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SUMMARY:Samson Occom: Indigenous Sovereignty in Revolutionary Connecticut
DESCRIPTION:In an age of political upheaval\, Samson Occom (1723-1792) helped chart a new course for the Native communities of the Northeast. Occom grew up a Mohegan immersed in his people’s traditional lifeways\, and worked to reinvent those lifeways in a world transformed by colonialism. Occom rose to international fame advocating for Mohegan interests\, and eventually helped found a new Indigenous nation called Brothertown\, which (like Mohegan) continues to thrive today. Occom was inspired by the American religion but believed Native peoples had to forge their own paths toward freedom: “Indians\,” he said\, “are neither Whigs nor Tories.” Discover his compelling story and social impact with author Ryan Carr. \nAbout Our Speaker: Ryan Carr is a lecturer in English\, American Studies\, and the Core Curriculum at Columbia University. He has published widely in the fields of American literature and religious studies. His first book\, Samson Occom: Radical Hospitality in the Native Northeast\, was published in 2023 by Columbia University Press. \nTickets\n$15 General Admission\n$10 Members\nFree for Connecticut Museum NARM members and above \nGET TICKETS\nQuestions? Contact Natalie Belanger\, Public Programs Manager\, at nbelanger@connecticutmuseum.org. \nAccessibility Notice: The wheelchair lift connecting our auditorium wing to our main building is currently out of order. Please call the front desk at 860-236-5621 for accessibility arrangements or any questions during this time. To access the Tavern Signs exhibition and Auditorium\, use the entrance to the Auditorium Lobby\, which is located to the left of the main entrance. For access to the main building\, please call the front desk and staff will be available to assist you in entering through the courtyard.
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/samson-occom-indigenous-sovereignty-in-revolutionary-connecticut/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth St\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
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SUMMARY:On Surviving Mental Illness: A Conversation with Julia Tannenbaum
DESCRIPTION:Local young adult author and mental health activist Julia Tannenbaum shares her decade-long battle with anorexia\, depression\, and anxiety and how overcoming her illnesses enabled her to discover her passions for writing and advocacy. Signed copies of Julia’s books will be available for purchase. \nThis event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be provided.  \nRegister here. \nQuestions? Contact Adult Programs Manager Natalie Belanger via email at natalie_belanger@chs.org\, or call (860) 236-5621 x289.
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/authortalk-juliatannenbaum/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
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SUMMARY:Asian American Poets and Community Dialogue: Debora Kuan
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a unique series of poetry readings and community dialogues! The Asian and Asian American Studies Institute at UConn and the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, along with Make Us Visible CT\, invite you to listen to Connecticut’s Asian American poets and explore personal stories and local histories. The second event in the series features Debora Kuan\, and you can register for FREE tickets here. \n  \nDebora Kuan is the author of two poetry collections\, Xing and Lunch Portraits. Currently\, she is the poet laureate of Wallingford\, Connecticut. Her work has appeared in Poetry\, The New Republic\, The Awl\, Boston Review\, The Baffler\, Fence\, The Iowa Review\, ZYZZYVA\, and other publications\, and her art criticism has appeared in Artforum\, Art in America\, Modern Painters\, Paper Monument\, and other magazines. \n  \nThis series is funded by a grant from CT Humanities.
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/aapi-kuan/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
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SUMMARY:Asian American Poets and Community Dialogue: Debora Kuan
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a unique series of poetry readings and community dialogues! The Asian and Asian American Studies Institute at UConn and the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, along with Make Us Visible CT\, invite you to listen to Connecticut’s Asian American poets and explore personal stories and local histories. The second event in the series features Debora Kuan\, and you can register for FREE tickets here. \n  \nDebora Kuan is the author of two poetry collections\, Xing and Lunch Portraits. Currently\, she is the poet laureate of Wallingford\, Connecticut. Her work has appeared in Poetry\, The New Republic\, The Awl\, Boston Review\, The Baffler\, Fence\, The Iowa Review\, ZYZZYVA\, and other publications\, and her art criticism has appeared in Artforum\, Art in America\, Modern Painters\, Paper Monument\, and other magazines. \n  \nThis series is funded by a grant from CT Humanities.
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/aapi-kuan-2/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
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SUMMARY:Asian American Poets and Community Dialogue: Aaron Caycedo-Kimura
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a unique series of poetry readings and community dialogues! The Asian and Asian American Studies Institute at UConn and the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, along with Make Us Visible CT\, invite you to listen to Connecticut’s Asian American poets and explore personal stories and local histories. The first event in the series features Aaron Caycedo-Kimura\, and you can register for FREE tickets here. \n  \nAaron Caycedo-Kimura is a writer and visual artist. He is the author of two poetry collections: Ubasute\, which won the 2020 Slapering Hol Press Chapbook Competition\, and the full-length collection Common Grace\, forthcoming from Beacon Press in Fall 2022. His honors include a Robert Pinsky Global Fellowship in Poetry\, a St. Botolph Club Foundation Emerging Artist Award in Literature\, and a Best New Poets anthology nomination. His poetry has appeared in Beloit Poetry Journal\, Poet Lore\, DMQ Review\, Tule Review\,  Louisiana Literature\, The Night Heron Barks\, and elsewhere. Aaron earned his MFA in creative writing from Boston University and is also the author and illustrator of Text\, Don’t Call: An Illustrated Guide to the Introverted Life (TarcherPerigee\, 2017). \n  \nThis series is funded by a grant from CT Humanities.
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/aapi-caycedokimura-2/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,CHAP
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SUMMARY:Asian American Poets and Community Dialogue: Aaron Caycedo-Kimura
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a unique series of poetry readings and community dialogues! The Asian and Asian American Studies Institute at UConn and the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, along with Make Us Visible CT\, invite you to listen to Connecticut’s Asian American poets and explore personal stories and local histories. The first event in the series features Aaron Caycedo-Kimura\, and you can register for FREE tickets here. \n  \nAaron Caycedo-Kimura is a writer and visual artist. He is the author of two poetry collections: Ubasute\, which won the 2020 Slapering Hol Press Chapbook Competition\, and the full-length collection Common Grace\, forthcoming from Beacon Press in Fall 2022. His honors include a Robert Pinsky Global Fellowship in Poetry\, a St. Botolph Club Foundation Emerging Artist Award in Literature\, and a Best New Poets anthology nomination. His poetry has appeared in Beloit Poetry Journal\, Poet Lore\, DMQ Review\, Tule Review\,  Louisiana Literature\, The Night Heron Barks\, and elsewhere. Aaron earned his MFA in creative writing from Boston University and is also the author and illustrator of Text\, Don’t Call: An Illustrated Guide to the Introverted Life (TarcherPerigee\, 2017). \n  \nThis series is funded by a grant from CT Humanities.
