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2009 Calendar of Events
| MAY | |
| Saturday, May 16 12 noon – 5 pm |
Annual Springtide Festival [formally HRMM’s Shad Festival]: 400 Years of Boating & Living on the Hudson –boats; music [Rich Bala & The Barefoot Boys]; food [“Taste of the Rondout”]; children’s activities; displays; raffle |
2:00 pm |
“Arm of the Sea” theatrical performance: ‘Mutual Strangers: Henry Hudson & the River that Discovered Him” |
| 4:00 pm | Raffle Winners announced for boat rides |
| Sunday, May 17 10 am – 2 pm |
HRMM’s Maritime Swap Meet [maritime-related items] |
| Wednesday, May 20 7:00 pm |
Lecture: Allynne Lange, HRMM Curator - “Curator’s Tour: HRMM’s New Exhibit --- New York Celebrates! The Hudson-Fulton Celebration of 1909” |
| JUNE | |
| Saturday, June 6 2:00 pm cruise |
“First Saturday” Public Cruise of “The Lark” [Lighthouse Boat] By Reservation |
| Wednesday, June 10 | “Hudson River Day” – free community-wide Quadricentennial Celebration with visiting heritage vessels “Clearwater”, “Half Moon” and more |
8:06 pm |
Special live broadcast of WAMC program with Jay Ungar & Molly Mason’s“Dancing on the Air”; festivities continue after live concert ! |
| Thursday, June 11 Morning |
“Hudson River Day” – scheduled boat tours for area school children of historic vessels for - By Reservation |
| Wednesday, June 17 7:00 pm |
Lecture: Retired Kingston City Judge Edward T. “Ted” Feeney – “A Look Back at the Historic Feeney Boat Business – The Role of the Feeneys from 20th Century to Present” |
| JULY | |
| Thursdays through Sundays; call for schedule. |
Rondout II Lighthouse tours on “The Lark” |
| Wednesday, July 15 7:00 pm |
Lecture: Frances F. Dunwell, author of Hudson River Highlands and dedicated Hudson River historian and conservationist – “The Hudson – America’s River” [book signing] |
| AUGUST | |
| Thursdays through Sundays; call for schedule. |
Rondout II Lighthouse tours on “The Lark” |
| Saturday, August 15 | Hudson River Chapter, Antique and Classic Boats Show |
| Sunday, August 16 | Hudson River Chapter, Antique and Classic Boats Show |
Saturday, August 22, 12 noon – 4 pm |
HRMM’s Annual Steamboat Days -- free rides on authentic steamboats; music; food; children’s activities |
| Wednesday, August 26 7:00 pm |
Lecture: Professor Evan Pritchard, Adjunct Professor, Native American History, Marist College – “Great Floating Bird: Henry Hudson from the Native American Perspective” [book signing] |
| SEPTEMBER | |
| Saturday, September 5 2:00 pm cruise |
“First Saturday” Public Cruise of “The Lark”[Lighthouse Boat] By Reservation |
| Wednesday, September 16, 7:00 pm |
Lecture: Jessica DuLong, freelance journalist, author and one of the world’s only female fireboat engineers – “River Chronicles: Rediscovering America on the Hudson” [book signing] |
| OCTOBER | |
| Saturday, October 3 2:00 pm cruise |
“First Saturday” Public Cruise of “The Lark” [Lighthouse Boat] By Reservation |
| Sunday, October 4 3:00 pm |
3:00 pm Lecture: Richard N. Philp, author, editor and Catskill Village Historian, – “Biography of a Hudson River Village” [book signing] |
| Wednesday, October 21 7:00 pm |
Lecture: Cynthia Owen Philip, freelance writer living in New York City and Rhinecliff; author of Robert Fulton, A Biography – “Rhinecliff – A Hudson River History” [book signing] |
| Saturday, October 24 6:00 pm |
Annual “Pilot Club” Dinner and Silent Auction @ Wiltwyck Country Club |
| Saturday, October 31 5:00 pm |
HRMM officially closes for the season |
| NOVEMBER | |
| Sunday, November 8 3:00 pm |
Lecture: Gerald Weinstein, Industrial Archaeologist and CEO, General Tools “The Port of New York through the Eyes of an Industrial Archaeologist” |
May 2 - October 31, 2009 11am - 5pm Daily For more information about any exhibition, event, festival or lecture, |