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SUMMARY:The Dynamics of the Ukrainian Diaspora: From the Old Country to Ulster County
DESCRIPTION:The Ukrainian story in America is one of the great untold immigration narratives — waves of people who left their homeland under pressure of poverty\, political upheaval\, and persecution\, and found their way to communities across the United States\, including to places that might seem surprising. Ulster County is one of those places. Since the early 20th century\, Ukrainian families have been putting down roots here — building churches\, cultural centers\, and institutions that have kept their heritage alive across generations. Soyuzivka Heritage Center in Kerhonkson\, established in 1952 by the Ukrainian National Association\, has been the heart of that community for more than seventy years. And today\, as Ukrainian refugees continue to arrive in the wake of Russia’s ongoing invasion\, that community is growing and transforming once again. \n\nIn this program\, historian Matthew Zumchak traces the full arc of Ukrainian immigration to the United States — who came\, when\, and why — bringing that national story home to Ulster County and the Hudson Valley. From the early waves of economic migrants in the late 19th and early 20th centuries\, to the displaced persons who arrived after World War II\, to the political refugees of more recent decades\, the Ukrainian community in Ulster County reflects every chapter of that larger journey. This program is also a timely one: Ulster County recently became the first county in the United States to establish a Sister Community partnership with a region of Ukraine — a living reminder that the story of arrival\, belonging\, and solidarity is never finished. \n\nClick Here to Reserve\nThis event is free\, but seating is limited—please reserve your spot in advance.We suggest a donation of $15 to support the Sunday Salon Series and the work of the Ulster County Historical Society. You can contribute online when you RSVP or donate at the event itself via cash\, check\, or credit card. \nThank you for supporting local history and community programming! \n\nAbout the Presenter \n \nMatthew Zumchak is a historian and public history researcher whose work focuses on 20th century Ukrainian immigration to the United States\, with particular attention to the communities that took root in upstate New York. A 2025 graduate of SUNY Brockport\, where he studied under Dr. Elizabeth Masarik\, his research began with a deceptively simple question — why did Ukrainian immigrants settle in seemingly unlikely places like Elmira\, New York? — and opened into a broader examination of the dynamics of diaspora communities across the region. He presented his research at the New York History Conference in 2026\, where his presentation The Dynamics of the Ukrainian Diaspora drew the attention of the Ulster County Historical Society. His long-term goal is a career in public history — bringing the stories of immigrant communities out of the archive and into the hands of the people whose families lived them. This program is a meaningful step in that direction.
URL:https://ulstercountyhs.org/event/the-dynamics-of-the-ukrainian-diaspora-from-the-old-country-to-ulster-county/
LOCATION:Bevier House Museum\, 2682 Route 209\, Kingston\, NY\, 12401\, United States
CATEGORIES:Sunday Salon Series
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SUMMARY:The Irish in Ulster County: Migration\, Roots\, and the Long Road to Irish Freedom
DESCRIPTION:The Irish story in Ulster County is older\, deeper\, and more politically charged than most people realize. Long before the Great Famine sent waves of desperate emigrants across the Atlantic\, Irish men and women were already arriving in this region — drawn by the promise of work on the Delaware and Hudson Canal\, by land\, by opportunity\, and by the simple human need to begin again. But what made the Irish experience in Ulster County distinctive was not just the arrival — it was what the emigrants carried with them\, and what they refused to leave behind. Their hearts\, their politics\, and their loyalty remained fixed on an Ireland still struggling to free itself from British rule. In this program\, Ulster County Historian Eddie Moran traces the full arc of Irish migration to this region — the waves that came\, the communities they built\, and the largely untold story of how Ulster County’s Irish immigrant community became an active participant in the transatlantic struggle for Irish independence. From the Fenian Brotherhood to the Land League\, the fight for Ireland had roots right here. It is a story that has never been told quite this way before — and one that will change the way you think about your neighbors\, your county\, and perhaps your own family history. \nClick here to Reserve\nThis event is free\, but seating is limited—please reserve your spot in advance.We suggest a donation of $15 to support the Sunday Salon Series and the work of the Ulster County Historical Society. You can contribute online when you RSVP or donate at the event itself via cash\, check\, or credit card. \nThank you for