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/aapi-caycedokimura/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,CHAP
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SUMMARY:Revolver: Sam Colt and the Six-Shooter That Changed America
DESCRIPTION:This event has passed\, but you can watch a recording here! \nCHS is pleased to welcome journalist and author Jim Rasenberger to deliver this year’s Charles Guilford Woodward Lecture. \nIn Revolver: Sam Colt and The Six-Shooter That Changed America\, Jim Rasenberger — author of The Brilliant Disaster: JFK\, Castro\, and America’s Doomed Invasion of Cuba’s Bay of Pigs — presents the first major biography of the inventor who introduced repeating firearms to the world. With Colt’s revolver\, one could for the first time shoot multiple bullets from a gun without reloading — a revolutionary mechanism that would help spark the American Industrial Revolution and speed the settlement of the West. \nBefore his untimely death at 47\, Colt had built a vast consumer empire comparable to those of Henry Ford\, Walt Disney\, and Steve Jobs\, and his revolver had helped mold the country politically and industrially for generations to come. It was also responsible for some of the most brutal violence in the years before\, during and after the Civil War\, particularly against Native Americans in the West. \nThe Washington Post has praised the book\, saying\, “It overflows with relentless ambition\, energy\, entrepreneurship\, ingenuity and wealth\, and with deceit\, fraud\, jingoism and murder.” \nThe material for the book was largely drawn from the Samuel Colt Papers at the CMCH. In fact\, Mr. Rasenberger\, who has been a familiar face in the Waterman Research Center over the last few years\, will be donating a copy of his notes and bibliography to the CMCH to help further future scholarship about Colt. \nFREE for CMCH members\, $10 for non-members. This event will take place online via Crowdcast. Click here to register.  \nAbout the Author \nJim Rasenberger is the author of The Brilliant Disaster: JFK\, Castro\, and America’s Doomed Invasion of Cuba’s Bay of Pigs and High Steel: The Daring Men Who Built the World’s Greatest Skyline. He has written for The New York Times\, Vanity Fair\, Smithsonian\, and The Wilson Quarterly\, among other publications. Rasenberger has also written for film and television\, including a treatment of High Steel that was adapted as an ABC pilot (Empire State).
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/woodwardlecture-rasenberger-2/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth St\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,online programming,Special Event
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SUMMARY:Revolver: Sam Colt and the Six-Shooter That Changed America
DESCRIPTION:This event has passed\, but you can watch a recording here! \nCHS is pleased to welcome journalist and author Jim Rasenberger to deliver this year’s Charles Guilford Woodward Lecture. \nIn Revolver: Sam Colt and The Six-Shooter That Changed America\, Jim Rasenberger — author of The Brilliant Disaster: JFK\, Castro\, and America’s Doomed Invasion of Cuba’s Bay of Pigs — presents the first major biography of the inventor who introduced repeating firearms to the world. With Colt’s revolver\, one could for the first time shoot multiple bullets from a gun without reloading — a revolutionary mechanism that would help spark the American Industrial Revolution and speed the settlement of the West. \nBefore his untimely death at 47\, Colt had built a vast consumer empire comparable to those of Henry Ford\, Walt Disney\, and Steve Jobs\, and his revolver had helped mold the country politically and industrially for generations to come. It was also responsible for some of the most brutal violence in the years before\, during and after the Civil War\, particularly against Native Americans in the West. \nThe Washington Post has praised the book\, saying\, “It overflows with relentless ambition\, energy\, entrepreneurship\, ingenuity and wealth\, and with deceit\, fraud\, jingoism and murder.” \nThe material for the book was largely drawn from the Samuel Colt Papers at the CMCH. In fact\, Mr. Rasenberger\, who has been a familiar face in the Waterman Research Center over the last few years\, will be donating a copy of his notes and bibliography to the CMCH to help further future scholarship about Colt. \nFREE for CMCH members\, $10 for non-members. This event will take place online via Crowdcast. Click here to register.  \nAbout the Author \nJim Rasenberger is the author of The Brilliant Disaster: JFK\, Castro\, and America’s Doomed Invasion of Cuba’s Bay of Pigs and High Steel: The Daring Men Who Built the World’s Greatest Skyline. He has written for The New York Times\, Vanity Fair\, Smithsonian\, and The Wilson Quarterly\, among other publications. Rasenberger has also written for film and television\, including a treatment of High Steel that was adapted as an ABC pilot (Empire State).
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/woodwardlecture-rasenberger/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth St\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Reverse Underground Railroad: Slavery and Kidnapping in Pre-Civil War America
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a talk with Dr. Richard Bell\, the author of Stolen\, a new book that tells the incredible story of five boys whose courage forever changed the fight against slavery in America. \n Philadelphia\, 1825: five young\, free black boys fall into the clutches of the most fearsome gang of kidnappers and slavers in the United States. Lured onto a small ship with the promise of food and pay\, they are instead met with blindfolds\, ropes\, and knives. Over four long months\, their kidnappers drive them overland into the Cotton Kingdom to be sold as slaves. Determined to resist\, the boys form a tight brotherhood as they struggle to free themselves and find their way home. \nTheir ordeal—an odyssey that takes them from the Philadelphia waterfront to the marshes of Mississippi and then onward still—shines a glaring spotlight on the Reverse Underground Railroad\, a black market network of human traffickers and slave traders who stole away thousands of legally free African Americans from their families in order to fuel slavery’s rapid expansion in the decades before the Civil War. \nStolen will be available for purchase at the event and Dr. Bell will sign copies after the talk. \n$10 for CMCH members\, $15 for non-members. Light refreshments will be served. Please let us know you’re coming by calling (860) 236-5621 x238 or emailing rsvp@chs.org. \nQuestions? Contact Natalie Belanger\, Adult Programs Manager\, at natalie_belanger@chs.org. \nAbout the Speaker \nRichard Bell (Ph.D. Harvard) is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Maryland. His research interests focus on American history between 1750 and 1877. His published work includes We Shall Be No More: Suicide and Self-Government in the Newly United States (2012)\, and Buried Lives: Incarcerated in Early America (2012). Prof. Bell is also the author of several journal articles\, most recently in the Journal of the Early Republic\, Early American Literature\, Slavery and Abolition\, and History Compass. Prof. Bell has held research fellowships at more than a dozen libraries and institutes\, including the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery\, Abolition and Resistance at Yale University. He is also a frequent lecturer and debater on the C-Span television network. He is the recipient of more than a dozen teaching awards. \n  \nPhotography credit: Thai Nguyen
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/the-reverse-underground-railroad-slavery-and-kidnapping-in-pre-civil-war-america-2/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth St\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Reverse Underground Railroad: Slavery and Kidnapping in Pre-Civil War America
