Sunday, June 12, 2022
1:30PM to 3:30 PM
Preservation Long Island Curator, Lauren Brincat, will discuss one of America’s earliest published Black authors at an upcoming session of the African American Voices of Democracy Series hosted by the Walt Whitman Birthplace Association.
Events
Special Program:
Gallery North’s Annual Wet Paint Festival Comes to the Sherwood-Jayne Farm!
Saturday, June 4 & Sunday, June 5, 2022
10 AM to 3 PM
Join Gallery North for a two-day, outdoor festival. The Sherwood-Jayne House in East Setauket will be open for free curator-led tours! Visitors can watch artists paint, discover their local history, and learn about nature.
Looking for Lange:
Community Scavenger Hunt
Now through May 31, 2022
Now through May 31st, participate in the community-wide Looking for Lange scavenger hunt sponsored by the Town of Huntington Historic Partnership! Visit our Exhibition Gallery, Friday–Sunday 11 AM to 4 PM, to view original paintings by Edward Lange (1846–1912).
Brooks-Park Home and Studios
Preservation Advocacy Hike
February 20, 2022
The East Hampton Trails and Preservation Society and the Brooks-Park Arts and Nature Center have partnered to provide an opportunity for hikers to visit the late abstract expressionists’ property and one of our 2021 Endangered Historic Places.
Northport-East Northport Public Library Virtual Lecture:
The Jupiter Hammon Project and Joseph Lloyd Manor
February 15, 2022
6:30pm to 7:30pm via Zoom
Preservation Director, Sarah Kautz, will discuss the life of author Jupiter Hammon who lived as an enslaved person at Lloyd Manor and whose work was the first to be published by an African American born in North America. FREE.
Public Premiere! Jupiter Hammon’s An Essay on Slavery Interpreted by Malik Work
February 9, 2022
Join us for the first public screening of theater artist Malik Work’s short film followed by a discussion with the artist and his collaborators on the project. The event will be moderated by Douglas Jones, Associate Professor of English and Theater Studies at Duke University.