Event List

In the aftermath of the Pearl Harbor attack, FDR received a letter from baseball commissioner Judge Kenesaw concerning the propriety of proceeding with the 1942 baseball season.

WOMEN OF IRELAND with Kevin Westley.  Mna na h’Eireann - meet the women of Ireland from ancient Celts to current day, including Celtic War Goddess Morrigan, Queen Maeve, Brigit Go

A compelling lecture that brings to life the dramatic and often overlooked role Long Island played in America’s fight for Independence.

From Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple to the hit (s)quad of retired female assassins in Deanna Raybourn’s Killers series, from decommissioned spy Elizabeth Best, founder of the Thursday Murder Club (Richard Osman, The Thurs

A Semiquincentennial tribute to American astronomers. Stars figure large in our early American identity –from the first flags of 1777 to the star charts in Ben Franklin’s popular almanacs.

From stolen masterpieces to artwork that shocked the world, join us as artist and professor Chris Vivas discusses major events in the art world that range from theft, to murder and exploitation.

From George Washington’s spies to double agents in British ranks, intelligence operations sustained the Revolutionary cause and outmaneuvered one of the world’s strongest empires.

TALKING THE BILL OF RIGHTS via Zoom. 

AMERICA250: Tavern Tea