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a talk with Dr. Richard Bell\, the author of Stolen\, a new book that tells the incredible story of five boys whose courage forever changed the fight against slavery in America. \n Philadelphia\, 1825: five young\, free black boys fall into the clutches of the most fearsome gang of kidnappers and slavers in the United States. Lured onto a small ship with the promise of food and pay\, they are instead met with blindfolds\, ropes\, and knives. Over four long months\, their kidnappers drive them overland into the Cotton Kingdom to be sold as slaves. Determined to resist\, the boys form a tight brotherhood as they struggle to free themselves and find their way home. \nTheir ordeal—an odyssey that takes them from the Philadelphia waterfront to the marshes of Mississippi and then onward still—shines a glaring spotlight on the Reverse Underground Railroad\, a black market network of human traffickers and slave traders who stole away thousands of legally free African Americans from their families in order to fuel slavery’s rapid expansion in the decades before the Civil War. \nStolen will be available for purchase at the event and Dr. Bell will sign copies after the talk. \n$10 for CMCH members\, $15 for non-members. Light refreshments will be served. Please let us know you’re coming by calling (860) 236-5621 x238 or emailing rsvp@chs.org. \nQuestions? Contact Natalie Belanger\, Adult Programs Manager\, at natalie_belanger@chs.org. \nAbout the Speaker \nRichard Bell (Ph.D. Harvard) is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Maryland. His research interests focus on American history between 1750 and 1877. His published work includes We Shall Be No More: Suicide and Self-Government in the Newly United States (2012)\, and Buried Lives: Incarcerated in Early America (2012). Prof. Bell is also the author of several journal articles\, most recently in the Journal of the Early Republic\, Early American Literature\, Slavery and Abolition\, and History Compass. Prof. Bell has held research fellowships at more than a dozen libraries and institutes\, including the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery\, Abolition and Resistance at Yale University. He is also a frequent lecturer and debater on the C-Span television network. He is the recipient of more than a dozen teaching awards. \n  \nPhotography credit: Thai Nguyen
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/the-reverse-underground-railroad-slavery-and-kidnapping-in-pre-civil-war-america/
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SUMMARY:Bob Steele on the Radio
DESCRIPTION:For more than sixty years\, Bob Steele was the radio voice of Southern New England\, entertaining listeners of WTIC AM with his wit\, humor\, and an inimitable style that kept listeners faithfully tuning in to his morning show. Capturing the nation’s highest market share\, the National Radio Hall of Fame inductee maintained an unparalleled popularity through the latter half of the twentieth century. \nIn this evening talk\, Paul Hensler\, author of the first-ever biography of Steele\, will present a review of Steele’s journey from his humble Midwestern roots to the pinnacle of radio fame. \nA selection of photos and papers from the WTIC archives held at the CMCH will be on display for the evening. \n$10 for CMCH members\, $15 for non-members. Light refreshments will be served. Please let us know if you plan to attend by emailing rsvp@chs.org or calling (860) 236-5621 x238. \nQuestions? Call (860) 236-5621 x289\, or email Natalie_Belanger@chs.org. \nAbout the Speaker \nPaul Hensler earned his Master’s Degree in History from Trinity College in Hartford\, CT\, is a member of the Phi Alpha Theta National Honor Society\, and contributes to various publications and symposiums related to baseball history and culture. His book\, Bob Steele on the Radio: The Life of Connecticut’s Beloved Broadcaster\, was published by McFarland in 2019. \nImage: CMCH 1990.51.1517
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/bob-steele-on-the-radio-2/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth St\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,G. Fox,Special Event
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=:
ORGANIZER;CN="Natalie Belanger":MAILTO:natalie_belanger@chs.org
GEO:41.772934;-72.705277
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200206T174500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200206T190000
DTSTAMP:20190904T151113Z
CREATED:20190904T151113Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190904T151113Z
UID:17311-1581011100-1581015600@www.connecticutmuseum.org
SUMMARY:Bob Steele on the Radio
DESCRIPTION:For more than sixty years\, Bob Steele was the radio voice of Southern New England\, entertaining listeners of WTIC AM with his wit\, humor\, and an inimitable style that kept listeners faithfully tuning in to his morning show. Capturing the nation’s highest market share\, the National Radio Hall of Fame inductee maintained an unparalleled popularity through the latter half of the twentieth century. \nIn this evening talk\, Paul Hensler\, author of the first-ever biography of Steele\, will present a review of Steele’s journey from his humble Midwestern roots to the pinnacle of radio fame. \nA selection of photos and papers from the WTIC archives held at the CMCH will be on display for the evening. \n$10 for CMCH members\, $15 for non-members. Light refreshments will be served. Please let us know if you plan to attend by emailing rsvp@chs.org or calling (860) 236-5621 x238. \nQuestions? Call (860) 236-5621 x289\, or email Natalie_Belanger@chs.org. \nAbout the Speaker \nPaul Hensler earned his Master’s Degree in History from Trinity College in Hartford\, CT\, is a member of the Phi Alpha Theta National Honor Society\, and contributes to various publications and symposiums related to baseball history and culture. His book\, Bob Steele on the Radio: The Life of Connecticut’s Beloved Broadcaster\, was published by McFarland in 2019. \nImage: CMCH 1990.51.1517
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/bob-steele-on-the-radio/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth St\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,G. Fox,Special Event
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=:
ORGANIZER;CN="Natalie Belanger":MAILTO:natalie_belanger@chs.org
GEO:41.772934;-72.705277
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191210T174500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191210T190000
DTSTAMP:20190919T185005Z
CREATED:20190919T185005Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190919T185005Z
UID:22422-1575999900-1576004400@www.connecticutmuseum.org
SUMMARY:1950s in Vogue: The Jessica Daves Years\, 1952-1962
DESCRIPTION:Join us to learn more about Jessica Daves\, the enigmatic figure who first catapulted fashion magazine Vogue into modernity. \nWhen Daves became editor-in-chief of Vogue magazine in 1952\, she began a decade-long effort to elevate the world’s most influential fashion magazine to new standards. With a firm belief that “taste is something that can be taught and learned” and an even firmer conviction in the magazine’s “high regard for the best\,” Daves led a charge for excellence in the pages of Vogue. \nDrawing from the Vogue archives\, as well as rarely seen personal correspondence and archival materials relating to Daves\, fashion historian and writer Rebecca C. Tuite tells the complete story of Daves’s Vogue\, examining the magazine’s coverage of fashion\, interior design\, travel\, and more during that decade\, while also offering the first in-depth study of Jessica Daves herself. \nA small pop-up exhibit of period clothing from our collection will be on view! \n$10 for CMCH members\, $15 for non-members. Please let us know if you plan to attend by emailing rsvp@chs.org or calling (860) 236-5621 x238. \nContact Adult Programs Manager Natalie Belanger with any questions at (860) 236-5621 x289\, or email Natalie_Belanger@chs.org. \nABOUT THE SPEAKER \nRebecca C. Tuite is a fashion historian and writer. She is a doctoral candidate at the Bard Graduate Center. She is the author of Seven Sisters Style: The All- American Preppy Look\, which was featured in publications including the Wall Street Journal\, Paris Vogue\, and Vanity Fair. Her new book\, 1950s in Vogue: The Jessica Daves Years\, 1952-1962\, will be released in December\, 2019. \nPhoto Credit: Alec Helm\, courtesy of Rebecca C. Tuite
