Kent Public Library

Exciting opportunity! Meet Mystery and local author Jennifer Sadera!
Local author Jennifer Sadera presents her newest novel, I Know She Was There,
 set against the evocative backdrop of the Hudson Valley. In this 
engaging talk, Jennifer will share insights into the world of 
publishing, including the challenges of traditional publication and the 
complexities of writing and navigating today’s literary landscape. 
She’ll also discuss her inspiration for choosing the Hudson Valley as 
the setting for her story—and will wrap up the program with a Q&amp;A 
session, inviting your questions.
This program is for adults. Registration is required.

Local Event: Meet Award-Winning Crime Thriller Author Jennifer Sadera 

Putnam County

Carmel

New York

Meet Award-Winning Crime Thriller Author...

Exciting opportunity! Meet Mystery and local author Jennifer Sadera!
Local author Jennifer Sadera presents her newest novel, I...

Meet Award-Winning Crime Thriller Author Jennifer Sadera 

Join Dr. Michael Norris of Armchair Art Tours for a program as part of Putnam County's REV250 Commemoration!
The greatest and most influential painter in Colonial America, John Singleton Copley (1738-1815) showed artistic promise as a teenager, but was mostly self-taught. He prospered as an artist by creating hundreds of portraits that were both striking in their precise realism and in the importance of some of their sitters, such as Paul Revere, John Hancock, and Samuel Adams. However, rising political turmoil in Colonial America, along with Copley’s dissatisfaction with the limited art scene there, brought him to London in 1774, where he created portraits while also producing large, realistic, and dramatic scenes of contemporary history, often accompanied by prints to offer to a mass market.
This program is for adults, and will be presented on Zoom. Registration is required in order to receive the Zoom link prior to the program.

Local Event: Artists' Eyes on the American Revolution: John Singleton Copley, Painting Realism and History

Artists' Eyes on the American Revolution: John...

Join Dr. Michael Norris of Armchair Art Tours for a program as part of Putnam County's REV250 Commemoration!
The greatest and...

Artists' Eyes on the American Revolution: John Singleton Copley, Painting Realism and History

Join Kevin Woyce for a program as part of Putnam County's REV250 Commemoration!
With original photographs, vintage images, and patriotic music, Kevin Woyce explores the history of the American Flag - from its origin in the Revolution to the addition of our 50th star in 1960.He also explains how a poem about the 1814 Battle of Baltimore - set to a popular English melody - became our national anthem.
Adult Program. Registration is Required.

Local Event: Old Glory: The History of the American Flag

Old Glory: The History of the American Flag

Join Kevin Woyce for a program as part of Putnam County's REV250 Commemoration!
With original photographs, vintage images, and...

This workshop provides a detailed overview of how to read and understand your utility bill and will show us practical ways to make our homes more energy-efficient, lower utility bills, and take advantage of local energy-saving programs. Registrants are being asked to bring their utility bills. &nbsp;
Presented by Sean Seary, Community Energy Advisor | Program Manager with Cornell Cooperative Extension.&nbsp;

Local Event: Utility Bill workshop with Cornell Cooperative Extension

Utility Bill workshop with Cornell Cooperative...

This workshop provides a detailed overview of how to read and understand your utility bill and will show us practical ways to...

Utility Bill workshop with Cornell Cooperative Extension

Putnam County's REV250 Commemoration Presents Cynthia Abbott Kauffman as "Anne Fisher Miller"!
Imagine the Battle of White Plains unfolding just outside your door while your husband and two sons are away at war. In this immersive first-person presentation, Anne Fisher Miller recounts her encounters with General George Washington, how her home was transformed into a field hospital and church, and the dangers posed by the notorious “cow-boys and skinners” who roamed the contested Neutral Ground of present-day Westchester County. Dressed in period attire, Anne also shares and demonstrates the everyday essentials used by soldiers and camp followers during the Revolutionary War.
This exciting program is for all ages, but recommended for adults and children who are interested in American Revolution history. &nbsp;Registration is required. Please register each person attending individually.&nbsp;

Local Event: Anne Fisher Miller: Witness to a Revolution

Anne Fisher Miller: Witness to a Revolution

Putnam County's REV250 Commemoration Presents Cynthia Abbott Kauffman as "Anne Fisher Miller"!
Imagine the Battle of White...

A Putnam County REV250 Commemoration Event!&nbsp;
Michael Baker will reenact the short life of Dr. and Major General Joseph Warren, who was instrumental in the start of the American Revolution. He may have been our first President, had he not been shot and killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill. Come hear how he led the Patriots’ battle in Boston, and helped spread the spirit of Revolution throughout the Colonies. He set Paul Revere on his ride and inspired the Founding Fathers in Boston and throughout the Colonies which resulted in the Declaration of Independence that he did not live to see.
This presentation is appropriate for all Teens and Adults interested in the American Revolution. Registration is required.

Local Event: Michael Baker Presents" Dr. Joseph Warren- Physician and Patriot

Michael Baker Presents" Dr. Joseph Warren-...

A Putnam County REV250 Commemoration Event! 
Michael Baker will reenact the short life of Dr. and Major General Joseph Warren,...

