BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Ulster County Historical Society - ECPv6.16.4.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://ulstercountyhs.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Ulster County Historical Society REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20140309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20141102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20150308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20151101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20160313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20161106T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150919T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150919T150000 DTSTAMP:20150821T171136Z CREATED:20150528T171925Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150821T171136Z UID:148-1442656800-1442674800@ulstercountyhs.org SUMMARY:BASKET WEAVING WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:with Patti Brousseau. \n$55 per basket for General Public participants\n \n$45 per basket for UCHS members              \nReservations strongly requested please contact by email or phone to save your space. URL:https://ulstercountyhs.org/event/basket-weaving-workshop/ LOCATION:Bevier House Museum\, 2682 Route 209\, Kingston\, NY\, 12401\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150808T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150808T140000 DTSTAMP:20150727T132635Z CREATED:20150727T132635Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150727T132635Z UID:187-1439028000-1439042400@ulstercountyhs.org SUMMARY:Discovery Day DESCRIPTION:Discovery Day – Auction Evaluation Event\nTo Benefit The Ulster County Historical Society\nPlease join the members of  Schwenke Auctioneers & Appraisers and UCHS for an historical treasure hunt! \nSchwenke Auctioneers and Apppraisers are seeking items with potential historical significance or substantial value\, including collections and entire estates. Our auction experts will be available by appointment from 10:00 am to    2:00 pm to discuss your items and their suitability for marketing at our upcoming auctions.\nItem categories include jewelry\, paintings\, rare books\, maps\, autographs\, sterling silver\, furniture and decorative arts. Pictures of large items are acceptable and advised. \nThis event benefits the Ulster County Historical Society\, and there is no charge for our evaluation. \nTo schedule your appointment please call  Laura at 203-266-0323 and reference Ulster Country Historical Society. Appointments will be scheduled every 45 minutes\, and meetings are confidential and private.\nSince reservation space may be limited please call early to reserve your appointment time. \n  URL:https://ulstercountyhs.org/event/discovery-day/ LOCATION:Bevier House Museum\, 2682 Route 209\, Kingston\, NY\, 12401\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150712T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150712T170000 DTSTAMP:20150528T175306Z CREATED:20150526T191238Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150528T175306Z UID:114-1436713200-1436720400@ulstercountyhs.org SUMMARY:Enterprise & Courage\, The Civil War Years at Lake Mohonk DESCRIPTION:While tensions brew between North and South during the 1850s\, an idea brews in the mind of an Ulster County farmer. His idea is simple yet grand: establish a must-see destination at a remarkable lake high atop the Shawangunk Mountains. \nVisitors to Mohonk Lake saw a very different place during the Civil War. Robi Josephson\, author of Mohonk: Mountain House and Preserve\, traces the earliest days of the mountain house tradition there. She tells how John F. Stokes started the mountain house tradition at Mohonk Lake\, wrestling with a rocky terrain and\, within ten years\, attracting visitors from as far as Long Island and Pennsylvania. During his lifetime\, Stokes was called a man of “enterprise and courage.” \nMs. Josephson sees those words also applying to those who scratched a living from the Shawangunks and fought a civil war far from their mountain homes. Some of those Civil War soldiers came from now-vanished villages near Mohonk. When the war ended in 1865\, survivors returned to the mountain\, and Americans—1\,400 that year—celebrated with a visit to the Lake Mohonk House of John F. Stokes. Such was his hospitality that guests dubbed Mohonk’s host “Uncle John.” By decade’s end\, Mohonk Lake was as popular as ever\, but in 1869 Uncle John sold out to Albert K. Smiley\, a Quaker and educator from Providence\, Rhode Island. Albert and his twin brother\, Alfred H. Smiley\, thus began a new chapter at Mohonk Lake\, one their descendants continue more than 140 years later. \nRobi Josephson will be selling and signing copies of her book Mohonk\, a picture history in Arcadia Publishing’s Images of America series published in 2002. She will also have available An Unforgiving Land: Hardscrabble Life in the Trapps\, a Vanished Shawangunk Mountain Hamlet\, co-authored with Bob Larsen (Black Dome Press 2013). \nAttendees are also invited to view Bevier House Museum’s collection of Civil War artifacts related to Ulster County on the museum’s second floor. On display are field drums\, documents\, photographs\, clothing\, maps and arms. \n$7 per person/free to UCHS members URL:https://ulstercountyhs.org/event/enterprise-courage-the-civil-war-years-at-lake-mohonk/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150627T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150627T180000 DTSTAMP:20150622T134659Z