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/1950s-in-vogue-the-jessica-daves-years-1952-1962-2/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Fashion,Special Event
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=:
ORGANIZER;CN="Natalie Belanger":MAILTO:natalie_belanger@chs.org
GEO:41.772934;-72.705277
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191210T174500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191210T190000
DTSTAMP:20190919T185005Z
CREATED:20190919T185005Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190919T185005Z
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SUMMARY:1950s in Vogue: The Jessica Daves Years\, 1952-1962
DESCRIPTION:Join us to learn more about Jessica Daves\, the enigmatic figure who first catapulted fashion magazine Vogue into modernity. \nWhen Daves became editor-in-chief of Vogue magazine in 1952\, she began a decade-long effort to elevate the world’s most influential fashion magazine to new standards. With a firm belief that “taste is something that can be taught and learned” and an even firmer conviction in the magazine’s “high regard for the best\,” Daves led a charge for excellence in the pages of Vogue. \nDrawing from the Vogue archives\, as well as rarely seen personal correspondence and archival materials relating to Daves\, fashion historian and writer Rebecca C. Tuite tells the complete story of Daves’s Vogue\, examining the magazine’s coverage of fashion\, interior design\, travel\, and more during that decade\, while also offering the first in-depth study of Jessica Daves herself. \nA small pop-up exhibit of period clothing from our collection will be on view! \n$10 for CMCH members\, $15 for non-members. Please let us know if you plan to attend by emailing rsvp@chs.org or calling (860) 236-5621 x238. \nContact Adult Programs Manager Natalie Belanger with any questions at (860) 236-5621 x289\, or email Natalie_Belanger@chs.org. \nABOUT THE SPEAKER \nRebecca C. Tuite is a fashion historian and writer. She is a doctoral candidate at the Bard Graduate Center. She is the author of Seven Sisters Style: The All- American Preppy Look\, which was featured in publications including the Wall Street Journal\, Paris Vogue\, and Vanity Fair. Her new book\, 1950s in Vogue: The Jessica Daves Years\, 1952-1962\, will be released in December\, 2019. \nPhoto Credit: Alec Helm\, courtesy of Rebecca C. Tuite
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/1950s-in-vogue-the-jessica-daves-years-1952-1962/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Fashion,Special Event
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=:
ORGANIZER;CN="Natalie Belanger":MAILTO:natalie_belanger@chs.org
GEO:41.772934;-72.705277
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191114T174500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191114T190000
DTSTAMP:20190415T193845Z
CREATED:20190415T193845Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190415T193845Z
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SUMMARY:Images and the Fight for American Women’s Voting Rights
DESCRIPTION:In response to popular anti-woman’s rights cartoons that dominated nineteenth-century America\, suffragists developed a national visual campaign to re-define ideas of gender\, power\, and politics in the US. In this talk\, historian Allison K. Lange will speak about the ways that suffragists used visual culture in the fight to win the vote. \nDoors open at 5:00 pm; come early to view our exhibits! Talk begins at 5:45 pm. \n$10 for CMCH members\, $15 for non-members. Free for members of the Decorative Arts Council. Light refreshments will be served. Please tell us you’re coming by emailing rsvp@chs.org or calling 860-236-5621 ext. 238. \nQuestions? Contact Adult Programs Manager Natalie Belanger  at (860) 236-5621 x289\, or email natalie_belanger@chs.org. \nAbout the Speaker: \nAllison K. Lange is an assistant professor of history at the Wentworth Institute of Technology. She received her PhD in history from Brandeis University and is currently completing a manuscript entitled Picturing Political Power: Images and the Fight for Women’s Votes in the United States\, which is under contract with the University of Chicago Press. The book traces the ways that woman’s rights activists and their opponents used images to define gender and power during the US woman suffrage movement. Lange’s research focuses on visual culture and politics\, especially in relation to social movements. She has taught classes on images and politics as well as a studio course on digital women’s history. To commemorate the 2020 centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment\, she is curating exhibitions at the Massachusetts Historical Society and the Schlesinger Library at Harvard University. \nImage: “The Awakening”\, Henry Mayer\, 1915\, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/images-and-the-fight-for-american-womens-voting-rights-2/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Special Event
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=:
ORGANIZER;CN="Natalie Belanger":MAILTO:natalie_belanger@chs.org
GEO:41.772934;-72.705277
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191114T174500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191114T190000
DTSTAMP:20190415T193845Z
CREATED:20190415T193845Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190415T193845Z
UID:16740-1573753500-1573758000@www.connecticutmuseum.org
SUMMARY:Images and the Fight for American Women’s Voting Rights
DESCRIPTION:In response to popular anti-woman’s rights cartoons that dominated nineteenth-century America\, suffragists developed a national visual campaign to re-define ideas of gender\, power\, and politics in the US. In this talk\, historian Allison K. Lange will speak about the ways that suffragists used visual culture in the fight to win the vote. \nDoors open at 5:00 pm; come early to view our exhibits! Talk begins at 5:45 pm. \n$10 for CMCH members\, $15 for non-members. Free for members of the Decorative Arts Council. Light refreshments will be served. Please tell us you’re coming by emailing rsvp@chs.org or calling 860-236-5621 ext. 238. \nQuestions? Contact Adult Programs Manager Natalie Belanger  at (860) 236-5621 x289\, or email natalie_belanger@chs.org. \nAbout the Speaker: \nAllison K. Lange is an assistant professor of history at the Wentworth Institute of Technology. She received her PhD in history from Brandeis University and is currently completing a manuscript entitled Picturing Political Power: Images and the Fight for Women’s Votes in the United States\, which is under contract with the University of Chicago Press. The book traces the ways that woman’s rights activists and their opponents used images to define gender and power during the US woman suffrage movement. Lange’s research focuses on visual culture and politics\, especially in relation to social movements. She has taught classes on images and politics as well as a studio course on digital women’s history. To commemorate the 2020 centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment\, she is curating exhibitions at the Massachusetts Historical Society and the Schlesinger Library at Harvard University. \nImage: “The Awakening”\, Henry Mayer\, 1915\, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/images-and-the-fight-for-american-womens-voting-rights/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Special Event
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=:
ORGANIZER;CN="Natalie Belanger":MAILTO:natalie_belanger@chs.org
GEO:41.772934;-72.705277
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191015T174500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191015T190000
