Events

Learn about James Knapp, descendent of Dinah Jackson who was enslaved to the Van Rensselaer family who lived at today's Historic Cherry Hill. View artwork from contemporary artists that interprets…

Put on the garden gloves, pick up the rake, and off you go! Would you prefer to work with clippers or a shovel? How about a lawn mower or pitch fork? Are you a gardener? Are you a carpenter? All sorts of garden and grounds activities fill up work party days. Join in the fun.…

The Seneca Chief was the canal packet boat that famously carried Governor DeWitt Clinton and dignitaries on the first voyage through the completed Erie Canal in 1825, an event known as the "Wedding of the Waters". Upon arrival at New York City water from Lake Erie was poured into the Hudson River resulting in a…

Black to Broadway Musical Review at Love Albany Center (TBD)  Featuring Capital Region Performers singing their favorite Broadway show tunes in a cave rat style performance Aaron Moore, founder of Acting With Aaron, has generously offered to produce a fundraising event for UREC's Interpretive Center as a response to the federal freezing, and potential withdrawal, of…

Aaron Moore, founder of Acting With Aaron, has generously offered to produce a fundraising event for UREC's Interpretive Center as a response to the federal freezing, and potential withdrawal, of funds intended to be used to build the Interpretive Center. Mark your calendars and plan to attend. More details, including ticket prices, are forthcoming. Show…

Authors 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…

Staged reading of Soulful - Land By Aaron Moore at Capital Repertory Theatre  Soulful-Land is a story about taking back control, about overcoming grief, about letting go of the past - A story of a grieving mother using her grandmother’s ancestral ways to move on. Aaron Moore, founder of Acting With Aaron, has generously offered to…

When We Come Home: Monologue Reading at the Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence A theatre performance performed by A Cast of all Black Women who will read thought provoking monologues from different plays. Aaron Moore, founder of Acting With Aaron, has generously offered to produce a fundraising event for UREC's Interpretive Center as a response…

This traveling Smithsonian Exhibit, Voices and Votes: Democracy in America, will open on Friday, November 28 at the New York State Musuem, which has generously made its 4th floor available to host this exhibit that was to be on display at The UREC Intepretive Center which, to date, is under construction. Docent guided tours will…

MaryLiz and Paul Stewart, co-founders of the UREC are hosting a Founders' Tour Experience. This special tour is a three (3) hour experience, conducted by the Stewart’s and is a vast expansion of their current tour. It is a premium ticketed event - $100 per person due to the length and breadth of knowledge that…

Arias in the Afternoon brings community members together with Handel’s Messiah and the Smithsonian’s Voices and Votes:Democracy in America exhibit for a powerful experience combining music, history, and inspiration. Handel’s…