Events 2010 WILL BE LISTED SOON!!  We're just finalizing the details (Feb 2010)

Welcome to the Museum's series of  events for 2009. As guests' schedules change, we might be forced to make changes in this schedule, so check back here or become a member and we'll keep you up to date. If you have any questions, just send an email or give us a call at 845-754-8870.

All events are open to the public and are usually held at the Visitors Center behind the museum in Orange County's D&H Canal Park.

  • Lectures are free to members and children. Some lectures are $5.00 suggested donation for non-members.
    see more on "Lecture Series"
  • Pancake Breakfasts are $5.00 for adults, ($2.75 under 12).

 

Really join the Fun and be a part of a great group of people:

We Can Always Use Volunteers!  Help support the museum by helping us out at an event!  Give us a call and let us know what you'd like to do.

 

All Events Listed by Category then date!

 

2009 events -- Come On Down  EVENTS TO BE UPDATED SOON!!!!!!!

PANCAKE BREAKFASTS (& French Toast, too)  -- always a FLEA MARKET, too!

      (Include scrambled eggs, sausage, beverages and all the pancakes or French toast  you can eat)

April  19

Sunday

8:00am – 12:00

 

Pure Maple Syrup Pancake Breakfast

Flea Market

June 21

Sunday

8:00 – Noon

 

Father’s Day Strawberry Pancake Breakfast

 Flea Market

August  16

Sunday

8:00 – Noon

 

Blueberry Pancake Breakfast

Flea Market

October 18

Sunday

8:00 – Noon

 

Apple Pancake Breakfast

Flea Market

 

 SPECIAL EVENTS

April 1 

Thursday     

Noon – 4:00

OPENING DAY!!!

 

April 5 Sunday 2:00 – 5:00pm Wine Tasting  held at Carmine's Italian-American Restaurant, Route 6 Greenville (Port Jervis) NY in association with The Vineyard wine & spirit shop (Middletown).         Tickets MUST be purchased i n advance:  no one under 21!

April 14

Tuesday

6:00

Exhibit Preview (Members Only) "THE STAR IS BORN: A History of the Movie Star in America"

MAY 8 Friday 7:30 "HIKING THE ROAD TO RUINS"  Author-hiker David Steinberg will present a unique program about great hikes in the Hudson Valley region.  Book signing to follow.
July 25 Saturday 2:00 - 5:00 BEER TASTING FESTIVAL -- More Info to come:  Tickets MUST be purchased in advance.  No One under 21 admitted

August  7

Friday

7:30pm

Meet the Author -- Larry Lowenthal "From the Coalfields to the Hudson"  Celebrate the release of the second edition of this long out of print major work about the D&H Canal.  Lowenthal will talk about his research and sign copies.  This will be Mr. Lowenthal's only appearance in the region in connection with this re-issue.

September 26

Saturday

7:30pm

Fall Film Fundraiser  Join us for silent movies, hors d'oeurvres and wine at Cafe Roxana in Port Jervis and help us raise funds for the preservation of our film collection.

Call for more details.

October 24

Saturday

7:30pm

Folk Tales with Storyteller Lee Randazzo

November 1

Sunday

4:00pm

Museum Closes for Season

Nov. 29

Sunday

10am – 3:00pm

Holiday Craft Fair

 

Tuesday Night Lecture Series -- History and Local Interest

April 14

Tuesday

7:30pm

Jeannie Sakol "The Movie Star Interview"  Ms. Sakol is a journalist, biographer and novelist

 May 12

Tuesday

7:30pm

Stephen Skye "The Shawangunk Tunnels"

June 9

Tuesday

7:30pm

Juanita Leish "Women and the Civil War"

July 14

Tuesday

7:30pm

Frank Salvati  "Joseph Brant, The Iroquois and the American Revolution"

August  11

Tuesday

7:30pm

Ernest Babcock "The Huckleberry Pickers"  Film and discussion

September 12

Saturday

7:30pm

Eileen White "Women in Film-- The Early Years

 

 

 

 

CONCERTS

       
June 12 Friday

7:30pm

FOLK/BLUES: – MIRO & FRIENDS

 July 10 Friday

7:30pm

FOLK/BLUES: – MIRO & FRIENDS

 September 4 Friday

7:30pm

FOLK/BLUES: – MIRO & FRIENDS

 October 9 Friday

7:30pm

FOLK/BLUES: – MIRO & FRIENDS

  FILM SCREENINGS

 May 22 Friday

7:30pm

An evening of Lillian Gish. Stuart Oderman, a friend and biographer of Ms. Gish will talk about her, then play piano for a selection of her films. (Mr. Oderman plays for films at NYC's Museum of Modern Art, among other places.
June 26 Friday

8:00pm

Film Screening featuring Mary PickfordBen Model, accompanist.  Mr. Model also plays for MOMA and other venues.  www.silentfilmmusic.com
July 31 Friday

7:30pm

THANHOUSER Centennial  Screening: A celebration of the Thanhouser Film Company founded in 1909
August 21 Friday

7:30pm

Women in Film:  A look at important early directors: Arzner, Blache', Weber and more.
September 12 Saturday              7:30pm Women in Film:  Film clips will be shown as part of this lecture!