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SUMMARY:Artisan's Market
DESCRIPTION:The Saratoga County History Center at Brookside Museum is celebrating the 25th year of our annual Artisan’s Market\, which will be open between November 29 and December 24\, 2025. \nThis annual market features exclusively handmade and handcrafted products created by local artisans. Items featured at the market will include soaps\, lotions\, ornaments\, jewelry\, syrups\, scarves\, ceramics\, hats\, and much\, much more! \nAs Beth Silvestri\, the Museum Retail Manager\, tells us\, “Every year\, the Artisan’s Market gets better! This one-of-a-kind shopping experience offers a variety of unique items\, making holiday shopping simple. And each item sold supports both SCHC @ Brookside Museum and local artisans!” \nThe Artisan Market is held at SCHC at Brookside Museum\, located at 21 Fairground Avenue.\, Ballston Spa\, NY 12020 \nThe 2025 hours are: \nTuesdays-Thursdays\, 12pm-4pm \nFridays 12 pm-5pm \nSaturdays & Sundays\, 11am-5pm \n\nChristmas Eve\, December 24 open 12-3pm \n\n  \n  \nArtisan’s Market Raffle \nMany of this years artisan’s have generously donated items to the raffle to benefit Brookside!   Single raffle ticket are $2 or get 6 raffle tickets for $10. Winner will be drawn and contact on December 21\, 2025.  This years raffle winner will win all of the items listed below\, worth over $545! Tickets can be purchased in the gift shop. \nRaffle winner will receive all of the following: \n  \n\nBar soap\, lotion and lip balm set from Cobble Hill Farm Soap Co.\nTea light candle and knitted tree from jo marie frances\nEmbossed ceramic dish from 509 Handworks\nSet of two white ceramic stoneware mugs from Jan Sohns\nDecorative pillows from Just For You Gifts\nHand-embellished framed mini print “Frozen Eyes” from Lady Reborn Art by Donna Tura\nFramed “The Lake is Calling” print from Patty LaFountain\nCozy Cabin scented candle from a Thistle Moon Candle co.\nRecipe card holder\, grocery pad and cutting board from DM Homecrafts\nHot fudge from Sundae’s Best Hot Fudge\nPair of miniature framed beaded trees from Marjorie Ward\nFelted tree from Goode Trees\nHand-knitted hat and fingerless mittens from Seasons Change\nSet of 2 crochet top Christmas towels\, dishcloth & heart ornament from Karen’s Designs\nVase from Cigal Studio\nSoap bar and $50 Brookside Gift Certificate from Caz Acrez\nChai Tea and Hawthorne Elixir from Moon Garden Herbals\nCard and ornament from Lydia Lynch
URL:https://brooksidemuseum.org/event/artisans-market-16/
LOCATION:NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251129T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251129T170000
DTSTAMP:20260609T195259
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SUMMARY:Opening of the 25th Annual Artisan's Market
DESCRIPTION:From “Small Business Saturday” November 29 through December 24\, 2025. \nLike its predecessors\, the 25th installment of the market will feature only handcrafted products created by local artisans.  Everything from natural soaps and lotions to unique ornaments and jewelry to pottery and photography – simply the best that our community has to offer. \nBrookside Museum\, headquarters of the Saratoga County History Center\, is located at 21 Fairground Ave\, Ballston Spa\, NY 12020. \nThe 2025 hours are as follows:\nTuesday – Thursdays 12pm – 4pm\nFriday 12pm – 5pm\nSaturday  & Sunday 11am – 5pm \n  \nVendors interested in being put on this years wait list or on the contact list for next years Artisan’s Market\, please email bsilvestri@brooksidemuseum.org.
URL:https://brooksidemuseum.org/event/opening-of-the-25th-annual-artisans-market/
LOCATION:Brookside Museum\, 21 Fariground Ave.\, Ballston Spa\, NY\, 12020\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251219T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251219T180000
DTSTAMP:20260609T195259
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SUMMARY:Shop & Sip at The Artisan's Market
DESCRIPTION:The Saratoga County History Center presents a special evening of sipping. strolling and shopping at our 25th Annual Artisan’s Market. This holiday event will be held on Friday December 19 from 4:00 – 6:00PM. Shop the creations of local artisans while enjoying sparkling water\, hot cocoa\, or soft drinks\, and treating yourself to some complimentary sweets. Enjoy the opportunity to meet some of our amazing artisans\, complete your holiday shopping\, and see historic Brookside Museum decorated for the holidays. Shop a wide variety of handmade products\, including ceramics\, soaps\, jewelry\, knitwear\, and holiday ornaments to knitted goods and more! Find something special for this holiday season\, and savor this special night at Brookside! \nBring in a non-perishable food item for Lifeworks Community Action and receive one free Artisan’s Market Raffle ticket (limit to one free raffle ticket per person).