Michael Baker Presents" Dr. Joseph Warren- Physician and Patriot

Marisa Lamb

Putnam

Westchester County

Jeff Edwards

New York City Metropolitan Area

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Southeast-Brewster

Peekskill-Cortlandt

Bedford-Katonah

Fairfield County

Rich Kirby

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Hayleigh Evans

Danbury

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Putnam County Veterans Memorial Park

Putnam County Heroes Battle the Redcoats! Celebrating America’s 250th Revolution Putnam County Veterans Park (201 Gipsy Trail Road, Carmel, NY)&nbsp;&nbsp; Military drills and demonstrations, stirring fife &amp; drum music, exciting musket firing exhibitions, medical, blacksmith, and woodworking demonstrations, as well as a bustling market of merchants offering Revolutionary War - themed goods.
Putnam County Veterans Memorial Park, Carmel, New York All information is subject to change. &nbsp; photos: ©D. Santalis Photography &amp; ©Jeff Bross&nbsp; &nbsp;

Local Event: Putnam County Heroes Battle the Redcoats! Celebrating America’s 250th Revolution

Putnam County Heroes Battle the Redcoats!...

Putnam County Heroes Battle the Redcoats! Celebrating America’s 250th Revolution Putnam County Veterans Park (201 Gipsy Trail...

Putnam County Heroes Battle the Redcoats! Celebrating America’s 250th Revolution

Jay Heritage Center

Nothing says spring better than our popular Classic Design Luncheon and Lecture! We’re honored to feature Genevieve Wheeler-Brown, the author of&nbsp;<a href="https://beyondblueandwhite.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">“Beyond Blue and White.”</a>
Wheeler-Brown’s book explores the history of Delftware ceramics, focusing on the often-overlooked roles of women as makers, patrons, and collectors, from 17th-century factory owners like&nbsp;Barbara Rotteveel&nbsp;to Gilded Age collectors like&nbsp;Mrs. J. Pierpont Morgan. A must for devotees of decorative arts and the history of material culture. 
Location: The award-winning Jay Estate Gardens designed by Nelson Byrd Woltz. Co-Chairs, Tracy Edwards, Liz Garrett, Emmy Lambert, Lindsay Bello Martin and Suzanne Clary.
Guests will enjoy botanical cocktails and a tour of the blue and white blooms of our gardens at 11:30am followed by lunch and lecture at 12 Noon. Booksigning at 1:30pm. Catering provided by Scarborough Fair Catering.
Spring garden attire and hats encouraged! 
Tickets start at $150. Tables of 10 start at $1500
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All proceeds will benefit JHC's family and adult horticulture programs.
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GENEVIEVE WHEELER BROWN
Founding Genevieve Wheeler Decorative Art Advisory in 2003, Genevieve comes to the advisory business with more than 12 years of experience in the auction world, strong generalist knowledge and a wide range of contacts in American, European and Asian decorative and fine arts.
Genevieve began her career with Christie’s in 1992 with the European Decorative Arts Department after working as an intern at The Phillips Collection, Washington D.C. in 1990. She was then asked to run Overseas Consignments at Christie’s Park Avenue, a department that handled inquiries for European based auctions including Indian and Southeast Asian art, Islamic Art, Miniatures, Textiles and Cameras. In 1995 Genevieve became the New York contact for sales of Fabergé and Russian Silver at Christie’s Park Avenue and most recently was as a specialist in Fine Musical Instruments at Christie’s Rockefeller Center from 1998 to 2003.
While at Christie’s, she was involved with important sales such as ‘The Pine Cone Egg’ by Carl Fabergé and ‘The Taft’ Stradivari which fetched the auction record for an instrument sold in the United States. She has also been an appraiser on the PBS production ‘The Antiques Roadshow’.
A supporter of several fine and decorative art related institutions, Genevieve has served on the Board of the National Society of Colonial Dames in the State of New York, served as a member of the Young Fellows Steering Committee of the Frick Collection from 1995 to 2005 and co-Chaired the Winter Antiques Show Young Collector’s Night, New York in 2004, 2005, and 2006.
Genevieve currently advises several organizations including <a href="https://www.dumbartonhouse.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Dumbarton House</a>, a Federal period house museum in Georgetown, as a board member as well as for <a href="https://www.thewintershow.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Winter Show</a> as a vice-chair of Opening Night and as co-founder of The Winter Show Luncheon.About The Jay Heritage Center
The nonprofit Jay Heritage Center (JHC) is dedicated to preserving, protecting, and revitalizing a place that has meaning for all Americans: The Jay Estate. The property is the centerpiece of the Boston Post Road Historic District, Westchester County's only National Historic Landmark District,&nbsp;an irreplaceable cultural and natural resource.&nbsp;
Through lectures, workshops, volunteer opportunities, school programs, and concerts, JHC offers timely lessons in history, environmental conservation, architecture, and social justice, while tracing the evolution of democracy in the United States. It hopes to inspire the future historians, civic advocates, and stewards of our fragile cultural and natural resources.&nbsp;
Just as the architects of our nation’s government pursued self-improvement through dialogue about our nation’s most relevant topics, JHC promotes learning through programs led by prominent experts, Pulitzer Prize-winning authors, and academics in a variety of disciplines from sustainability to legal history.
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Local Event: Classic Design Luncheon & Lecture: Beyond Blue and White with Genevieve Wheeler-Brown

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Kent Public Library, 17 Sybils Crossing, Lake Carmel, NY

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Kent Public Library, 17 Sybils Crossing, Lake Carmel, NY

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