supporting local history and community programming! \n  \nAbout the Presenter \n \nEddie Moran is the appointed Historian for Ulster County\, NY — a role he has held since September 2024. A lifelong resident of the Wallkill River Valley and a descendant of New Paltz’s founding French colonizers\, he brings both scholarly depth and deep personal roots to his work. He began his career as a tour guide at Historic Huguenot Street in New Paltz while still a student at SUNY New Paltz\, where he earned his B.A. in History in 2020\, and managed historical interpretation there full-time beginning in 2022. His expertise spans the full sweep of Ulster County history — from the Indigenous Lenape/Esopus peoples and the earliest European settlers through the waves of immigration that shaped the county across four centuries. He has presented for the Ulster County Historical Society’s Sunday Salon Series previously this season\, delivering the acclaimed program From Refugees to Patentees: The Migration Path of New Paltz’s Founding French Families. This program marks his return to the series with a story that is equally surprising\, equally local\, and equally essential. \n 
URL:https://ulstercountyhs.org/event/the-irish-in-ulster-county-migration-roots-and-the-long-road-to-irish-freedom/
LOCATION:Bevier House Museum\, 2682 Route 209\, Kingston\, NY\, 12401\, United States
CATEGORIES:Sunday Salon Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260913T140000
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SUMMARY:That's Amore: The Music Italian Immigrants Carried to Ulster County
DESCRIPTION:When Italian immigrants arrived in Ulster County in the late 19th and early 20th centuries — to build the Ashokan Reservoir\, to work the quarries\, to put down roots in Kingston and the surrounding communities — they brought with them more than tools and ambitions. They brought their music. From the emotionally charged working-class opera of the Neapolitan Sceneggiata to the sophisticated swing and cool of the Rat Pack — whose Italian-American roots ran deep — the music of Italian immigrants traveled the same Atlantic crossing their ancestors did\, transformed in the New World into something distinctly American without ever losing its soul. In this program\, local historian and public history student Steven Caselli explores that musical migration — tracing how the songs\, styles\, and performers who emerged from Italian immigrant communities shaped American popular culture in ways we are still living with today. The program features live musical performance that brings these traditions to life in the room. It is a celebration of what immigrants carry with them\, and what the rest of us inherit. \nClick Here to Reserve\nThis event is free\, but seating is limited—please reserve your spot in advance.We suggest a donation of $15 to support the Sunday Salon Series and the work of the Ulster County Historical Society. You can contribute online when you RSVP or donate at the event itself via cash\, check\, or credit card. \nThank you for supporting local history and community programming! \nAbout the Presenter \n \nSteven Caselli is a Kingston-based historian\, podcaster\, and public history student at SUNY Empire State\, best known as the host of the Empire State History podcast\, which explores the colonial and 19th-century history of the Hudson Valley and New York State. His work focuses on bringing historic sites and stories to life through immersive and interactive experiences\, and he conducts oral history research on Italian-American food traditions and cultural identity as part of his master’s thesis — work he regularly shares on Radio Kingston’s Tutto Italiano. Earlier this season he presented From Napoli to the Catskills: Southern Italian Labor and the Construction of the Ashokan Reservoir to an enthusiastic UCHS audience. He returns now to explore a different dimension of the Italian immigrant experience — the music that traveled with those communities and transformed American culture from the inside out. \nLive musical performance to be announced
URL:https://ulstercountyhs.org/event/thats-amore-the-music-italian-immigrants-carried-to-ulster-county/
LOCATION:Bevier House Museum\, 2682 Route 209\, Kingston\, NY\, 12401\, United States
CATEGORIES:Sunday Salon Series
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SUMMARY:Woodstock: Where the Seekers Stayed
