Founding fiber: Chancellor’s Sheep & Wool Showcase at Clermont
It’s time to make your way to the modest mansion above the Hudson River in Germantown for a spring family
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Capture the castle: Bannerman Island Voices at the Falcon
A special “Live at the Falcon” brunch presentation on Saturday, April 23 will raise funds toward the preservation of Bannerman Castle,
Bard College hosts Preservation Forum on future of Montgomery Place
Last September, Bard College acquired the Montgomery Place property adjacent to its campus in Annandale-on-Hudson. The early-19th-century estate on the
Hudson Opera House begins work on historic performance hall restoration
It may seem to the City of Hudson’s residents and visitors that the marble restoration of the historic Hudson Opera
Calvert Vaux Preservation Alliance & the restoration of Staatsburg’s Hoyt House
Calvert Vaux – the English-born co-designer of Manhattan’s Central Park and Prospect Park in Brooklyn – designed Hoyt House in
Antiques Roadshow-style appraisal event to benefit newly formed New Paltz Historical Society
If the phrase “New Paltz Historical Society” gets you thinking that it’s the former name for Historic Huguenot Street, before
Mother of invention: Augusta Allen & the Woodstock Dress
Today, when most people think of fashion in relation to Woodstock, tie-dyed everything and perhaps the image of a Granny dress might spring to mind. And yet, long before Woodstock gave its name to an entire generation, Augusta Allen began crafting a dress that a different generation of Woodstock women would embrace as a representation of their own time.
Denise VanBuren to receive Martha Washington Woman of History Award
When Denise Doring VanBuren speaks about how a restored Tower of Victory at Washington’s Headquarters could bring the same kind
Douglas Brinkley to talk about FDR as a conservationist in Hyde Park
If you’ve ever visited Lake Taghkanic in Columbia County, you may have noticed the groves of stately pines, planted in
Do it for Daisy: Wilderstein needs volunteers
When Evan Quimby began volunteering as a docent at the Wilderstein Historic Site, it was kind of a retirement thing