3rd Annual Oktoberfest and Silent Auction: Gutes Bier, gute Speise, guter Spaß…Aber, Ja!*
German Brews and German Food, Beer and Wine Tasting, Silent Auction packed with great gifts. Saturday, Sep. 25th, 6pm, Brookside.
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Ballston Spa Film Festival After-Party to be Held at Brookside
After the Ballston Spa Film Festival the filmmakers, fans, and judges gather to celebrate at the After-Party at Brooskide Museum. August 7th, 11 pm-1 am.
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“Abigail May: From Boston to Ballston” to be on PBS!
"Abigail May: From Boston To Ballston" is a short documentary produced by Daniel DeFabio in cooperation with Brookside Museum. Actress Alex Finocchio brings to life the story of Abigail May’s visit to the healing waters of Ballston with words taken directly from the many letters young Abigail wrote to her sister Lucretia.
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Irena Wooton Research Room – Grand Opening!
Please join us this Friday evening, the 25th, at 6pm for the grand opening of the new Irena Wooton Research Room! The research room will place all of the museum's public research materials in one convenient location AND provide researchers with a comfortable, quiet and private space to work.
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“Genealogy 101″ – Learn how to discover your family history!
Brookside is very excited to announce that “Genealogy 101,” a 3-part seminar that teaches the basics of researching your family history, will be held at the museum on July 7th, 14th, and 21st.
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Library construction affects gift shop hours and access to research materials
Brookside's gift shop will temporarily close from June 5th through June 17th to accommodate a slight renovation. In addition to the gift shop closing, genealogical research materials will also be unavailable to the public from June 5th through June 24th.
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SAVE THE ARTS in YOUR community!
Reject the governor’s proposed 40% cut! Here’s what you can do….download and print out the SAVE THE ARTS IN MY COMMUNITY postcard at http://www.nysarts.org/Advocacy2010/ADVOCACY_HQ_2010/images/Reject40%25Postcard.pdf. Then mail the postcards to the appropriate legislators.
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Irene Wooton Research Library in the Works
It is with great excitement that we announce that the local genealogical group, Heritage Hunters, has donated their entire library collection to Brookside Museum! Brookside is currently building a new Research Room to house this collection. Can you help?
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A Lesson in Philanthropy
L'il Lambs Christian Daycare came to the museum for our popular education program "Sheep to Shawl". Their teacher, Connie Reynolds, gave each of the kids a dollar and they all put their money into the museum’s donation box. She wanted to teach them about philanthropy!
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In the Long Room…The Work of Sharon Miller
Sharon Miller, a local elementary school music teacher and self-taught artist, creates works of art primarily of horses and people and featuring local, national, and foreign scenes and subjects. Her work will be exhibited at Brookside May 8th-July 31st.