DTSTAMP:20190425T150015Z
CREATED:20190425T150015Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190425T150015Z
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SUMMARY:Of Bones and Skeletons: Battlefield Clean-Up During the American War of Independence
DESCRIPTION:Battlefield clean-up is a topic rarely covered by modern historians\, yet following almost any military engagement\, there are corpses to dispose of. Who does that? Can we tell who buried whom? When? How many hours\, days\, months later? Where? Individually or in mass graves? In natural crevices? Lakes? Naked or dressed? Officers and other ranks together or separate? How long do they remain in the ground? Are they ever found? Who would dig them up and why? Can we identify them? What happens with the skeletons? \nThis talk by historian Robert A. Selig will address these and related questions concerning the disposal of human remains on eighteenth-century battle-fields along the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail from Boston to Yorktown. \nDoors open at 5:00 pm; come early to view our exhibits! Talk begins at 5:45 pm. \n$10 for CMCH members\, $15 for non-members. Light refreshments will be served. Please let us know you’re coming by calling (860) 236-5621 x238 or emailing rsvp@chs.org. \nQuestions? Contact Natalie Belanger\, Adult Programs Manager\, at natalie_belanger@chs.org. \nAbout the Speaker\nRobert A. Selig is an independent historical consultant and author who serves as project historian to the National Park Service for the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail. \nImage: George Moutard Woodward\, “The beauties of War!” (S. W. Fores\, 1799)\, Brown University Library  \n 
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/of-bones-and-skeletons-battlefield-clean-up-during-the-american-war-of-independence-2/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Connecticut History,Special Event
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=:
ORGANIZER;CN="Natalie Belanger":MAILTO:natalie_belanger@chs.org
GEO:41.772934;-72.705277
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191015T174500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191015T190000
DTSTAMP:20190425T150015Z
CREATED:20190425T150015Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190425T150015Z
UID:16797-1571161500-1571166000@www.connecticutmuseum.org
SUMMARY:Of Bones and Skeletons: Battlefield Clean-Up During the American War of Independence
DESCRIPTION:Battlefield clean-up is a topic rarely covered by modern historians\, yet following almost any military engagement\, there are corpses to dispose of. Who does that? Can we tell who buried whom? When? How many hours\, days\, months later? Where? Individually or in mass graves? In natural crevices? Lakes? Naked or dressed? Officers and other ranks together or separate? How long do they remain in the ground? Are they ever found? Who would dig them up and why? Can we identify them? What happens with the skeletons? \nThis talk by historian Robert A. Selig will address these and related questions concerning the disposal of human remains on eighteenth-century battle-fields along the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail from Boston to Yorktown. \nDoors open at 5:00 pm; come early to view our exhibits! Talk begins at 5:45 pm. \n$10 for CMCH members\, $15 for non-members. Light refreshments will be served. Please let us know you’re coming by calling (860) 236-5621 x238 or emailing rsvp@chs.org. \nQuestions? Contact Natalie Belanger\, Adult Programs Manager\, at natalie_belanger@chs.org. \nAbout the Speaker\nRobert A. Selig is an independent historical consultant and author who serves as project historian to the National Park Service for the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail. \nImage: George Moutard Woodward\, “The beauties of War!” (S. W. Fores\, 1799)\, Brown University Library  \n 
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/of-bones-and-skeletons-battlefield-clean-up-during-the-american-war-of-independence/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Connecticut History,Special Event
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=:
ORGANIZER;CN="Natalie Belanger":MAILTO:natalie_belanger@chs.org
GEO:41.772934;-72.705277
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190926T174500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190926T190000
DTSTAMP:20190701T163432Z
CREATED:20190701T163432Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190701T163432Z
UID:17126-1569519900-1569524400@www.connecticutmuseum.org
SUMMARY:The Transformative 1980s and 1990s in LGBTQ Connecticut
DESCRIPTION:In the 1980s and 1990s\, the LGBTQ community in Connecticut launched a sustained campaign against discrimination\, using tactics ranging from political lobbying to public protest to civil disobedience. Their success was astonishing. Join us as Professor William Mann\, Director of the LGBT Center at Central Connecticut State University\, discusses the emergence of a powerful LGBTQ movement in Connecticut at the end of the 20th century. \nTo learn more about LGBTQ history in Connecticut\, visit our Digital Timelime. \nMuseum galleries open from 5:00 pm; program begins at 5:45.  Light refreshments served. \n$10 for CMCH members\, $12 for non-members. Please let us know if you plan to attend by emailing rsvp@chs.org or calling (860) 236-5621 x238. \nContact Adult Programs Manager Natalie Belanger with any questions at (860) 236-5621 x289\, or email Natalie_Belanger@chs.org. \nAbout the Speaker\nWilliam J. Mann is the Director of the LGBT Center at Central Connecticut State University and a member of the history faculty. He is an LGBTQ activist and an award-winning author of numerous works of fiction and non-fiction\, including Tinseltown: Murder\, Morphine\, and Madness at the Dawn of Hollywood (2014) and Kate: The Woman Who Was Hepburn (2006).
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/the-transformative-1980s-and-1990s-in-lgbtq-connecticut/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Special Event
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=:
ORGANIZER;CN="Natalie Belanger":MAILTO:natalie_belanger@chs.org
GEO:41.772934;-72.705277
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth Street Hartford CT 06105 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1 Elizabeth Street:geo:-72.705277,41.772934
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190926T174500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190926T190000
DTSTAMP:20190701T163432Z
CREATED:20190701T163432Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190701T163432Z
UID:22400-1569519900-1569524400@www.connecticutmuseum.org
SUMMARY:The Transformative 1980s and 1990s in LGBTQ Connecticut
DESCRIPTION:In the 1980s and 1990s\, the LGBTQ community in Connecticut launched a sustained campaign against discrimination\, using tactics ranging from political lobbying to public protest to civil disobedience. Their success was astonishing. Join us as Professor William Mann\, Director of the LGBT Center at Central Connecticut State University\, discusses the emergence of a powerful LGBTQ movement in Connecticut at the end of the 20th century. \nTo learn more about LGBTQ history in Connecticut\, visit our Digital Timelime. \nMuseum galleries open from 5:00 pm; program begins at 5:45.  Light refreshments served. \n$10 for CMCH members\, $12 for non-members. Please let us know if you plan to attend by emailing rsvp@chs.org or calling (860) 236-5621 x238. \nContact Adult Programs Manager Natalie Belanger with any questions at (860) 236-5621 x289\, or email Natalie_Belanger@chs.org. \nAbout the Speaker\nWilliam J. Mann is the Director of the LGBT Center at Central Connecticut State University and a member of the history faculty. He is an LGBTQ activist and an award-winning author of numerous works of fiction and non-fiction\, including Tinseltown: Murder\, Morphine\, and Madness at the Dawn of Hollywood (2014) and Kate: The Woman Who Was Hepburn (2006).
