MTHS PROGRAM SCHEDULE 2008

Evening Lectures
THURS. MAY 22 7:30 p.m. Ashland Community Church, Out of Ashes. Larry Tompkins, MTHS director and hike leader, hosts an 1890’s tour of old Ashland. View life in an old farming town through his slide collection and feel part of yesteryear. Refreshments.

THURS. JUNE 26, 7.30 p.m. Twilight Park Clubhouse, Haines Falls, Collecting Post Cards of the Northern Catskill Mountains. Robert Uzzilia, historian and collector will present original examples of his extensive collection of Catskill Mountain post cards.

THURS. JULY 24, 7:30 p.m. Twilight Park Clubhouse, Haines Falls, American Traditions/Contemporary Expression in Haudenousaunee Art. Colette Lemmon, a cultural research specialist, will present an illustrated lecture on the role of the contemporary Iroquois artist as tribal historian, storyteller and architect of change.

THURS. SEPT. 25, 7:30 p.m. Jewett Presbyterian Church, Jewett Heights, The Jewett of Yesterday. Drawing from his extensive collection, Larry Tompkins will present a slide program taking the audience on an imaginary trip through Jewett Township c. 1890.


NATIONAL TRAILS DAY CELEBRATION
SAT. JUNE 7, 1-5 p.m. MTHS Campus, Haines Falls. Group hike to Sunset Rock at North Lake. Afterwards head back to MTHS for a 4 p.m. talk by Dr. Robert Titus, book signing and wine and cheese party featuring local Catskill Mountain products; $5 per person.

ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE
SAT, AUGUST 23, 11-5 p.m. MTHS Campus, Haines Falls. Hay rides, entertainment; featured speaker is Dr. Kevin Avery, a curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and an authority on painter Sanford Gifford.