News From @ Historic Huguenot Street

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September 12, 2009

Tonight's Second Saturdays Talk Cancelled
With apologies, we must cancel tonight's Second Saturdays Talk featuring Peter Kenny, American Decorative Arts Curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Mr. Kenny is ill. The talk will be rescheduled. Please consider joining us for our other programs this weekend:

The Furnishings of Locust Lawn with Sandy Levy
Sunday, 12pm @ Locust Lawn. Click here for more info.

Music on the Street: Anima Baroque

Sunday, 4pm in the Crispell Memorial French Church. Click here for more info.

Tim Davis: Meet the Artist Reception on 9/19

Seeing Through History, an exhibition of work by local artist Tim Davis, is currently installed in the gallery in the DuBois Fort. The exhibition is the result of the artist's residency at HHS in 2007. Among the items featuring is Davis' unique take on the well-known Gertrude Deyo portrait that hangs in the Deyo House (at left). On Saturday, September 19th from 6 to 8pm, there will be a Meet the Artist Reception in the gallery. The event is free and open to the public.

The Clothing of Locust Lawn: An Extraordinary Collection, A Rare Opportunity
In a region filled with historic house musuems, Locust Lawn is a rare treasure -- a time capsule filled with the clothings, furnishings and beloved possesions of three generations of the prosperous 19th century Hasbroucks. When the family "mothballed" the house in 1885, they left behind over 500 articles of clothing. Today, this clothing is safely tucked away in the house. This workshop is the first time that much of this collection will be shown to the public. Archives Specialist Susan Stessin-Cohn and Collections Assistant Ashley Hurlburt will be your guides for an unforgettable event. Saturday, September 26th, 4 to 6pm at Locust Lawn, 400 Route 32 South, New Paltz. Limited to 20. Advance registration strongly suggested. Click here to register online or call (845) 255-1660, ext. 300. $20 per person ($18 for Friends of Huguenot Street).

The Families Are Coming! Association Meetings Begin on the 19th

Fall is coming, and with it comes many of the Family Associations that are so important to HHS. The LeFevre Family Association kicks the meetings off with their get together on 9/19. They are followed by the Bevier-Elting Family Association on 9/26, the Deyo Family Association on 10/2, 3 and 4, the Hasbrouck Family Association on 10/10 and the DuBois Family Association on 10/16 and 17. To find out more about these or any of the Family Associations affiliated with HHS, click here.

Hudson Valley Ramble Comes to Street

HHS is offering to special tours as part of the Hudson Valley Ramble: Stories in Stone (about the Old Huguenot Burying Ground) on 9/26 and Hidden Huguenot Street on 9/27. Save the dates!

DuBois Fort Visitor Center Hours and Information

May through October: Open 10:30 to 5 every day except Wednesday. Tours leave every 90 minutes beginning at 11. Last tour leaves at 4. November and December: Open weekends 11 to 3.

81 Huguenot Street (between North Front Street and Broadhead Avenue) 845.255.1889