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/the-transformative-1980s-and-1990s-in-lgbtq-connecticut-2/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Special Event
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=:
ORGANIZER;CN="Natalie Belanger":MAILTO:natalie_belanger@chs.org
GEO:41.772934;-72.705277
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth Street Hartford CT 06105 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1 Elizabeth Street:geo:-72.705277,41.772934
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190912T174500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190912T190000
DTSTAMP:20190329T175057Z
CREATED:20190329T175057Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190329T175057Z
UID:16725-1568310300-1568314800@www.connecticutmuseum.org
SUMMARY:The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution
DESCRIPTION:CHS is pleased to welcome Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Eric Foner to deliver the first Woodward Lecture\, a new lecture series named after Charles Woodward\, a significant benefactor of the CMCH. \nDr. Foner was a historical consultant for the exhibition Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow. He will speak about his new book\, The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution. Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event. \nThe Second Founding is an authoritative story of the constitutional changes that built equality into the nation’s foundation. The Declaration of Independence announced equality as an American ideal\, but it took the Civil War and the subsequent adoption of three constitutional amendments to establish that ideal as American law. The Reconstruction amendments abolished slavery\, guaranteed due process and the equal protection of the law\, and equipped black men with the right to vote. The federal government\, not the states\, was put in charge of enforcement. By grafting the principle of equality onto the Constitution\, the amendments marked the second founding of the United States. \nFoner will relate the dramatic origins of these revolutionary amendments in citizen meetings and political negotiations\, explore the momentous court decisions that then narrowed and even nullified the rights guaranteed in these amendments. Today\, issues of birthright citizenship\, voting rights\, due process\, and equal protection are still in dispute\, the ideal of equality yet to be achieved. \nThis event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. Please tell us you’re coming by emailing rsvp@chs.org or calling 860-236-5621 ex. 238. \nPresentation begins at 5:45. Doors open at 5:00; come early to view our exhibits! \nContact Adult Programs Manager Natalie Belanger with any questions at (860) 236-5621 x289\, or email natalie_belanger@chs.org. \nAbout the Speaker\nEric Foner\, DeWitt Clinton Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University\, specializes in the Civil War and Reconstruction\, slavery\, and 19th-century America. He is one of only two persons to serve as President of the Organization of American Historians\, American Historical Association\, and Society of American Historians. He has also been the curator of several museum exhibitions\, including the prize-winning “A House Divided: America in the Age of Lincoln\,” at the Chicago Historical Society. His book\, The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery won the Pulitzer\, Bancroft\, and Lincoln prizes for 2011. His other books include Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad; Forever Free: The Story of Emancipation and Reconstruction; and Who Owns History? Rethinking the Past in a Changing World. He revised the presentation of American history at the Hall of Presidents at Disney World\, and Meet Mr. Lincoln at Disneyland\, and has served as consultant to several National Parks Service historical sites and historical museums. Foner has written for the New York Times\, Washington Post\, Los Angeles Times\, London Review of Books\, and many other publications\, and has appeared on numerous television and radio shows\, including Charlie Rose\, Book Notes\, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart\, The Colbert Report\, Bill Moyers Journal\, Fresh Air\, and All Things Considered\, and in historical documentaries on PBS and the History Channel. He has lectured extensively to both academic and non-academic audiences.
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/the-second-founding-how-the-civil-war-and-reconstruction-remade-the-constitution/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Black History,Special Event
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=:
ORGANIZER;CN="Natalie Belanger":MAILTO:natalie_belanger@chs.org
GEO:41.772934;-72.705277
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190912T174500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190912T190000
DTSTAMP:20190329T175057Z
CREATED:20190329T175057Z
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SUMMARY:The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution
DESCRIPTION:CHS is pleased to welcome Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Eric Foner to deliver the first Woodward Lecture\, a new lecture series named after Charles Woodward\, a significant benefactor of the CMCH. \nDr. Foner was a historical consultant for the exhibition Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow. He will speak about his new book\, The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution. Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event. \nThe Second Founding is an authoritative story of the constitutional changes that built equality into the nation’s foundation. The Declaration of Independence announced equality as an American ideal\, but it took the Civil War and the subsequent adoption of three constitutional amendments to establish that ideal as American law. The Reconstruction amendments abolished slavery\, guaranteed due process and the equal protection of the law\, and equipped black men with the right to vote. The federal government\, not the states\, was put in charge of enforcement. By grafting the principle of equality onto the Constitution\, the amendments marked the second founding of the United States. \nFoner will relate the dramatic origins of these revolutionary amendments in citizen meetings and political negotiations\, explore the momentous court decisions that then narrowed and even nullified the rights guaranteed in these amendments. Today\, issues of birthright citizenship\, voting rights\, due process\, and equal protection are still in dispute\, the ideal of equality yet to be achieved. \nThis event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. Please tell us you’re coming by emailing rsvp@chs.org or calling 860-236-5621 ex. 238. \nPresentation begins at 5:45. Doors open at 5:00; come early to view our exhibits! \nContact Adult Programs Manager Natalie Belanger with any questions at (860) 236-5621 x289\, or email natalie_belanger@chs.org. \nAbout the Speaker\nEric Foner\, DeWitt Clinton Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University\, specializes in the Civil War and Reconstruction\, slavery\, and 19th-century America. He is one of only two persons to serve as President of the Organization of American Historians\, American Historical Association\, and Society of American Historians. He has also been the curator of several museum exhibitions\, including the prize-winning “A House Divided: America in the Age of Lincoln\,” at the Chicago Historical Society. His book\, The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery won the Pulitzer\, Bancroft\, and Lincoln prizes for 2011. His other books include Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad; Forever Free: The Story of Emancipation and Reconstruction; and Who Owns History? Rethinking the Past in a Changing World. He revised the presentation of American history at the Hall of Presidents at Disney World\, and Meet Mr. Lincoln at Disneyland\, and has served as consultant to several National Parks Service historical sites and historical museums. Foner has written for the New York Times\, Washington Post\, Los Angeles Times\, London Review of Books\, and many other publications\, and has appeared on numerous television and radio shows\, including Charlie Rose\, Book Notes\, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart\, The Colbert Report\, Bill Moyers Journal\, Fresh Air\, and All Things Considered\, and in historical documentaries on PBS and the History Channel. He has lectured extensively to both academic and non-academic audiences.
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/the-second-founding-how-the-civil-war-and-reconstruction-remade-the-constitution-2/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Black History,Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190821T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190821T130000
DTSTAMP:20190501T132635Z
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SUMMARY:Hopes and Expectations: The Origins of the Black Middle Class in Hartford
DESCRIPTION:Just as the Civil War was tearing the nation apart\, a recognizable black middle class was emerging in Hartford. In this lunchtime talk\, historian Barbara Beeching will present her research into African American daily life in Connecticut in the nineteenth century. Beeching’s book\, Hopes and Expectations: The Origins of the Black Middle Class in Hartford\, examines the lives of three young black people from Hartford\, using the Primus family collection of letters at the CMCH.  The letters describe their daily lives and touch on race\, class\, gender\, religion\, and politics\, offering rare entry into individual black lives at that time. \nAfter the talk\, be sure to head up to the Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow exhibit to see artifacts associated with the Primus family. \nThis program is included with museum admission. \nWe will provide coffee and dessert; bring your lunch to enjoy during the talk. Please RSVP by Tuesday\, August 20 by calling (860) 236-5621 x238 or emailing rsvp@chs.org. \nQuestions? Contact Natalie Belanger\, Adult Programs Manager\, at natalie_belanger@chs.org. \nAbout the Speaker \nNow retired\, Barbara J. Beeching spent many years working in public relations in Connecticut and received a PhD in US history in 2010. Her book\, Hopes and Expectations: The Origins of the Black Middle Class in Hartford\, won the 2017 Homer D. Babbidge\, Jr. Award\, presented by the Association for the Study of Connecticut History. \nImage: Carrington Family Members in Automobile\, CMCH 1981.136.47 \n 
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/hopes-and-expectations-the-origins-of-the-black-middle-class-in-hartford/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Brown Bag Lunch Talk,Brown Bag Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190821T120000
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DTSTAMP:20190501T132635Z
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SUMMARY:Hopes and Expectations: The Origins of the Black Middle Class in Hartford
DESCRIPTION:Just as the Civil War was tearing the nation apart\, a recognizable black middle class was emerging in Hartford. In this lunchtime talk\, historian Barbara Beeching will present her research into African American daily life in Connecticut in the nineteenth century. Beeching’s book\, Hopes and Expectations: The Origins of the Black Middle Class in Hartford\, examines the lives of three young black people from Hartford\, using the Primus family collection of letters at the CMCH.  The letters describe their daily lives and touch on race\, class\, gender\, religion\, and politics\, offering rare entry into individual black lives at that time. \nAfter the talk\, be sure to head up to the Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow exhibit to see artifacts associated with the Primus family. \nThis program is included with museum admission. \nWe will provide coffee and dessert; bring your lunch to enjoy during the talk. Please RSVP by Tuesday\, August 20 by calling (860) 236-5621 x238 or emailing rsvp@chs.org. \nQuestions? Contact Natalie Belanger\, Adult Programs Manager\, at natalie_belanger@chs.org. \nAbout the Speaker \nNow retired\, Barbara J. Beeching spent many years working in public relations in Connecticut and received a PhD in US history in 2010. Her book\, Hopes and Expectations: The Origins of the Black Middle Class in Hartford\, won the 2017 Homer D. Babbidge\, Jr. Award\, presented by the Association for the Study of Connecticut History. \nImage: Carrington Family Members in Automobile\, CMCH 1981.136.47 \n 
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/hopes-and-expectations-the-origins-of-the-black-middle-class-in-hartford-2/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Brown Bag Lunch Talk,Brown Bag Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190713T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190713T140000
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SUMMARY:"Keep America American": The Klan In Connecticut
DESCRIPTION:What led to the re-emergence of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s? What kind of Klan activity occurred in CT\, and what were the motivations and goals of those who joined? And how did the government and the people of CT respond? \nAdult Programs Manager Natalie Belanger will walk you through the rise and fall of the Connecticut Klan in the 1920s using Klan-related materials from our manuscript archive\, including pamphlets\, registration lists\, and even song lyrics\, as well as newspaper stories from the time. \nThis program is free with museum admission. Kindly RSVP at (860) 236-5621 x238 or by emailing rsvp@chs.org. \nImage: Klan Donation Certificate\, CMCH Manuscripts
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/the-klan-in-connecticut/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Black History,Gallery Program,Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190713T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190713T140000
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SUMMARY:"Keep America American": The Klan In Connecticut
DESCRIPTION:What led to the re-emergence of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s? What kind of Klan activity occurred in CT\, and what were the motivations and goals of those who joined? And how did the government and the people of CT respond? \nAdult Programs Manager Natalie Belanger will walk you through the rise and fall of the Connecticut Klan in the 1920s using Klan-related materials from our manuscript archive\, including pamphlets\, registration lists\, and even song lyrics\, as well as newspaper stories from the time. \nThis program is free with museum admission. Kindly RSVP at (860) 236-5621 x238 or by emailing rsvp@chs.org. \nImage: Klan Donation Certificate\, CMCH Manuscripts
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/the-klan-in-connecticut-3/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Black History,Gallery Program,Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190502T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190502T190000
DTSTAMP:20190307T160531Z
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SUMMARY:Department Stores and the Black Freedom Struggle: Workers\, Consumers\, and Civil Rights
DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, based on her new book\, Department Stores and the Black Freedom Struggle: Workers\, Consumers\, and Civil Rights\, Dr. Traci Parker will reveal the African American movement to dismantle racially discriminatory hiring and customer service practices in department stores. She shows how blacks leveraged their collective labor and purchasing power to fully realize middle-class citizenship\, a status dependent on equal treatment as consumers as well as workers. \nDepartment stores (like Connecticut’s G. Fox & Co.) were epicenters of American consumption and modernity in the twentieth century. They were places of consumption\, leisure\, and work\, as well as sites for self-fashioning\, self-expression\, and human satisfaction. They enthroned consumption as the route to democracy and citizenship and invited everyone—regardless of race\, gender\, age\, class\, and country of origin—to enter\, browse\, and purchase often superfluous material goods. But even as department stores celebrated democracy\, they were\, in fact\, Jim Crow institutions designed to satisfy the needs and desires of middle-class whites\, albeit with an ambiguous color line. \nAfrican Americans\, therefore\, were initially hired only in menial positions\, though a few eventually moved up to white-collar jobs in sales and in the office. Meanwhile\, African American customers were welcome to shop\, but were provided uneven\, unequal service and found their movements and participation in the usual shopping “experience” severely constrained. They were routinely refused service at lunch counters\, restaurants\, and beauty shops. They were forbidden use of dressing rooms and restrooms\, were prohibited from trying on and returning clothes\, and could be arbitrarily refused entrance or service at any moment. \nFree and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. Let us know you’re coming by emailing rsvp@chs.org. \nQuestions? Contact Natalie Belanger\, Adult Programs Manager\, at natalie_belanger@chs.org. \nAbout the Speaker\nTraci Parker holds a Ph.D. in History from the University of Chicago. She is currently an assistant professor of Afro-American Studies at the University of Massachusetts\, Amherst. Her work focuses on African American history\, gender\, labor\, and capitalism.