CREATED:20150526T191132Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150622T134659Z UID:113-1435399200-1435428000@ulstercountyhs.org SUMMARY:Marbletown Founders’ Day DESCRIPTION:The first settlers to reside in what is now the Town of Marbletown are believed to have come from nearby Hurley in roughly the year 1669. Decommissioned British soldiers would build homesteads on the banks of the Rondout Creek\, whose name derives from the word fort or redoubt that was erected near its mouth at the Hudson River in nearby Kingston. The rich soil on these banks would become an important breadbasket for the growing colonial city of New York and its environs\, a short 100 mile float down the Hudson River. By 1703\, the Town of Marbletown received a land patent\, granted by Queen Anne of England to Colonel Henry Beekman\, Captain Thomas Garton and Captain Charles Broadhead on the 23rd of June of that year—which is the anniversary we now celebrate. The original document is on display as part of the permanent collection of the Ulster County Historical Society at the Bevier House Museum. By 1704\, a New York silversmith\, Jacob Boelen (1657-1729)\, was commissioned to design and render the Town stamp\, a replica of which is also on display at the Bevier House\, on loan from the Town of Marbletown. The original stamp is part of the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Boelen captured the essence of Marbletown of the period in a simple rendering of deer in the upper register of the seal\, signifying the bounty of the nearby forests teaming with game. On the lower register of the seal the artist depicted sheaves of wheat\, symbolizing the bounty derived from the fertile soils that lined the Rondout Creek. With a telling motto\, “Be Just/To Trust\,” which captured both the simplicity and poignancy of the area’s Dutch cultural inheritance\, the Town of Marbletown was born. \nThis year’s event continues the celebration and will feature a dazzling display of local art\, history and locally produced wares that are hallmarks the Rondout Valley. The event will benefit in part the Stone Ridge Library: \n• The artwork is curated by Sevan Melikyan\, director of the Wired Gallery in High Falls. The display of painting\, sculpture and photography will be sold during the event with over 30 artists in a variety of media participating;\n• A 10:30 am lecture\, given by Dr. William Rhoads\, on the historic architecture of Marbletown\, and a 2:00 pm lecture\, given by the Town’s historian\, Gail Many\, on the history of Marbletown. The lectures are sponsored by the Marbletown Historical Preservation Commission;\n• A photography display of some of the permanent collection of the Ulster County Historical Society’s collection by local photographer Jim Smith will be on display and for sale at the Bevier House;\n• The Rondout Valley Growers Association will provide a further historical link to farming in the area that once made the Valley the breadbasket of an emerging nation in the late 18th century. Local produce will be for sale during the day;\n• The Ulster County Historical Society staff will conduct guided tours of the 17th century Bevier House;\n• The Stone Ridge Library will be staging a children’s event TBA;\n• Dianne Hart\, a local floral designer will display her award winning floral displays;\n• Other displaying participants TBA. \nThis event is free and open to the public. URL:https://ulstercountyhs.org/event/marbletown-founders-day/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150607T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150607T170000 DTSTAMP:20150528T174958Z CREATED:20150526T184743Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150528T174958Z UID:108-1433689200-1433696400@ulstercountyhs.org SUMMARY:Members Only Garden Party DESCRIPTION:Join trustees\, our museum director and volunteers for a Sunday afternoon party at Bevier House where we will gather to enjoy refreshments and conversation in a delightful period garden setting. \nAt 3:30 p.m. Sanford Levy of Jenkinstown Antiques will give a presentation on Hudson Valley artist Julia Dillon (1834-1919)\, known for her floral still-lifes\, and her lifetime association with two other significant Kingston artists\, her cousin Jervis McEntee (1828-1891) and their friend Joseph Tubby (1821-1896). \nMr. Levy’s talk gives a perspective not only Julia and her cousin’s lives as members of a successful and long established Hudson Valley family\, but also the environment in which they were to flourish\, the Rondout of the mid-nineteenth century where authors\, social reformers\, spiritualists\, artists\, and people from all walks of life crossed paths. \n  \nJulia\, like many women artists of the period\, concentrated on still-life paintings.  Julia lived and kept a studio in New York City (on East 10th Street) during the 1870’s and 80’s but\, in 1893 returned to Kingston. The three friends often spent time together in the Rondout neighborhood and New York City\, frequenting operas and spending hours in the studio comparing painting influences. Julia\, Jervis and Joseph remained friends all their lives. \nSanford Levy\, who opened his first New Paltz antique shop in 1974 is the owner of Jenkinstown Antiques\, located in the 1792 ‘Hallock House’\, a building which was relocated to the property from Orange County in the 1980s. He is an expert on antiques from the Hudson Valley and is a well-known dealer in regional artists such as D.F. Hasbrouck\, T. B. Pope\, Michael Kelly\, Joseph Tubby\, and Julia Dillon. Levy also specializes in furniture from the Valley\, including kasten and country