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| Sheep shearing and weaving demonstrations at Philipsburg Manor, Tarrytown Take the kids to the farm this weekend for the annual spring sheep shearing. It’s at Philipsburg Manor in Tarrytown, a historic farm in historic Hudson Valley, Saturday, April 16th and Sunday, April 17th. Watch as Scottish border collies demonstrate their sheep-herding skills, while [...]  Here’s a Jeopardy question: What is 44. That’s the number of U. S. presidents. My choice for website of the weekend is Apples 4 The Teacher, which has a list of all 44 U.S. presidents, from George Washington to Barack Obama, with bio information including their hometowns. Check them out chronologically or alphabetically. How [...] Seneca Village was Manhattan’s first known community of African-American property owners, on land that would become Central Park. The Central Park Conservancy holds regular, FREE walking tours of the area, and has scheduled a special Seneca Village Tour to commemorate Martin Luther King. Jr. Day on Monday, January 17th. The tour meets inside the [...] Coney Island has an amazing history, with ups and downs, much like its world famous Cyclone roller coaster. From it’s heyday a century ago, to a sad relic of its past, to the center of a major real estate and urban planning battle, Coney Island has had “An Amazing Ride” — which just happens [...] The part of the Upper East Side known as Yorkville has a long and interesting history that includes its role in rescuing survivors of the worst accidents in New York City history. That would be the fire aboard the steamship General Slocum in 1904, in which some 1,000 people perished. A FREE lecture and [...] |
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