URL:https://brooksidemuseum.org/event/shop-sip-at-the-artisans-market/
LOCATION:Brookside Museum\, 21 Fariground Ave.\, Ballston Spa\, NY\, 12020\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260122T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260122T203000
DTSTAMP:20260609T195259
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SUMMARY:Experts Next Door: Write\, Fold\, Seal: Letter Writing in the Victorian Age with Catherine Golden
DESCRIPTION:Long before e-mail\, Facebook\, and Instagram\, letter writing was the only way to communicate. The recipient\, not the sender\, had to pay to receive a letter at the time of delivery. Postage rates in early Victorian Britain were so high that many people dreaded the postman’s knock. But all that changed in 1840 with the Penny Post. Letter writing—no longer a privilege for the wealthy—became an affordable way to connect with family\, friends\, and professional associates. In this Zoom presentation\, we will journey to Victorian England to learn about the first adhesive postage stamp\, called the Penny Black\, and a method for prepayment\, which quickly became the model for other nations including the United States. We will consider\, too\, how the Penny Post promoted many forms of anticipated as well as unsolicited missives that still plague us today. For the second part of this presentation\, we will examine Victorian artifacts that accompanied letter writing in the Victorian age. I will demonstrate writing with nibbed pens and ink on a Victorian writing desk\, cross-writing\, letter folding\, sealing\, addressing a letter\, and affixing a postage stamp. If they wish\, audience members can learn to fold a letter along with me. \nCatherine J. Golden is professor of English and Tisch Chair in Arts and Letters (2017-22) at Skidmore College. She is author of Serials to Graphic Novels: The Evolution of the Victorian Illustrated Book (2017)\, Posting It: The Victorian Revolution in Letter Writing (2009)\, and Images of the Woman Reader in Victorian British and American Fiction (2003). She is editor or coeditor of five additional books on topics ranging from Charlotte Perkins Gilman to Victorian illustration\, literature\, and culture. Golden is a Pedagogy Consultant for COVE (Collaborative Organization for Virtual Education) and an Editorial Advisory Board member and regular contributor to Illustration Magazine\, a British arts journal.\nYour support powers everything we do. All donations are welcome\, and enable us to continue offering the highest quality programming. For this event\, there is a suggested donation of $5. \nRegister HERE
URL:https://brooksidemuseum.org/event/experts-next-door-write-fold-seal-letter-writing-in-the-victorian-age-with-catherine-golden/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260130T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260130T203000
DTSTAMP:20260609T195259
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Clothing Scholar Henry Cooke “Civilian Clothing of Continental Soldiers\, 1775–1777”
DESCRIPTION:Photos Credit: Drawings\Watercolor shown are by Friedrich von Germann  in The New York State Public Library \nThis talk examines how Continental soldiers often wore civilian clothing during the early Revolutionary War years (1775–1777)\, exploring the styles\, materials\, and regional influences of these garments\, and how they reflected the soldiers’ backgrounds and the logistical challenges of outfitting an army in its infancy. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis program is FREE and open to the public. \nBrought to you by Campaign for Saratoga 250th\, His Majesty’s 24th Recreated\, and SCHC at Brookside Museum.
URL:https://brooksidemuseum.org/event/an-evening-with-clothing-scholar-henry-cooke-civilian-clothing-of-continental-soldiers-1775-1777/
LOCATION:Brookside Museum\, 21 Fariground Ave.\, Ballston Spa\, NY\, 12020\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260205T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260205T203000
DTSTAMP:20260609T195259
CREATED:20251230T190359Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251230T191743Z
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SUMMARY:Experts Next Door: Captain Cook’s Hei Tikî Material Culture\, Gift Exchange\, and Looting in New Zealand During the Endeavour Voyage\, 1768-1771 with Tillman Nechtman
DESCRIPTION:The specter of empire haunts European museums. The correlation between museological collecting and imperial ideology is now widely taken for granted in academic circles\, but the question of what is to be done with and in western museums that hold colonial collections persists. This essay takes one small Māori hei tiki (RCIN 69263) from the Royal Collection as a case study to understand what the decolonization of imperial collections might look like. To date\, RCIN 69263 has been labeled as a gift from the Māori to Captain James Cook and then from Cook to King George III. Using a range of manuscript sources from Cook’s crew onboard the Endeavour\, innovative Māori sources\, and traditional Māori crafting technologies to “listen” to the hei tiki\, this essay uncovers a new story for RCIN 69263. Accepting that colonial objects can still “speak” in pre-museological epistemes allows us to re-write the museum label for this single object\, correcting errors that were inscribed upon it by empire and the carelessness of imperial collecting. Moreover\, “listening” to this particular colonial object offers insights into the broader history of the indigenous Pacific that Europeans both missed and misunderstood in the eighteenth century. This case study\, thus\, promises to rectify the specific narrative damage perpetrated on RCIN 69263 by flawed (even fabricated) museum labels even as it offers a roadmap for the bigger project of decolonizing colonial museums more generally. \nTillman Nechtman is a professor of history at Skidmore College. He is the author of two books\, Nabobs: Empire and Identity in Eighteenth-Century Britain and The Pretender of Pitcairn Island\, both published with Cambridge University Press.\n \nYour support powers everything we do. All donations are welcome\, and enable us to continue offering the highest quality programming. For this event\, there is a suggested donation of $5. \nRegister HERE
URL:https://brooksidemuseum.org/event/experts-next-door-captain-cooks-hei-tiki-material-culture-gift-exchange-and-looting-in-new-zealand-during-the-endeavour-voyage-1768-1771-with-tillman-nechtman/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260206T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260206T180000
DTSTAMP:20260609T195259
CREATED:20251221T185151Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260202T182008Z
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SUMMARY:Brookside Explorers Club: Fun with Chocolate
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the next meeting of the Brookside Explorers Club\, a new history and learning club for kids! This month\, we’re celebrating the Ballston Spa Chocolate Fest with a deliciously fun lineup of activities. \nKids will: \n\nLearn about the history of chocolate\, including local connections\, through a hands‑on learning activity\nDesign their own chocolate label\nCreate a cocoa powder art project\nTaste test different types of chocolate\n\n Date: Friday\, February 6 \n Time: 4–6 PM — come early\, then head downtown for Chocolate Fest afterward! \n Kids of all ages are welcome. Parental supervision is required. \n Cost: $5 per child (REGISTRATION REQUIRED so we have enough supplies) \n For more information\, email Education Director Charlene DuBuque at charlene@brooksidemuseum.org \n Register HERE