pieces in original surfaces. \nThis event is free to UCHS members and their guests. URL:https://ulstercountyhs.org/event/members-only-garden-party/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150531T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150531T170000 DTSTAMP:20150528T201354Z CREATED:20150528T170830Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150528T201354Z UID:147-1433084400-1433091600@ulstercountyhs.org SUMMARY:“Objects and Memory” DESCRIPTION:  \nA presentation about the acclaimed documentary “Objects and Memory\,” will be given by its producer-director\, Jonathan Fein. The documentary examines how humans preserve the past through the accumulation\, cataloguing and display of physical things. The film was screened on PBS to commemorate the seventh and tenth anniversaries of 9/11. \n“The film … explores the otherwise ordinary things in our homes and museums that mean the most to us because of what they represent\, and about how we respond to momentous events while they are happening\,” explained producer-director Fein. \nFor 13 years\, Fein has done research for his film\, as well as for an upcoming book. The themes probed by the documentary include: how we navigate through a physical world\, how things get into museums\, how we recognize history as it is happening\, why we make and collect art\, how we make sense of turbulent times\, how we memorialize the past\, what fundamental human qualities drive our responses. \n“Objects and Memory” has been screened across the United States\, complemented by a lecture-workshop by the filmmaker in venues that include the University of Massachusetts\, the New-York Historical Society\, Columbia University\, the University of Maryland\, the School of Visual Arts\, the University of Rochester\, Rutgers University\, the Philbrook Museum\, Indiana University\, the University of Central Oklahoma\, the Brooklyn Museum\, St. John’s University\, and the Carnegie Institution. \nThe film was honored with the 2010 American Association for State and Local History Award of Merit and was the opening event of the 2012 Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums annual conference. \nFor more information about the film\, please visit www.objectsandmemory.org. \nFree admission\, made possible through NY Council for the Humanities. URL:https://ulstercountyhs.org/event/objects-and-memory/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150503T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150503T163000 DTSTAMP:20150529T120225Z CREATED:20150529T120059Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150529T120225Z UID:177-1430665200-1430670600@ulstercountyhs.org SUMMARY:FORGOTTEN: THE COVERED BRIDGES OF THE MID-HUDSON REGION DESCRIPTION:More than half of the 71 covered bridges known to have been built in the four-county Mid-Hudson Region were in Ulster County (Ulster 38; Sullivan 19; Orange 9; and Dutchess 5). Today\, of the nine still standing in the region\, five are in Ulster County and four in Sullivan County. \nCovered bridges\, those still standing and ones that have been lost and largely forgotten\, all collectively tell a rich story of the region’s development. Each covered bridge\, whether lost or still present\, played important roles as utilitarian crossings that connected rural areas with nascent villages and towns\, critical links in shaping the economic and social development of nineteenth century America. \nWhile highlighting what is known about the covered bridges in Ulster County\, this illustrated talk will situate those in the Mid-Hudson’s region within the broader narrative of America’s nineteenth century technological innovation and entrepreneurial spirit. This was a time when great transformative projects\, including canal networks\, covered and uncovered bridges\, as well as railroads\, were envisaged and constructed thus contributing to ushering in of the prosperity of “the American century” that followed. \nRon Knapp is SUNY Distinguished Professor Emeritus\, State University of New York at New Paltz. He is the author of over 20 books\, including books on Chinese architecture\, culture\, and the first book to introduce China’s remarkable covered bridges to the West. In 2014\, with co-author Terry E. Miller\, he published America’s Covered Bridges: Practical Crossings\, Nostalgic Icons. Copies of the book will be available for sale and signing at the lecture. URL:https://ulstercountyhs.org/event/forgotten-the-covered-bridges-of-the-mid-hudson-region/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150418T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150418T123000 DTSTAMP:20150529T120530Z CREATED:20150529T120530Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150529T120530Z UID:179-1429349400-1429360200@ulstercountyhs.org SUMMARY:STONE HOUSES GALORE DESCRIPTION:SUNY Ulster Continuing Education class with Warren Ashworth.\nPre-registration required through SUNY Ulster (HSI 661-02). \n$20 per person. URL:https://ulstercountyhs.org/event/stone-houses-galore/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150412T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150412T163000 DTSTAMP:20150529T115713Z CREATED:20150529T115600Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150529T115713Z UID:176-1428850800-1428856200@ulstercountyhs.org SUMMARY:LINCOLN’S FUNERAL PROCESSION THROUGH THE HUDSON VALLEY DESCRIPTION:with Richard Heppner. \n$7 per person/free to UCHS members URL:https://ulstercountyhs.org/event/lincolns-funeral-procession-through-the-hudson-valley/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR