Events Calendar
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Mon. - Fri., 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.; Sat. 12:00 to 3:00 p.m. |
Doubling, Cutting, Pasting: Figures Re-InventedA quintessential New Yorker, A. J. Nadel uses photographic images from slides and photocopied photographic prints to create a variety of figurative images. Learn more about the artist at www.ajnadelart.net. To view exhibit card, click here. Meet the Artist reception Monday, November 9, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. |
2:15 p.m. (Refreshments) 2:30 p.m. (Seminar) |
Nexus: The Utica Rescue at Judge Hayden’s Law OfficeOn the morning of December 29, 1836, Virginia slave-catchers brought two fugitives to the law office of Oneida County Judge Chester Hayden, at 96-98 Genesee Street. The quick action of abolitionists Spencer Kellogg and Alvan Stewart delayed the legal re-enslavement of Harry Bird and George until Hayden’s return from his duties at the Oneida County Courthouse. Meanwhile, a crowd of black men from nearby Post Street beat the slave-catchers and freed the two escaped slaves, who then escaped to freedom. The National Park Service has now designated the building at 96-98 Genesee Street as an officially recognized site of the Underground Railroad. This building now appears in the Network to Freedom’s nationwide listing of Underground Railroad sites. |