URL:https://brooksidemuseum.org/event/brookside-explorers-club-fun-with-chocolate-2/
LOCATION:Brookside Museum\, 21 Fariground Ave.\, Ballston Spa\, NY\, 12020\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260211T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260211T163000
DTSTAMP:20260609T195259
CREATED:20251230T191658Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251230T203719Z
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SUMMARY:Historian Tea Talks: Chris Leonard\, National Bottle Museum
DESCRIPTION:Chris Leonard will reminisce on his first year as Executive Director of the nearly 50-year-old National Bottle Museum. His talk will cover stories of some of his favorite bottles from the museum’s collection\, including one dating to the early 18th c. These 10-15 bottles will be on site and part of the discussion allowing attendees to get a close-up view of the technologies\, embossing\, and other details involved in creating these works of art. \nChris Leonard is the Executive Director of the National Bottle Museum and the City Historian of Schenectady. The son of two history professors\, it is not a stretch to say that history is in his blood. While his childhood friends were reading about Spiderman and Batman\, Chris was reading biographies of Abraham Lincoln and Richard the Lionhearted. Chris is the author of Schenectady’s General Electric Realty Plot and the series editor of Schenectady Genesis: How a Dutch Colonial Village Became an American City. He is a trustee of the Schenectady County Historical Society\, a trustee emeritus of Historic Vale Cemetery\, and chaired the Schenectady Lafayette Committee\, which celebrated the 200th anniversary of the general’s return to Schenectady in 1825.\n \nYour support powers everything we do. All donations are welcome\, and enable us to continue offering the highest quality programming. For this event\, there is a suggested donation of $10. \nRegister HERE
URL:https://brooksidemuseum.org/event/historian-tea-talks-chris-leonard-national-bottle-museum/
LOCATION:Brookside Museum\, 21 Fariground Ave.\, Ballston Spa\, NY\, 12020\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260214T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260214T163000
DTSTAMP:20260609T195259
CREATED:20251230T192834Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251230T192834Z
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SUMMARY:Sounds in Winter: A Touch of Woodwinds
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an afternoon of romantic woodwinds! \n\nTune in for the third and final edition of the third season of the Sounds in Winter concert series. On February 14\, Brookside welcomes A Touch of Woodwinds\, who will play music for Valentine’s Day. Enjoy the performance of this classical group within the wonderful acoustics of our historic Long Room. \nThese concerts are sponsored jointly by The Ballston Spa Committee on the Arts\, and The Saratoga County History Center with funding provided by The American Federation of Musicians Music Performance Trust Fund and a grant from Saratoga Arts. \nYour support powers everything we do. All donations are welcome\, and enable us to continue offering the highest quality programming. \nRegister HERE
URL:https://brooksidemuseum.org/event/sounds-in-winter-a-touch-of-woodwinds/
LOCATION:Brookside Museum\, 21 Fariground Ave.\, Ballston Spa\, NY\, 12020\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260221T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260221T163000
DTSTAMP:20260609T195259
CREATED:20251230T184344Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260120T191115Z
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SUMMARY:Sounds in Winter Concert: Eribeth Trio
DESCRIPTION:Now in it’s third year\, the “Sounds in Winter” Concert Series will continue with a January 17\, 2026 appearance of the Eribeth Trio. Based in the Capital District\, the Eribeth Chamber Players have performed throughout the Northeast\, as well as in Germany. With flexible instrumentation\, the group presents a variety of programs\, from string quartet and piano trio concerts to collaborations with actors and dancers. The Eribeth Trio is made up of local\, well-known musicians Elizabeth Silver on violin\, Erica Pickhardt\, cello and Kristen Tuttman on the piano. Founding members\, Silver and Pickhardt are members of the Albany Symphony and have performed chamber music together for more than 30 years. This performance will feature “Music for a Victorian Tea.” All audience members are encouraged to bring “that beautiful unused teacup from your china closet” as tea and cookies will be served as part of the event.“Sounds in Winter” is a very unique partnership between the Village of Ballston Spa\, the Ballston Spa Committee on the Arts\, The Saratoga County History Center at the Brookside Museum\, with funding from a generous grant from Saratoga Arts and matching funds from the Music Performance Trust Fund of the American Federation of Musicians\, Local 506.The concert will begin at 3:00pm in the Long Room of the Brookside Museum\, 21 Fairground Avenue\, Ballston Spa. The performance is free\, however registration is required as seating is limited. \nThis event is sold-out.\nYour support powers everything we do. All donations are welcome\, and enable us to continue offering the highest quality programming.
URL:https://brooksidemuseum.org/event/sounds-in-winter-concert-eribeth-trio/
LOCATION:Brookside Museum\, 21 Fariground Ave.\, Ballston Spa\, NY\, 12020\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260226T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260226T200000
DTSTAMP:20260609T195259
CREATED:20260120T182236Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260128T195148Z
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SUMMARY:Tavern Night: Eve of Revolution
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a Revolutionary meal at Brookside Museum!\n\nTravel back in time and enjoy a tavern-inspired feast featuring traditional recipes and historic ambiance at Brookside Museum. Partake in a delightful three course meal\, served by historians in 18th-century attire\, as they discuss their lives and the events of the day. One drink of beer or water is included in your ticket\, courtesy of Speckled Pig Brewing Co. Join us for an immersive evening of food\, music\, and storytelling in the historic Long Room. \n\nCo-produced by Saratoga County History Center and The Campaign for Saratoga 250\, net proceeds will benefit our combined efforts to preserve Saratoga’s heritage. \nMENU: \nCourse 1: Freshly Baked Bread & Butter\, Assorted Pickled Vegetables \nCourse 2: Hearty stew or meat pie\, provided by a local sponsor \nCourse 3: Gingerbread\, Pumpkin Bread\, Assorted Fruit Tarts \nWe will have two seatings: February 26 (snow date: February 27) at 7:00 PM and March 12 (snow date: March 13) at 7:00 PM. Tickets are $45. \nThe February date is sold-out\, but there are tickets available for the March date.\nRegister for the March event HERE
