Reading Between The Lines
Travel and Tourism Narratives of the Empire State
Readings and conversations moderated by Kathleen Hulser, Public Historian at the New-York Historical Society. Wednesday, October 7, 6:30 - 9 pm (Oct 21, Nov 4, 18, 6:30 - 8 pm)

Center Stage is a performance series held the 2nd Sunday of the month showcasing dancers, musicians and storytellers.

Sunday, July 12                                 
The Johnson Girls
2 – 3:45 PM
The Johnson Girls is an all-woman a cappella group performing folk music with an emphasis on songs of the sea and shore. The Johnson Girls’ extensive repertoire includes songs of the inland waterways, of fishing, mining, Irish, Anglo-American, Italian and French Canadian ballads work songs, and much more.  

Sunday, August 9                  
Native American Dancing
2 - 3
Husband-wife team Jerry and Jeannie Thundercloud McDonald demonstrate traditional Mohawk social and environmental dances, including a stunning performance of the Eagle Dance. Audience participation is encouraged.

Sunday, September 13          
The Headless Horseman
2-3 pm
Pianist and composer Ben Model offers live accompaniment to the silent film “The Headless Horseman” starring Will Rogers, Lois Meredith and Ben Hendricks, Jr. Based on Washington Irving’s tale, this re-mastered (October, 2007) of the 1922 film was filmed in and around the environs of Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow, New York.

Sunday, October 11
New York Sings                    
2 – 3:45 pm
Local folksinger/guitarist Jerry Silverman performs songs from his recent book New York Sings which chronicles 400 years of New York history through songs.

Sunday, November 8
Spuyten Duyvil
2 – 3:45
Yonkers-based Spuyten Duyvil plays original and cleverly recycled alt folk, roots, traditional and acoustic music. Wandering 100 years of American music, the songs conjure embittered civil war veterans, recalcitrant small town hookers, suicidal New Amsterdam bureaucrats, star crossed lovers and brave hearted fools navigating the mysteries of daily life. Featuring guitar, dobro, bouzouki, fiddle, tenor guitar and close vocal harmonies, the sound expands to include bass, mandolin.

Sunday, December 13
Yale Strom and the Hot Pstromi Band
2-3:45
Yale Strom and the Hot Pstromi Band include Sephardic, Roma and Arabic tunes in a performance of Klezmer music of Central and Eastern Europe. Violin, clarinet and vocals.

Sunday, January 10, 2009
How Yonkers got its Name and Other Tales of the Dutch
2-3
A lively look through stories at New York's Dutch heritage with Jonathan Kruk.  Ranging from somber stories of clashes with Native peoples, to rollicking fables from Washington Irving, this program engages and enchants all with Tales of Olde Dutch Days. Look out for long nosed Anthony Corlear!  

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Join a Museum Educator for an engaging tour of Dutch New York before each Center Stage performance. All tours meet in Museum Lobby at 12:50.

Sunday, September 13
1 - 1:45 pm
Join Deborah Yasinsky, Museum Educator, for a tour of selected paintings in Dutch New York. Discover artists like John Quidor, who drew inspiration from Washington Irving’s famous tales — The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle.

Sunday, October 11, November 8
1 - 1:45
Explore “Dutch New York” with a Museum Edcuator. Learn about Henry Hudson’s 1609 voyage on the “Half Moon” and the subsequent influence of the Dutch on the Hudson Valley.

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Ramblings on the River is a speaker series featuring distinguished experts discussing topics germane to the Museum’s exhibitions and collections.

