Irish Cultural Center of the Mohawk Valley

Book reading - Erie Canal Cousins

Captain Kelsey - An Interactive Historical Show

<span fr-original-style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#1d2228;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(29, 34, 40);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">The H.A.R.P. Museum at the Irish Cultural Center of the Mohawk Valley will host two Lunch & Learn sessions for area youth on Thursday February 20, 2025.  We will celebrate the 200th Anniversary of the opening of the Erie Canal. <span fr-original-style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#1d2228;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(29, 34, 40);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">The morning session starts at 11:00 AM and features a reading from the book “Erie Canal Cousins” by local author Dorothy Stacy. Join Rose, Charles, and the Finnegans aboard the "Flying Eagle" as they travel on the Erie Canal from Albany to Utica. Share in their adventures and listen to their story as they take a trip on a canal boat. This book is the first in a series of historical fiction written by Stacy depicting what life may have been like for an Erie Canal family. <span fr-original-style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#1d2228;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(29, 34, 40);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">Each child present will receive their own autographed copy of the book. Lunch will be served to the children immediately after the program. <span fr-original-style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#1d2228;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(29, 34, 40);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">Our afternoon session will start at 1:00 PM with an interactive one-person act between Erie Canal boat pilot Captain Kelsey and the audience. The good captain will be recruiting mule drivers, also known as hoggees, to help guide the mules along the Erie Canal Towpath. Captain Kelsey will regale us with tales of adventure or misadventure of times on the grand Erie Canal. This is a show that will be a hit with both adults and children. Lunch will be served to the children prior to the program.<span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#1e1915;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(30, 25, 21);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit"> <span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#1e1915;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(30, 25, 21);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit"> <span fr-original-style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#1d2228;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(29, 34, 40);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">There is no charge for these classes, which is being offered to children of all ethnicities aged 8-14.  <span fr-original-style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#1d2228;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(29, 34, 40);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">As each class has limited seating, advance registration is required. <span fr-original-style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#1d2228;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(29, 34, 40);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">Lunch will be included for the students for both sessions at noon. Parents/guardians are welcome to attend any of the <span fr-original-style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#1d2228;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(29, 34, 40);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">events (they won’t count against the cap, but will have to pay for their own lunch).<span fr-original-style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#1d2228;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(29, 34, 40);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit"> <span fr-original-style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#1d2228;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(29, 34, 40);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">This youth programming series, aimed at introducing young people of our area to the history and culture of Ireland, is funded through the auspices of a Legislative Initiative Program grant, secured by Assemblywoman Marianne Buttenschon, and is being administered out of the New York State Office of Children and Family Services.

The H.A.R.P. Museum at the Irish Cultural Center of the Mohawk Valley will host two Lunch &amp; Learn sessions for area youth on Thursday February 20, 2025.  We will celebrate the 200th Anniversary of the opening of the Erie Canal. The morning session starts at 11:00 AM and features a reading from the book “Erie Canal Cousins” by local author Dorothy Stacy. Join Rose, Charles, and the Finnegans aboard the "Flying Eagle" as they travel on the Erie Canal from Albany to Utica. Share in their adventures and listen to their story as they take a trip on a canal boat. This book is the first in a series of historical fiction written by Stacy depicting what life may have been like for an Erie Canal family. Each child present will receive their own autographed copy of the book. Lunch will be served to the children immediately after the program. Our afternoon session will start at 1:00 PM with an interactive one-person act between Erie Canal boat pilot Captain Kelsey and the audience. The good captain will be recruiting mule drivers, also known as hoggees, to help guide the mules along the Erie Canal Towpath. Captain Kelsey will regale us with tales of adventure or misadventure of times on the grand Erie Canal. This is a show that will be a hit with both adults and children. Lunch will be served to the children prior to the program.  There is no charge for these classes, which is being offered to children of all ethnicities aged 8-14.  As each class has limited seating, advance registration is required. Lunch will be included for the students for both sessions at noon. Parents/guardians are welcome to attend any of the events (they won’t count against the cap, but will have to pay for their own lunch). This youth programming series, aimed at introducing young people of our area to the history and culture of Ireland, is funded through the auspices of a Legislative Initiative Program grant, secured by Assemblywoman Marianne Buttenschon, and is being administered out of the New York State Office of Children and Family Services.

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