URL:https://brooksidemuseum.org/event/tavern-night-eve-of-revolution/
LOCATION:NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260305T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260305T200000
DTSTAMP:20260609T195259
CREATED:20260120T183011Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260310T161935Z
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SUMMARY:Experts Next Door: American Women and Expatriate Life in Interwar Paris
DESCRIPTION:This event has been rescheduled to March 16 at 7pm. \nSince the founding of the United States\, France and its capital have held a singular place in the American imagination. The trans-atlantic conversation that flourished throughout the 19th century between America and its oldest ally was uniquely important to the development of American identity. After WWI\, this Franco-American relationship only deepened as thousands of Americans flocked to Paris. \nThis discussion will consider an important segment of expatriates to Paris post-WWI: American women. What drove so many American women out of their own country after 1918\, and what\, in particular\, did they hope to find in Paris? To what extent did American women who felt constrained and limited by life at home find freedom in expatriation? Through tracing the lives of women such as the Harlem Renaissance poet Gwendolyn Bennett\, and the founder of the Shakespeare and Company bookstore\, Sylvia Beach\, this presentation will explore the gendered experience of expatriation in this new\, modern era of mobility. \nThis talk forms part of a two-part Women’s History Month series\, Women in Migration: Epistemologies and Expatriation from the United States to the Francophone World. \n \nBio: Caitlin O’Keefe is a PhD Candidate in History and French Studies at New York University. She received her BA in History from Fordham and holds a MA in Women’s History from Sarah Lawrence College. Caitlin’s current project considers the feminist roots and revolutionary reading culture of the Shakespeare and Company bookshop in Paris. Caitlin’s writing on Shakespeare and Company has previously appeared in The New York Review of Books\, the Journal of Cultural Analytics\, and Modernism/ Modernity. \nYour support powers everything we do. All donations are welcome\, and enable us to continue offering the highest quality programming. For this event\, there is a suggested donation of $5. \nRegister HERE
URL:https://brooksidemuseum.org/event/experts-next-door-american-women-and-expatriate-life-in-interwar-paris/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260307T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260307T140000
DTSTAMP:20260609T195259
CREATED:20260214T154257Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260217T173512Z
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SUMMARY:Saratoga Opera: Stone Soup
DESCRIPTION:STONE SOUP pairs composer Joe Illick and librettist Mark Campbell for an operatic retelling of the classic European folk tale. Their reimagining will transport audiences to Blessing\, Texas for a rocking-chair view of the comings and goings at Max’s General store. From the opera’s opening notes representing a young girl’s stomach rumblings\, through the whimsically collaborative creation of the title meal\, to its uplifting ending\, Stone Soup imparts a timeless message: we all have something to contribute and sharing makes things better for everyone. \nSTONE SOUP was commissioned by Fort Worth Opera by arrangement with The Barbara Hogenson Agency\, Inc. STONE SOUP is 35 minutes long and sung in English. \nRecommended for Grades K-6 \nFree with registration. \nRegister HERE
URL:https://brooksidemuseum.org/event/saratoga-opera-stone-soup/
LOCATION:Brookside Museum\, 21 Fariground Ave.\, Ballston Spa\, NY\, 12020\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260312T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260312T200000
DTSTAMP:20260609T195259
CREATED:20260120T182334Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260120T182334Z
UID:14115-1773342000-1773345600@brooksidemuseum.org
SUMMARY:Tavern Night: Eve of Revolution
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a Revolutionary meal at Brookside Museum!\n\nTravel back in time and enjoy a tavern-inspired feast featuring traditional recipes and historic ambiance at Brookside Museum. Partake in a delightful three course meal\, served by historians in 18th-century attire\, as they discuss their lives and the events of the day. One drink of beer or water is included in your ticket\, courtesy of Speckled Pig Brewing Co. Join us for an immersive evening of food\, music\, and storytelling in the historic Long Room. \n\nCo-produced by Saratoga County History Center and The Campaign for Saratoga 250\, net proceeds will benefit our combined efforts to preserve Saratoga’s heritage. \nMENU: \nCourse 1: Freshly Baked Bread & Butter\, Assorted Pickled Vegetables \nCourse 2: Hearty stew or meat pie\, provided by a local sponsor \nCourse 3: Gingerbread\, Pumpkin Bread\, Assorted Fruit Tarts \nWe will have two seatings: February 26 (snow date: February 27) at 7:00 PM and March 12 (snow date: March 13) at 7:00 PM. Tickets are $45. \nRegister HERE
URL:https://brooksidemuseum.org/event/tavern-night-eve-of-revolution-2/
LOCATION:NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260315T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260315T150000
DTSTAMP:20260609T195259
CREATED:20260125T150040Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260125T150040Z
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SUMMARY:Doing Our Part\, Presented by Nancy White
DESCRIPTION:Learn from Nancy White as she describes the development and purpose of her many gardens within The Healing Garden – a unique property certified as a United Plant Savers Botanical Sanctuary\, with an environment rich in biodiversity\, including endangered native medicinal plants and wetlands. The house was built with a focus on sustainability\, i.e.\, to conserve fossil fuels and water\, and with great attention to clean air and renewable materials. Nancy will share practical and economical ways we too can enact environmental improvements in our own backyards. Reservations for tours will be available on the day of the presentation. \nRegister Here
URL:https://brooksidemuseum.org/event/doing-our-part-presented-by-nancy-white/
LOCATION:NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260318T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260318T153000
DTSTAMP:20260609T195259
CREATED:20260224T193146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260310T164001Z
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SUMMARY:The National Bottle Museum: A Members Tour
DESCRIPTION:The National Bottle Museum was created to preserve\, research\, and exhibit bottles and objects related to bottle making. Visitors can view displays of bottles and glassmaking tools\, learn about the local bottle history\, and the history of bottle production. With Executive Director Chris Leonard\, members of Saratoga County History Center will explore the museum’s diverse collection and view current exhibitions\, including Bottles & Baseball\, Lost Regional Sodas\, and more. Come mingle with fellow members\, and learn more about our museum neighbor! \n  \nThis event is sold-out.