DESCRIPTION:Long before the 1969 festival made it a household name\, Woodstock was already a community shaped by arrivals. Artists came first\, drawn by the light and the landscape\, settling into a quiet rural town and quietly unsettling it. Then came the musicians\, the seekers\, the back-to-the-landers — wave after wave of people who came for a weekend\, a summer\, a festival\, and never quite left. In this program\, Woodstock Town Historian and author Richard Heppner traces the long arc of migration that made Woodstock what it is — and what it means for a community to be perpetually transformed by the people who choose it. Drawing on his award-winning book Woodstock: From World War to Culture Wars (SUNY Press\, 2024)\, Heppner explores how each new arrival changed the character of the town\, how longtime residents pushed back\, and how the tension between roots and reinvention has defined Woodstock across more than a century. It is a story Ulster County knows well — and one that is still unfolding. \nClick Here to Reserve\nThis event is free\, but seating is limited—please reserve your spot in advance.We suggest a donation of $15 to support the Sunday Salon Series and the work of the Ulster County Historical Society. You can contribute online when you RSVP or donate at the event itself via cash\, check\, or credit card. \nThank you for supporting local history and community programming! \nAbout the Presenter \n\nRichard Heppner is Emeritus Professor of Communications and the former Vice President of Academic Affairs at Orange County Community College\, State University of New York\, and has served as the Woodstock Town Historian since 2001. He is the author of Woodstock’s Infamous Murder Trial: Early Racial Injustice in Upstate New York and coauthor (with Janine Fallon-Mower) of Legendary Locals of Woodstock. His most recent book is Woodstock: From World War to Culture Wars. He lives in Woodstock\, New York.
URL:https://ulstercountyhs.org/event/woodstock-where-the-seekers-stayed/
LOCATION:Bevier House Museum\, 2682 Route 209\, Kingston\, NY\, 12401\, United States
CATEGORIES:Sunday Salon Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260927T140000
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SUMMARY:On Hurley Mountain: Freedom\, Land\, and the Making of a Community
DESCRIPTION:Above the rich farmland of the Esopus Valley\, on the hillsides of Hurley Mountain that most people pass without a second glance\, two remarkable communities took root. In the decades before emancipation\, free Black folks\, working class whites and descendants of the Munsee Esopus purchased land at Lapala – building homes\, raising families\, and creating a self-sustaining multi-racial community that would endure through the Civil War\, the Depression\, and well into the 20th century. The places they called home had names: Lapala\, and later Eagle’s Nest.  \nThis program traces the full arc of that story — from the forced migration of enslaved Africans to Ulster County under Dutch and English colonial rule\, the displacement of most Esopus peoples into the Revolution\, and the arrival of immigrant tenant-farmers\, through the gradual emergence of free Black and mixed landowners claiming a place of their own. Drawing on deeds\, census records\, oral histories\, photographs\, and the memories of descendants who still live in the area today\, Erin von Holdt\, Kate Hymes\, and Rob Sweeney\, bring this layered\, largely untold chapter of Ulster County history into the light.  It is a story of arrival\, survival\, and families — some of whom still call Ulster County home. \nClick Here to Reserve\n  \nThis event is free\, but seating is limited—please reserve your spot in advance.We suggest a donation of $15 to support the Sunday Salon Series and the work of the Ulster County Historical Society. You can contribute online when you RSVP or donate at the event itself via cash\, check\, or credit card. \nThank you for supporting local history and community programming! \n  \nAbout the Presenters \n \nErin von Holdt-Gilbert is a local historian\, genealogist\, and fiber artist based in the Hurley-Marbletown area. She serves as Chair of the Hurley Heritage Society Rev250\, Contributing Historian for the Dr. Margaret Wade-Lewis Center for Black History and Culture\, President of the Friends of the Marbletown Cemetery\, and a member of both the Marbletown Historic Preservation Commission and the Ulster Garden Club. Her deep roots in the region and her work tracing the lives of its earliest and least-documented residents make her one of Ulster County’s most important grassroots historians. \n\nKate Hymes is a writer\, poet\, and the inaugural Ulster County Poet Laureate\, appointed by County Executive Jen Metzger in 2023. A New Paltz resident\, she has led Wallkill Valley Writers workshops for over twenty years — writers who have worked with her have called her the story doula. Her poems have appeared in national and regional anthologies\, most recently Mightier: Poets for Social Justice (Calling All Poets\, 2020). She serves as Vice President of the Board of the Dr. Margaret Wade-Lewis Center for Black History and Culture\, and is currently working on a body of poems inspired by the lives of free and enslaved people of African descent in New Paltz and Ulster County. In her own words: “I want to be a griot who writes poems and tells the stories that keep the ancestors alive.” \n \nRobert Sweeney is the Town of Ulster Historian\, a past president of the Hudson Valley Vernacular Architecture organization\, and a longtime Elder of the Old Dutch Church in Kingston. A Bard College alumnus with deep ties to the county’s stone house tradition\, he has spent decades as an architectural historian and estate manager\, and is known locally as an authority on Colonial-era Ulster County structures and their histories — as well as\, by his own proud admission\, a dedicated show chicken breeder.
