Grab your ticket for our Terrarium Workshop, led by Cornell Master Gardener, Chris Kirksey. Take a seat in our plant jungle and learn step by step how to create your own beautiful garden. You’ll learn tips and tricks to keeping your terrarium plants alive and thriving. All the materials you will need are provided including a large glass vessel, healthy plants, and decorative accessories. $65.
Join us for the opening reception of "The Folk and Their Art," featuring guest speaker John Scherer! About the exhibition: SCHS’ folk art collection represents everyday people. Who were these industrious artisans? Why study their creative expressions? What does the art of the common man say about our past, and what can we learn through its study? This exhibition will dive into these questions, exploring how folk art invokes meaning beyond aesthetics and artistic ability. Made and used by ordinary people, folk art reflects our needs, values, and desires. By studying both the folk and their art, we invite a deeper understanding of our region, its inhabitants, and the role of creativity in people’s lives.
Join us at the opening reception for The Folk and Their Art as we discuss stoneware. Often, utilitarian stoneware containers were decorated with cobalt blue designs to make them more attractive. These decorations are now considered examples of American folk art, and New York State has among the finest collections.
Schneider will discuss the 1826 New York State Travel Journal of Alexander Stewart Scott, a young Canadian man who visited Schenectady twice on his steamboat journey across New York State. A keen observer, the twenty-one year-old meticulously recorded his travel experiences, observations about people he encountered, impressions of things he saw, and reactions to events he witnessed.
NYS Archaeologist Christina Rieth will discuss NY's Woodland Period (c. 1000 BC - 1500 AD), its archaeology, and an ongoing excavation at the Pethick Site in Schoharie. No advanced tickets. Tickets available day and place of event.
Join us for an elegant tea and tasty treats! This season our host will be Felicity Merriman, a spunky girl whose creativity and wit carried her through the colonial period into the American Revolution. Guests will make a craft inspired by the ongoing Folk Art exhibition on display at SCHS! $8.
Union College professor Ken Aslakson will discuss antebellum New York, home to some of the time period's most well-known runaway slaves. No person of African descent was ever completely secure in their freedom. Even those born free were susceptible to being kidnapped and sold into slavery in The South. No advanced tickets. Tickets available day and place of event.
This winter, make time for thinking deeply about a single idea from a variety of perspectives. Led by City Historian Chris Leonard, this reading and discussion series invites participants to delve into the history and literature of American crime. We'll meet five times, to discuss five pioneering works of new journalism and true crime writing. At each session, participants will come together with others in our community to discuss what we've read. Dates (6pm-7:30pm): -Feb. 26: Defining True Crime (Book: Compulsion, selections from True Crime: An American Anthology) -Mar. 11: Writing True Crime (Book: The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York) -Mar. 25: True Crime outside of books (selections from True Crime: An American Anthology, selected clips from podcasts/TV/movies) -Apr. 8: Crimes that changed us (Book: Kitty Genovese: The Murder, the Bystanders, the Crime that Changed America) -Apr. 22: Serial killers and True Crime (Book: Blind Eye: The Terrifying Story of a Doctor who Got Away with Murder) Books are available to borrow from SCHS with a small security deposit. To register, email librarian@schenectadyhistorical.org or call 518-374-0263x3 Sponsored by a Humanities New York grant
"The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams Presented by NorthEast Theatre Ensemble Directed by Sandra Boynton February 28-March 1, March 6-8 Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30 pm, Sunday matinees at 3 pm The Brouwer House, 14 N. Church St., Schenectady Tickets: $20 General Admission at northeasttheatreensemble.simpletix.com Williams' familial tale of heartache, perseverence, dissatisfaction, yearning, and love comes to life in the historic Stockade District's Brouwer House. In this memory play, Tom Wingfield looks back on years spent with his mother Amanda and his sister Laura. Amanda, desperately seeking security for her children, especially Laura, finds a fragile hope in the form of Tom's work friend, Jim, a young man Laura knew in high school. Featuring: Michael Sinkora as Tom Wingfield Janet Hurley Kimlicko^ as Amanda Wingfield Shae Fitzgerald^ as Laura Wingfield Jordan Bray as Jim O'Connor Assistant Director/Production Manager: Suzanna Bornn^ Stage Manager/Production Effects: Ren Kris Costume Designer: Bonnie Fitzgerald Properties: Travis Fealy^ ^ = NorthEast Theatre Ensemble company member **As always with NETE performances, seating is limited and advance reservations are highly recommended. **Please notify NETE in advance if you require accommodations so they can best serve you as an audience member.
"The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams Presented by NorthEast Theatre Ensemble Directed by Sandra Boynton February 28-March 1, March 6-8 Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30 pm, Sunday matinees at 3 pm The Brouwer House, 14 N. Church St., Schenectady Tickets: $20 General Admission at northeasttheatreensemble.simpletix.com Williams' familial tale of heartache, perseverence, dissatisfaction, yearning, and love comes to life in the historic Stockade District's Brouwer House. In this memory play, Tom Wingfield looks back on years spent with his mother Amanda and his sister Laura. Amanda, desperately seeking security for her children, especially Laura, finds a fragile hope in the form of Tom's work friend, Jim, a young man Laura knew in high school. Featuring: Michael Sinkora as Tom Wingfield Janet Hurley Kimlicko^ as Amanda Wingfield Shae Fitzgerald^ as Laura Wingfield Jordan Bray as Jim O'Connor Assistant Director/Production Manager: Suzanna Bornn^ Stage Manager/Production Effects: Ren Kris Costume Designer: Bonnie Fitzgerald Properties: Travis Fealy^ ^ = NorthEast Theatre Ensemble company member **As always with NETE performances, seating is limited and advance reservations are highly recommended. **Please notify NETE in advance if you require accommodations so they can best serve you as an audience member.