URL:https://brooksidemuseum.org/event/the-national-bottle-museum-a-members-tour/
LOCATION:The National Bottle Museum\, 76 Milton Ave\, Ballston Spa\, New York\, 12020
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260318T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260318T190000
DTSTAMP:20260609T195259
CREATED:20260310T162715Z
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SUMMARY:Henry Knox: Resolve Forged by Revolution
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a public screening of the new Saratoga 250 documentary!\nIn the winter of 1775–1776\, hope for a free America was nearly frozen by the British occupation of Boston. One patriot—Henry Knox—answered the call\, leading a dangerous\, expedition through snow\, mountains\, and doubt to move the legendary Noble Train of Artillery. This is a story of courage\, conviction\, and resolve—one that helped liberate Boston and forged an enduring legacy of Americans’ resolve. \n\n\nThis event is presented by Saratoga County History Center and the Campaign for Saratoga 250\, Inc. The program includes an introduction\, film screening\, comments from project partners\, and a look ahead to Saratoga 250 programming in 2026 and 2027. The film was produced with 32 Mile Productions and made possible by the Champlain Hudson Power Express.\n\nRegister HERE
URL:https://brooksidemuseum.org/event/henry-knox-resolve-forged-by-revolution/
LOCATION:Brookside Museum\, 21 Fariground Ave.\, Ballston Spa\, NY\, 12020\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260319T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260319T170000
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CREATED:20260120T185256Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260310T163900Z
UID:14129-1773932400-1773939600@brooksidemuseum.org
SUMMARY:Historian Tea Talks: Women of Schuyler Mansion
DESCRIPTION:The “Schuyler Sisters” cause quite a stir in the Broadway musical Hamilton: An American Musical\, but did you know that there were really five sisters? Born and raised in Albany\, they were the daughters of Revolutionary War General and United States Senator\, Philip Schuyler\, and his wife\, Catherine Van Rensselaer of patroon lineage. Coming of age during the country’s formative years\, the sisters lived in a pivotal time in history. George and Martha Washington\, Alexander Hamilton\, Aaron Burr\, Thomas Jefferson\, Benjamin Franklin\, Benedict Arnold\, Horatio Gates\, and Dolley Madison were just a few of their friends\, associates\, and adversaries. In the lives of this large\, vigorous family\, we find stories of power\, romance\, tragedy and intrigue. \nLearn what it was like growing up as a Schuyler with an in-depth look at the history of the Schuyler sisters and the life of their mother\, Catharine. Hear about their daily lives\, and their role in shaping their family’s story. This talk also explores the experiences of women enslaved by the Schuylers\, as well as an inside peek at the process of uncovering their untold stories. With Maria Karasavidis\, Lead Interpreter\, Schuyler Mansion State Historic Site. \nYour support powers everything we do. All donations are welcome\, and enable us to continue offering the highest quality programming. For this event\, there is a suggested donation of $10. \nThis event is sold-out.
URL:https://brooksidemuseum.org/event/historian-tea-talks-women-of-schuyler-mansion/
LOCATION:NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260323T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260323T200000
DTSTAMP:20260609T195259
CREATED:20260120T185930Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260120T185930Z
UID:14138-1774292400-1774296000@brooksidemuseum.org
SUMMARY:Experts Next Door: African American Women and Expatriate Life in Independent Senegal
DESCRIPTION:Sylvia first set foot in Senegal in 1966 thanks to a personal invitation from the country’s president\, Leopold Sedar Senghor. Originally from Washington D.C. and a graduate from Dunbar High School\, Sylvia went to Trinity College for women in 1954 just months after the Brown v. Board of Education decision integrated the college\, making Sylvia one of the first four African American women to attend the school. At Trinity\, Sylvia’s scholarly interests in French and Latin flourished\, sending her on a path to becoming a Fulbright scholar in France\, a Woodrow Wilson Fellow\, and PhD candidate at Fordham University. However\, Sylvia’s life transformed one night in 1966 when meeting Senegalese President Senghor at a Howard University happy hour. Sylvia impressed President Senghor with her scholarship on his poetry\, the subject of her dissertation\, and he invited Sylvia to teach in Senegal for one year. One year became thirty years\, and Sylvia Washington became Sylvia Washington Bâ. \nThis presentation shares Sylvia’s story as an African American woman in independent Senegal’s cosmopolitan capital city of Dakar. She taught comparative French and African literatures\, Black feminism\, and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade at the large public university in Dakar before many American universities had such classes. While Sylvia’s story is singular in its uniqueness\, she fostered a community of numerous other African American female expatriates in Senegal\, many of whom did important work to bring both sides of the Atlantic together through professional life\, academia\, and kinship. Following the questions posed in the first part of this series on female expatriates in Paris: how did race\, nationality\, and gender morph the experiences of African American women living in Dakar\, Senegal since 1960? What epistemologies did these women create that put life as African Americans and colonized Africans into conversations? How did their private lives\, marriage to Senegalese men\, and blended families transform their expatriate experience? \nThis talk forms part of a two-part Women’s History Month series\, Women in Migration: Epistemologies and Expatriation from the United States to the Francophone World.  \nJulia Woods is a Ph.D. candidate in the joint program between the History Department and the Institute of French Studies at New York University. She received a B.A. in French and History with a concentration in African Studies from Kalamazoo College (2020) and an M.A. from NYU’s Institute of French Studies (2022). As a doctoral candidate\, Julia studies Senegal as a political foothold to West Africa for France and the United States between colonialism and the Cold War. In her dissertation\, she brings her research close to home by asking how Midwesterners came to know about Africa and Africans in the 20th century\, and vice versa. Originally from Michigan\, Julia traces generations of individuals in migration between the unlikely geographies of the American Midwest and the Senegambia. In doing so\, she finds vast networks of scholarly\, artistic\, humanitarian\, familial\, and friendly exchange that bound these two regions together. \nYour support powers everything we do. All donations are welcome\, and enable us to continue offering the highest quality programming. For this event\, there is a suggested donation of $5. \nRegister HERE
URL:https://brooksidemuseum.org/event/experts-next-door-african-american-women-and-expatriate-life-in-independent-senegal/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260326T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260326T193000
DTSTAMP:20260609T195259
CREATED:20260224T193843Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260305T185919Z
UID:14255-1774548000-1774553400@brooksidemuseum.org
SUMMARY:SCHC Reads: The Cause: The American Revolution and its Discontents\, 1773-1783
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a new History book club at the Saratoga County History Center at Brookside Museum.This year\, in honor of America’s 250th\, we will be reading books that explore the unfolding and impact of the American Revolution. \nEach meeting will take place in the historic Long Room at Saratoga County History Center\, and tea and coffee will be served. All featured books will be available for sale at Northshire Books. Mention that you are a part of the SCHC book club\, and you will receive a 20% discount on your purchase.  \nOur first meeting will be held on March 26\, 2026 at 6 PM\, where we will be discussing The Cause: The American Revolution and its Discontents\, 1773-1783\, by Joseph J. Ellis. \nYour donations power everything we do at Saratoga County History Center. Help us to grow this and other programming by making a donation. \nThis event is sold-out.