URL:https://ulstercountyhs.org/event/on-hurley-mountain-freedom-land-and-the-making-of-a-community/
CATEGORIES:Sunday Salon Series
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SUMMARY:Luis Moses Gomez: Refugee\, Merchant\, and the Oldest Jewish Dwelling in North America
DESCRIPTION:He arrived in New York as a refugee — a Sephardic Jew fleeing religious persecution in Europe — and became one of the most consequential merchants of eighteenth-century colonial America. In 1716\, Luis Moses Gomez purchased land near Marlboro in what was then Ulster County\, positioning himself as a vital intermediary between Hudson Valley farmers and artisans and the expanding forces of the market revolution. The stone structure he built still stands today as the oldest surviving Jewish dwelling in North America — three centuries of history embedded in a single building\, bearing witness to the American Revolution\, the region’s industrialization\, and the extraordinary arc of one man’s journey from persecution to prosperity. Alex Prizgintas traces Gomez’s story and the remarkable property he left behind — a lens through which the full complexity of arrival\, resilience\, and belonging in the Hudson Valley comes into focus. \nClick Here to Reserve\nThis event is free\, but seating is limited—please reserve your spot in advance.We suggest a donation of $15 to support the Sunday Salon Series and the work of the Ulster County Historical Society. You can contribute online when you RSVP or donate at the event itself via cash\, check\, or credit card. \nThank you for supporting local history and community programming! \n\nAbout the Presenter \n \nAlex Prizgintas is a Hudson Valley historian\, author\, musician\, and preservationist whose work is rooted in a lifelong passion for the region he calls home. He serves as Town Historian of both Woodbury and Tuxedo in Orange County — a rare distinction — and as President of the Woodbury Historical Society\, a role he first aspired to at age eleven when he became the organization’s youngest member. He earned his B.A. from Marist College summa cum laude\, with a concentration in Public History and a minor in Hudson River Valley Studies\, and his M.P.A. from Marist\, and has published scholarly work in the peer-reviewed Hudson River Valley Review. A board member of the Association of Public Historians of New York State\, he has built collaborative relationships with historical societies and museums across the Hudson Valley. He returns to the Ulster County Historical Society’s Sunday Salon Series\, where he has previously presented to our membership\, with characteristic depth\, warmth\, and an eye for the stories hiding in plain sight.