Sunday, October 4
What We Remember
2 – 3:30 pm
As part of the year-long Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial celebration, the Hudson River Museum hosts a panel discussion focusing on notions of memory and celebration. Moderated by Roger Panettta, Adjunct Curator of History, Hudson River Museum, and Visiting Professor of History at Fordham University, the panel considers how the Dutch influence on the Hudson Valley has been remembered and celebrated over the years. Panelists include Firth Fabend, historian and author of Land so Fair; Cynthia M. Koch, Director of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, Hyde Park, New York; and Edward Levine, author of Hudson Celebration of 1909. Presented in conjunction with Dutch New York: The Roots of Hudson Valley Culture

Sunday, November 1
Manhattan and the Mouth of the Hudson River: Views and Perspectives from the Mannahatta Project
2 – 3 pm
What did New York City look like when Henry Hudson and the Half Moon crew arrived there in 1609? Discover the natural landscape of hills, valleys, forests, fields, freshwater wetlands, salt marshes, beaches, springs, ponds and streams, supporting a rich and abundant community of wildlife. Dr. Eric W. Sanderson of the Wildlife Conservation Society discusses the Mannahatta Project and how Manhattan and the Hudson River would have appeared in 1609 to Henry Hudson and the Half Moon crew.

Sunday, December 6
The Hudson: America's River
2 – 3 pm
Join author and conservationist Fran Dunwell as she recounts how the Hudson River powered the growth of the country’s greatest industrial and financial empire and also produced leading American artists, writers, engineers and environmentalists. Her dramatic tales bring to life the stories of visionary people who change the direction of our national history even today, inspired by their deep relationship with the river. In 2009, as we celebrate the Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial, Dunwell demonstrates the importance of Henry Hudson’s voyage in launching a 400 year legacy for the river that bears his name.

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Families look, listen and share ideas on the third Sunday of each month with either a Museum Educator or Docent. Spend time together while connecting tangibly with major themes explored in the Museum’s exhibitions and mainstays including Hudson Riverama, the historic house Glenview, and the Planetarium. Each month will explore a particular theme through family-oriented Family Tours followed by a related hands-on activity. This is a multi-generational activity and all ages are welcome.

Sunday, July 19 – Bookmaking with Sarah Mostow
Family Tour
12:30 – 1:15 pm
Families will discover how artists tell stories through their art by looking at selected paintings in Dutch New York: The Roots of Hudson Valley Culture.
Bookmaking Workshop with Sarah Mostow
1:30 – 2:30 and 3 – 4 pm
Participants will be invited to tell their own stories by creating and illustrating their own handmade books.
                       
Sunday, August 16 – Experience the River
Family Tour
12:30 – 1:15 pm
Explore the environmental gallery Hudson Riverama, and engage in a discussion about the Hudson River, its origins, and preservation.
Kayaking with Yonkers Paddling & Rowing Club
12:30 – 3:30 pm, JFK Marina
Participants will have the opportunity to kayak in single or 2 person kayaks within the protected cove at the JFK Marina.
No experience is needed to participate, only the ability to swim. Children under the age of 8 must kayak with an adult. Kayaks, paddles, and life jackets provided.

Sunday, September 20 – Printmaking with Megan Lucas
This program is made possible, in part, by Cablevision. Especially suited for families and children ages 6+.
Family Tour
12:30 - 1:15 pm
Look, listen, and share ideas about traveling to a new place, while exploring Dutch New York in the galleries. For the whole family and especially for children 6+.
Workshop 
1:30 - 2:30 pm and 3 - 4 pm
Use colored inks, paper, and degrees of pressure to explore the qualities of printmaking by “mapping” your own visit to a new place.

Sunday, October 18 – Visions of Voyage: Painting with Sarah Mostow
Ages 6 and up welcome.
Family Tour: Transportation
12:30-1:15 pm   
Look, listen and share ideas about transportation and travel while exploring Dutch New York. Engaging discussions give the entire family the chance to participate.
Painting Workshop with Sarah Mostow
1:30 – 2:30; 3 – 4  
After exploring modes of transportation in Dutch New York, learn color-mixing techniques to paint real and imagined vehicles.

Sunday, November 15 – Mapmaking with Rachel Crumpler
Family Tour
12:30 – 1:15 pm
With its mighty river and natural resources, New Netherland’s success was based, in part, on trade. Discuss trade, particularly how goods were produced, bought and sold throughout the land.
Mapmaking Workshop with Rachel Crumpler
1:30 – 2:30 and 3 – 4 pm
Create a map of New York that incorporates visual depictions of local history, including the role of trade in colonial New Netherland.