URL:https://brooksidemuseum.org/event/schc-reads-the-cause-the-american-revolution-and-its-discontents-1773-1783/
LOCATION:Brookside Museum\, 21 Fariground Ave.\, Ballston Spa\, NY\, 12020\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260327T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260327T190000
DTSTAMP:20260609T195259
CREATED:20260217T183448Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260217T183448Z
UID:14217-1774634400-1774638000@brooksidemuseum.org
SUMMARY:Indie Film Fundraiser: Her Self Inflicted Decapitation
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a fundraiser to support local film!\nMeet the filmmakers and stars of a new short film\, filmed in the galleries and archives of SCHC! \n\nIn 1842\, Sarah Aldridge murdered her Father then removed her own head; a century and a half later\, a curious filmmaker digs through Sarah’s writings seeking inspiration\, but finds her life and Sarah’s bound across time and space in mysterious ways.\n“Her Self-Inflicted Decapitation” is a ghost story following Sarah W.\, a struggling screenwriter trapped in a thankless sitcom writers’ room. Dreaming of writing stories that resonate with her\, she spends a day in the Brookside Museum\, studying Sarah Aldridge’s journal. As she explores the house and digs deeper into Sarah’s story\, she realizes the two share more than a name. And that the horrifying end that Sarah A. met may await Sarah W. as well.\n\nBut this is more than a ghost story. It’s a story about being controlled by forces outside of us\, both those of this world and those not. And how two woman sought to escape their bonds through art. It’s a story about storytelling. It’s eerie\, slowburn psychological horror focused on creeping dread more than explicit violence. The type of quiet horror that makes you wonder if maybe there’s something very wrong with this place.\nAll donations to this event will go to support the costs of filming and producing this independent film\, which will be shooting at SCHC in early March. \nRegister HERE
URL:https://brooksidemuseum.org/event/indie-film-fundraiser-her-self-inflicted-decapitation/
LOCATION:Brookside Museum\, 21 Fariground Ave.\, Ballston Spa\, NY\, 12020\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260402T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260402T193000
DTSTAMP:20260609T195259
CREATED:20260217T184718Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260217T184718Z
UID:14221-1775152800-1775158200@brooksidemuseum.org
SUMMARY:Near The Forest\, By The Lake With Angela E. Douglas
DESCRIPTION:Meet Angela E. Douglas\, the biologist and author of Near the Forest\, By the Lake\, a collection of essays about the natural world\, and the wonders of life in her little corner of Upstate New York. \nI am fortunate to live close to a natural world dominated by forests and woodlands\, and by lakes and ponds. Being a writerly sort of person\, I find myself expressing my enthusiasm in words. As I walk in a local landscape\, something attracts my attention and sets me thinking about the biology or history or some quirky feature of a particular species or location. Rafts of ducks take up residence on the lake in winter\, sycamore trees shed great chunks of bark in the summer heat\, swallows nest in tree snags marking a beaver pond\, and the hush of a hemlock grove muffles the sound of the nearby creek. Our task is only to pay attention to the natural world close to home: to appreciate the great diversity of organisms\, to take pleasure in the familiar and the unexpected\, to value what each season brings\, and to acknowledge the impact of human activities on our world\, for both good and ill. \nBio: The natural world has always fascinated me. I don’t know why\, other than that I come from the New Forest\, a place of ancient woodlands\, heath\, and open pasture close to the sea\, in the south of England. I became a professional biologist\, a career that took me up and down the UK\, from Oxfordshire to Aberdeenshire. And then\, when the children left home\, my husband and I did likewise. We landed jobs at Cornell University\, giving us the opportunity to explore the magnificent Finger Lakes. \nOn Sunday 22nd March 2020\, I wrote a short essay about our small and unremarkable backyard. I didn’t realize it at the time\, but I had started a new chapter in my life. The weekly essays about my backyard over the following pandemic year evolved into a book\, Nature on the Doorstep (Cornell University Press\, 2023). I kept on writing\, and Near the Forest\, By the Lake\, my second book of essays about the local natural world\, was published\, also by Cornell University Press\, in 2025. More information is available at https://angelaedouglas.com\n\n\nRegister HERE
URL:https://brooksidemuseum.org/event/near-the-forest-by-the-lake-with-angela-e-douglas/
LOCATION:Brookside Museum\, 21 Fariground Ave.\, Ballston Spa\, NY\, 12020\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260409T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260409T203000
DTSTAMP:20260609T195259
CREATED:20260219T232952Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260219T232952Z
UID:14238-1775761200-1775766600@brooksidemuseum.org
SUMMARY:Experts Next Door: Iroquoia: Haudenosaunee Life and Culture\, 1630-1783 With Kelly Hopkins
DESCRIPTION:Kelly Hopkins is an Assistant Professor of early American history at the University of Houston. Her book\, Iroquoia: Haudenosaunee Life and Culture\, 1630-1783 (Ithaca: Cornell University Press\, 2025)\, highlights the innovative strategies of Haudenosaunee men and women to retain their culture\, sovereignty\, and control of their homelands through more than seven generations of unprecedented social and environmental change that followed European contact and the settler invasion. \nRegister HERE
URL:https://brooksidemuseum.org/event/experts-next-door-iroquoia-haudenosaunee-life-and-culture-1630-1783-with-kelly-hopkins/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260412T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260412T190000
DTSTAMP:20260609T195259
CREATED:20260324T165054Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260324T165054Z
UID:14343-1776016800-1776020400@brooksidemuseum.org
SUMMARY:Random Acts of Poetry: Readings by Jay Rogoff\, Hajar Hussaini and Barbara Ungar
DESCRIPTION:  \n\nJoin the Ballston Spa Committee on the Arts and SCHC at Brookside Museum for the Random Acts of Poetry Performance Reading. \nJay Rogoff has published seven books of poetry\, most recently Loving in Truth: New and Selected Poems\, from LSU Press. His essay collection\, Becoming Poetry: Poets and Their Methods\, also from LSU\, won the Lewis P. Simpson Award for outstanding literary criticism. His work has appeared in many journals\, including AGNI\, The Georgia Review\, The Kenyon Review\, The New Republic\, Salmagundi\, and The Southern Review. As Saratoga Springs Poet Laureate for 2026 and 2027\, he has organized area readings and workshops for the Laureate Poetry Series and the Poet Laureate Project. \nHajar Hussaini is a poet and translator. She is the author of Disbound: Poems (University of Iowa Press\, 2022). She has also translated Death and His Brother: A Novel by Khosraw Mani (Syracuse University Press\, 2027)\, which won a 2025 PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grant\, and Wounded Vita Nuda: Poems by Maral Taheri (Deep Vellum\, 2027)\, which won the 2025 Mo Habib Translation Prize. A graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop\, she teaches at Skidmore College and lives in Saratoga Springs\, NY. \nBarbara Ungar is the author of six books and three chapbooks\, most recently After Naming the Animals (The Word Works\, 2024). Honors include the Snyder Publication Prize\, Gival Poetry Prize\, and being named to Kirkus Reviews Best Indie Books of 2015 and 2019. She has published poems in Scientific American\, Rattle\, Salmagundi\, and many other journals. Her work has been translated into Spanish\, Italian\, Portuguese\, and Bulgarian. Professor emerita from the College of Saint Rose\, she lives in Saratoga Springs. \nRegister HERE
URL:https://brooksidemuseum.org/event/random-acts-of-poetry-readings-by-jay-rogoff-hajar-hussaini-and-barbara-ungar/
LOCATION:Brookside Museum\, 21 Fariground Ave.\, Ballston Spa\, NY\, 12020\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260414T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260414T203000
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CREATED:20260324T165748Z
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UID:14349-1776193200-1776198600@brooksidemuseum.org
SUMMARY:Experts Next Door: Tree by Tree: Saving North America's Eastern Forests
DESCRIPTION:For decades\, the forests of Eastern North America have faced pathogen and insect pests that have functionally removed tree species from the landscape. This talk will discuss the ecological roles that trees play\, the biology of the threats faced\, and the approaches that may remediate the problems. \nScott Meiners is a Plant Ecologist with a primary research focus on plant community dynamics\, particularly in the areas of species invasions and succession. He is a Professor at Eastern Illinois University where he has taught for 25 years\, conducting research and training graduate and undergraduate researchers. At home\, Scott is a tree collector\, growing chestnuts\, paw paws and producing maple syrup. \nRegister HERE
URL:https://brooksidemuseum.org/event/experts-next-door-tree-by-tree-saving-north-americas-eastern-forests/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260415T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260415T193000
DTSTAMP:20260609T195259
CREATED:20260214T151342Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260214T153443Z
UID:14204-1776276000-1776281400@brooksidemuseum.org
SUMMARY:A Thousand Thousand Slimy Things: A Natural History of the Sea from the Bottom Up
DESCRIPTION:From sea serpents to seaweed\, slimy things have long tended to lurk among the frontiers of natural knowledge\, reflecting not only the anxieties of each age but also\, in many cases\, new possibilities. At once generative and destructive\, mysterious and manifest\, and masculine but sometimes feminine\, slime flowed through oceanic understanding and welcomed new people to contribute to it\, thereby producing natural knowledge both literally and figuratively “from the bottom up.” Across an expanding Atlantic world Africans\, Native Americans\, women\, and even pirates described the ocean’s currents\, creatures\, and coastal environments\, adding their observations to the growing body of knowledge about the physical and biological makeup of the sea. Indeed\, as this presentation posits\, close focus on the sea’s slimy things and the curious people drawn them may even provide new ways of imagining the ocean’s present and future. \nChristopher L. Pastore is Associate Professor of History at the University at Albany\, State University of New York\, where he teaches courses in environmental history\, early America\, and the Atlantic world. He holds a Ph.D. in History and M.S. in teaching from the University of New Hampshire\, an M.F.A. in nonfiction creative writing from New School University\, and a B.A. in Biology from Bowdoin College. He is the author of Between Land and Sea: The Atlantic Coast and the Transformation of New England (Harvard University Press\, 2014) and is currently writing an environmental history of the Atlantic world from the ancient period through the nineteenth century. \nYour donations power everything we do. For this event\, there is a suggested donation of $5. \nRegister HERE
URL:https://brooksidemuseum.org/event/a-thousand-thousand-slimy-things-a-natural-history-of-the-sea-from-the-bottom-up/
LOCATION:Brookside Museum\, 21 Fariground Ave.\, Ballston Spa\, NY\, 12020\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260425T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260425T193000
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CREATED:20260214T150630Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260214T150630Z
UID:14199-1777140000-1777145400@brooksidemuseum.org
SUMMARY:John Brown in New York\, with Author Nancy Weber