URL:https://ulstercountyhs.org/event/luis-moses-gomez-refugee-merchant-and-the-oldest-jewish-dwelling-in-north-america/
LOCATION:Bevier House Museum\, 2682 Route 209\, Kingston\, NY\, 12401\, United States
CATEGORIES:Sunday Salon Series
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SUMMARY:I've Been Moved: The Social and Cultural Ripple Effects of IBM Kingston
DESCRIPTION:For roughly forty years\, IBM shaped the rhythm of life in Ulster County — drawing people in from across the country and around the world\, and eventually sending them away again. But the IBM story isn’t just an economic one. Every person who arrived brought with them their own perspectives\, interests\, and cultural lives\, and many threw themselves into the community in ways that left lasting marks — on local arts organizations\, civic institutions\, schools\, and neighborhoods. Sometimes those contributions were welcomed; sometimes they met resistance. In this program\, Bruce Whistance — a 30-year IBM veteran who has called Ulster County home since 1954 — shares selected profiles and stories drawn from his own experience and those of his colleagues\, painting an intimate portrait of what it meant to arrive\, to belong\, and eventually to leave. It is a chapter of Ulster County’s story that many in the audience will recognize — and one that deserves to be told. \nClick Here To Reserve \nThis event is free\, but seating is limited—please reserve your spot in advance.We suggest a donation of $15 to support the Sunday Salon Series and the work of the Ulster County Historical Society. You can contribute online when you RSVP or donate at the event itself via cash\, check\, or credit card. \nThank you for supporting local history and community programming! \n  \nAbout the Presenter \n \nBruce Whistance moved to Ulster County with his family in 1954 and has lived in the towns of Hurley\, Ulster\, and Rosendale ever since. He holds a Master of Science in Computer Science from Union College and spent 30 years at IBM — 22 of them at IBM Kingston\, where he worked on numerically intensive computers and engineering design systems\, rising to Senior Programming Manager and Product Manager. Throughout his IBM years and beyond\, Bruce has been deeply engaged in the cultural and civic life of Ulster County. He has served on the Historic Preservation Commission in the Town of Hurley and has collaborated with his wife Gail on exhibitions at the Hurley Heritage Society Museum. He is the author of Real Stories from a Hudson Valley Boy: Memoirs by Bruce Whistance (2022). He brings to this program something no outside scholar could: the lived experience of arrival\, community\, and departure. \n 
URL:https://ulstercountyhs.org/event/ive-been-moved-the-social-and-cultural-ripple-effects-of-ibm-kingston/
LOCATION:Bevier House Museum\, 2682 Route 209\, Kingston\, NY\, 12401\, United States
CATEGORIES:Sunday Salon Series
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SUMMARY:All-American Ruins: Mining\, Migration\, and Memory in Ulster County's Cement Industry
DESCRIPTION:For generations\, Ulster County’s cement industry drew workers and families from across the country and around the world\, transforming the Mid-Hudson Valley through migration\, labor\, and community-building. The ruins it left behind aren’t just industrial archaeology — they are the physical residue of lives lived\, communities formed\, and an economy that boomed\, busted\, and disappeared. In this immersive program\, All-American Ruins creator Blake Pfeil brings his signature genre-bending\, multimodal storytelling to the Bevier House — featuring audio from the Ambie Award-winning podcast abandoned: The All-American Ruins Podcast\, a screening of the HUDSY-TV docu-series All-American Ruins: Universal Atlas Cement Plant\, hands-on artifacts from the Rosendale cement works\, and an intimate audience conversation about history\, memory\, and the landscapes industries leave behind. Featuring special guests Dylan Thuras and Stev Hull-Allen. \nClick Here to Reserve\nThis event is free\, but seating is limited—please reserve your spot in advance.We suggest a donation of $15 to support the Sunday Salon Series and the work of the Ulster County Historical Society. You can contribute online when you RSVP or donate at the event itself via cash\, check\, or credit card. \nThank you for supporting local history and community programming! \n  \n\nAbout the Presenters \n\nBlake Pfeil is an Ulster County-based multidisciplinary artist whose work explores abandoned spaces and the communities that once filled them. His project All-American Ruins — a multimedia travelogue reimagining industrial ruins through documentary audio\, film\, and live performance — has won dozens of awards\, been featured in 13 countries and 17 states\, and earned coverage in Business Insider\, Forbes\, People\, and Atlas Obscura. The podcast arm of the project\, abandoned: The All-American Ruins Podcast\, received three UK Press Gazette Future of Media Award nominations for Regional Podcast of the Year and was named Podcast of the Year by the American Writing Awards in 2026. Blake has served as a guest producer for History Colorado’s Lost Highways and is