Seniors 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 April 18th – June 20th 2025 — 2pm-3:30pm CALL (518) 621-7793 to sign…
On September 4th, 1949, roughly 30,000 people were attacked after attending a Paul Robeson concert. A similar concert was prevented from happening the previous week by a racist and anti-Semitic mob. These attacks had thrown the small upstate community into a national controversy, prompting supporters of Robeson to organize a second concert to defend his right…
Call ahead to schedule your tour at The Myers Residence. Tours are 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. Some great books, puzzles, jewlery, and…
Seniors 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 April 18th – June 20th 2025 — 2pm-3:30pm CALL (518) 621-7793 to sign…
Saturday, June 7, 2025 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM St. Paul's Church Be inspired by chamber music that explores unique stories to commemorate the Erie Canal bicentennial, featuring vocalists MaryNell Morgan, Britt Hewitt and Devony Smith. Clarice Assad: Earth and Water Juhi Bansal: Refuge Francisco del Pino: Orenda Selections from Liberty Minstrel, the 1844 antislavery song collection…
MaryLiz and Paul Stewart, co-founders of the UREC are going to be conducting 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…
Why Pinkster Fest in Kinderhook? Settled before 1651 - a few years after Henry Hudson (1609) explored the river which bears his name - Kinderhook, established as a town in…
Seniors 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…
“Juneteenth is a time for reflection, education, and celebration,” says Paul Stewart, Co-Founder of Underground Railroad Education Center. “We invite the community to join us in honoring this important moment…
The Interpretive Center - what shall we do in this space? Join with others at The Myers Residence to brainstorm, raise ideas, consider possibilities. The sky is the limit. Even…
Free and open to the public Celebrate Juneteenth with a day of art, activism, and community at the Albany Institute of History & Art. Inspired by the powerful individuals and…
Be part of our Oral History & Folklore Series. Join us in preserving and sharing community wisdom through these powerful, ongoing projects: Arbor Hill Stories – Got memories of Arbor…