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/16509-2/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth St\, Hartford\, 06105
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Black History,G. Fox,Special Event
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190502T190000
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SUMMARY:Department Stores and the Black Freedom Struggle: Workers\, Consumers\, and Civil Rights
DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, based on her new book\, Department Stores and the Black Freedom Struggle: Workers\, Consumers\, and Civil Rights\, Dr. Traci Parker will reveal the African American movement to dismantle racially discriminatory hiring and customer service practices in department stores. She shows how blacks leveraged their collective labor and purchasing power to fully realize middle-class citizenship\, a status dependent on equal treatment as consumers as well as workers. \nDepartment stores (like Connecticut’s G. Fox & Co.) were epicenters of American consumption and modernity in the twentieth century. They were places of consumption\, leisure\, and work\, as well as sites for self-fashioning\, self-expression\, and human satisfaction. They enthroned consumption as the route to democracy and citizenship and invited everyone—regardless of race\, gender\, age\, class\, and country of origin—to enter\, browse\, and purchase often superfluous material goods. But even as department stores celebrated democracy\, they were\, in fact\, Jim Crow institutions designed to satisfy the needs and desires of middle-class whites\, albeit with an ambiguous color line. \nAfrican Americans\, therefore\, were initially hired only in menial positions\, though a few eventually moved up to white-collar jobs in sales and in the office. Meanwhile\, African American customers were welcome to shop\, but were provided uneven\, unequal service and found their movements and participation in the usual shopping “experience” severely constrained. They were routinely refused service at lunch counters\, restaurants\, and beauty shops. They were forbidden use of dressing rooms and restrooms\, were prohibited from trying on and returning clothes\, and could be arbitrarily refused entrance or service at any moment. \nFree and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. Let us know you’re coming by emailing rsvp@chs.org. \nQuestions? Contact Natalie Belanger\, Adult Programs Manager\, at natalie_belanger@chs.org. \nAbout the Speaker\nTraci Parker holds a Ph.D. in History from the University of Chicago. She is currently an assistant professor of Afro-American Studies at the University of Massachusetts\, Amherst. Her work focuses on African American history\, gender\, labor\, and capitalism.
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/16509/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth St\, Hartford\, 06105
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Black History,G. Fox,Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190216T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190216T153000
DTSTAMP:20190108T185444Z
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SUMMARY:Smithsonian Affiliate Special Event: Kitchen Contradictions: Food and Cooking in 1960s America
DESCRIPTION:Unfortunately\, this program has been canceled.  \nPaula Johnson\, curator of food history at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History\, will take us back to the 1960s to explore the clash of new ideas about food and cooking that influenced major changes in Americans’ eating habits. Drawing from the Smithsonian museum’s exhibition\, “FOOD: Transforming the American Table\,” the presentation will range from Julia Child’s introduction of French cuisine for American home cooks to the rise of convenience foods branded and marketed to an enthusiastic public. Johnson will discuss the impacts of these different approaches to cooking and eating in America and will provide a sneak peek into how the NMAH is updating its food history exhibition in 2019. \nThis program is free and open to the public. If you plan to attend\, kindly email rsvp@chs.org or call 860-236-5621 ext. 238; this helps us better serve our patrons! \nQuestions? Contact Natalie Belanger\, Adult Programs Manager\, at natalie_belanger@chs.org. \nAbout the Speaker \nPaula J. Johnson is the Curator of Food History at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. She conducts research\, collects objects and documents relating to American food history\, and has curated many exhibitions\, including “Julia Child’s Kitchen at the Smithsonian” (2002)\, “On the Water: Stories from Maritime America” (2009)\, and “FOOD: Transforming the American Table\, 1950-2000” (2012). She is the author/editor of Working the Water (The University Press of Virginia\, 1988) and The Workboats of Smith Island (The Johns Hopkins University Press\, 1997). She has written and edited numerous exhibition scripts\, articles\, blogposts\, and program notes for the museum’s food history programs and events\, including its annual Food History Weekend. \nThe CMCH is proud to be a Smithsonian Affiliate. \n 
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/smithsonian-affiliate-special-event-kitchen-contradictions-food-and-cooking-in-1960s-america/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190216T140000
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SUMMARY:Smithsonian Affiliate Special Event: Kitchen Contradictions: Food and Cooking in 1960s America
DESCRIPTION:Unfortunately\, this program has been canceled.  \nPaula Johnson\, curator of food history at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History\, will take us back to the 1960s to explore the clash of new ideas about food and cooking that influenced major changes in Americans’ eating habits. Drawing from the Smithsonian museum’s exhibition\, “FOOD: Transforming the American Table\,” the presentation will range from Julia Child’s introduction of French cuisine for American home cooks to the rise of convenience foods branded and marketed to an enthusiastic public. Johnson will discuss the impacts of these different approaches to cooking and eating in America and will provide a sneak peek into how the NMAH is updating its food history exhibition in 2019. \nThis program is free and open to the public. If you plan to attend\, kindly email rsvp@chs.org or call 860-236-5621 ext. 238; this helps us better serve our patrons! \nQuestions? Contact Natalie Belanger\, Adult Programs Manager\, at natalie_belanger@chs.org. \nAbout the Speaker \nPaula J. Johnson is the Curator of Food History at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. She conducts research\, collects objects and documents relating to American food history\, and has curated many exhibitions\, including “Julia Child’s Kitchen at the Smithsonian” (2002)\, “On the Water: Stories from Maritime America” (2009)\, and “FOOD: Transforming the American Table\, 1950-2000” (2012). She is the author/editor of Working the Water (The University Press of Virginia\, 1988) and The Workboats of Smith Island (The Johns Hopkins University Press\, 1997). She has written and edited numerous exhibition scripts\, articles\, blogposts\, and program notes for the museum’s food history programs and events\, including its annual Food History Weekend. \nThe CMCH is proud to be a Smithsonian Affiliate. \n 
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/smithsonian-affiliate-special-event-kitchen-contradictions-food-and-cooking-in-1960s-america-2/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Special Event
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