Operations & Programs Manager at TMI Project and co-host of Cinema Kingston! on Radio Kingston/WKNY. He lives in High Falls with his handsome partner Jake and their equally handsome pup Jax. \nAbout All-American Ruins \nAll-American Ruins is a multimedia travelogue in which Blake Pfeil recounts his experiences exploring abandoned spaces around the world\, reimagined through podcast\, documentary film\, and live audio theatre. The project has been featured in 13 countries and 17 states\, spotlighted in major national media\, and screened during AMC\, Cinemark\, and Regal Cinemas pre-shows nationwide through a partnership with Noovie. The live performance piece Fading Transmissions from a Republic of Ruins has been developed and presented at festivals including On Air Fest in Brooklyn and the O+ Festival in Kingston. \n​\n​ \nDylan Thuras is the co-founder of AtlasObscura.com\, the collaborative guide to the world’s hidden wonders. He is the co-author of three New York Times bestsellers Atlas Obscura\, Gastro Obscura\, and The Explorer’s Guide for The World’s Most Adventurous Kid. Dylan hosted Brand USA’s Small Town Big Story TV series as well as the number one travel podcast in the U.S.\, The Atlas Obscura Podcast. Dylan is currently the Head of Storytelling and Creative for Miles Partnerships and lives in the Hudson Valley with his wife\, Michelle\, and two kids\, Phineas and Jean. \n\nStev Hull-Allen is a storyteller and solo traveler drawn to the quiet mysteries of forgotten places. His work is shaped by the folklore of his Appalachian and Scottish heritage and by the hush of abandoned spaces\, where memory seems steeped into the bones of a place like smoke into old velvet. You’ll often find him walking old train tracks\, sitting fireside\, or lost in the crowd at a punk show. Stev plays acoustic guitar and draws inspiration from he uncompromising creativity of his friends. He often volunteers his time in the Hudson Valley\, where he believes in the power of art to build community and bring dynamic voices to the cultural forefront
URL:https://ulstercountyhs.org/event/all-american-ruins-mining-migration-and-memory-in-ulster-countys-cement-industry/
LOCATION:Bevier House Museum\, 2682 Route 209\, Kingston\, NY\, 12401\, United States
CATEGORIES:Sunday Salon Series
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SUMMARY:Strings Across the Sea: The Dulcimer\, Immigration\, and the Music That Traveled to America
DESCRIPTION:Every instrument tells a migration story. The Appalachian mountain dulcimer — sweet-voiced\, lap-held\, distinctly American — traces its roots across the Atlantic to the Scottish hummel\, the Norwegian langeleik\, the German scheitholt\, and the French épinette des Vosges. The Scotch-Irish and German immigrants who carried these instruments to the New World in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries couldn’t have known they were planting the seeds of an American musical tradition that would endure for centuries. In this concert\, the Hogfiddle Consort — a intimate ensemble drawn from the New York Dulcimer Orchestra\, based right here in Ulster County — brings that tradition to life through a program woven together with story. Members of the ensemble will share the history behind the music in between their repertoire\, where these sounds came from\, who carried them here\, how they transformed in a new land\, and what they left behind in the American ear. It is a concert and a history lesson in one — the perfect closing note for a season devoted to the stories of those who came to Ulster County and made it their own. \nClick Here to Reserve\nThis event is free\, but seating is limited—please reserve your spot in advance.We suggest a donation of $15 to support the Sunday Salon Series and the work of the Ulster County Historical Society. You can contribute online when you RSVP or donate at the event itself via cash\, check\, or credit card. \nThank you for supporting local history and community programming! \nAbout the Performers \nThe Hogfiddle Consort is a smaller ensemble drawn from the New York Dulcimer Orchestra\, a twenty-player performing organization based in New Paltz\, Ulster County and currently directed by Patricia Curtis. Founded by Carol Walker\, a nationally recognized\, award-winning mountain dulcimer teacher\, performer\, and arranger\, NYDO and the Hogfiddle Consort have performed at festivals\, libraries\, schools\, and community venues across the Northeast. The Consort’s repertoire ranges from classical favorites and Celtic traditional tunes to American folk songs and selections from the Great American Songbook. We are delighted to welcome the Hogfiddle Consort back to the Ulster County Historical Society as the finale of our 2026 Sunday Salon Series. \nHogfiddle Consort: Sasha Bogdanowitsch\, director\, Mary Evans\, Flo Jerdan\, Lois Kral\, Kathryn McGill\, Blake Tutterow\, and Linda Wheeler
URL:https://ulstercountyhs.org/event/strings-across-the-sea-the-dulcimer-immigration-and-the-music-that-traveled-to-america/
LOCATION:Bevier House Museum\, 2682 Route 209\, Kingston\, NY\, 12401\, United States
CATEGORIES:Sunday Salon Series
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