyn Dinshaw and Michael Hrebeniak for a discussion of the Green Man�"the mythic figure that incorporates elements of nature and humanity�"from medieval architecture and lore to 21st-century interpretations. Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:37:29 -0500 nyhumanities 3407 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3248 Mar 23 2010 at 1:00 PM, Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library, 1125 Broadway, Hewlett, NY --- Many viewers still look back at the period between 1948-1958 as a decade of unusual creativity and excitement in American television. What forces made these ten years so special? This illustrated lecture will examine why ABC, NBC, and CBS produced some of their greatest shows at the very start of the television era. American television was all set to launch in the late 1930s, but its progress was interrupted by the start of World War II. Finally, by the end of the 1940s, NBC and CBS began broadcasting to their east coast affiliates. They offered viewers a wide variety of programs: situation... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3248 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3140 Mar 24 2010 at 6:00 PM, Sterling Glen of Roslyn, 100 Landing Rd, Roslyn, NY --- What made the period between 1930-1948 one of the most imaginative and liveliest periods in American motion picture history? This illustrated lecture will look at the many reasons behind the Golden Age of Hollywood. From the late 1920s through the end of World War II, studios like MGM, Warner Bros, 20th Century Fox, Paramount, and RKO would dominate film production, not only in America but thoughout the world. The reasons for Hollywood's success during this period are intriguing. Despite the economic problems posed by the Depression, the studios became virtual entertainment factories, with each studio producing more than... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3140 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3493 Mar 24 2010 at 7:00 PM, Cazenovia Public Library, 100 Albany St, Cazenovia, NY --- Henry Ford’s Fordson Tractor, like his Model T, was both a technological marvel and an instrument of social change; this illustrated lecture will invoke memories of life and work on American family farms before the age of agribusiness. The Fordson tractor, first mass-produced in 1918, gave farmers a reliable but affordable source of power. Henry Ford’s entry into the tractor business sparked a conflict in the farm machinery industry that had long-term consequences for American life on and off the farm. The transition from horse power to tractor power, from muscles to motors, took place during an era of rapid social change... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3493 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3260 Mar 25 2010 at 7:00 PM, Chemung Valley History Museum, 415 E Water St, Elmira, NY --- Accompanying herself on mountain and hammered dulcimers and guitar, Linda Russell explores the images of 18th and 19th century American women as reflected in the popular song of the day. This presentation is a musical survey of the history of women in America. By looking at the popular songs of the past--the ballads, love songs, suffrage anthems, work songs and dance tunes--we can trace the perceptions and realities of women's lives. The music of the day shows the role of women in 18th and 19th century American society. Accompanying herself on mountain and hammered dulcimers, pennywhistle, guitar and limberjack, Linda Russell... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3260 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3392 Mar 25 2010 at 4:30 PM, College of Mount Saint Vincent, President's Reception Room, Riverdale, NY --- In honor of Women's History Month and as part of our film series, Representing Women, the Women's Studies Program of the College of Mount Saint Vincent is showing the documentary film "The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter," which examines how women entered American factories during the Second World War. The film will be followed by a discussion. Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:29:58 -0500 nyhumanities 3392 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3431 Mar 25 2010 at 6:00 PM, Fordham University, Walsh Library, Flom Auditorium, 441 E Fordham Rd, Bronx, NY --- This lecture explores the history and development of various Africa-owned businesses in the Bronx and how the presence of such businesses benefits both African immigrant communities and other Bronx residence. The lecture also will examine the challenges encountered by African business women and men as well as the strategies employed by business owners to overcome such challenges. Speaker: Anna Kwakyewah Polaard Anna Kwakyewah Polaard is a medical professional and a business owner. She is the owner of a Medical Supply Facility which employs 20 staff. Her business is based in San Diego, California, with the potential of expanding to New York... Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:11:53 -0500 nyhumanities 3431 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3348 Mar 27 2010 at 2:00 PM, Christ the King High School, 6802 Metropolitan Ave, Middle Village, NY --- There is nothing small about the history and heritage of Italian Americans - come and get the big picture! What pushed so many Italians to leave their country between 1880 and 1924? What pulled these immigrants to New York City and other American destinations? How did Old World attachments shape their responses to New World challenges? These questions will be addressed as we examine the issues and impacts, past and present, of Italian immigration to the United States. They came. They worked. They built. From those who established Little Italy "villages" within our cities,... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3348 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3208 Mar 31 2010 at 7:00 PM, Molloy College, 1000 Hempstead Ave, Rockville Centre, NY --- This lecture provides an overview of Jewish life and culture in Germany after the Holocaust. It describes the reemergence of Jewish communities in the "country of the perpetrators" and points out some existential dilemmas that arise from this situation. The lecture also addresses the question of anti-Semitism because of Auschwitz in postwar Germany. Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3208 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3360 Mar 31 2010 at 6:30 PM, New York County Supreme Court, 60 Centre St, New York, NY --- Lower Manhattan Cultural Council presents "Access Restricted" Douglas Berman, William B. Saxbe Designated Professor of Law, Moritz College of Law at The Ohio State University, co-author of a leading casebook, "Sentencing Law and Policy," and managing editor of the Federal Sentencing Reporter and the Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law, will present various alternatives to sentencing guidelines from within a landmarked centerpiece of New York’s trial courthouses. Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:47:36 -0500 nyhumanities 3360 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3379 Apr 2 2010 at 8:00 PM, Peconic Landing, 1500 Brecknock Rd, Greenport, NY --- The lecture recounts the life and writings of Thomas Paine in the last quarter of the eighteenth century. Starting with "Common Sense" and "The Crisis Papers," the talk focuses on Paine's role in the American Revolution and the creation of an "American" political ideology. This talk is an examination of the life and writings of Thomas Paine at the end of the eighteenth century. By looking at his early political writings in England, "Common Sense," and "The Crisis Papers," the talk explores the integral role of Paine in not only the American Revolution, but also in the creation of... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3379 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3408 Apr 3 2010 at 2:30 PM, Poets House, 10 River Terrace, New York, NY --- Contributors to the landmark anthology Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry gather for conversation and readings. Cosponsored by Cave Canem. $10, $7 for students and seniors, free to Poets House Members and Cave Canem Fellows Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:40:18 -0500 nyhumanities 3408 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3204 Apr 6 2010 at 11:30 AM, St. Marks Church, Molloy College, 200 Hempstead Ave, Rockville Centre, NY --- Many Americans think of Tibet as a mythical Shangri-La. This lecture will explore the myths and realities of this land and its people. Americans are fascinated with Tibet, yet they know very little of its history or its relationships with China and the United States. This talk explores the social and political myths and realities of this incomparable land and people. Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3204 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3118 Apr 7 2010 at 8:00 PM, Mid Island Y JCC, 45 Manetto Hill Rd, Plainview, NY --- Many Americans think of Tibet as a mythical Shangri-La. This lecture will explore the myths and realities of this land and its people. Americans are fascinated with Tibet, yet they know very little of its history or its relationships with China and the United States. This talk explores the social and political myths and realities of this incomparable land and people. Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3118 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3320 Apr 7 2010 at 7:00 PM, SUNY Orange, Newburgh Campus, 1 Washington Ctr, Newburgh, NY --- Walker reviews the life and the works of the great naturalist John Burroughs (1837-1921), with emphasis on his relevance for readers today. Burroughs, who grew up in the Catskills, was immensely influential in his time, counting Whitman, Ford, Muir, and Roosevelt among his friends; yet, he kept his message simple. Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3320 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3333 Apr 7 2010 at 2:30 PM, Fordham University, Lincoln Center Campus, 113 W 60th St, New York, NY --- While much of the city was enjoying a fair amount of prosperity and building fancy homes and shops, many thousands of residents had to live in filthy tenements without clean water, decent lighting, health care or any of the amenities most New Yorkers take for granted today (as did many during the Gaslight Era.) Housing was overcrowded and conducive to the spread of disease - both physical and social. Crime was an everyday affair, and neighborhood residents often relied on gangsters and corrupt political organizations for aid in emergencies. Social services were not then considered a government responsibility. ... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3333 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3034 Apr 8 2010 at 9:00 AM, JCC of Mid-Westchester, 2805 State Hwy 67, Johnstown, NY --- Genius operating in two art forms: video comparisons of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream"with Balanchine's ballet version illuminate theater and dance's distinct expressiveness. Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is one of his most nearly perfect comedies, largely because of its rich comic language. When George Balanchine created his full-length 1962 ballet of Shakespeare's play, he faced the problem of transforming that imaginative world into dance, without using language at all. This talk explores one genius's translation into a different art form, dance, of another genius's stage masterpiece. The presentation particularly analyzes Balanchine's simplification of Shakespeare's plot materials and... Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:29:29 -0400 nyhumanities 3034 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=2863 Apr 8 2010 at 1:00 PM, JCC of Mid-Westchester, 999 Wilmot Rd, Scarsdale, NY --- Beethoven opened the floodgates of Romanticism, creating works of nobility and grandeur that, once heard, become part of one's soul. "Beethoven!" A household name, synonymous with unequaled greatness. A dazzling tapestry of musical wealth, a fountainhead of countless melodies. His music strides with awesome majesty, spellbinding mystery, affecting tenderness, exciting drama, mischievous humor; or, it rises with sublime, benevolent majesty to bestow the gift of joy to humanity united in brotherhood. Mr. Matthias will play excerpts from, and comment on, the following piano masterworks: piano sonatas (Pathetique, Moonlight, Waldstein, Hammerklavier), variations, miscellaneous works (Rage Over the Lost... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 2863 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=2954 Apr 8 2010 at 10:30 AM, JCC of Mid-Westchester, 999 Wilmot Rd, Scarsdale, NY --- Genius operating in two art forms: video comparisons of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream"with Balanchine's ballet version illuminate theater and dance's distinct expressiveness. Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is one of his most nearly perfect comedies, largely because of its rich comic language. When George Balanchine created his full-length 1962 ballet of Shakespeare's play, he faced the problem of transforming that imaginative world into dance, without using language at all. This talk explores one genius's translation into a different art form, dance, of another genius's stage masterpiece. The presentation particularly analyzes Balanchine's simplification of Shakespeare's plot materials and... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 2954 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3463 Apr 8 2010 at 7:30 PM, New Rochelle High School, Linda Kelly Theater, New Rochelle High School, New Rochelle, NY --- New Rochelle Opera presents excerpts from operas inspired by Shakespeare, sung by up-and-coming professional singers from the metropolitan area. Tickets cost $15 for adults, $10 for seniors and students; all proceeds benefit New Rochelle Opera and the Museum of Arts and Culture. Call 914-576-1617 to reserve. Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:13:42 -0500 nyhumanities 3463 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=2852 Apr 9 2010 at 10:30 AM, Suffolk Y Jewish Community Center, 74 Hauppauge Rd, Commack, NY --- This illustrated lecture will examine the many ways the internet has radically transformed the "old" media of newspapers, magazines, the recording industry, film, radio, and television. It will trace how this "revolution" took place in such a short period of time, and what lies ahead in the continually changing era of "new" media. Among the topics to be explored: will there be a printed newspaper in any city ten years from now? Will newsstands and bookstores disappear as fast as record stores? Will movie theaters exist in their present form? Will prime-time television vanish? Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 2852 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3423 Apr 9 2010 at 6:00 PM, Crowne Plaza, Albany, State & Lodge Streets, Albany, NY --- A showcase of New York State writers�"past and present�"and induction of the first honorees into the Writer’s Hall of Fame. Writers being Honored at the event include: James Baldwin Elizabeth Bishop Robert Caro Frederick Douglass Mary Gordon Langston Hughes Zora Neale Hurston Edna St. Vincent Millay Isaac B. Singer Edith Wharton E.B White Walt Whitman Robert Caro and Mary Gordon are scheduled to attend the event to receive the honor in person. Gala Invitation: http://www.nyla.org/content/user_4/ESBF_Gala%20Invitation.pdf Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:00:25 -0500 nyhumanities 3423 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3311 Apr 10 2010 at 10:00 AM, Boscobel Restoration, 1601 Route 9d, Garrison, NY --- George Washington was in need of good intelligence after he evacuated the Continental Army from New York City in September 1776. His disastrous loss at the Battle of Long Island in Brooklyn on August 27-28, 1776 and subsequent defeats north of the city had forced him to retreat with his soldiers to New Jersey and eventually to Pennsylvania. The British controlled New York, particularly the downstate area and Long Island, where Loyalists were in the majority. The Culper Spy Ring was created on Long Island in 1778 by then-Dragoon Major Benjamin Tallmadge of Setauket, under Washington’s leadership. This colorful PowerPoint... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3311 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3326 Apr 10 2010 at 2:00 PM, Erie Canal Museum, 318 Erie Blvd E, Syracuse, NY --- Dave Ruch, our own New York State "songcatcher," presents songs and ditties imbued with stories of the people who settled and built the Empire State. In this concert-and-lecture program, Dave Ruch presents and tells the stories behind the songs of real New Yorkers from days gone by - farmers, lumbermen, children, immigrants, Native Americans, canallers, hops pickers, lake sailors, and more - songs from the people who settled and built our state. The program is offered in two different formats: 1) A survey of old songs and ballads - each set within its own historical and cultural context - from... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3326 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3424 Apr 10 2010 at 10:00 AM, Empire State Plaza, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY --- The festival will be Saturday, April 10th, at the Empire State Plaza with a full slate of author talks, writing workshops, tutorials, exhibits and vendors, storytelling and a keynote address by Wicked author Gregory Maguire. Empire State Plaza, Meeting Rooms 1-6, Albany, NY Schedule of Events 10:00 �" 10:30 AM Keynote by Gregory Maguire, Meeting Room 6 10:30 AM �" 5:30 PM Various programs for Adults, Young Adults and Children. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:15:14 -0500 nyhumanities 3424 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3323 Apr 11 2010 at 3:00 PM, Congregation Ohav Shalom, 113 New Krumkill Rd, Albany, NY --- History speaks as rescuers reflect on their lives and deeds and share their stories and wisdom via Klempner’s audio excerpts and commentary. Mark Klempner sought out some of the last surviving Dutch rescuers of Jewish children to better understand how and why they made their courageous choices. Inspired by their willingness to risk everything to help others during the war, he became deeply interested in what they have done with their lives since, and where their moral compasses point today. In this presentation, he describes his encounters with the rescuers, and shares their stories and wisdom. Audio excerpts allow the... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3323 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3499 Apr 11 2010 at 2:00 PM, Dobbs Ferry Public Library, 55 Main St, Dobbs Ferry, NY --- For over twelve thousand years, the region that is now lower New York, New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware was home to groups of Lenape (Delaware Indians) and their prehistoric predecessors. By the late 18th and early 19th centuries, however, after a tragic series of removals had taken them halfway across the continent, the broken remnants of these tribes finally came to settle in parts of Oklahoma, Wisconsin and Ontario. By the late 20th century, only a handful of elders could still speak their native language, or had knowledge of the traditional ways. In this lively and engaging... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3499 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3319 Apr 12 2010 at 7:00 PM, David A Howe Public Library, 155 N Main St, Wellsville, NY --- In this slide-lecture, learn more about the American Arts and Crafts Movement - from 1900 - 1920 - including Stickley mission oak furniture, art pottery, and Roycroft art metal. The American Arts and Crafts Movement, or "mission," gained popularity as a decorative style beginning in 1900, and by 1920 had gone out of style. Arts and Crafts, however, was more than simply a decorative style: it was also a philosophy, an ethos, a way of living, and significantly, an enormous business. Artists and manufacturers of objects in the Arts and Crafts style - furniture, ceramics, metal, lighting, textiles, jewelry... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3319 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3390 Apr 12 2010 at 7:00 PM, CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 899 10th Ave, New York, NY --- Part of Lecture Series, "Justice and Injustice in 1950s America" Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:11:36 -0500 nyhumanities 3390 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3261 Apr 13 2010 at 1:00 PM, Senior Citizens of Bronxville, 200 Pondfield Rd, Bronxville, NY --- The Chrysler Building, the Waldorf-Astoria, Rockefeller Center - these and other Jazz-age monuments helped create the image of New York City as the world's Modern Metropolis. "Art Deco" today can refer to anything from saltcellars to skyscrapers, produced anywhere in the world during the early decades of the last century, using abstract, stylized floral, geometric, or streamlined design. In New York, Art Deco evolved through a series of Manhattan skyscrapers into the city's chief architectural language. Following a massive reawakening of interest during the 1970s, New York's Deco buildings today survive as prized remnants of a distant-yet-modern past that... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3261 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3321 Apr 13 2010 at 7:00 PM, SUNY Orange, Newburgh Campus, 1 Washington Ctr, Newburgh, NY --- Along both sides of the Hudson River there is a stretch of scenic peaks that extends for twelve miles from Dunderberg Mountain (across from Peekskill) in the south to Storm King Mountain in the north. Today we call this region the Hudson Highlands, but in the nineteenth century they had a different formulation�"the Highlands of the Hudson, the mountains of the river. This made sense since most people who viewed the Highlands did so from the steamboats and sailing vessels that made their way along the many stops between New York City and Albany. These Highlands of... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3321 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3147 Apr 14 2010 at 7:00 PM, Emma S. Clark Memorial Library, 120 Main St, Setauket, NY --- George Washington was in need of good intelligence after he evacuated the Continental Army from New York City in September 1776. His disastrous loss at the Battle of Long Island in Brooklyn on August 27-28, 1776 and subsequent defeats north of the city had forced him to retreat with his soldiers to New Jersey and eventually to Pennsylvania. The British controlled New York, particularly the downstate area and Long Island, where Loyalists were in the majority. The Culper Spy Ring was created on Long Island in 1778 by then-Dragoon Major Benjamin Tallmadge of Setauket, under Washington’s leadership. This colorful PowerPoint... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3147 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3211 Apr 14 2010 at 7:00 PM, Molloy College, 1000 Hempstead Ave, Rockville Centre, NY --- This illustrated lecture unravels some of the hidden mysteries of the greatest theft of art in the 20th century carried out by the Nazi regime. It exposes the acts of looting, the key figures involved, and reveals intriguing detective tales, including personal stories and case studies of recent research by modern-day "art sleuths." The greatest theft of art in 20th century history was the theft carried out by Nazi Germany, beginning in 1933 and lasting until the end of World War II. Shrouded in secrecy, the Nazis launched a methodical and well-conceived campaign to confiscate and loot Europe of... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3211 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3276 Apr 14 2010 at 7:00 PM, Patterson Library Association, Po Box 418, Patterson, NY --- The Chrysler Building, the Waldorf-Astoria, Rockefeller Center - these and other Jazz-age monuments helped create the image of New York City as the world's Modern Metropolis. "Art Deco" today can refer to anything from saltcellars to skyscrapers, produced anywhere in the world during the early decades of the last century, using abstract, stylized floral, geometric, or streamlined design. In New York, Art Deco evolved through a series of Manhattan skyscrapers into the city's chief architectural language. Following a massive reawakening of interest during the 1970s, New York's Deco buildings today survive as prized remnants of a distant-yet-modern past that... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3276 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3361 Apr 14 2010 at 6:30 PM, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, 1 Liberty Plaza, New York, NY --- Lower Manhattan Cultural Council presents "Access Restricted" Panel featuring Sonia Katyal, Alfred Steiner, Andrew Ross, and Virginia Rutledge, moderated by Sergio Muñoz Sarmiento A lively roundtable debate between practicing lawyers, legal theorists, and a sociologist on who owns what and what is really at stake when creative production is regulated through the structures of property rights. Overlooking Ground Zero and featuring extensive views of New York Harbor, this conference room not only affords visitors the chance to literally have a “seat at the table” but also features breathtaking vistas. Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:50:02 -0500 nyhumanities 3361 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3209 Apr 15 2010 at 7:00 PM, Molloy College, 1000 Hempstead Ave, Rockville Centre, NY --- Everyone knows of the legendary Phantom of the Opera who haunted the world's most beautiful opera house. This is the story of the Paris Opera House itself. Gaston Leroux's thrilling novel, "The Phantom of the Opera," has been dramatized repeatedly, from silent film to Andrew Lloyd-Webber's immensely popular musical. The tale revolves around an opera house among the architectural glories of Paris, the "Palais Garnier." An imposing and opulent building whose design by Charles Garnier foreshadowed the Beaux Arts style, it opened in 1875 and has witnessed an extraordinary history of operatic performance. This presentation reveals the... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3209 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3286 Apr 15 2010 at 7:00 PM, University of Rochester Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave, Rochester, NY --- "Be as proud of your race today as our fathers were in the days of yore. We have a beautiful history. And we shall create another in the future that will astonish the world." These words of Marcus Garvey (1887-1940) , one of the most contradictory and enigmatic figures in American history, find visual representation in New York City’s community murals - collaborations between artists and community organizations that reflect the lives and concerns of neighborhood residents. This illustrated lecture explores how African and Caribbean art, history, religion and myth have influenced mural themes and content. Starting with New York’s... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3286 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3336 Apr 15 2010 at 7:00 PM, Schenectady County Community College, 78 Washington Ave, Schenectady, NY --- America's first "Wild West" was New York's frontier. This multimedia lecture illuminates the fateful crossroads where settler dreams meet native lifeways, at the heart of Westward Expansion. New York’s early frontier is America’s true “Wild West.” Civilization means Westward Expansion, but two “obstacles” block the way: Indians and Nature. Combining dramatic images and fresh research, Spiegelman details this forgotten New York, where settler dreams encounter native lifeways. We explore a “magical crossroads” where immigrants change into nomad farmers, neighbors into rivals, colonists into fighters, soldiers into settlers, land speculators into “second creators,” Indian Country into military... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3336 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3501 Apr 15 2010 at 3:00 PM, Suffolk Y Jewish Community Center, 74 Hauppauge Rd, Commack, NY --- Lillian Hellman Was always a center of controversy: for her themes, her stand against Senator McCarthy, moral excesses, friendship with Dashiell Hammett, and literary theft. Bursting on the Broadway scene at age 29 with a play about women who were destroyed by an accusation of homosexuality, she continued her 25-year career by exploring the fascist threat, American greed, and destructive love. Her moral stand against the House Un-American Activities Committee is legendary. She was a dedicated activist for workers' and human rights. She drank heavily, was more outspoken and confrontational than politic, and had numerous affairs, but always returned to... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3501 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3507 Apr 15 2010 at 7:30 PM, Manhattanville College, Reid Hall, Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY --- Dr. Michael Berenbaum, a leading figure in Holocaust education and commemoration, will present a lecture entitled The Uses, The Abuses and The Denial of the Holocaust. Dr. Berenbaum served as the Deputy Director of the President's Commission on the Holocaust and as project director for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This lecture is free and open to the public, but reservations can be made by calling the Holocaust and Human Rights Education Center at 914.696.0738. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:43:29 -0500 nyhumanities 3507 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3401 Apr 17 2010 at 11:00 AM, Port Washington Public Library, 1 Library Dr, Port Washington, NY --- A reading and discussion series exploring award-winning authors and books from New York and facilitated by Professor Peter West. This session will focus on Jhumpa Lahiri's Interpreter of Maladies. Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3401 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=2959 Apr 18 2010 at 11:00 AM, Temple Beth Sholom, 17139 Northern Blvd, Flushing, NY --- Consider cross-fertilization and mutual inspiration between American-Jewish and African-American music: We listen in on the ongoing musical conversation between blacks and Jews. "America is not made up of separate, free-floating cultures but, rather, of a constant interplay and exchange" (Ralph Ellison). American-Jewish music has incorporated African and African-American musical idioms �" blues and jazz, reggae and world music, even gospel and rap �" to express the exuberance and vitality of contemporary Jewish life and to enable the mainstreaming of Jewish popular music; while Jewish texts and Jewish musical themes have spoken to Africans and African-Americans alike, who have enriched them... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 2959 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3291 Apr 18 2010 at 12:00 PM, Mid Island Y JCC, 45 Manetto Hill Rd, Plainview, NY --- In this slide presentation, you will see a model of Herod's glorious temple, and learn how Jerusalemites lived, worshipped, and died during the Second Temple Period. Excavations show eight thousand years of human habitation in the area of Jerusalem. King David made it his capital in the 10th century B.C.E. King Solomon built the First Temple on the Temple Mount, considered by the rabbis to be the birthplace of the world. Many nations conquered Jerusalem throughout history. The entire development of human society has left its traces on the soil of Jerusalem. Through the glorious days... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3291 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3347 Apr 18 2010 at 7:00 PM, Big Springs Historical Society and Museum, PO Box 41, Caledonia, NY --- This presentation tells the history of the Iroquois Confederacy, whose practice of gender equality inspired the emerging women's rights movement in upstate New York over 100 years ago. Imagine that women had the right to choose all political representatives and to remove from office anyone who didn't address the wishes and needs of the people. Haudenosaunee (traditional Iroquois) women have had that responsibility - and more - since long before Christopher Columbus came to these shores. Native American women generally had a pre-contact status which would be the envy of United States women, even today. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3347 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3350 Apr 18 2010 at 2:00 PM, Museum of the City of New York, 1220 5th Ave, New York, NY --- Latin American and Caribbean immigration to New York has dramatically changed the essence of New York and the nation. Are we becoming a bilingual/bicultural country? This lecture examines Latino immigration, especially in New York and the northeast. In the past, Latino immigration meant establishing roots in cities. Recently, however, many immigrants sojourn in cities for a short time or bypass them completely by moving to the suburbs. The process of immigrant incorporation is highlighted in both la ciudad y los suburbios. Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3350 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3425 Apr 18 2010 at 11:00 AM, Museum at Eldridge Street, 12 Eldridge Street, New York, NY --- Dr. Vivian Mann lectures on the ritual objects central to Jewish practice, looking at their use, origins and how they have adapted over time and in America. Dr. Mann is Director of the Master's Program in Jewish Art and Visual Culture at the Jewish Theological Seminary. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:43:08 -0500 nyhumanities 3425 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3462 Apr 18 2010 at 3:00 PM, St. John's Wilmot Episcopal Church, 11 Wilmot Road, New Rochelle, NY --- Enjoy a little light music and some literary musings, along with a tasty reception. Sponsored by the New Rochelle Council on the Arts and The Garden Club of New Rochelle in celebration of the city's annual Daffodil Festival. Free. Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:06:09 -0500 nyhumanities 3462 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3494 Apr 18 2010 at 3:30 PM, Montauk Library, Po Box 700, Montauk, NY --- In addition to being one of 19th century Europe’s outstanding composers, Mendelssohn came from a family of intellectualism, religion, wealth and social position unsurpassed by other musicians. He immortalized this legacy by becoming (along with Mozart) music’s most precocious prodigy. Two of his greatest works, the overture to “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and the Octet for Strings were written when he was a teenager. Mendelssohn was the most fully educated of the great composers, having had private tutors and then studying at Berlin University. He was fluent in many languages (including Latin and Greek), knowledgeable in history, law, and physics.... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3494 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3393 Apr 19 2010 at 7:00 PM, CUNY John Jay College, Gerald W. Lynch Theater, 899 10th Ave, New York, NY --- Part of Lecture Series, "Justice and Injustice in 1950s America" Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:19:33 -0500 nyhumanities 3393 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=2921 Apr 20 2010 at 6:30 PM, General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York, 20 W 44th St, New York, NY --- A multi-media presentation hosted by R. Sikoryak, Comic Book Artist and Faculty Member at Parsons School of Design R. Sikoryak specializes in making comic adaptations of literature classics, producing a mashup of high and low cultures. Sikoryak earned his B.F.A. from the Parsons School of Design in 1987, and is currently on staff at the school. Sikoryak is also known for his "Carousel" series of multimedia comics slideshows, featuring cartoonists like Lauren Weinstein, Michael Kupperman, and Jason Little. Sikoryak's cartoons and illustrations have appeared in The New Yorker, Nickelodeon Magazine, Drawn and Quarterly, World War 3 Illustrated, and RAW,... Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:12:11 -0400 nyhumanities 2921 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3337 Apr 20 2010 at 7:00 PM, Schenectady County Community College, 78 Washington Ave, Schenectady, NY --- This talk examines how Italian and American cultures have developed quite different attitudes toward food and sex, and how they have created Italian American culture. Of the many ways in which Italians have been stereotyped, the two most prominenent (besides the gangster stereotype) are as lovers of food and sex. The image goes back perhaps as far as the days of the Roman Empire, against which Christianity grew as an anorexic antidote to the sensual excesses of the infamous Roman decadence. American culture, with its Puritan foundations, has been characterized by a straitlaced attitude toward sex and a spiceless... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3337 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=2779 Apr 21 2010 at 2:00 PM, Friedberg JCC, 15 Neil Ct, Oceanside, NY --- Modern American comedy was developed in the “Borscht Belt” by a generation of Jewish comedians who honed their craft in the resorts of the Catskill Mountains. These resorts became the training ground for the stand-up comic, the sad nebbish (poor soul) whose troubles were greater than life, and whose kvetch (complaint) was cosmic as well as comic. These stand-up and situation comedians like Danny Kaye, Sid Caesar, Mel Brooks, Alan King, Jerry Lewis, Lenny Bruce, Woody Allen, Joan Rivers, Totie Fields, Mal Z. Lawrence and Jackie Mason to name only a few had a singular ability to capture their complaint... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 2779 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3502 Apr 21 2010 at 6:30 PM, Italian American Museum, 155 Mulberry St, New York, NY --- “Messina, Reggio, and Surrounding Towns Wiped Out - 90 Killed in Messina,” “Italy Shaken; Thousands Die,” “Four Battleships Ordered to Naples.” These were only a few of the American newspaper headlines reporting on Europe’s worst natural disaster. At 5:20 AM on December 28, 1908 the earthquake that erupted in the Messina straits and which was followed by a vicious tsunami, struck with punishing and lethal fury at Sicily’s eastern coastline and the Calabria region of southern Italy. Respecter neither of class nor social position, the disaster cut a swath of horrifying death to a cross section of society along with... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3502 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3090 Apr 22 2010 at 12:30 PM, SUNY Rockland Community College, 145 College Rd, Suffern, NY --- Gian Lorenzo Bernini: The artist who changed the face of Rome with his artistic creations. This lecture covers the life and works of Gian Lorenzo Bernini, the greatest Baroque artist of 17th century Rome. In particular it will focus on his life and aesthetic philosophy, which inspired all his creations as a Baroque artist in the Eternal City. The lecture will contain a presentation and description of Bernini’s major architectural works and sculptures. The audience will be taken on a virtual tour, through a slide show, to discover the artist’s buildings, churches, squares, and fountains, and his magnificent... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3090 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3366 Apr 22 2010, Morrisville State College, P.O. Box 901, Morrisville, NY --- The 4th annual symposium brings together the various elements of the debates on farming and food in order to take an interdisciplinary look at our collective food and farming futures. Wendell Berry famously wrote that “…eating is an agricultural act.” Berry asks us to consider how our food choices reflect the values we place in our farms and our communities. And as we come to be more and more concerned about our food �" its safety, its nutrition, its environmental impact �" we must begin to confront some of the values attached to various modes of producing... Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:38:19 -0500 nyhumanities 3366 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3409 Apr 22 2010 at 7:00 PM, Poets House, 10 River Terrace, New York, NY --- On Earth Day, rainforest ecologist Nalini Nadkarni and poet Leonard Schwartz examine how poetic and scientific understandings of nature might be combined to inspire environmental stewardship. $10, $7 for students and seniors, free to Poets House Members Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:41:59 -0500 nyhumanities 3409 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3432 Apr 22 2010 at 6:00 PM, Fordham University, Walsh Library, Flom Auditorium, 441 E Fordham Rd, Bronx, NY --- This lecture explores issues related to African remittances from United States to Africa, and how remittances help both, African immigrants maintain linkages with family members in their countries of origin, and its contribution to the economy of many African countries. The lecture will further highlight the channels through which money is transferred as well as the financial obligations of helping those left behind or living in Africa. Speaker: Prof. Aaron Tesfaye Professor Aaron Tesfaye is a Professor of Political Science at William Paterson University. He is a specialist hydropolitics, economic globalization and its impacts on policy and politics of... Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:20:39 -0500 nyhumanities 3432 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3410 Apr 23 2010 at 7:00 PM, Poets House, 10 River Terrace, New York, NY --- These poetry workshops with rainforest ecologist Nalini Nadkarni and poet Leonard Schwartz introduce the surprisingly creative language used by scientists to describe ecology and explore commonalities between literary texts and ecosystems. $200, pre-registration required; call (212) 431-7920 or email classes@poetshouse.org Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:43:16 -0500 nyhumanities 3410 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3461 Apr 23 2010 at 7:00 PM, Iona College, 715 North Avenue, New Rochelle, NY --- Celebrate the 394th anniversary of Shakespeare's death (and perhaps the 446th anniversary of his birth) at Iona College with Professor John Mahon, co-editor of The Shakespeare Newsletter. Enjoy some cake and a lecture by this authority on the Bard, presented as part of the Sound Shore Shakespeare Festival. Free. Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:59:43 -0500 nyhumanities 3461 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3433 Apr 24 2010 at 12:00 PM, Kozel's Restaurant, 1006 Route 9H, Ghent, NY --- Firth Fabend presents a brief overview of the Dutch people who settled in the Hudson Valley in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. She illustrates her talk with eighty slides, in forty pairs for purposes of comparison. She asks, Who were these Dutch people who replanted themselves in the Hudson Valley when it was a wolf-infested wilderness? Why did they come to America? What did they do when they got here? And why is their cultural influence still felt in the area today? She examines the importance of the fur trade, the importation of slavery, the patroon system of land tenure... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3433 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=2862 Apr 25 2010 at 2:00 PM, Schenectady Jewish Community Center, 2565 Balltown Rd, Niskayuna, NY --- From new melodies for prayer and healing to original Sephardic, klezmer and a cappella settings, how are the voices of Jewish women changing Jewish music? "Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion," exhorts the prophet Zechariah, and the prophet's injunction is one that today's Jewish women are increasingly heeding. We'll sample the distinctive contributions of women to American Jewish music: from early 20th-century "hazzantes" (performing cantors) to today's synagogue cantors; from settings of Biblical texts to new spiritual melodies for prayer (especially for the New Month and for contemporary healing services); and from new Yiddish and Ladino folk songs to... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 2862 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3201 Apr 25 2010 at 2:00 PM, Hyde Collection Trust dba The Hyde Collection , 161 Warren St, Glens Falls, NY --- This presentation focuses on specific cases and some of the most interesting characters in 19th and 20th century art forgery, from the well-known criminal to the not-so-well-known minor felons. Their tales, including triumphs, tribulations, and even trials, raise questions about artistic authorship, art historical scholarship, and authenticity. Such stories and personages will find an audience that loves intrigue, espionage, and justice. "Picture a Rotten Fake," were the words used by art dealer Lord Duveen in a telegram sent in October, 1937, to warn his staff of a possible pending offer for a high-priced "Vermeer" painting. The forger, later... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3201 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3287 Apr 25 2010 at 2:00 PM, University of Rochester Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave, Rochester, NY --- What are the things in our homes and museums that mean the most to us? How do we preserve the past and speak to the future? What would you save if your house were on fire? Using excerpts from the upcoming documentary film Objects and Memory, filmmaker Jonathan Fein raises questions about fundamental human responses and how otherwise ordinary things become transformed into precious conveyers of experience, emotion, and identity. Focusing on meaningful objects invites discussion of issues of value, memory, contemporary history, museum collecting, heirlooms, artistic response, and authenticity. This entertaining and stimulating lecture challenges the... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3287 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3297 Apr 25 2010 at 1:30 PM, Town of Hempstead Rock Hall Museum, 199 Broadway, Lawrence, NY --- Balladeer Linda Russell presents a look at the 18th century America through ballads, broadsides, love songs, marches, drinking songs and dance tunes. Music played a major role in the lives of 18th century Americans. It served as communication in both military and civilian life: Broadsides were "singing newspapers" - topical songs about the latest shipwreck, political ideas and battles won, while in battle, the fife and drum were essential in relaying commands. Music was a companion to labor: Women sang ballads as they worked a spinning wheel or dipped candles. Men hoisted sails to the rhythm of sea chanteys. Hymns... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3297 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3394 Apr 26 2010 at 7:00 PM, CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 899 10th Ave, New York, NY --- Part of Lecture Series, "Justice and Injustice in 1950s America" Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:26:27 -0500 nyhumanities 3394 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3440 Apr 26 2010 at 7:00 PM, William K. Sanford Town Library, 629 Albany Shaker Rd, Loudonville, NY --- The music of klezmorim - the Jewish folk instrumentalists of Eastern and Central Europe - has been an important means of joyous music-making and Jewish connection for many Jewish - and many non-Jewish - musicians today. Since the 1970s, skilled performers on many different instruments have learned the style and repertoire of masters of the klezmer tradition, while experimenting with eclectic, often playful fusions of traditional Jewish melodies and motifs with diverse American and world musical styles. Meanwhile, exuberant and highly expressive singers have added a vocal repertoire, primarily in Yiddish, that had not previously been part... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3440 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3453 Apr 26 2010 at 11:45 AM, Temple Hillel, 1000 Rosedale Rd, Valley Stream, NY --- In the mid and late nineteenth century, American women often brewed cosmetics in their kitchens, using ingredients from their pantries, gardens and sometimes from their local pharmacists. Results often had serious medical consequences. Women's fashions in the Victorian era often led them to use substances meant to enhance their beauty that had unwanted and deleterious effects. Consumption (tuberculosis) was a frequent plague on people of all classes, and its victims often appeared pale and sickly. This look became fashionable and healthy women might use easily accessible substances such as vinegar, arsenic or belladonna with rather unexpected and unwelcome results. Face whitening... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3453 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3141 Apr 28 2010 at 6:00 PM, Sterling Glen of Roslyn, 100 Landing Rd, Roslyn, NY --- Everyone knows of the legendary Phantom of the Opera who haunted the world's most beautiful opera house. This is the story of the Paris Opera House itself. Gaston Leroux's thrilling novel, "The Phantom of the Opera," has been dramatized repeatedly, from silent film to Andrew Lloyd-Webber's immensely popular musical. The tale revolves around an opera house among the architectural glories of Paris, the "Palais Garnier." An imposing and opulent building whose design by Charles Garnier foreshadowed the Beaux Arts style, it opened in 1875 and has witnessed an extraordinary history of operatic performance. This presentation reveals the... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3141 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3144 Apr 28 2010 at 1:00 PM, Emanuel United Church of Christ, 9334 91st Ave, Woodhaven, NY --- George Washington was in need of good intelligence after he evacuated the Continental Army from New York City in September 1776. His disastrous loss at the Battle of Long Island in Brooklyn on August 27-28, 1776 and subsequent defeats north of the city had forced him to retreat with his soldiers to New Jersey and eventually to Pennsylvania. The British controlled New York, particularly the downstate area and Long Island, where Loyalists were in the majority. The Culper Spy Ring was created on Long Island in 1778 by then-Dragoon Major Benjamin Tallmadge of Setauket, under Washington’s leadership. This colorful PowerPoint... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3144 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3362 Apr 28 2010 at 6:30 PM, New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Divison, First Department, New York, NY --- Lower Manhattan Cultural Council presents "Access Restricted" Judith Resnick, Arthur Liman Professor of Law, Yale Law School, will discuss her forthcoming book, "Representing Justice: From Nascent City-States to Guantanamo Bay" (co-authored by Dennis E. Curtis). She will examine the deployment of images, across time and place, aiming to identify buildings as courts and courts as about justice. The setting will be one of the jewels of “The City Beautiful Movement,” an elaborately decorated courthouse, which is featured in Resnik’s book as one of the several sites in which early 20th-century choices of images prompted conflict, and in this case, the... Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:53:21 -0500 nyhumanities 3362 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3450 Apr 28 2010 at 7:30 PM, Italian American Group, 239 Altessa Blvd, Melville, NY --- There is nothing small about the history and heritage of Italian Americans - come and get the big picture! What pushed so many Italians to leave their country between 1880 and 1924? What pulled these immigrants to New York City and other American destinations? How did Old World attachments shape their responses to New World challenges? These questions will be addressed as we examine the issues and impacts, past and present, of Italian immigration to the United States. They came. They worked. They built. From those who established Little Italy "villages" within our cities,... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3450 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3496 Apr 29 2010 at 1:30 PM, Genoa Historical Association, PO Box 316, King Ferry, NY --- Revolutionary New York's epic Indian War has the most official state historical markers, but is otherwise barely remembered. This multimedia lecture shows why... During America's Revolution, George Washington orders Generals Sullivan and Clinton to launch the biggest operation to date against sovereign peoples in North American history. Most Iroquois are uprooted from their homelands, making way for the Erie Canal and Westward Expansion. Strikingly, though Sullivan/Clinton has the most historical markers in New York, it has been nearly forgotten. Spiegelman's tour-de-force combines fresh research, dramatic visuals and unique animated maps to answer why. It introduces the... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3496 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3328 Apr 30 2010 at 7:30 PM, Schoharie County Historical Society, 145 Fort Rd, Schoharie, NY --- Experience the sights and sounds of travel in New York State during the 1800’s! Whether traveling by rail, canal or road, there’s no such thing as packing lightly for a wealthy Victorian. Audience members are welcome to become a part of a living history trip with trunks and satchels learning about 19th century transportation methods (canal, train, horse, carriage) hardships, joys, proper etiquette and attire, social expectations, and traveler preparations…so different from today! This multi-media, audience interactive program/lecture brings participants into the life of a Victorian industrialist and his wife as they prepare to travel (1870-1900). Transportation methods, rules and... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3328 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3312 May 1 2010 at 1:30 PM, St. Peter's Episcopal Church, 149 Genesee St, Geneva, NY --- Experience the sights and sounds of travel in New York State during the 1800’s! Whether traveling by rail, canal or road, there’s no such thing as packing lightly for a wealthy Victorian. Audience members are welcome to become a part of a living history trip with trunks and satchels learning about 19th century transportation methods (canal, train, horse, carriage) hardships, joys, proper etiquette and attire, social expectations, and traveler preparations…so different from today! This multi-media, audience interactive program/lecture brings participants into the life of a Victorian industrialist and his wife as they prepare to travel (1870-1900). Transportation methods, rules and... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3312 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3413 May 1 2010 at 2:00 PM, Poets House, 10 River Terrace, New York, NY --- Richard Lewis converses with artists, teachers and parents about creating poetic spaces as a means of inspiring community and creative responsiveness to the environment. Admission free Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:55:30 -0500 nyhumanities 3413 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3395 May 3 2010 at 7:00 PM, CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 899 10th Ave, New York, NY --- Part of Lecture Series, "Justice and Injustice in 1950s America" Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:29:22 -0500 nyhumanities 3395 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3119 May 5 2010 at 8:00 PM, Mid Island Y JCC, 45 Manetto Hill Rd, Plainview, NY --- Written almost 200 years ago, Frankenstein: Or the Modern Prometheus is a story of a man obsessed with creating artificial life. Yet some basic themes of Mary Shelley’s novel eerily echo today’s discussions on fetal tissue research, artificial intelligence, life-extension and human cloning. In this talk, I will address why the novel continues to fascinate us, and why the story of Victor Frankenstein and his tortured creation lives on in popular culture (through films, plays, musicals, parodies, and comic books). I will also discuss how such an immortal work could have been thought up by a sixteen year old girl,... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3119 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3414 May 5 2010 at 7:00 PM, Poets House, 10 River Terrace, New York, NY --- Diane Ackerman, acclaimed essayist and author of Dawn Light: Dancing with Cranes and Other Ways to Start the Day, talks with Kimiko Hahn, author of Toxic Flora and other poetry collections, about the role of environmental issues and science in their writing. $10, $7 for students and seniors, free to Poets House Members Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:56:27 -0500 nyhumanities 3414 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3146 May 7 2010 at 7:00 PM, Geneva Historical Society, 543 S Main St, Geneva, NY --- Drawing from oral and archival sources, the lecturer presents the war from diverse Iroquois Indian perspectives. Pulled by British and Patriot pressures, the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, Senecas and Tuscaroras were dramatically affected by the war and its consequences. In his recent book, Gary B. Nash, professor of history and director of the National Center for History in the Schools at UCLS, has written that "the public remembers the [American] Revolution mostly in its enshrined, mythic form. This is peculiar in a democratic society because the sacralized story of the founding fathers, the men of marble, mostly concerns the... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3146 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3365 May 7 2010 at 4:30 PM, Radio Diaries, Inc., 169 Avenue A Apt 13, New York, NY --- A half-hour (23 min) documentary special broadcast on National Public Radio's All Things Considered Produced by Radio Diaries (www.radiodiaries.org) In 1945, a black man named Willie McGee was accused of raping a white woman and sentenced to death. His case sparked international protests and appeals from luminaries such as Albert Einstein, William Faulkner, Paul Robeson and Josephine Baker. In 1951, McGee was executed in Mississippi's traveling electric chair - the only one of its kind in the country. A local radio station broadcast a play-by-play of the execution; today that obscure recording survives as an eerie artifact of a lost episode of... Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:42:49 -0500 nyhumanities 3365 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3332 May 8 2010 at 7:00 PM, Stony Point Battlefield State Historic Site, 44 Battlefield Road, Stony Point, NY --- Contrast the Edenic beauty of the Hudson Valley when the early settlers discovered it with the land as it was ravaged in the Revolution. This lecture begins with descriptions of the lush Hudson Valley as it appeared in 1609 to Henry Hudson and his crew. It then suggests that not all was as Edenic as it seemed, for the down-river Indians were violent and attacked the crew upon the ship’s first appearance in Sandy Hook Bay. The lectures goes on to describe the floriferous landscape and rich, rolling farms of the mid-eighteenth century, as depicted by Swedish horticulturist Peter Kalm, and... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3332 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3466 May 8 2010 at 1:00 PM, Chemung Valley History Museum, 415 East Water St., Elmira, NY --- Curious about the woman behind Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain? The Chemung Valley History Museum is hosting Livy's Tea. After sampling various teas and desserts join education coordinator Kerry Lippincott for Livy: The Life and Times of Olivia Langdon Clemens. Also view the exhibit Mark Twain in Elmira. Tickets are $12 per person and advanced registration is required. Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:41:46 -0500 nyhumanities 3466 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3498 May 8 2010 at 2:00 PM, Clermont State Historic Site, 1 Clermont Ave, Germantown, NY --- Upstate New York in the 19th century was a hotbed of reform: religious revivalism, abolition, women’s rights, utopian communal experiments, temperance and prison reform. How did upstate New York come to play this role? Dolores Hayden, an architectural historian, has argued that central New York was receptive to reform movements because it represented a “middle landscape.” That is, it was an open space, that at a particular historical juncture was unusually welcoming to not just economic and scientific advances but also to social and religious experimentation. It was a place where individuals and ideas and social structures were fluid and... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3498 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3426 May 9 2010 at 11:00 AM, Museum at Eldridge Street, 12 Eldridge Street, New York, NY --- As part of the Museum's "Ways We Worship" series, Dr. Sharon Flatto look at contemporary culture's fascination with the kabbalah and Jewish mysticism, and how this ecstatic, esoteric tradition has been, by turns, embraced, incorporated and expunged from American Jewish practice. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:50:30 -0500 nyhumanities 3426 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3315 May 10 2010 at 7:00 PM, North Tonawanda History Museum, 54 Webster St, North Tonawanda, NY --- New York State served as a threshold of liberty for African American freedom seekers. This illustrated lecture introduces listeners to key people, places, and events of the Empire State's Underground Railroad story. New York State, and especially upstate's old "burned-over" district, was fertile soil for the flowering of abolitionism. This illustrated talk places the story of the Underground Railroad in the context of the religious and reform movements of the pre-Civil War period, including endeavors such as the temperance crusade and the women's rights campaign. Frederick Douglass, Gerrit Smith, Harriet Tubman, Beriah Green and many others come to... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3315 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3396 May 10 2010 at 7:00 PM, CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 899 10th Ave, New York, NY --- Part of Lecture Series, "Justice and Injustice in 1950s America" Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:32:25 -0500 nyhumanities 3396 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3376 May 11 2010 at 5:00 PM, Shakespeare Garden at Davenport Park, Davenport Avenue, New Rochelle, NY --- The Shakespeare Garden at Davenport Park is one of the first of its kind in the U.S., planted in 1937 by the Avon Bard Society. Enjoy views of the garden and Long Island Sound during this free outdoor concert (rain date is May 18th). This musical interlude is sponsored by the New Rochelle Council on the Arts, in collaboration with the Garden Club of New Rochelle and New Rochelle Parks and Recreation. Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:39:08 -0500 nyhumanities 3376 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3458 May 11 2010 at 5:00 PM, Davenport Park, Davenport Avenue, New Rochelle, NY --- A musical interlude in the Shakespeare Garden at Davenport Park, one of the first of its kind in the U.S.(planted by the Avon Bard Society in 1937). Enjoy views of the garden and Long Island Sound during this free outdoor concert of madrigal music; rain date is May 18th. Sponsored by the New Rochelle Council on the Arts in collaboration with The Garden Club of New Rochelle and New Rochelle Parks and Recreation. Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:46:03 -0500 nyhumanities 3458 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3495 May 11 2010 at 8:00 PM, Peconic Landing, 1500 Brecknock Rd, Greenport, NY --- Can Tina Fey impede the political ascent of Sarah Palin? Did H.L. Mencken destory the reputation of Presidents Harding and Coolidge? How did comedians in America contribute to Nixon's resignation? For answers to these and other knotty questions, stay tuned. "We elect our best jokes to Congress." "I am not a crook." Whether a quip from Will Rogers or a false confession by Richard Milhous Nixon, these statements spurred political humor, which retains its bite and relevance in contemporary America. Joe Dorinson will examine how political leaders have employed wit to advantage and demonstrate why they also became targets... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3495 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3415 May 12 2010 at 7:00 PM, Poets House, 10 River Terrace, New York, NY --- In recognition of the International Year of Biodiversity, this seminar with poet and ecocritic Jonathan Skinner looks at current poetics and cultures of biodiversity, including forest languages and invasive activity in disturbed ecosystems. $10, $7 for students and seniors, free to Poets House Members Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:58:55 -0500 nyhumanities 3415 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3416 May 14 2010 at 7:00 PM, Poets House, 10 River Terrace, New York, NY --- Poet and ecocritic Jonathan Skinner examines how poets are responding to our relationship to water, taking into account emerging science, politics, and social and ecological inequities. $10, $7 for students and seniors, free to Poets House Members Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:59:36 -0500 nyhumanities 3416 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3402 May 15 2010 at 11:00 AM, Port Washington Public Library, 1 Library Dr, Port Washington, NY --- A reading and discussion series exploring award-winning authors and books from New York and facilitated by Professor Peter West. This session will focus on Stachy Schiff's Vera, Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov. Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3402 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3417 May 15 2010 at 1:00 PM, Poets House, 10 River Terrace, New York, NY --- Building on the concerns uncovered in Skinner's two previous seminars, this workshop is an ecopoetics field audit that focuses on Poets House's location along the Hudson River and introduces site-based writing. $140, pre-registration required; call (212) 431-7920 or email classes@poetshouse.org Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:00:55 -0500 nyhumanities 3417 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3434 May 15 2010 at 5:00 PM, Putnam County Historical Society and Foundry School Museum, 63 Chestnut St, Cold Spring, NY --- This talk focuses on the development of specific innovations in the nineteenth century and examines how they formed the core of the industrial transformation of American society. The different subjects covered link the material transformation of the world with new ideas about society and government. Intertwined throughout the presentation is an exploration of individual and collective responses to the changed circumstances of their lives. This includes topics as varied as labor and religious movements throughout the century, in addition to the technological transformations of material life. Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3434 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3397 May 17 2010 at 7:00 PM, CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 899 10th Ave, New York, NY --- Part of Lecture Series, "Justice and Injustice in 1950s America" Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:35:49 -0500 nyhumanities 3397 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3382 May 20 2010 at 7:00 PM, Greenport Town Hall, Town Hall Drive, Hudson, NY --- Linda Russell explores the history of the Hudson River Valley through folk ballads, Revolutionary War songs, Erie Canal ditties and dance tunes. The Hudson River has been the backdrop for a wealth of human history: In the 17th and 18th centuries, pirates hid in the coves and soldiers built forts on its banks. In the mid- 19th century, it was inspiration for artists, poets and inventors. In the 20th century, it was a neglected, dirty stream transformed by Pete Seeger and others into an environmental success story. This program traces life along the Hudson as seen in folk ballads, Erie Canal... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3382 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3279 May 22 2010 at 4:00 PM, Kinderhook Memorial Library, Po Box 293, Kinderhook, NY --- What made the period between 1930-1948 one of the most imaginative and liveliest periods in American motion picture history? This illustrated lecture will look at the many reasons behind the Golden Age of Hollywood. From the late 1920s through the end of World War II, studios like MGM, Warner Bros, 20th Century Fox, Paramount, and RKO would dominate film production, not only in America but thoughout the world. The reasons for Hollywood's success during this period are intriguing. Despite the economic problems posed by the Depression, the studios became virtual entertainment factories, with each studio producing more than... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3279 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3325 May 23 2010 at 11:00 AM, Temple Beth Sholom, 17139 Northern Blvd, Flushing, NY --- Lusciously illustrated slide-talk on food and drink seen in the 17th century Dutch Masters, and their relevance to the American kitchen today. A lusciously illustrated slide-talk on food and drink seen in the 17th century Dutch Masters and their relevance to the American kitchen today. It explores the food ways brought to America by the Dutch more than three centuries ago, and how these foods were changed and adapted under new circumstances. Using slides of some 40 paintings by Jan Steen, Adriaen von Ostade, Jan Davidsz. De Heem, Pieter Claesz, Harmen van Steenwijck and many others, the lecture will... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3325 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3435 May 23 2010 at 2:00 PM, Oneida Public Library District, 220 Broad St, Oneida, NY --- Experience the sights and sounds of travel in New York State during the 1800’s! Whether traveling by rail, canal or road, there’s no such thing as packing lightly for a wealthy Victorian. Audience members are welcome to become a part of a living history trip with trunks and satchels learning about 19th century transportation methods (canal, train, horse, carriage) hardships, joys, proper etiquette and attire, social expectations, and traveler preparations…so different from today! This multi-media, audience interactive program/lecture brings participants into the life of a Victorian industrialist and his wife as they prepare to travel (1870-1900). Transportation methods, rules and... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3435 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3491 May 24 2010 at 11:45 AM, Temple Hillel, 1000 Rosedale Rd, Valley Stream, NY --- F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" created the literary image of Long Island, but what was the historical reality of Long Island life in the 1920s? F. Scott Fitzgerald began to write "The Great Gatsby," when he lived in Great Neck ("West Egg" in the novel). His description of what his narrator, Nick Carraway, called "that slender riotous island" is an enduring literary depiction of Long Island. Fitzgerald immortalized the Gold Coast mansions on the North Shore, the Great Neck crowd, the old money in Sands Point ("East Egg"), and the valley of ashes in Corona. In those... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3491 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3508 May 24 2010 at 7:00 PM, Schenectady County Public Library, Central Library, McChesney Room, Schenectady, NY --- Part 1 of a 3-part free public scholar led reading group focusing on Homer's "Iliad."  Evenings will include discussion on Homer's influence on classical literature and explore the issues of identity and self-discovery present in the "Iliad." Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:40:50 -0500 nyhumanities 3508 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3217 May 25 2010 at 1:00 PM, Senior Citizens of Bronxville, 200 Pondfield Rd, Bronxville, NY --- As a means of illuminating America's racial and ethnic past, this lecture examines and compares an iconic baseball triumvirate - Jackie Robinson, Joe DiMaggio, and Hank Greenberg. As a means of illuminating America's racial and ethnic past, this lecture examines and compares an iconic baseball triumvirate - Jackie Robinson, Joe DiMaggio, and Hank Greenberg. Prior to its travail of recent years, baseball long reigned as the undisputed National Pastime. In times past, the microcosm of baseball reflected the main currents of American life and culture. Even in its current state, baseball, with the ascent of Latin and Asian... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3217 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3418 May 25 2010 at 7:00 PM, Poets House, 10 River Terrace, New York, NY --- Four emerging poets investigate how poetry might marshal diverse languages, ethnicities and identities to engage with a global ecosystem under duress. $10, $7 for students and seniors, free to Poets House Members Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:06:09 -0500 nyhumanities 3418 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3451 May 25 2010 at 7:00 PM, Suffern Free Library, 210 Lafayette Ave, Suffern, NY --- The music of klezmorim - the Jewish folk instrumentalists of Eastern and Central Europe - has been an important means of joyous music-making and Jewish connection for many Jewish - and many non-Jewish - musicians today. Since the 1970s, skilled performers on many different instruments have learned the style and repertoire of masters of the klezmer tradition, while experimenting with eclectic, often playful fusions of traditional Jewish melodies and motifs with diverse American and world musical styles. Meanwhile, exuberant and highly expressive singers have added a vocal repertoire, primarily in Yiddish, that had not previously been part... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3451 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3142 May 26 2010 at 6:00 PM, Sterling Glen of Roslyn, 100 Landing Rd, Roslyn, NY --- Firth Fabend describes the orchards, produce gardens, flower gardens, and crops that were planted in New Netherland when New York was a Dutch Colony of that name. She illustrates the talk with colorful slides: in the first section, a map of New Netherland, the Castello Plan of lower Manhattan when it was known as New Amsterdam, and some of the many flowering plants described by Swedish naturalist Peter Kalm when he traveled through New York in 1750. Then she relates the gardens of New Netherland to European models, on which they were patterned, including the royal palaces of Honselaarsdijk and Het... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3142 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3419 May 27 2010 at 7:00 PM, Poets House, 10 River Terrace, New York, NY --- Robert Hass, former U.S. Poet Laureate, and Brenda Hillman, author of eight lauded collections, share their experiences of activism and writing in response to the natural world. $10, $7 for students and seniors, free to Poets House Members Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:06:49 -0500 nyhumanities 3419 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3452 May 27 2010 at 2:00 PM, Massapequa Public Library, 40 Harbor Ln, Massapequa Park, NY --- Consider cross-fertilization and mutual inspiration between American-Jewish and African-American music: We listen in on the ongoing musical conversation between blacks and Jews. “America is not made up of separate, free-floating cultures but, rather, of a constant interplay and exchange” (Ralph Ellison). American-Jewish music has incorporated African and African-American musical idioms - blues and jazz, reggae and world music, even gospel and rap - to express the exuberance and vitality of contemporary Jewish life and to enable the mainstreaming of Jewish popular music; while Jewish texts and Jewish musical themes have spoken to Africans and African-Americans alike, who have enriched them... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3452 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3421 May 29 2010 at 1:00 PM, Poets House, 10 River Terrace, New York, NY --- This reading inaugurates Poets House's outdoor courtyard in the new South Teardrop Park. $10, $7 for students and seniors, free to Poets House Members Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:11:19 -0500 nyhumanities 3421 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3245 Jun 1 2010 at 7:00 PM, National Council of Jewish Women - Brooklyn Section, 1001 Quentin Rd, Brooklyn, NY --- The melting pot of America was reflected in the Broadway Musicals. The ethnic musicals of the 1960's and 1970's featured contrasting ethnic groups and wove them into the fabric of the American Musical, successfully and unsuccessfully. Do such shows as Milk and Honey (1961), Fiddler on the Roof (1964), Hallelujah, Baby! (1967), The Wiz (1975) and Pacific Overtures (1976) convey the mood of the modern American experience and hold up over time? Earlier Broadway composers like Irving Berlin hid their immigrant roots, and attempted to incorporate their native musical colorings into the popular American culture. By the 1960's... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3245 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3429 Jun 1 2010 at 12:00 PM, Museum at Eldridge Street, 12 Eldridge Street, New York, NY --- Join the Museum for the launch of a dynamic new tour experience, Ways We Worship: Jewish Practice in America. Step into the footsteps of the Eldridge Street Synagogue's immigrant parishioners, and learn about Jewish rituals, objects and culture first-hand. Discover how Jewish practice has been maintained, adapted and innovated upon in America. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:51:29 -0500 nyhumanities 3429 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3120 Jun 2 2010 at 8:00 PM, Mid Island Y JCC, 45 Manetto Hill Rd, Plainview, NY --- In this lecture, Jewish cowboys, sheep ranchers, and cattle punchers take their rightful place in history alongside other Americans of pioneering spirit. Billy the Kid, Buffalo Bill, Calamity Jane -- when we think of the American West, we don’t think Jewish, although many Jews lived on America’s Western frontier and participated in every aspect of the frontier experience. The Mayor of Tombstone, Arizona during the gunfight at the OK Corral was Jewish. So was Wyatt Earp’s common-law wife, Josie, as well as hundreds of pioneer Jewish wives and mothers who traveled with their families by buckboard through Indian country... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3120 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3381 Jun 3 2010 at 7:00 PM, Cold Spring Harbor Library, 95 Harbor Rd, Cold Spring Harbor, NY --- Firth Fabend describes the orchards, produce gardens, flower gardens, and crops that were planted in New Netherland when New York was a Dutch Colony of that name. She illustrates the talk with colorful slides: in the first section, a map of New Netherland, the Castello Plan of lower Manhattan when it was known as New Amsterdam, and some of the many flowering plants described by Swedish naturalist Peter Kalm when he traveled through New York in 1750. Then she relates the gardens of New Netherland to European models, on which they were patterned, including the royal palaces of Honselaarsdijk and Het... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3381 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3428 Jun 3 2010 at 6:30 PM, Museum at Eldridge Street, 12 Eldridge Street, New York, NY --- Historian Allan Nadler discusses the "inherent incivility of Yiddish discourse" in a lecture focusing on the Jewish immigrant community's response to Western Conventions of politeness in the synagogue and beyond. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:41:18 -0500 nyhumanities 3428 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3316 Jun 5 2010 at 2:00 PM, North Tonawanda History Museum, 54 Webster St, North Tonawanda, NY --- This presentation tells the history of the Iroquois Confederacy, whose practice of gender equality inspired the emerging women's rights movement in upstate New York over 100 years ago. Imagine that women had the right to choose all political representatives and to remove from office anyone who didn't address the wishes and needs of the people. Haudenosaunee (traditional Iroquois) women have had that responsibility - and more - since long before Christopher Columbus came to these shores. Native American women generally had a pre-contact status which would be the envy of United States women, even today. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3316 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=2804 Jun 6 2010 at 11:00 AM, Bayswater Jewish Center, 2355 Healy Ave, Far Rockaway, NY --- In this lecture, Jewish cowboys, sheep ranchers, and cattle punchers take their rightful place in history alongside other Americans of pioneering spirit. Billy the Kid, Buffalo Bill, Calamity Jane -- when we think of the American West, we don't think Jewish, although many Jews lived on America's Western frontier and participated in every aspect of the frontier experience. The Mayor of Tombstone, Arizona during the gunfight at the OK Corral was Jewish. So was Wyatt Earp's common-law wife, Josie, as well as hundreds of pioneer Jewish wives and mothers who traveled with their families by buckboard through Indian country... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 2804 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3093 Jun 6 2010 at 2:00 PM, Hull House Foundation, 5976 Genesee St, Lancaster, NY --- Dave Ruch, our own New York State "songcatcher," presents songs and ditties imbued with stories of the people who settled and built the Empire State. In this concert-and-lecture program, Dave Ruch presents and tells the stories behind the songs of real New Yorkers from days gone by - farmers, lumbermen, children, immigrants, Native Americans, canallers, hops pickers, lake sailors, and more - songs from the people who settled and built our state. The program is offered in two different formats: 1) A survey of old songs and ballads - each set within its own historical and cultural context - from... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3093 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3467 Jun 6 2010 at 2:00 PM, Chemung Valley History Museum, 415 East Water St., Elmira, NY --- Enjoy an afternoon with Mark Twain (Jim Ketchem). The program is free and open to the general pubic. Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:46:24 -0500 nyhumanities 3467 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3258 Jun 7 2010 at 7:00 PM, Champlain Valley Transportation Museum, 12 Museum Way, Plattsburgh, NY --- We have rebuilt our cities to fit our cars. How have cars changed cities? What have we gained and lost in the process? Cities have been profoundly changed by our growing reliance on automobiles. Cars permitted motorists to go more places, more quickly and comfortably than ever before. But the individual motorist’s gain was not always a benefit to the community. Cars brought noise, fumes, and mortal danger, and they led us to rebuild our towns, which are now organized around highway strips and expressways and parking lots, rather than main streets and town squares and neighborhood sidewalks. This illustrated lecture charts... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3258 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3317 Jun 7 2010 at 2:00 PM, North Tonawanda History Museum, 54 Webster St, North Tonawanda, NY --- With fireworks and fury, music and mayhem, the Erie Canal transformed villages into cities and New York into the Empire State. It was a great day in Buffalo when the Erie Canal opened for business on October 26, 1825 and all of the people of New York State joined in the celebrations. Governor DeWitt Clinton boarded the barge, Superior, carrying State dignitaries. The second barge, Seneca Chief carried local dignitaries along with foods from Michigan, Ohio and Western New York. The third barge, Noah’s Ark carried an assortment of birds, fish, insects, two bear cubs and two Seneca Indian boys. They... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3317 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3509 Jun 7 2010 at 7:00 PM, Schenectady County Public Library, Central Library, McChesney Room, Schenectady, NY --- Part 2 of a 3-part free public scholar led reading group focusing on Homer's "Iliad."  Evenings will include discussion on Homer's influence on classical literature and explore the issues of identity and self-discovery present in the "Iliad." Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:41:05 -0500 nyhumanities 3509 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3437 Jun 10 2010 at 1:30 PM, New City Free Library, 220 N Main St, New City, NY --- This illustrated lecture unravels some of the hidden mysteries of the greatest theft of art in the 20th century carried out by the Nazi regime. It exposes the acts of looting, the key figures involved, and reveals intriguing detective tales, including personal stories and case studies of recent research by modern-day "art sleuths." The greatest theft of art in 20th century history was the theft carried out by Nazi Germany, beginning in 1933 and lasting until the end of World War II. Shrouded in secrecy, the Nazis launched a methodical and well-conceived campaign to confiscate and loot Europe of... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3437 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3497 Jun 10 2010 at 6:00 PM, Pember Library and Museum, 33 W Main St, Granville, NY --- New York supplied more men, money and material in the Civil War than any other state. New Yorkers went to war in many ways. New York supplied more men, money and material in the Civil War than any other state North or South, but New Yorkers responded to the Civil War in diverse and often contradictory fashions. Concentrating mainly on the home front, this presentation will examine a sample of those responses and some individuals who exemplify them, put in the political, social and military contexts of the war. It will look at the social costs of the war as they... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3497 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3344 Jun 12 2010 at 10:00 AM, Geneva Historical Society, 543 S Main St, Geneva, NY --- This new, permanent exhibit will introduce visitors to Geneva's history from the 1700s to the present. It will show the city's relevance by illustrating how it fits into a continuum of national history, and will explore Geneva's heritage through the lens of environmental history. Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:00:21 -0500 nyhumanities 3344 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3500 Jun 13 2010 at 2:00 PM, Dobbs Ferry Public Library, 55 Main St, Dobbs Ferry, NY --- Contrast the Edenic beauty of the Hudson Valley when the early settlers discovered it with the land as it was ravaged in the Revolution. This lecture begins with descriptions of the lush Hudson Valley as it appeared in 1609 to Henry Hudson and his crew. It then suggests that not all was as Edenic as it seemed, for the down-river Indians were violent and attacked the crew upon the ship’s first appearance in Sandy Hook Bay. The lectures goes on to describe the floriferous landscape and rich, rolling farms of the mid-eighteenth century, as depicted by Swedish horticulturist Peter Kalm, and... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3500 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3510 Jun 14 2010 at 7:00 PM, Schenectady County Public Library, Central Library, McChesney Room, Schenectady, NY --- Part 3 of a 3-part free public scholar led reading group focusing on Homer's "Iliad."  Evenings will include discussion on Homer's influence on classical literature and explore the issues of identity and self-discovery present in the "Iliad." Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:41:47 -0500 nyhumanities 3510 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3427 Jun 16 2010 at 11:00 AM, Museum at Eldridge Street, 12 Eldridge Street, New York, NY --- Dr. Andrea Most looks at Jewish practice and the theatre, examining how, in America, the liturgical service was influenced by popular entertainment going on outside the synagogue walls. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:14:16 -0500 nyhumanities 3427 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3398 Jun 17 2010 at 7:00 PM, Greenport Town Hall, Town Hall Drive, Hudson, NY --- Firth Fabend presents a brief overview of the Dutch people who settled in the Hudson Valley in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. She illustrates her talk with eighty slides, in forty pairs for purposes of comparison. She asks, Who were these Dutch people who replanted themselves in the Hudson Valley when it was a wolf-infested wilderness? Why did they come to America? What did they do when they got here? And why is their cultural influence still felt in the area today? She examines the importance of the fur trade, the importation of slavery, the patroon system of land tenure... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3398 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3468 Jun 17 2010 at 7:00 PM, Chemung Valley History Museum, 415 East Water St., Elmira, NY --- While on a trip to Europe in 1878, Mark Twain received a music box from his wife Livy. Twain selected various pieces of music for his music box. What did Twain select? Unfornatuely, we will never know as the music box has been lost. Join us for an evening of music that Twain enjoyed and might have selected for his music box. The concert is free and open to the public. Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:57:51 -0500 nyhumanities 3468 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3469 Jun 18 2010 at 10:00 AM, Chemung Valley History Museum, 415 East Water St, Elmira, NY --- See Elmira through the eyes of Mark Twain's wife, Livy Langdon Clemens. The two hour tour starts from the Chemung Valley History Museum at 10:00 am and will return to the museum at 12:00 pm for lunch. The cost is $15 for members of the Chemung County Historical Society and $20 for non-members. Space is limited to 45 people. Advance registration and payment are required. Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:03:32 -0500 nyhumanities 3469 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3403 Jun 19 2010 at 11:00 AM, Port Washington Public Library, 1 Library Dr, Port Washington, NY --- A reading and discussion series exploring award-winning authors and books from New York and facilitated by Professor Peter West. This session will focus on John Matteson's Eden's Outcasts. Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3403 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3343 Jun 19 2010 at 12:00 PM, Hudson Shores Park, Watervliet, NY --- Dave Ruch, our own New York State "songcatcher," presents songs and ditties imbued with stories of the people who settled and built the Empire State. In this concert-and-lecture program, Dave Ruch presents and tells the stories behind the songs of real New Yorkers from days gone by - farmers, lumbermen, children, immigrants, Native Americans, canallers, hops pickers, lake sailors, and more - songs from the people who settled and built our state. The program is offered in two different formats: 1) A survey of old songs and ballads - each set within its own historical and cultural context - from... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3343 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3378 Jun 20 2010 at 7:00 PM, Howland Stone Store Museum, Po Box 124, Aurora, NY --- This presentation tells the history of the Iroquois Confederacy, whose practice of gender equality inspired the emerging women's rights movement in upstate New York over 100 years ago. Imagine that women had the right to choose all political representatives and to remove from office anyone who didn't address the wishes and needs of the people. Haudenosaunee (traditional Iroquois) women have had that responsibility - and more - since long before Christopher Columbus came to these shores. Native American women generally had a pre-contact status which would be the envy of United States women, even today. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3378 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3486 Jun 21 2010 at 6:00 PM, YM and YWHA of Washington Heights and Inwood, 54 Nagle Ave, New York, NY --- A lecture on some of the most important New Yorkers over the last four hundred years. New York State history through biography. The original Hall of Fame, the Hall of Fame of Great Americans, now largely forgotten, was opened by New York University in the Bronx in 1900. It has spawned numerous imitators, in various fields, probably none more renowned than the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY. But there is no Hall of Fame for Great New Yorkers. This lecture will take a biographical approach to the four hundred years of the state's history. The "Great New Yorkers" it... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3486 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3349 Jun 26 2010 at 2:00 PM, Christ the King High School, 6802 Metropolitan Ave, Middle Village, NY --- “Enemy alien,” "Hitler’s partner,” “the face of the enemy,” these were some of epithets Italian Americans confronted during World War II. Primarily first and second generation, most of who had close relatives in Italy, how they behaved to the call to take up arms against their native land would be scrutinized. Would they join the armed services in what General Eisenhower called “the Great Crusade”? Would they join fellow Americans on the home front in creating the great arsenal? Would they fight against Italy? It was a dilemma and a challenge - to which they responded with a remarkable demonstration of... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3349 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3218 Jun 29 2010 at 1:00 PM, Senior Citizens of Bronxville, 200 Pondfield Rd, Bronxville, NY --- This lecture will illustrate the changing roles for and expectations of American women during and after World War II, as portrayed in Hollywood movies. Before World War II, women were expected to marry and remain at home where they cooked meals and raised children, while their husbands were the breadwinners. During the war, however, the role of women in American society changed. Women now were manning assembly lines, entering the military, and experiencing personal and economic freedom that previously had been the exclusive domain of men. With peacetime came a return to "normalcy," and the expectation that women would... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3218 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3354 Jul 10 2010 at 10:00 AM, Adirondack Historical Association dba The Adirondack Museum, Po Box 99, Blue Mountain Lake, NY --- It’s a picnic party at the Adirondack Museum. No matter what your age -- everyone loves a picnic! Picnicking by the lake, on the mountain or at camp is an Adirondack tradition. Celebrate national picnic month with cookbook signings, exhibit talks and presentations, workshops, demonstrations, a teddy bears’ picnic, hands-on activities, and music throughout the day. Bring your own picnic to enjoy on museum grounds or enjoy a special Adirondack picnic lunch featuring food from the North Country. Free admission for kids up to 12 years old -- bring a teddy bear or favorite “friend” for a... Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:49:02 -0500 nyhumanities 3354 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3202 Jul 11 2010 at 2:00 PM, Hyde Collection Trust dba The Hyde Collection , 161 Warren St, Glens Falls, NY --- Aaron Copland, our first composer to achieve international fame, produced compositions that sound distinctly American. This presentation features video clips and CDs that illustrate his life and representative compositions. Aaron Copland, our first composer to achieve international fame, produced compositions that sound distinctly American. This presentation features video clips and CDs that illustrate his life and representative compositions. Born and raised in Brooklyn by Russian-Jewish immigrant parents, Copland sailed at age twenty for study in France. Upon his return, he incorporated jazz into early works such as "Music for the Theatre" (1925). His next style, often referred to... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3202 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3470 Jul 16 2010 at 10:00 AM, Chemung Valley History Museum, 415 East Water St, Elmira, NY --- Travel on the Underground Railroad through Elmira with Carole Knowlton of the John W. Jones Museum. The two hour tour starts at the Chemung Valley History Museum at 10:00 am and will return to the museum at 12:00 pm for lunch. The cost is $15 for members of the Chemung County Historical Society and $20 for non-members. Space is limited to 45 people. Advanced registration and payment are required. Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:09:05 -0500 nyhumanities 3470 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3454 Jul 26 2010 at 7:30 PM, JCC of Rockland, 450 W Nyack Rd, West Nyack, NY --- Consider cross-fertilization and mutual inspiration between American-Jewish and African-American music: We listen in on the ongoing musical conversation between blacks and Jews. “America is not made up of separate, free-floating cultures but, rather, of a constant interplay and exchange” (Ralph Ellison). American-Jewish music has incorporated African and African-American musical idioms �" blues and jazz, reggae and world music, even gospel and rap �" to express the exuberance and vitality of contemporary Jewish life and to enable the mainstreaming of Jewish popular music; while Jewish texts and Jewish musical themes have spoken to Africans and African-Americans alike, who have enriched them... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3454 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3505 Jul 27 2010 at 4:00 PM, Cape Vincent Community Library, 157 North Real Street, Cape Vincent, NY --- The Adirondack region has been the home of a vibrant quilting tradition for over a century and a half. From bedcovers, plain and fancy, meant to keep families warm during long Adirondack winters, to the stunning art quilts of the twenty-first century, the quilts and comforters of this area mirror national trends as well as telling unique stories of life in the mountains. As diverse as they are, Adirondack quilts have common threads running through them. They tell of the hardships of life in the region and of the latest in national quilting trends; they tell... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3505 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3355 Jul 29 2010 at 10:00 AM, Adirondack Historical Association dba The Adirondack Museum, Po Box 99, Blue Mountain Lake, NY --- Backyard barbecues and campfire cookouts are a way of life in the Adirondacks. Join us for a celebration of food prepared with smoke and fire. Learn new techniques for outdoor cooking -- and share your secrets -- with demonstrations, workshops, and a campfire cook off. Discover more Adirondack food traditions with exhibit tours and hands-on activities. Enjoy musical performances, a grilled lunch, and make your own gourmet s’mores. Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:52:09 -0500 nyhumanities 3355 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3259 Aug 2 2010 at 7:00 PM, Lake Forest Retirement Community, 8 Lake Forest Dr, Plattsburgh, NY --- Experience the sights and sounds of travel in New York State during the 1800’s! Whether traveling by rail, canal or road, there’s no such thing as packing lightly for a wealthy Victorian. Audience members are welcome to become a part of a living history trip with trunks and satchels learning about 19th century transportation methods (canal, train, horse, carriage) hardships, joys, proper etiquette and attire, social expectations, and traveler preparations…so different from today! This multi-media, audience interactive program/lecture brings participants into the life of a Victorian industrialist and his wife as they prepare to travel (1870-1900). Transportation methods, rules and... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3259 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3471 Aug 2 2010 at 10:30 AM, Chemung Valley History Museum, 415 East Water St., Elmira, NY --- Explore the life of Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain). Hear a story about his childhood, try writing with a dip pen, and create a mini-book. The program is free and open to the public. The program is sponsored by Target. Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:16:04 -0500 nyhumanities 3471 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3327 Aug 3 2010 at 12:00 PM, Saratoga National Historical Park, 648 Route 32, Stillwater, NY --- Dave Ruch, our own New York State "songcatcher," presents songs and ditties imbued with stories of the people who settled and built the Empire State. In this concert-and-lecture program, Dave Ruch presents and tells the stories behind the songs of real New Yorkers from days gone by - farmers, lumbermen, children, immigrants, Native Americans, canallers, hops pickers, lake sailors, and more - songs from the people who settled and built our state. The program is offered in two different formats: 1) A survey of old songs and ballads - each set within its own historical and cultural context - from... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3327 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3472 Aug 9 2010 at 10:30 AM, Chemung Valley History Museum, 415 East Water St., Elmira, NY --- Explore life for children in the mid-1800s. Guess the artifact, create your own marble, and participate a miniature fence painting contest. The program is free and open to the public. Sponsored by Target. Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:23:18 -0500 nyhumanities 3472 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3504 Aug 10 2010 at 10:30 AM, Sid Jacobson JCC, 300 Forest Dr, Greenvale, NY --- The conflict between Old World heritage and New World opportunity, as dramatized by classic Jewish American playwrights, including Clifford Odets and Arthur Miller. Many plays by Jewish playwrights have shown Jewish characters responding to life in America. The great subject of this Jewish American drama is the question of Americanization, acculturation, assimilation: the tension between Old World heritage and New World opportunity - a tension which, in today's world, all of us experience, Gentiles as well as Jews. We will explore this theme as it appears in The Jazz Singer by Samson Raphaelson, a play before it was a famous movie; Awake... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3504 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3298 Aug 11 2010 at 6:00 PM, Hanford Mills Museum, 51 County Highway 12, East Meredith, NY --- Dave Ruch, our own New York State "songcatcher," presents songs and ditties imbued with stories of the people who settled and built the Empire State. In this concert-and-lecture program, Dave Ruch presents and tells the stories behind the songs of real New Yorkers from days gone by - farmers, lumbermen, children, immigrants, Native Americans, canallers, hops pickers, lake sailors, and more - songs from the people who settled and built our state. The program is offered in two different formats: 1) A survey of old songs and ballads - each set within its own historical and cultural context - from... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3298 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3455 Aug 14 2010 at 7:00 PM, DuBois Fort Vistor Center, 81 Huguenot St, New Paltz, NY --- The Hudson Valley was culturally pluralistic in the eighteenth century, meaning that many cultures vied for identity at the same time. Native Americans, Dutch, English, French, Germans, Africans, West Indians, Scandinavians, Scots, Irish, Poles, Jews and more jockeyed for recognition of their own cultural traditions and, when their numbers were large enough, the power to assert them. Yet, the society ultimately held together, Firth Fabend considers the glue that held it together, the contact points that enabled men and women of diverse backgrounds and interests to find common ground. She concludes that the glue was of two types, practical and... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3455 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3475 Aug 20 2010 at 10:00 AM, Chemung Valley History Museum, 415 East Water St, Elmira, NY --- Join Barb Snedecor, Director of the Center for Mark Twain Studies at Elmira College, for a tour of Mark Twain's Elmira. The two hour tour starts from the Chemung Valley History Museum at 10:00 am and returns to the museum at 12:00 pm for lunch. The cost is $15 for members of the Chemung County Historical Society and $20 for non-members. Space is limited to 45 people. Advanced registration and payment are required. Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:41:17 -0500 nyhumanities 3475 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3474 Aug 23 2010 at 10:30 AM, Chemung Valley History Museum, 415 East Water St, Elmira, NY --- What would life be like if you traveled back to the 500s? Explore life in medieval England through a variety of activities. Sponsored by Target Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:36:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3474 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3503 Aug 23 2010 at 6:00 PM, Cape Vincent Community Library, 157 North Real Street, Cape Vincent, NY --- Henry Ford’s Fordson Tractor, like his Model T, was both a technological marvel and an instrument of social change; this illustrated lecture will invoke memories of life and work on American family farms before the age of agribusiness. The Fordson tractor, first mass-produced in 1918, gave farmers a reliable but affordable source of power. Henry Ford’s entry into the tractor business sparked a conflict in the farm machinery industry that had long-term consequences for American life on and off the farm. The transition from horse power to tractor power, from muscles to motors, took place during an era of rapid social change... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3503 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3280 Aug 28 2010 at 4:00 PM, Kinderhook Memorial Library, Po Box 293, Kinderhook, NY --- From the late nineteenth century up until the present time, unusual aerial phenomena have been seen and reported across the United States. The explanations of these encounters have not only changed significantly over the decades, but have regularly incorporated the current political, social, technological and cultural predispositions of the general public. In this presentation, John Horner will present the trends in UFO sightings and how the descriptions and subsequent explanations of the many UFO sightings in the United States have shaped the public perception on the reality of this phenomenon. The presentation will use many examples including the “Foo Fighters”... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3280 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3439 Sep 19 2010 at 2:00 PM, Big Springs Historical Society and Museum, PO Box 41, Caledonia, NY --- Experience the sights and sounds of travel in New York State during the 1800’s! Whether traveling by rail, canal or road, there’s no such thing as packing lightly for a wealthy Victorian. Audience members are welcome to become a part of a living history trip with trunks and satchels learning about 19th century transportation methods (canal, train, horse, carriage) hardships, joys, proper etiquette and attire, social expectations, and traveler preparations…so different from today! This multi-media, audience interactive program/lecture brings participants into the life of a Victorian industrialist and his wife as they prepare to travel (1870-1900). Transportation methods, rules and... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3439 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3117 Sep 24 2010 at 12:00 PM, Port Washington Public Library, 1 Library Dr, Port Washington, NY --- The melting pot of America was reflected in the Broadway Musicals. The ethnic musicals of the 1960's and 1970's featured contrasting ethnic groups and wove them into the fabric of the American Musical, successfully and unsuccessfully. Do such shows as Milk and Honey (1961), Fiddler on the Roof (1964), Hallelujah, Baby! (1967), The Wiz (1975) and Pacific Overtures (1976) convey the mood of the modern American experience and hold up over time? Earlier Broadway composers like Irving Berlin hid their immigrant roots, and attempted to incorporate their native musical colorings into the popular American culture. By the 1960's... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3117 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3274 Sep 25 2010 at 11:00 AM, Henry A. Wallace Center, 4079 Albany Post Rd, Hyde Park, NY --- Lusciously illustrated slide-talk on food and drink seen in the 17th century Dutch Masters, and their relevance to the American kitchen today. A lusciously illustrated slide-talk on food and drink seen in the 17th century Dutch Masters and their relevance to the American kitchen today. It explores the food ways brought to America by the Dutch more than three centuries ago, and how these foods were changed and adapted under new circumstances. Using slides of some 40 paintings by Jan Steen, Adriaen von Ostade, Jan Davidsz. De Heem, Pieter Claesz, Harmen van Steenwijck and many others, the lecture will... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3274 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3265 Sep 29 2010 at 1:00 PM, Emanuel United Church of Christ, 9334 91st Ave, Woodhaven, NY --- Firth Fabend presents a brief overview of the Dutch people who settled in the Hudson Valley in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. She illustrates her talk with eighty slides, in forty pairs for purposes of comparison. She asks, Who were these Dutch people who replanted themselves in the Hudson Valley when it was a wolf-infested wilderness? Why did they come to America? What did they do when they got here? And why is their cultural influence still felt in the area today? She examines the importance of the fur trade, the importation of slavery, the patroon system of land tenure... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3265 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3441 Oct 2 2010 at 2:30 PM, Petit Branch Library, 105 Victoria Pl, Syracuse, NY --- Experience the sights and sounds of travel in New York State during the 1800’s! Whether traveling by rail, canal or road, there’s no such thing as packing lightly for a wealthy Victorian. Audience members are welcome to become a part of a living history trip with trunks and satchels learning about 19th century transportation methods (canal, train, horse, carriage) hardships, joys, proper etiquette and attire, social expectations, and traveler preparations…so different from today! This multi-media, audience interactive program/lecture brings participants into the life of a Victorian industrialist and his wife as they prepare to travel (1870-1900). Transportation methods, rules and... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3441 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3487 Oct 3 2010 at 1:00 PM, Three Village Historical Society, 93 North Country Road, Setauket, NY --- Grand Opening of a new children's exhibit, "General Washington's Spies: How A Group of Long Islanders Helped Save the Revolution." Interactive software allows visitors to assume the persona of one or more of the spies and retrace their activities; "School For Spies" with hands-on activities for children to write spy letters using authentic spy codes and quill pens with "invisible ink." Interact with costumed re-enactors dressed as members of the Culper Spy Ring and members of the Patriot militia. Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:10:28 -0500 nyhumanities 3487 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3488 Oct 3 2010 at 1:00 PM, Three Village Historical Society, 93 North Country Road, Setauket, NY --- Michael Goudket, dressed as the spy Robert Townsend, appears at the Grand Opening of a new children's exhibit, "General Washington's Spies: How A Group of Long Islanders Helped Save the Revolution." He will teach children how to write spy messages with quill pens and "invisible ink" using authentic spy codes. Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:21:15 -0500 nyhumanities 3488 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3489 Oct 4 2010 at 7:30 PM, Three Village Historical Society, Setauket Neighborhood House, Setauket, NY --- Edward G. Lengel, Professor of History, University of Virginia, Associate Editor of The Papers of George Washington, and author of "General George Washington: A Military Life" (2005) and "The Glorious Struggle: George Washington’s Revolutionary War Letters" (2007), presents a talk to the community at a public meeting of the Three Village Historical Society. Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:30:46 -0500 nyhumanities 3489 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3242 Oct 9 2010 at 2:00 PM, Marcellus Free Library, 32 Maple St, Marcellus, NY --- Experience the life of Antonio Meucci, the true inventor of the telephone and learn how he was denied his rightful place in history. Discover several of the 38 challenges to Bell’s priority including Thomas Alva Edison’s and Elisha Gray’s two renowned inventors of the era developing telephone prototypes. But it is Antonio Meucci, who held a US patent for a speaking telegraph in 1871 -- five years before Bell received credit for an almost identical device that is the centerpiece of this. As you gain insight into the fiercely competitive era known as the "Age of Invention,"... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3242 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3351 Oct 12 2010 at 7:00 PM, Greece Town Hall, 1 Vince Tofany Blvd, Rochester, NY --- Experience the sights and sounds of travel in New York State during the 1800’s! Whether traveling by rail, canal or road, there’s no such thing as packing lightly for a wealthy Victorian. Audience members are welcome to become a part of a living history trip with trunks and satchels learning about 19th century transportation methods (canal, train, horse, carriage) hardships, joys, proper etiquette and attire, social expectations, and traveler preparations…so different from today! This multi-media, audience interactive program/lecture brings participants into the life of a Victorian industrialist and his wife as they prepare to travel (1870-1900). Transportation methods, rules and... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3351 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3313 Oct 14 2010 at 7:00 PM, Otego Elementary School, 353 Main St, Otego, NY --- Dave Ruch, our own New York State "songcatcher," presents songs and ditties imbued with stories of the people who settled and built the Empire State. In this concert-and-lecture program, Dave Ruch presents and tells the stories behind the songs of real New Yorkers from days gone by - farmers, lumbermen, children, immigrants, Native Americans, canallers, hops pickers, lake sailors, and more - songs from the people who settled and built our state. The program is offered in two different formats: 1) A survey of old songs and ballads - each set within its own historical and cultural context - from... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3313 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3442 Oct 16 2010 at 2:30 PM, Petit Branch Library, 105 Victoria Pl, Syracuse, NY --- Jerome Irving or “JI” Rodale advanced the organic food movement in US culture and politics through his rhetorical leadership choices. Social movement followers and journalists nicknamed JI Rodale the “Guru of the Organic Food Movement.” In the 1940s United States, organic agriculture was not on dominant cultural and political radars. So how did JI Rodale rhetorically feed organic food to America? Rodale exhibited both prophetic and pragmatic leadership through his use of material and symbolic resources to legitimize organic food in the pre-WWII era. This lecture illuminates how an early social movement leader can help effect widespread cultural and political... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3442 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3480 Oct 22 2010 at 6:30 PM, Chemung Valley History Museum, 415 East Water St., Elmira, NY --- Join the Chemung Valley History Museum, with Elmira Little Theater and Friends of Woodlawn Cemetery, as they explore the after lives of Mark Twain's Elmira friends who reside in Woodlawn Cemetery. The tours will leave via trolley from the Chemung Valley History Museum beginning at 6:30 pm. Tickets are $10 per person. Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:16:42 -0500 nyhumanities 3480 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3331 Oct 23 2010 at 1:30 PM, New Kingston Valley Grange Hall, Cemetery Road, Margaretville, NY --- In a lively exploration of our Political Campaigns Past, balladeer Linda Russell sings the songs and ditties that drove Americans to the polls and informed their voting in the 19th century. The political campaigns of the past were fueled by song. Tunes like Jefferson and Liberty, Tippecanoe and Tyler too, Grover's Veto and You're All Right, Teddy were sung with great gusto from porches and taverns across the land. They livened up street corners and torchlight parades. Campaign wordsmiths, often using popular melodies of the day, wrote catchy ditties that got stuck in our heads as we went... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3331 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3412 Oct 23 2010 at 10:00 AM, Brooklyn College Library, Brooklyn College Campus at Flatbush & Nostrand Avenue, Brooklyn College, NY --- The Black Brooklyn Renaissance Festival will highlight the music, dance, and verbal performing arts that have contributed to Brooklyn’s rise to prominence as a center of Black culture over the past fifty years. Brooklyn’s Black Renaissance, initiated during the Civil Rights period and continuing in the age of Obama, is based in community arts and rituals that mark distinct legacies as well as creative intersections. These are preserved and performed in a range of artistic styles, including contemporary jazz, southern African-American gospel music and preaching, West Indian steel pan and calypso, Afro-Caribbean ceremonial music and dance, West African drumming, West... Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:02:58 -0500 nyhumanities 3412 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3482 Oct 23 2010 at 6:30 PM, Chemung Valley History Museum, 415 East Water St., Elmira, NY --- Join the Chemung Valley History Museum, with Elmira Little Theater and Friends of Woodlawn Cemetery, as they explore the after lives of Mark Twain's Elmira friends who reside in Woodlawn Cemetery. The tours will leave via trolley from the Chemung Valley History Museum beginning at 6:30 pm. Tickets are $10 per person. Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:25:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3482 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3281 Oct 24 2010 at 4:00 PM, Kinderhook Memorial Library, Po Box 293, Kinderhook, NY --- This illustrated lecture unravels some of the hidden mysteries of the greatest theft of art in the 20th century carried out by the Nazi regime. It exposes the acts of looting, the key figures involved, and reveals intriguing detective tales, including personal stories and case studies of recent research by modern-day "art sleuths." The greatest theft of art in 20th century history was the theft carried out by Nazi Germany, beginning in 1933 and lasting until the end of World War II. Shrouded in secrecy, the Nazis launched a methodical and well-conceived campaign to confiscate and loot Europe of... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3281 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3300 Oct 25 2010 at 1:30 PM, Phelps Mansion Museum, 191 Court St, Binghamton, NY --- Accompanying herself on mountain and hammered dulcimers and guitar, Linda Russell explores the images of 18th and 19th century American women as reflected in the popular song of the day. This presentation is a musical survey of the history of women in America. By looking at the popular songs of the past--the ballads, love songs, suffrage anthems, work songs and dance tunes--we can trace the perceptions and realities of women's lives. The music of the day shows the role of women in 18th and 19th century American society. Accompanying herself on mountain and hammered dulcimers, pennywhistle, guitar and limberjack, Linda Russell... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3300 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3266 Oct 27 2010 at 1:00 PM, Emanuel United Church of Christ, 9334 91st Ave, Woodhaven, NY --- Experience the legacy of puppeteers Mike and Aida Manteo, their children and grandchildren, a family bound together by a Sicilian folk tradition that spans a century in New York. On stage, Orlando woos Angelica in the court of Charlemagne, as the entire family works together to entertain audiences across America. Experience this enlightening journey into New York’s acclaimed Papa Manteo Sicilian Marionette Theater, first established on Catherine Street in Manhattan’s Little Italy in 1908. For more than a century, five generations of the Manteo family have performed episodes from "Un Avventura d'Orlando Furioso" (the epic adventures of the knight... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3266 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3443 Oct 30 2010 at 2:30 PM, Petit Branch Library, 105 Victoria Pl, Syracuse, NY --- Through an examination of various depictions of women, Knight will discuss the cultural imperatives for women to attain beauty, practice deference, and exercise self-control. This presentation will address cultural assumptions about "appropriate" conduct and appearance of women in America from the late nineteenth century through World War II. Through an examination of literary depictions of women, social etiquette guides, medical advice books, and training manuals for male supervisors of women workers, Knight will discuss the pressure placed on women to attain beauty, practice deference, and exercise self-control. For example, the advice manual,"The Ugly-Girl Papers: or, Hints for the Toilet,"... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3443 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3377 Nov 3 2010 at 1:30 PM, Community Club of Garden City and Hempstead, 51 Cathedral Ave, Garden City, NY --- This illustrated lecture unravels some of the hidden mysteries of the greatest theft of art in the 20th century carried out by the Nazi regime. It exposes the acts of looting, the key figures involved, and reveals intriguing detective tales, including personal stories and case studies of recent research by modern-day "art sleuths." The greatest theft of art in 20th century history was the theft carried out by Nazi Germany, beginning in 1933 and lasting until the end of World War II. Shrouded in secrecy, the Nazis launched a methodical and well-conceived campaign to confiscate and loot Europe of... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3377 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3216 Nov 9 2010 at 7:00 PM, Bethlehem Public Library, 451 Delaware Ave, Delmar, NY --- New York State served as a threshold of liberty for African American freedom seekers. This illustrated lecture introduces listeners to key people, places, and events of the Empire State's Underground Railroad story. New York State, and especially upstate's old "burned-over" district, was fertile soil for the flowering of abolitionism. This illustrated talk places the story of the Underground Railroad in the context of the religious and reform movements of the pre-Civil War period, including endeavors such as the temperance crusade and the women's rights campaign. Frederick Douglass, Gerrit Smith, Harriet Tubman, Beriah Green and many others come to... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3216 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3444 Nov 13 2010 at 2:30 PM, Petit Branch Library, 105 Victoria Pl, Syracuse, NY --- Drawing on landscape painting, photography, travelers accounts and other sources, this presentation explores the evolution of American attitudes towards nature. Beginning with perceptions of the American landscape as a howling wilderness to be tamed and transformed, I will trace the social, cultural and economic forces that led to the perception of wild nature as something of value, something to be experienced and preserved. Along the way I will address such topics and figures as the sublime, romanticism, Henry David Thoreau, Thomas Cole and the Hudson River School, John Muir, Ansel Adams and The Lorax. Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3444 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3456 Nov 13 2010 at 7:00 PM, DuBois Fort Vistor Center, 81 Huguenot St, New Paltz, NY --- For over twelve thousand years, the region that is now lower New York, New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware was home to groups of Lenape (Delaware Indians) and their prehistoric predecessors. By the late 18th and early 19th centuries, however, after a tragic series of removals had taken them halfway across the continent, the broken remnants of these tribes finally came to settle in parts of Oklahoma, Wisconsin and Ontario. By the late 20th century, only a handful of elders could still speak their native language, or had knowledge of the traditional ways. In this lively and engaging... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3456 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3492 Nov 21 2010 at 2:00 PM, Prospect Park Alliance, 95 Prospect Park W, Brooklyn, NY --- Firth Fabend describes the orchards, produce gardens, flower gardens, and crops that were planted in New Netherland when New York was a Dutch Colony of that name. She illustrates the talk with colorful slides: in the first section, a map of New Netherland, the Castello Plan of lower Manhattan when it was known as New Amsterdam, and some of the many flowering plants described by Swedish naturalist Peter Kalm when he traveled through New York in 1750. Then she relates the gardens of New Netherland to European models, on which they were patterned, including the royal palaces of Honselaarsdijk and Het... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3492 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3483 Dec 4 2010 at 10:00 AM, Chemung Valley History Museum, 415 East Water St., Elmira, NY --- Discover how Christmas and New Year's were celebrated over a hundred years ago. Families are invited to make crafts from the Victorian Era. There will be a $2 charge per child. Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:27:55 -0500 nyhumanities 3483 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3367 Apr 30 2011 at 7:00 PM, World Sound Foundation, Po Box 919, Stone Ridge, NY --- The audio adventure tour celebrates the rich cultural and historic diversity of Newburgh and Beacon through the recorded voices of its residents. In historical and cultural locations, we install a sign with a phone number, so that anyone with a cell phone can call and hear a story right there on the spot, bringing people closer to the histories that make up their town. Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3367 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=2058 Jan 4 2009 - Dec 31 2010 at 7:00 PM, Albany Institute of History and Art, 125 Washington Ave, Albany, NY --- As part of the Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial Celebration in 2009, the Albany Institute is preparing a major exhibition, catalogue, and website to commemorate the history and culture of the Hudson River and the people who have used and lived along its renowned watercourse. Woven throughout the exhibition, historical artifacts, works of art, and written records will give voice to those diverse people. Their stories and the material objects that filled their world reveal how the Hudson River has aided trade and commerce, provided leisure opportunities and tourist attractions, transported people and opened a nation to settlement and growth. What they tell... Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:15:05 -0400 nyhumanities 2058 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=2199 Feb 14 2009 - Dec 31 2010 at 12:00 PM, St. Paul's Church National Historic Site, 897 South Columbus Avenue, Mt. Vernon, NY --- Please join us for the opening of a new, Council-funded exhibition, "St. Paul's and the Presidents," which explores the interesting connections of five Presidents -- Washington, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Lincoln and F.D.R. -- to St. Paul's. Presidents Washington, Lincoln and F.D.R. are also scheduled to be on hand, plus demonstrations in recognition of February as African American History Month -- special activities for children. Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:50:20 -0400 nyhumanities 2199 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=2295 May 1 2009 - Apr 30 2010 at 6:00 PM, Waterford Historical Museum and Cultural Center (WHMCC), 2 Museum Ln, Waterford, NY --- Exhibit opening for "Making Waterford Our Home: Italians." This exhibit is the first of a three part exhibit series that will explore the lives of three different immigrant groups in Waterford, N.Y.: Italian Americans, French Canadians and Irish Americans. This first exhibition will feature the history and traditions of the Italian Americans who made Waterford their home and will run until December of 2009. Please check our website for more information. www.waterfordmuseum.com Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:35:40 -0500 nyhumanities 2295 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3003 Aug 14 2009 - Jul 31 2010 at 7:00 PM, The Baobab Cultural Center , 728 University Ave, Rochester, NY --- This series of film screenings, discussions and related activities focuses on African and African-American arts, culture, and issues. Topics addressed in The Baobab African Diaspora Scholar Series will include history, folklore, literature, arts and culture, with dialogue facilitated by scholars, artists, educators and community leaders. The series begins August 14, 2009 and will feature two speakers monthly over 12 months. Participants will explore the richness of African heritage, as well as the issues facing the African American community today. Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:00:15 -0400 nyhumanities 3003 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=2026 Sep 4 2009 - Jun 15 2010, Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts at St. Bonaventure University, Route 417, St. Bonaventure, NY, NY --- The Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts at St. Bonaventure University in Olean, New York is planning a large-scale exhibition with satellite locations and public tours to highlight the work of Art Deco artist Hildreth Mei√®re (1892-1961). Mei√®re, a muralist and mosaicist, was one of the most influential and creative decorative artists of the Twentieth Century whose achievements gained national recognition. Most of Mei√®re's spectacular Art Deco creations are on public view. Her work in mosaic murals, wall sculptures, stained glass windows and other unique works decorate our everyday lives. Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:42:48 -0400 nyhumanities 2026 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3165 Oct 9 2009 - Mar 25 2010 at 10:00 AM, The New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, New York, NY --- Abraham Lincoln was a westerner who kick-started his presidential run in New York. This Lincoln Bicentennial exhibition of original artifacts, iconic images, and documents, many in Lincoln's hand, fully traces for the first time the evolution of Lincoln's relationship to New York: from his 1860 Cooper Union address, to his efforts to preserve the Union, and to the wartime threat to civil liberties. Lincoln's evolving stance on slavery alternately infuriated and pleased African-American New Yorkers, many of them veterans of the anti-slavery movement and Underground Railroad activism. In a period in which New York supplied the Union with manpower, funding,... Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:43:54 -0400 nyhumanities 3165 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3157 Oct 15 2009 - May 31 2010, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY --- For centuries, a central theme among the Jews of Spain was their longing for a return to the Land of Israel. This was a romantic and religious desire of many Spanish Jews - a desire that eventually became a reality. Free Gallery Space: Sunday, 11:00 am to 5:00 pm Monday, 9:30 am to 7:30 pm Tuesday to Thursday, 9:30 am to 5:00 pm Friday: 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:04:29 -0400 nyhumanities 3157 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=2785 Dec 4 2009 - Dec 31 2010 at 7:00 PM, Brookside Museum dba Brookside Saratoga County Historic Center, 6 Charlton St, Ballston Spa, NY --- "Moving Forward: Exploring Our Routes in Saratoga County," is a temporary exhibition examining the history of transportation in Saratoga County. From Native trails, to horse and buggy, trolley systems to personal vehicles, how people “got around” Saratoga County has helped make our region into what it is today. Discover how transportation made Saratoga a "destination." Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:14:30 -0400 nyhumanities 2785 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3341 Jan 1 2010 - Mar 15 2010 at 7:00 PM, Bowling Green Park, 2 Broadway, New York, NY --- On September 1st, 2009, 400 years to the month from when Henry Hudson and some 20 seamen sailed their ship, the Halve Maen (Half Moon) into New York Harbor, City Lore and NY 400 launched Birth of a City: Nieuw Amsterdam and Old New York celebrating York’s colonial Dutch heritage with illustrated signs throughout lower Manhattan. A stencil on the sidewalk maps out the historic waterline, demonstrating how the village of Nieuw Amsterdam was nestled within what is now the bustling Lower Manhattan cityscape, with its waterline lapping the shores several blocks from the water today. The buildings that... Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:55:29 -0500 nyhumanities 3341 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3406 Mar 20 2010 - May 29 2010, Poets House, 10 River Terrace, New York, NY --- This series of paintings by British-born poet and painter Basil King depicts the Green Man, the pre- Christian archetypal figure of creation and the earth, emerging in the guise of British historical figures, such as Guy Fawkes and Walter Raleigh. Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:36:15 -0500 nyhumanities 3406 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3405 Mar 20 2010 - May 29 2010, Poets House, 10 River Terrace, New York, NY --- For all ages, this exhibition documents the creation of poetic spaces by a public-school community in response to images of landscape and shared journeys: a bird, a tree, a labyrinth. Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:35:15 -0500 nyhumanities 3405 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3490 Mar 24 2010 - Mar 25 2010 at 7:30 PM, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Warren Hunting Smith Library, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY --- On Wednesday, March 24 Andrea Tone will deliver a lecture titled "Elusive Elysium: Women, Men and Anxiety Over Time." This lecture will take place at 7:30 pm in the Geneva Room of the Warren Hunting Smith Libary on the campus of Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Tone will also take part in a roundtable discussion on Thursday, March 25 from 9-10 am at the Fisher Center for the Study of Women and Men, Rm 212, Demarest Hall. Tone is the Canada Research Chair in the Social History of Medicine. A professor of history, she holds joint appointments in... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:59:33 -0500 nyhumanities 3490 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=2979 Mar 25 2010 - Mar 28 2010 at 10:00 AM, CUNY Medgar Evers College, 1650 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY --- The Tenth National Black Writers’ Conference, And Then We Heard the Thunder: Black Writers Reconstructing Memories and Lighting the Way, will offer panels, roundtables, conversations, talkshops, readings, and storytelling. Inspired in 1986 by the late John O. Killens, writers and scholars will discuss the ways in which black writers are reconstructing the master literary narrative, analyze the emerging themes across African and South Asian/Black diasporic cultures, discuss the impact of the internet on the reading and writing behaviors of the public, examine the impact of hip hop and popular culture on the literature produced by black writers, explore the... Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:53:50 -0400 nyhumanities 2979 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3465 Apr 15 2010 - Mar 31 2011, Chemung Valley History Museum, 415 East Water St., Elmira, NY --- Mark Twain in Elmira chronicles Samuel Clemens relationships with the people and places of Elmira, New York. Some themes include the Langdon family, Quarry Farm, literary legacy, and the continuing presense of Twain today. Among the items that will be on display are the Clemens-Langdon marriage certificate, rare photographs of the Langdon home, and a gown worn by Livy Clemens. Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:36:35 -0500 nyhumanities 3465 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3448 Apr 23 2010 - Jun 11 2010 at 7:00 PM, El Museo Francisco Oller Y Diego Rivera, 91 Allen Street, Buffalo, NY --- A Yemeni Community is an exhibition of 30 black and white prints created in the 1970's by world famous photographer Milton Rogovin. This exhibition will be accompanied by numerous artifacts from the Middle East to contextualize the community. A curriculum suitable for students 6 through grade 12 will be available for teachers and students. A Yemeni Community explores multiculturalism and becoming American. Sat, 13 Feb 2010 13:42:25 -0500 nyhumanities 3448 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3108 Apr 25 2010 - Oct 11 2010 at 7:00 PM, Adirondack Historical Association dba The Adirondack Museum, Po Box 99, Blue Mountain Lake, NY --- An exhibition (April through October 10) exploring the social history of the Adirondack region through the local art form of quilting. The Adirondack region has nurtured a vibrant pieced-textile tradition for over a century and a half. From bedcovers, plain or fancy, meant to keep families warm through long Adirondack winters, to stunning art quilts of the twenty-first century, the quilts and comforters of the North Country mirror national trends and also tell a unique story of life in the mountains. The exceptionally beautiful exhibition will include historic quilts from the Adirondack Museum's textile collection, as well as contemporary quilts, comforters, and... Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3108 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3268 May 1 2010 - Jun 13 2010 at 10:00 AM, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx River Parkway at Fordham Road, Bronx, NY --- Inspired by the life and poetry of Emily Dickinson, one of America’s foremost literary figures, The New York Botanical Garden will present a Garden-wide exhibition celebrating the strong connection between gardens and poetry. Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:23:57 -0500 nyhumanities 3268 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3375 May 4 2010 - May 23 2010 at 9:00 AM, Museum of Arts & Culture, 265 Clove Road, New Rochelle, NY --- A juried show of works in a vareity of media, all inspired by the works of William Shakespeare. (Artists will be asked to provide a statement that ties their submission to a specific play or sonnet, character, scene or phrase.) The Museum of Arts and Culture is open to the public Mondays through Fridays, 9 am to 3 pm, and Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 7 to 9 pm. This exhibit is part of the Sound Shore Shakespeare Festival. Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:27:52 -0500 nyhumanities 3375 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3459 May 4 2010 - May 23 2010 at 9:00 AM, Museum of Arts & Culture, 265 Clove Road, New Rochelle, NY --- A juried show of works in a variety of media, all "inspired by Shakespeare"(artists will be asked to provide a statement that ties their work to a specific play or sonnet, character or scene). Prizes will be awarded at the Artists' Reception on May 13th at 7 pm. The Museum of Arts and Culture, the only Regents-chartered museum in a school in the State of New York, is open to the public Mondays through Fridays, 9 am to 3 pm, and Tuesday and Thursday evenings, 7 to 9 pm. Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:54:30 -0500 nyhumanities 3459 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3460 May 7 2010 - May 8 2010 at 7:30 PM, New Rochelle High School, Linda Kelly Theater, New Rochelle High School, New Rochelle, NY --- Two actors, 38 plays, one delightful evening of theater: The Knighthorse Theatre Company presents "The Shakespearean Jukebox." Pick a play, any play, and prepare to experience Shakespeare's language as never before: Every performance is unique because the audience makes every selection. Two public performances; tickets cost $15 for adults, $10 for students, seniors. Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:48:57 -0500 nyhumanities 3460 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3457 May 13 2010 - May 27 2010 at 7:00 PM, New Rochelle Public Library, 1 Library Plaza, New Rochelle, NY --- A free film series featuring cinematic versions of Shakespeare's works with interpretive discussions led by Iona College Professors Tom Pendleton (co-editor of The Shakespeare Newsletter) and Amy Stackhouse. Films will be shown at 7 pm in the Ossie Davis Theater. May 13th: Franco Zeffirelli's "Romeo and Juliet", presented jointly by Prof. Pendleton and Prof. Stackhouse; May 20th: Orson Welles' "Chimes at Midnight," presented by Prof. Pendleton; May 27th: Kenneth Branagh's "Much Ado About Nothing," presented by Prof. Stackhouse. Admission is free. Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:35:32 -0500 nyhumanities 3457 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3353 May 28 2010 - Oct 17 2012 at 10:00 AM, Adirondack Historical Association dba The Adirondack Museum, Po Box 99, Blue Mountain Lake, NY --- “Let’s Eat! Adirondack Food Traditions,” a new exhibition, will examine the role of food in the history of the North Country, and the part food has played in cultural identity, community fellowship, work, leisure, and daily life. A variety of objects, audio stations, and historic photographs will showcase this theme. Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:44:25 -0500 nyhumanities 3353 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=2985 Jun 1 2010 - Jul 31 2010 at 5:00 PM, Aimie's Dinner & Movie Gallery, 190 Glen St, Glens Falls, NY --- An exhibition of international youth illustrations of folktales and legends from their country will be divided into Heroic Legends, Morality Folktales, Romantic Folktales Mythological Figures and Explanation of Events, with descriptive panels summarizing the tales with an exhibition catalogue/booklet. Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:52:37 -0400 nyhumanities 2985 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3304 Sep 21 2010 - Sep 25 2010 at 7:00 PM, Rochester Institute of Technology, 1 Lomb Memorial Dr, Rochester, NY --- A symposium on the Chinese Sixth Generation Cinema. Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3304 at http://nyhumanities.org http://nyhumanities.org/events/event.php?event_id=3479 Oct 7 2010 - Oct 28 2010 at 7:00 PM, Chemung Valley History Museum, 415 E Water St, Elmira, NY --- Free program on Mark Twain to be presented on the 7th, 14th, 21st, and 28th of October. Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:50:00 -0500 nyhumanities 3479 at http://nyhumanities.org