Sunday, December 20 – Victorian Christmas
Family Tour
12:30 – 1:15 pm
Receiving and unwrapping gifts is always fun, and giving them can be just as pleasurable. Visitors will explore Glenview’s “holiday maze” and discover how some Victorian families exchanged gifts.

Concurrent Workshops

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Experience firsthand the influence of the Dutch at select Hudson Valley destinations.

Sunday, July 26                                 
Dyckman Farmhouse and van Cortlandt House Museum
10:15 – 4:45

Travel through time by visiting two of New York City’s oldest homes: an 18th-century Dutch colonial farmhouse and Georgian manor house. The trip begins with a visit to The Dyckman Farmhouse. Built around 1784, The Dyckman Farmhouse tells how Northern Manhattan’s landscape grew from a farming community into an urban neighborhood. Afterwards visit the van Cortland House, which was built in1748 on the sprawling van Cortlandt estate in the Bronx. As New York City’s first historic house museum, Van Cortlandt House contains an outstanding collection of furniture and decorative arts, including many heirlooms donated back to the house by members of the Van Cortlandt family.

Depart Hudson River Museum by coach bus at 10:15 am and return at 4:45 pm. Lunch at Indian Road Café. $20 for members, $28 non-members. Limit: 23 participants. Registration required by July 10. 914.963.4550 x 350

Wednesday, August 12
Seniors & the Arts visit “Amsterdam/New Amsterdam, the Worlds of Henry Hudson” at the Museum of the City of New York.
11 – 3
View and discuss rare 16th- and 17th-century objects, images and documents that reveal how Henry Hudson’s epic voyage of exploration planted the seeds of a modern society that took root and flourished in the New World. After the tour explore the Museum, café and gift shop on your own.

Depart Hudson River Museum by coach bus at 11 am and return at 3 pm. Members: $20; Nonmembers $30. Limit 23 participants. Registration required by July 29. 914.963.4550 x 352.

Sunday, August 23                
FDR Home and Museum at Hyde Park
9:30 – 4:30
Enjoy a guided tour of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s home that emphasizes the fascinating life story of the man who was born in Hyde Park, went on to become our longest serving president, and returned to rest here in the Rose Garden.

Depart Hudson River Museum by coach bus at 9:30 am and return at 4:30 pm. Boxed lunch included. $36 for members, $48 non-members. Limit: 23 participants. Registration required by August 7. 914.963.4550 x 351.

Saturday, September 12
The Hudson River Valley By Boat!
10:30 – 1:30 pm All Ages
Enjoy a three hour guided tour of the Hudson River with internationally acclaimed tour
guide Justin Ferate. Board a Circle Line boat at the Yonkers Pier and cruise north to the
Bear Mountain Bridge. Along the way, discover key sites relevant to Dutch New York:
The Roots of Hudson Valley Culture.
Board at Yonkers Pier, foot of Main Street, downtown Yonkers.
Refreshments for purchase onboard. Walk-ups welcome, but reservations
recommended. Call by September 10: 914.963.4550 x353.
Cost: Adult $25; Youth, Seniors & Youth 5–16 years old $15. Under 5, free.
Members: Adults $12.50; Seniors & Youth $7.50.

Wednesday, November 4
Seniors & the Arts visit “Dutch New York between East and West:
The World of Margrieta van Varick” at the Bard Graduate Center
Celebrate the Hudson Quadricentennial at this center for the study of design. Explore the life and times of a Dutch merchant woman, who emigrated to the colony of New Netherland. See the objects of her home and shop that reflect her interests—exotic goods from the East and precious metal and stone objects, paintings, textiles, and furniture.

Coach bus departs Hudson River Museum at 10:45 am; returns 4 pm.
Lunch at Alachi Masala Indian Restaurant.
Cost: $30; Members $20. Limit: 23 participants.
Registration required by October 21, 2009. 914.963.4550 x 354

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Experience how printmaking can be done without a printing press. Led by an expert printer this class meets for 5 sessions and will introduce adult students to basic printmaking techniques like woodblock and reduction. The class culminates in a visit to a print shop during the fifth session.

