Week of Events
Midwinter Break Fun & Games
Midwinter Break Fun & Games
Join the Wyckoff House Museum, Morris-Jumel Mansion, Old Stone House, Historic Richmond Town, and Lewis Latimer House Museum for a series of interactive virtual programs for students ages 8-12 February 16th-19th at 1 pm. During each session educators will guide participants to create their own fun, historical hands-on activities and games from household materials. Travel though NYC, and the […]
Midwinter Break Fun & Games
Midwinter Break Fun & Games
Join the Wyckoff House Museum, Morris-Jumel Mansion, Old Stone House, Historic Richmond Town, and Lewis Latimer House Museum for a series of interactive virtual programs for students ages 8-12 February 16th-19th at 1 pm. During each session educators will guide participants to create their own fun, historical hands-on activities and games from household materials. Travel though NYC, and the […]
NYC’s Impact on George Washington from Morris-Jumel Mansion & Fraunces Tavern Museum
NYC’s Impact on George Washington from Morris-Jumel Mansion & Fraunces Tavern Museum
In honor of Presidents’ Day and George Washington’s Birthday, join our colleagues from Morris-Jumel Mansion and Fraunces Tavern Museum for a look at George Washington’s experiences in New York City, and how they played a formative role in his life and career. The discussion will include updated information from Morris-Jumel Mansion about the experience of […]
Midwinter Break Fun & Games
Midwinter Break Fun & Games
Join the Wyckoff House Museum, Morris-Jumel Mansion, Old Stone House, Historic Richmond Town, and Lewis Latimer House Museum for a series of interactive virtual programs for students ages 8-12 February 16th-19th at 1 pm. During each session educators will guide participants to create their own fun, historical hands-on activities and games from household materials. Travel though NYC, and the […]
Why BIPOC Horticulture Knowledge Matters, from Green-Wood Cemetery
Why BIPOC Horticulture Knowledge Matters, from Green-Wood Cemetery
Join our colleagues at Green-Wood Cemetery for this online talk led by Wambui Ippolito, a landscape designer, horticulturist, and graduate of the New York Botanical Garden’s School of Professional Horticulture. BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) horticulturists’ understanding of plants and nature is often grounded in different perspectives than the institutions in which they […]
“Frederick Law Olmsted: At Home on Staten Island” at Alice Austen House
“Frederick Law Olmsted: At Home on Staten Island” at Alice Austen House
Our Staten Island sister site the Alice Austen House Museum is hosting a virtual presentation + Q&A with author Justin Martin about his book Genius of Place: The Life of Frederick Law Olmsted. Olmsted was a journalist, abolitionist, and pioneering landscape architect. In his speech, Martin will show how Olmsted’s Staten Island interlude (1848-1855) was […]
Musical Ecologies featuring Phill Niblock
Musical Ecologies featuring Phill Niblock
Musical Ecologies returns for the Spring season with more live radio broadcasts from OSH. This month, tune in for an evening with series curator Dan Joseph and experimental musician Phill Niblock. Phill is an artist whose fifty-year career spans minimalist and experimental music, film and photography. Since 1985, he has served as director of Experimental […]
Midwinter Break Fun & Games
Midwinter Break Fun & Games
Join the Wyckoff House Museum, Morris-Jumel Mansion, Old Stone House, Historic Richmond Town, and Lewis Latimer House Museum for a series of interactive virtual programs for students ages 8-12 February 16th-19th at 1 pm. During each session educators will guide participants to create their own fun, historical hands-on activities and games from household materials. Travel though NYC, and the […]
Common Frequencies: “BioSoNot” Listening Session
Common Frequencies: “BioSoNot” Listening Session
In partnership with BioBAT Art Space, the Old Stone House will host a series of bilingual listening sessions created by some of the artists that are part of Common Frequencies, a new contemporary art exhibition opening in May at the BioBAT Art Space. The exhibition, curated by Elisa Gutiérrez, features cross-disciplinary Mexican artists Lorena Mal, […]
“Oh Wait! You’re Fascism!” Film Screening and Discussion with Macon Reed & Amy Khoshbin
“Oh Wait! You’re Fascism!” Film Screening and Discussion with Macon Reed & Amy Khoshbin
Join artists Amy Khoshbin and Macon Reed for a live screening of their film Oh Wait! You're Fascism!, which explores connections between past and future depictions of authoritarianism and our current political climate. In the film, the artists communicate via ouija board with the ghosts of fascism, drawing from the history of the absurd and play in performance […]