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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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