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Association of Suffolk County Historical Societies News

Association of Suffolk County Historical Societies

The next Newsfeed will be posted during the 1st week of February, 2019.

 

NEWS

Eastern L.I.

GRANT WRITING WORKSHOP

January 31, 8:30 to 3:30 pm

Suffolk County Historical Society

Including representatives from the

 GREATER HUDSON HERITAGE NETWORK (GHHN)

   PRESERVATION LEAGUE OF NEW YORK STATE

     ROBERT DAVID LION GARDINER FOUNDATION

       SACRED SITES PROGRAM NEW YORK LANDMARKS CONSERVANCY

Free, RSVP gardiner@rdlgfoundation.org

 

Western L.I.

NYSCA/GHHN CONSERVATION TREATMENT

  GRANT INFO SESSION

Friday, February 1: The Barn at Old Westbury Gardens

  10 am - 12 pm NYSCA/GHHN Conservation Treatment Grant Presentation

  1 - 3 pm Preservation League of NYS Grant Presentation

Free, RSVP http://www.greaterhudson.org/workshops--webinars.html

 

Calling All Artifacts, Images and Stories

FROM NEW YORK SPORTS!

To Submit a Story, Object or Photo to the NYS Museum

Contact Stephen Loughman, Historian & Curator

Stephen.Loughman@nysed.gov

 

DHPSNY Collections and Community Survey

We Need Your Help!

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/L5PKZCV

 

NYSCA/CNY

Arts Professional Development Grants

Apply for funding to attend GHHN’s 2019 Programs!

http://www.nysca.org/downloads/files/2019_Museum_PDGrants.pdf

 

League of NYS in Albany

Transferability Workshop Feb 4th

RSVP for our Transferability Workshop today!

Advocacy Day Feb 5th

RSVP for Advocacy Day today!

 

JANUARY 2019

 

The Long Island Museum

January 20, 3 pm

      Sunday Street Concert

January 27, 5 pm

      Chamber Music Concert

www.longislandmuseum.org

 

Sayville Historical Society

January 20, 2 pm

      History through Genealogy

http://www.sayville.com/historicalsociety/

  

Southampton History Museum

Thursday, January 17, 1 pm

      Camp Wikoff: A Close Look at Montauk’s

      Recuperative Encampment for

      Spanish-American War Combatants

southamptonhistory.org

  

Preservation Long Island

Wednesday, January 16, 4:30 to 6 pm

      Americana Week Book Event at Christie’s

      Elias Pelletreau: L.I. Silversmith & Entrepreneur, 1726-1810

http://preservationlongisland.org/

 

Suffolk County Historical Society

Saturday, January 19, 1:00 pm

       Jim “Zak” Szakmary, 

      A Veteran's Reflections on the Vietnam War
RSVP: 631-727-2881 x100

 

Sylvester Manor Educational Farm

Saturday, January 19, 7:30 pm (doors open at 7 pm)
      January Bluegrass Concert

      Shelter Island School Auditorium
sylvestermanor.org

 

The Bridgehampton Museum

Saturday, January 19, 7 pm

      Jonathan How: A Piano Recital

Saturday, January 26

      A Robert Burns Celebration Concert

RSVP 631 537-1088

 

Hampton Bays Historical & Preservation Society

Sunday, January 20

      Annual Villa Paul Restaurant

https://www.hamptonbayshistoricalsociety.com/

 

Pollock Krasner House & Study Center

Sunday, January 27, 6:30 & 8:30 pm

      Jackson Pollock Birthday Dinner

      The Springs Tavern

pkhouse.org

 

FEBRUARY

Southold Historical Society

Saturday, February 2, 10 am to 12 noon

      Quill Your Own Valentine

Friday, February 8, 4 pm

      Menhaden Fishing on Eatern Loing Island

Sunday, February 10, 12 noon to 9 pm

      Local Eats for a Local Cause

southoldhistoricalsociety.org

 

