This Women’s History Month, Chief Curator Lauren Brincat shares a powerful story from Harriet Jacobs’s (1813–1897) autobiography, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, detailing the author’s experience staying at the grand Marine Pavilion in Rockaway during the summer of 1843.
Month: March 2025
Country House Benefit at COCUYO
Saturday, June 14, 2025
This year our benefit location is COCUYO — the stunning Locust Valley home of Alfredo Paredes and Brad Goldfarb. This event is sold out.
Collective Interests: Preserving the Past for the Future
Saturday, May 31, 2025
5:00 to 7:00 PM
Join Michael Diaz-Griffith, Executive Director and CEO of the Design Leadership Network; Kyle Marshall, author and former Creative Director of Bunny Williams Home; and our own Lauren Brincat, Chief Curator and Director of Collections, as they share fresh perspectives on the future of collecting and the enduring relevance of old places and things.
Preservation in Progress Tour: John and Alice Coltrane Home
Saturday May 3, 2025
Join us for an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of the John & Alice Coltrane Home, where the legendary jazz saxophonist lived with his family from 1964 until his passing in 1967. Guided by Huntington Town Historian Robert Hughes and Coltrane Home Founder Steve Fulgoni, this special tour will explore the home’s restoration progress and plans for a museum celebrating the Coltranes’ life and legacy. Registration required.
Please join us for a fun, fast-paced game of “105 Tennis“! 105 Tennis is the ultimate team challenge! Teams of four compete to be the first to reach 105 points, with each shot counting toward the excitement. Scoring is based on the type of shot: 5 points for a groundstroke […]
Juneteenth Student Poetry
Open-Mic!
Call for Submissions
Preservation Long Island and the Caribbean American Poetry Association are thrilled to invite students in grades 6-12 across Long Island to share original poems as part of our 2025 Juneteenth Poetry Celebration in honor of Jupiter Hammon (1711-c. 1806), recognized as the first published Black American poet. Poems must be submitted in advance.