Events
Events
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Arias in the Afternoon: Lifting Every Voice fundraising committee
The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany, NY, United StatesJoin with a lively group of community members in the planning of Arias in the Afternoon:Lifting Every Voice, with Handel's Messiah arias and the Smithsonian's Voices and Votes: Democracy in America exhibit to be the centerpiece of this memorable event. There will be a complementary group singing of he Hallelujah Chorus - listen here to…
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Adirondack Experience – Enjoy a Day Out of Doors in New York State’s Premier Park
Enjoy a full day in the Adirondack’s, New York State’s premier state park. Mountains, farmland, lakes, ponds, rivers, wildlife, museums and historic sites, trails, and more. This is a collaboration with the Museum of Blue Mounain Lake. Bus transportation is free. Bring or buy your food and drink. Enjoy a geat day in the mountains.…
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FreedomCon 2025: Voices of Freedom
VirtualAuthors across time have challenged us to look back at history and learn what we missed, to relearn what we had not fully understood, to reexamine in more detail new information, to consider new interpretations of old stories, to understand the past and present from new voices uncovered and new voices reclaimed. In their gift…
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UREC Library – you are invited to help bring the library to life
The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany, NY, United StatesJoin with a highly skilled librarian and volunteers in bringing The Myers Residence Library to life! Numerous books have been donated over time and they need to be catalogued so that the library can be open for public use. The Library Development team works together every Friday from 1:00pm – 3:00pm at The Myers Residence.…
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UREC Library – you are invited to help bring the library to life
The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany, NY, United StatesJoin with a highly skilled librarian and volunteers in bringing The Myers Residence Library to life! Numerous books have been donated over time and they need to be catalogued so that the library can be open for public use. The Library Development team works together every Friday from 1:00pm – 3:00pm at The Myers Residence.…
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Drawn to Art – for Seniors
The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany, NY, United StatesSeniors in the Albany, NY Capital Region – you are invited to begin your creative journey at the Historic Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence with award-winning illustrators, Shirley Clark and Marcus Kwame. Enjoy a FREE 10-week relaxing outdoor art experience — Fridays October 10 – December 19, 2025 — 2pm-3:30pm (No class on Friday, November…
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Abolition and the Underground Railroad in Utica, NY – walking tour
At 4 pm on Friday, October 10th Jan DeAmicis and Mary Hayes Gordon, Co-Chairs of the Oneida County Freedom Trail, will provide a one hour, one mile tour of Underground Railroad and abolition sites in Utica – including the history of the Utica mob that forced the 600 abolitionists to leave Utica. Interested persons meet…
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Abolition Walk
National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum 5255 Pleasant Balley Road, Peterboro, New YorkWalk with us and trace a portion of the footsteps of 104 abolitionists who escaped an angry pro-slavery mob in Utica in October, 1835, embarked on an Erie Canal barge to Canastota, and climbed the hills to Peterboro where they formed the New York State Antislavery Society. Learn more at https://www.abolitionroad.org/
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Tour Experiences at The Myers Residence
The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany, NY, United StatesCall ahead to schedule your tour at The Myers Residence. Tours are usually hosted at 12:30pm and 2:00pm on Saturdays. Admission payments can be made online at https://undergroundrailroadhistory.org/tours/ or at The Myers Residence via cash, check, and credit card. Don’t forget to check out Myers Mercantile while at The Residence where you will find great…
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The Myers Residence will be CLOSED on Indigenous People’s Day (Columbus Da)
The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany, NY, United StatesThe Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence will be closed on Indigenous Peoples Day. As People who were the first to traverse the land upon which we live and work today, let us acknowledge their stories and their significant contributions, past through present, to the American narrative.

