Saturday, April 16
2:30 pm
Donna Burdick, Smithfield Town Historian, will present “Smithfield Churches 1806-2016” at the Peterboro United Methodist Church. Following the talk, there will be a spaghetti supper starting at 4 pm at the Smithfield Community Center in Peterboro, sponsored by the Peterboro United Methodist Church. $8 for adults and $4 for children. For more information please call 315-366-2453.
Sunday April 17
1:00 to 5:00 pm
Village of Madison will be celebrating its bi-centennial. Mayor Barbara Clark and State Assemblyman Bill Magee will speak at 1 pm, followed by the Madison Central Schools Select Chorus. Student art projects will be on display, and members of the MCS drama club will dress in period attire and guide visitors to the day’s festivities. Two narrated bus tours will be offered to visit historic homes, businesses and churches in the village at 1:30 and 3:30 pm. For more information please contact Village of Madison Mayor Barb Clark at 315-893-1894 or via email villageofmadison@yahoo.com.
Wednesday April 20
12:10 to 12:50 pm
Cortland County Historical Society will host a “Lunch and Learn” session. Bring an lunch and enjoy as Jerry Wood presents “Bridges in and Around Cortland County.” Wood is an avid bridge enthusiast and has documented many bridges around Cortland County over the years. Dessert and beverages will be provided. For more information please visit www.cortlandhistory.com.
Wednesday April 20
7:00 pm
Canastota Public Library will host a Canalside Chat entitled “A Living History of the Loomis Gang.” Come and watch Village of Morrisville Historian Sue Greenhagen channel Sheriff Bonney and tell the stories of the notorious horse thieves that lived in CNY prior to the Civil War. There is no charge for this event. For more information please call 315-697-7030.
Wednesday April 20
7:00 pm
Town of Onondaga Historical Society welcomes Holly Sammons of the Onondaga County Public Library Local History & Genealogy Department. Sammons will discuss the services and resources available and how they mirror and augment services provided by the Town of Onondaga Historical Society. The meeting is at the Town of Onondaga Hall, and there is no charge for this event. Light refreshments will be served. For more information please visit www.onondagatownhist.org.
Thursday April 21
7:30 pm
Town of Marshall Historical Society will host a presentation by Gwen Lallier entitled “The Questers of Clinton.” For more information please contact Yvonne Brady via email at ybskyline@gmail.com.
Friday April 22
12:00 to 4:00 pm
Chittenango Landing Canal Boat Museum will host a Canal Clean Sweep. For more information please visit www.clcbm.org.
Saturday April 23
1:00 pm
Central New York Living History Center in Homer will continue its “Homeville Presents” series. Nancy Snedeker will present on former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Admission for the Homeville Presents series is $5 per person, CNY Living History Center Members, Active Duty Military members and children under 5 are free. For more information please call 607-299-4185 or email orinfo@cnylivinghistory.org.
Tuesday April 26
9 am to 4 pm
Chittenango Landing Canal Boat Museum will host a clothespin basket making workshop with Linda Scherz Allen. Admission is $52 and includes all materials to make your own basket. Bring your own lunch. For more information or to register please visit www.adirondackbasketry.com.
Wednesday April 27
12:10 to 12:50 pm
Cortland County Historical Society will host a “Lunch and Learn” session. Bring a lunch and enjoy Civil War re-enactor and SUNY Cortland Intern, Michael Barnes present “Rations of the Union Army. Dessert and beverages will be provided. For more information please visit www.cortlandhistory.com.
Saturday April 30
1:00 pm
Oneida County Historical Society will host “The Psychic Highway: How the Erie Canal Changed America”. Michael Keene will lead this talk. This program is free and open to the public. For more information please visit www.oneidacountyhistory.org or call 315-735-3642.
Sunday May 1
1:00 pm
Smithfield Community Center will host the presentation “Archaeological Digs at the Gerrit Smith Estate National Historic Landmark” by Archaeologist Hadley Kruczek-Aaron. This event is sponsored by the Lorenzo State Historic Site in honor of Preservation Month. Kruczek-Aaron performed multiple digs at the Landmark while in graduate school. There is no charge for this event. For more information please visit www.friendsoflorenzo.org.
Wednesday May 4
12:10 to 12:50 pm
Cortland County Historical Society will host a “Lunch and Learn” session. Bring an lunch and enjoy author Toni Colella presents “Theodore W. Case: Father of Talking Movies.” Colella will speak about how Theodore Case revolutionized the news and motion picture industries. Dessert and beverages will be provided. For more information please visit www.cortlandhistory.com.
Wednesday May 11
12:10 to 12:50 pm
Cortland County Historical Society will host a “Lunch and Learn” session. Bring an lunch and enjoy Town of Lincklaen Historian Melissa Losaw discuss the History of Lincklaen. Dessert and beverages will be provided. For more information please visit www.cortlandhistory.com.
Friday May 13
6:30 pm
Morrisville Public Library welcomes Jim Ford who will present on Grove Hinman, one Madison County’s most notorious residents. Ford has published a book on Hinman’s history with photos, newspaper clippings and firsthand accounts to show Hinman’s impact on the community. There is no charge for this event. For more information please call 315-684-9130.
Wednesday May 18
7:00 pm
Town of Onondaga Historical Society welcomes Village of Morrisville Historian Sue Greenhagen to present on “Live Oaks & More Dead Folks, a virtual tour of Oakwood Cemetery.” This is the second series of virtual tours that Greenhagen has done and will feature stories and tales of some of the most prominent residents of Syracuse’s most historic cemetery. The meeting is at the Town of Onondaga Hall, and there is no charge for this event. Light refreshments will be served. For more information please visit www.onondagatownhist.org.
Saturday May 21 and Sunday May 22
9:00 am to 5:00 pm
CNY Living History Museum in Cortland. Re-enacting units include the 144th Infantry, the Powhatan (1st Virginia) & Crenshaw Batteries, the 26th Texas Cavalry and music by the Finger Lakes Fife & Drum Corps. Visitors are free to wander through the encampment. $10 admission, children under 5, museum members and active duty military are free. For more information please visit www.cnylivinghistory.org or call 607-299-4185.
Monday May 23
5:30 pm
Hamilton Public Library will host a special evening with WWII Veteran Stan Davis. Davis was a Staff Sergeant in the US Army Air Corps in the European Theatre during WWII. He served as a Crew Chief on P47 style planes as well serving as an engineer on C47 transport planes. He also was an amateur photographer who took over 700 photos of his time overseas. Madison County Historian Matthew Urtz recently digitized these images and will feature a number of these images as part of the talk. Davis will talk about his experiences and the photos. There is no charge for this event. Light refreshments will be provided by the Friends of the Library. For more information please contact 315-824-3060.