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June 2021
Victorian Quadrille Orchestra
The Victorian Quadrille Orchestra presents dance music from the Civil War and Victorian era. The orchestra invites you back to a time before electronics and recorded music as they perform original music written in the 1800s using authentic instrumentation. Hear Quadrilles, Lancers, Polkas, Waltzes, Reels and more.
Find out more »July 2021
Lee Earns a Living Exhibit
The Lee Historical Society presents “Lee Earns A Living” at the Scolforo Gallery of the Lee Library. The exhibit will trace the development of the local businesses and services from the first 1760 settlements through nearly 100 years of homespun living to the arrival of peddlers and general stores and then to retail stores and professional services. The exhibit will be liberally illustrated with photos, ads, business artifacts and correspondence. Free and open to the public. Inquire at 413-243-0385 for…
Find out more »In the Shadow of the Founders “Greatest Generations” in American History
A talk by John Demos, Samuel Knight Professor of American History Emeritus at Yale University and award-winning author. At several strategic points in the American past, events have cast a particular generational cohort in a special, outsize role. Demos will discuss how Their lives and deeds have given a distinctive shape to our history, a recurrent and transformative charge of renewal. Onsite & via Zoom.
Find out more »History Talk – Prisons in Colonial America
A talk by Princeton Professor Wendy Warren. We think of the current carceral crisis in the United States as a purely modern phenomenon. This talk will explain the long history of prisons in North America, and examine what has not changed between the earliest prisons and today. Onsite & via Zoom.
Find out more »August 2021
Herman Melville’s Birthday and Monument Mountain Hike
Celebrate the day (August 4, 1850) when Melville met Hawthorne on a hike up Monument Mountain. Read the poem they read together at the summit and share sparkling wine (they had champagne). Meet in the parking lot at Monument Mountain, off Route 7 in Great Barrington. Free event!
Find out more »September 2021
Virtual: Gatsby in Connecticut, the Untold Story
Filmmaker and director Robert Steven Williams will uncover facts behind his documentary film Gatsby in Connecticut, when he gives a visual presentation on Gatsby in Connecticut, the Untold Story.
Find out more »Royal Hemlock Trail Hike at the Bidwell House Museum
Join Bidwell House Museum Trustee Richard Greene as he leads you on a walk on the Bidwell House Museum grounds as well as the BNRC’s Hudson-Howard property. This hike traces the route of the early residents of Township No. 1 from their homes to the 1st meeting house on a hill near the Museum. This walk will take you down old roadways, past foundations and stone walls of long-ago homesteads, and allow you to explore flora and fauna along the…
Find out more »Virtual Tuesday Talk: Showcasing 18th Century, Victorian & Jazz Age Fashions
Diane Shewchuk, Curator at the Albany Institute of History & Art will provide a glimpse into what is involved in the creation of exhibitions featuring historic clothing. In this lively behind-the-scenes presentation, Shewchuk will discuss how dresses made of fragile silks and beaded chiffons are carefully put on mannequins. She will also talk about creating the proper silhouette and show you secrets of the dress trade by looking inside dresses from the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries with an emphasis…
Find out more »Raid on Township #1 – Reenactment Weekend
Experience a recreation of raids conducted by British Regular Forces along with Native and Loyalist allies in the Mohawk Valley after the Saratoga Campaign, 1778-1783. Reenactors will put on two public battle demonstrations to show how the raids were conducted, as well as provide visitors an idea of what the military camps looked like when both the British and Continental Armies were in Campaign. Cooking and sewing projects as well as fatigue duty will help bring to life a camp…
Find out more »Raid on Township #1 – Reenactment Weekend
Experience a recreation of raids conducted by British Regular Forces along with Native and Loyalist allies in the Mohawk Valley after the Saratoga Campaign, 1778-1783. Reenactors will put on two public battle demonstrations to show how the raids were conducted, as well as provide visitors an idea of what the military camps looked like when both the British and Continental Armies were in Campaign. Cooking and sewing projects as well as fatigue duty will help bring to life a camp…
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