Nassau County Historical Society

Sunday, February 3, 2 pm

      Dave Morrison, "History of the Oyster Bay Branch of the LIRR,"

      Meeting at East Williston Community Church

www.NassauCountyHistoricalSociety.org

 

Southampton History Museum

February 4 & 25, 10:15 am – 12:30 pm                    

      Diving into Drawdown

Wednesday, February 6, 12 noon     

      Wintering Birds & How They Survive

Wednesday, February 20, 12 noon

      MEDITATING ON A RIFF:

      HOW SPIRITUALITY IS CHANGING   

      AMERICAN CULTURE WITH HUGH WYATT

Thursday, February 28, 1 pm

      The Whaler’s World

southamptonhistory.org

 

The Bridgehampton Museum

Saturday, February 9, 5 pm

      Poetical Ensemble Chamber Concert

RSVP 631 537-1088

 

North Shore Historical Museum

Saturday, February 9 @ 2:00

      Elizabeth Kaplan: The First Ladies of Long Island

northshorehistoricalmuseum.org

 

Long Island Museum

February 10, 3 p.m.

      Sunday Street Concert

February 19, 10 a.m. - noon  

      Senior Tuesday

February 20, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.

      Family Drop-In Day!

February 21, 10 a.m. – noon

      Vacation Ventures

February 24, 3p.m.

      Sunday Street Concert

longislandmuseum.org

 

Westhampton Beach Historical Society

Sunday, February 10, 2019, 1:30 PM

      "Our Changing Landscape As Seen Through Penny Postcards"

      Nel Gish, Educator and LI Historian

St. Mark's Church, 40 Main Street, Westhampton Beach

Registration: (631) 288-3335, Ext. 4

www.westhamptonlibrary.net

 

Sayville Historical Society

February 17, 2 pm

      “Men of Color, to Arms”

      Islip Town and the United States Colored Troops

http://www.sayville.com/historicalsociety/

 

MARCH

 

Sayville Historical Society

March 3, 2 pm

      Amazing Women and How They Got the Vote

http://www.sayville.com/historicalsociety/

 

Westhampton Beach Historical Society

Sunday, March 10, 2019, 1:30 PM

      "The Enduring Legacy of the North Fork Farmer"  

      Steve Wick, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist

St. Mark's Church, 40 Main Street, Westhampton Beach

Registration: (631) 288-3335, Ext. 4

www.westhamptonlibrary.net

 

North Shore Historical Museum

Wednesday, March 13 @ 7:00

      Antonia Petrash:  Long Island's Women's History

Sunday, March 24 @ 2:00

      Ken Mensing Marjorie Merriwether Post, Feminist

northshorehistoricalmuseum.org

 

Southampton History Museum

Thursday, March 14, 5:30 pm TITLE:                       

      A Step in Time: The History of Irish Dancing

      presented by Tara Rider, Ph.D.

Wednesday, March 20, 1 PM

      The Not-So-Golden Life of the Gilded Age Wife

      presented by Velya Jancz-Urban

Thursday, March 28, 11 am

      Pierson v Post: The Sagaponack Foxhunting Case

      that Made Legal History

southamptonhistory.org

 

APRIL

 

Nassau County Historical Society

Sunday, April 7, 2 pm

      Julie Blum, "Women Air Service Pilots (WASPs) in World War II"

      Meeting at East Williston Community Church

http://www.nassaucountyhistoricalsociety.org/">www.NassauCountyHistoricalSociety.org

 

 

MAY

 

Hampton Bays Historical & Preservation Society

May 4

      2nd Annual Kentucky Derby Party

https://www.hamptonbayshistoricalsociety.com/

 

 

WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD YOUR NEWS, PROGRAMS & EVENTS?

Please email the information to me in the following format.

Museum Name

Day of the week, date and time

Title of the event

Web link

 

Send events to: 

tedmonds@southamptonhistory.org

Best, Tom

 

 

Tom Edmonds

Executive Director

Southampton History Museum

17 Meeting House Lane,

Southampton, NY 11968

(631) 283-2494