Events

Emigration from Eastern Europe reached a peak at the same time the American motion picture industry was in its infancy. Newly-arrived Jews, with their Old World clothes and appearance were […]

Explore the early years of one of America's musical contributions to world culture.  Using lecture and recording music we will explore where the Blues began, how different styles developed, and […]

“Music can diminish evil” Viktor Ullmann 1898 –1941 Among the many cultural victims of the Holocaust was an adventurous composer named Viktor Ullmann, who had an affinity for music that […]

With Mort Segal. More information TBA.    

When the War Came: Three Households on the Palisades Face the Civil War with Eric Nelson While no battles were fought in Hudson Valley, the effects of the Civil War […]