Saturday, Feb. 9: The first annual Sojourner Truth Life Walk proceeds from Port Ewen to the Ulster County Courthouse, ending with a live in-person reenactment of Sojourner Truth’s “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech at the Old Dutch Church.
As Joppenbergh’s day as a cement source ended, Rosendalers, with the urging of Nordic skiing enthusiast Gus Williams of Williams Lake, found another use for the mountain.
What was happening around town in January of 1919?
Using archival footage, photographs and discussion, Miller will examine the early days of the state’s prison system and document the evolution toward rehabilitation and a more positive prison philosophy.
After putting his stamp on many of Kingston and Poughkeepsie’s most important buildings, J. A. Wood created the onion-domed, minaret-studded landmark Tampa Bay Hotel.
Saturday, Dec. 1: Friends of Historic Saugerties presents “Native American Women of the Eastern Woodlands,” a talk by writer and Brooklyn College Political Science professor Sally Bermanzohn.
Thursday, Dec. 6: The yield of a unique British/Russian scholarly collaboration, The Kremlin Letters examines and makes sense of more than 600 messages exchanged between Joseph Stalin and the Allied leaders Churchill and Roosevelt during the Second World War.
Thursday, November 15: The Bicentennial Celebration will feature special exhibits, events and the first-ever relocation of the New York State Court of Appeals, the state’s highest tribunal, from its home in Albany.
Sunday, November 11: Did you know that the American Expeditionary Force asked an Ulster County man to create an improved gas mask?
When you look at a place every day, you might not notice over time that it’s falling into disrepair. That’s when a fresh pair of eyes can come in very handy.
The business of media is changing, but local, on-the-ground, fact-checked journalism is needed now more than ever.