Saturday, September 19, October 3, 17, 31 and November 14
1-4
Trace the voyage of the Half Moon, the ship Henry Hudson sailed up the Hudson River with printed images. Expert printer Cathy Mooses introduces you to basic relief printing, combining woodblock prints, collograph rubbings, and chin collé. Last session: depart from Museum to visit a printmaker in his studio. Provide own transportation.

Cost: $40, five sessions; Members $30.
At door: $12 per session; Members $10.
Limit: 20 participants. Advance registration
recommended: 914.963.4550, x 355.

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Seniors & the Arts is a cultural program for senior citizens held every other Wednesday afternoon from 1:30 – 3. Light refreshments follow each program.

llustrated Talk: Creating Dutch New York
June 17          
From the Hudson Highlands to New York Harbor, the Dutch settled the land and left a legacy of myth, mores, and customs. Curator Bartholomew Bland tells the story of the Hudson Valley’s Dutch roots and the mounting of Dutch New York: The Roots of HudsonValley Culture. He highlights many of the objects and images assembled from nearly three dozen museums and private collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art, and the Smithsonian Museum of American Art.

Hurrah for the Hudson: River Songs & Ballads
July 1              
Sing We Enchanted, a Westchester-based, ten-voice professional a cappella vocal ensemble, celebrates Henry Hudson with classic songs of rivers, streams and the sea. The concert features selections from the early days of colonial schooners to sea-faring songs, along with more recent river-related a cappella arrangements.

Illustrated Talk: Victorian New Yorkers in Holland
July 15           
Members of the Holland Society of New York stimulated interest in colonial Dutch settlement in the Hudson River Valley. Laura Vookles, Chief Curator of Collections, describes this group’s journey to Holland in 1888, which enriched appreciation of the state’s Dutch heritage and culminated in the 1909 Hudson Fulton Celebration.

Screening: Thomas Cole – Painting the American Landscape
July 29           
Thomas Cole searched the Catskill Mountains and Hudson Valley for picturesque views to paint. Following this brief, new film, Elizabeth Jacks, Director of the Thomas Cole National Historic Site in Catskill, NY, discusses the artist and his work.

Museum of the City of New York: Trip
August 12      
Amsterdam/New Amsterdam: The Worlds of Henry Hudson
See rare 16th- and 17th-century objects, images and documents that reveal how Henry Hudson’s epic voyage of exploration planted the seeds of a modern society that took root and flourished in the New World. After the tour explore the Museum, café and gift shop on your own.

Registration required: 914.963.4550 x 352. Members: $20; Nonmembers $30. Coach bus departs Museum at 11 am and returns at 3 pm.

Songs of the Historic Hudson River
August 26      
From pirates to poets and painters, the river has provided booty and inspiration, and now, environmental leadership. Linda Russell, who has served as musician and historian for the U.S. National Park Service, sings of life along the Hudson in folk ballads, Errie Canal ditties, and dance tunes, accompanied by guitar, pennywhistle and hammered and mountain dulcimers.

Hudson River History in Song
September 23
Come along on a musical journey about the Hudson River with folk musician Rich Bala as your guide. Along the way, Rich will perform authentic, traditional songs, as well as more recently written ones, about the river’s history from the Colonial Period to the present day.

Illustrated Talk: The Lenape: Lower New York's First Inhabitants
October 7       
In this lively and engaging talk, David Oestreicher combines archaeological and historical evidence with decades of firsthand ethnographic and linguistic research among the last Lenape traditionalists. Dr. Oestreicher touches upon the major historic events involving the Lenape, including the arrival of Henry Hudson -- contrasting Hudson’s own words with Lenape oral traditions collected by Oestreicher and others over the centuries

This program, which is free and open to the public, is made possible through the support of the New York Council for the Humanities’ Speakers in the Humanities program.