DESCRIPTION:Historian and author Sandra Weber presents a compelling talk about her newest book\, John Brown in New York: The Man\, His Family\, and the Adirondack Landscape. Weber offers a fresh and intimate look at the famed abolitionist\, focusing on the years of the Brown family’s connection with North Elba\, Essex County (1848–1863). The intertwining story of sublime Adirondack scenery\, farm life\, and racial justice explores John Brown not only as a national figure but as a husband\, father\, neighbor\, and man of moral fiber. Weber’s insightful narrative bridges the myth and the man\, revealing the tender and tragic heart of the Brown family story. \nSandra Weber has authored several books about the Adirondack region\, including Breaking Trail: Remarkable Women of the Adirondacks (co-author\, Peggy Lynn)\, Mount Marcy\, The Finest Square Mile\, and Adirondack Roots. Her articles have been published in Civil War Times\, NYS Conservationist\, Adirondack Life\, Adirondack Explorer\, Christian Science Monitor\, and Highlights for Children. In addition to her writings\, Weber is also well-known for her dramatic portrayals of Mary Brown in “Times of Trouble” and of Jeanne Robert Foster\, Kate Field\, and other women in “Remarkable Women of the Adirondacks.” Weber is a graduate of Clarkson University (Math/CS\, ’83) and Temple University (MBA\, ’90). She lives in a log cabin near Elizabethtown\, NY\, and is an Adirondack 46er.\n \nYour donations power everything we do. For this event\, the suggested donation is $10.  \n\nRegister HERE
URL:https://brooksidemuseum.org/event/john-brown-in-new-york-with-author-nancy-weber/
LOCATION:Brookside Museum\, 21 Fariground Ave.\, Ballston Spa\, NY\, 12020\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260429T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260429T203000
DTSTAMP:20260609T195259
CREATED:20260217T185238Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260217T185917Z
UID:14225-1777489200-1777494600@brooksidemuseum.org
SUMMARY:Experts Next Door: I Ride to Win: Isaac Murphy and Civil War America
DESCRIPTION:Isaac Murphy won three Kentucky Derbys and every other major American stakes race of the nineteenth century. He was among the jockeys inducted into the National Museum of Racing’s Hall of Fame in its inaugural class. He was also born enslaved in 1861\, the son of a Civil War widow\, and he lived through the violent conflicts of Reconstruction to become the first true superstar Black athlete in the United States. This talk examines Murphy’s life and career and the light it sheds on his sport and the history of his country. \nKatherine Mooney is James P. Jones Professor of U.S. History at Florida State University and the author of Isaac Murphy: The Rise and Fall of a Black Jockey \n \nYour donations power everything we do at Saratoga County History Center\, and allow us to offer programming like Experts Next Door.  \nRegister HERE
URL:https://brooksidemuseum.org/event/experts-next-door-i-ride-to-win-isaac-murphy-and-civil-war-america/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260502T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260502T180000
DTSTAMP:20260609T195259
CREATED:20260421T154942Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260421T155159Z
UID:14452-1777737600-1777744800@brooksidemuseum.org
SUMMARY:Luther Forest: A Family\, A Woodland\, A Legacy: Exhibition Opening Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the opening of our new temporary exhibition at Saratoga County History Center\n\n  \n\nSaratoga County History Center at Brookside Museum invites you to celebrate the opening of our new exhibition\, Luther Forest: A Family\, A Woodland\, focusing on the history and evolutions of the private forest in Malta and Stillwater. Come and enjoy light bites and sparkling water and be among the first to view our new show. \nAt the turn of the twentieth century\, Thomas Clements Luther\, the owner of a popular resort hotel on Saratoga Lake\, began building the forest that would bear his name. Ultimately encompassing 7\,000 acres in Malta and Stillwater\, Luther Forest was the largest private reforestation project in New York. Despite the challenges of growing development and government intervention\, five generations of the Luther-Mackay family have worked to cultivate and conserve Luther Forest\, leaving a treasured legacy for future residents of Saratoga County. \nThis exhibition forms a part of our Spotlight on Malta History series\, which was generously supported by a grant from the GlobalFoundries/Town of Malta Foundation. This exhibition was curated by Dr. A.L. Hollmuller\, and installed in partnership with Field Horne and Marianne Bez. \nRegister HERE
URL:https://brooksidemuseum.org/event/luther-forest-a-family-a-woodland-a-legacy-exhibition-opening-celebration/
LOCATION:Brookside Museum\, 21 Fariground Ave.\, Ballston Spa\, NY\, 12020\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260506T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260506T191500
DTSTAMP:20260609T195259
CREATED:20260404T000438Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260421T160617Z
UID:14402-1778090400-1778094900@brooksidemuseum.org
SUMMARY:SCHC Reads: Founding Martyr: The Life and Death of Dr. Joseph Warren\, the American Revolution's Lost Hero
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the second meeting of our new history Book Club at the Saratoga County History Center at Brookside Museum. This year\, in honor of America’s 250th\, we will be reading books that explore the unfolding and impact of the American Revolution. \nEach meeting will take place in the historic Long Room at Saratoga County History Center\, and tea and cookies will be served. All featured books will be available for sale at Northshire Books. Mention that you are a part of the SCHC book club\, and you will receive a 20% discount on your purchase.  \nOur second meeting will be held on May 6\, 2026 at 6 PM\, where we will be discussing Founding Martyr: The Life and Death of Dr. Joseph Warren\, the American Revolution’s Lost Hero by Christian Di Spigna. \nYour donations power everything we do at Saratoga County History Center. Help us to grow this and other programming by making a donation. \nThis event is sold-out.
URL:https://brooksidemuseum.org/event/schc-reads-founding-martyr-the-life-and-death-of-dr-joseph-warren-the-american-revolutions-lost-hero/
LOCATION:Brookside Museum\, 21 Fariground Ave.\, Ballston Spa\, NY\, 12020\, United States
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