Haudenosaunee 101 with Freida J. Jacques is a unique opportunity to learn about the Haudenosaunee from a Clanmother of the Onondaga Nation. Jacques will discuss the Iroquois Confederacy using her own life experience, and will invite the audience to ask questions. This program is generously sponsored by Humanities NY. Saturday, March 3 at 2 pm at the Mabee Farm 1100 Main Street Rotterdam Junction, NY 12150; $5, free for members.
Date:
Saturday, March 3, 2018 - 07:00 to 10:00
Location:
Old Songs, Inc. on 37 S. Main Street, Voorheesville, NY
Old Songs Community “Barn” Dance with the Frankophiles with caller: Paul Rosenberg on Saturday, March 3 at 7:00 pm. $8 per person, children 12 & under are free. Old Songs, Inc. on 37 S. Main Street, Voorheesville, NY. Information: 518-765-2815 or online at oldsongs.org.
Moonlight Walk at Thacher Park on Saturday, March 2, at 6:30 pm. Join us for a walk by the light of the moon. If the skies are clear we can leave the flashlights behind. If there is enough snow, we’ll plan to go on snowshoes. Appropriate for ages 14 and up. Please pre-register by calling 518-872-0800. Conditions will determine meeting place.
Andrea Beaton & Troy MacGillivray. at 7:30 pm at the Old Songs Community Arts Center, 37 South Main Street, Voorheesville, NY. Tickets are $23 Online, $25 at the door (or by phone), and $5 for children 12 and under are available at oldsongs.org or by calling Old Songs at (518) 765-2815.
Date:
Friday, March 2, 2018 - 07:30
Location:
Page Hall, 135 Western Avenue, on the University at Albany downtown campus.
Stanley Kubrick's classic satire DR. STRANGELOVE OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB will be screened 7:30 p.m. at Page Hall, 135 Western Avenue, on the University at Albany downtown campus.
Date:
Sunday, February 25, 2018 - 01:00
Location:
At the Badgley Museum Annex at the Old Stone Fort Museum Complex located in the village of Schoharie at 145 Fort Road
"For Breakfast, Pleasure and Health: Chocolate in the 18th Century." on Feb. 25 at 1 p.m. The lecture will be presented by colonial living historian Paul Supley in the Badgley Museum Annex located at the Old Stone Fort Museum Complex. $5 for adults and free for students and Schoharie County Historical Society members. The Old Stone Fort Museum Complex is located in the village of Schoharie at 145 Fort Road
“John Boyd Thacher, Wampum, and the NYS Museum” at Thacher Visitor Center on Saturday, Feb. 24, at 2:00 p.m. In 1989, the NY State Museum (NYSM) repatriated 22 wampum belts to the Onondaga Nation, including four belts originally purchased by John Boyd Thacher. Exhibition, drama and a lawsuit marked Thacher’s tenure as “owner” of the belts, which eventually entered the NYSM collections via Emma Treadwell Thacher.
New Salem Fire Department will have a fish fry dinner from 4:30 – 7:00. Fresh haddock fish, homemade clam strips, and fried shrimp. The dinner includes homemade coleslaw, a baked potato or French fries and beverage. Also, order homemade New England or Manhattan clam chowder and dessert. Plenty of parking and if you prefer takeout call 765-2244.