Henry Hudson and the Half Moon
October 21     
The Half Moon is a full scale, operating replica of the Dutch ship of exploration that Henry Hudson sailed in 1609. Learn about the ship, which functions as a traveling museum that conducts programs about the unique history of the Dutch colony called New Netherland.

Trip: Bard Graduate Center —
"Dutch New York Between East and West: The World of Margrieta van Varick"
November 4
Celebrate the Hudson Quadricentennial at this center for the study of design. Explore the life and times of a Dutch merchant woman, who emigrated to the colony of New Netherland. See the objects of her home and shop that reflect her interests—exotic goods from the East and precious metal and stone objects, paintings, textiles, and furniture.

Coach bus departs Hudson River Museum at 10:45 am; returns 4 pm.
Lunch at Alachi Masala Indian Restaurant.
Cost: $30; Members $20. Limit: 23 participants.
Registration required by October 21, 2009. 914.963.4550 x 354

John Quidor: Imagining Dutch New York
Bart Bland, Curator of Exhibitions   
November 18                        
John Quidor was one of the key artistic figures of 19th-century American Romanticism, and is best known for his depictions of scenes drawn from the stories of Washington Irving’s tales of Dutch New York. Although Quidor drew his imagery and inspiration for the majority of his canvases from Irving’s tales, he also adopted Irving’s work for his own purposes, subtly intensifying the drama inherent in the written word. This lecture will discuss more than two dozen Quidor paintings based on Irving stories and how they have formed an influential thread in popular visual culture, up to and including the recent film adaptation of Irving’s story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Tim Burton.

Lucille Sciacca
Philipse Manor Hall: 300 Years in the Making
December 2   
Lucille Sciacca, Educator Coordinator at Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site, Yonkers, gives an illustrated talk about the Manor, including its well-known papier-mâché rococo ceiling and lesser known treasures like the basement, attic and various restoration projects.

Jazzy Brass for the Holidays
December 16
Tis the season to be jolly with Jazzy Brass for the Holidays. This brass quartet of 2 trumpets, French horn and trombone plus acoustic bass and drums plays fresh, original arrangements of holiday favorites. Most of the tunes are performed with a jazz flavor, while never losing sight of the melody which made these classics so memorable.

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Families join the Museum’s Junior Docents every Saturday and Sunday, 1 - 3 pm for arts-and-crafts.

Twenty First Century Taxidermy
Sculpt a feathery friend.
See the taxidermy birds in Glenview, then mold your own and decorate with feathers.

All Aflutter
Make a tissue paper butterfly
Visit the interactive hands-on gallery Riverama, then construct one the Hudson’s flying friends.

Sailing Ships
Construct a mini wooden boat.
See Dutch New York: The Roots of Hudson Valley Culture then create your own little vessel.

Delft Designer
Paint a ceramic tile in the Dutch style.
Check out the exhibition Dutch New York: The Roots of Hudson Valley Culture then design your own Delft tile.

Dutch Treat
Use marzipan to make colorful creations!
View Dutch New York: The Roots of Hudson Valley Culture to see the influence of the Dutch in New York, then make creations out of marzipan -  a treat introduced by the Dutch.

Fly Your Colors
Create your own fabric flag.
Look for all the flying flags on ships in Dutch New York: The Roots of Hudson Valley Culture and then create your own flag.

Map It!
Design your own Explorer’s Map.
Notice the variety of maps displayed throughout Dutch New York: The Roots of Hudson Valley Culture before creating your own map.

Dutch Storybook
Create storybook covers
Learn the story of Dutch New York and design your own storybook cover after viewing Dutch New York: The Roots of Hudson Valley Culture.

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Museum admission and program FREE; books provided FREE one week before each session. Limit: 20 participants, who are asked to attend all 4 sessions. Registration
required by Sept. 28: 914.963.4550, x 356.

This series is sponsored by the New York Council for the Humanities with support
from the National Endowment for the Humanities and presented in collaboration
with the Hudson River Museum.

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