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Book Talk: Under-Sung Monument Sculptor Evelyn Beatrice Longman (1874–1954)
Pat Hoerth Batchelder, author of the new book Evelyn Beatrice Longman, The Woman Who Sculpted Golden Boy, Thomas Edison, and Other Monuments, has mined long-forgotten archives to explore how Longman arose from […]
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Spring Benefit: Victorian Splendor in a Brooklyn Brownstone
Join the Metropolitan Chapter of the Victorian Society in America (Victorian Society New York) for its annual Margot Gayle Fundraiser! This year we will enjoy a private tour of an […]
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A Walking Tour of the Mansions and Monuments of Riverside Drive
Join popular tour guide Stephanie Azzarone for a fascinating tour of Riverside Drive—best known for elegance and quiet. But behind its serene facades lie secrets, from intriguing architectural details to […]
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How French Flats Changed the Way We Live
Join us this Bastille Day for a fun and enlightening talk about “French Flats,” which first began to appear in New York not long after the Civil War, and by […]
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“Alexander Jackson Davis: Designer of Dreams” at Lyndhurst
Tour the exhibition Alexander Jackson Davis: Designer of Dreams with the Director of Lyndhurst and enjoy a private tea in the Carriage House! Lyndhurst is a National Historic Landmark located […]
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A (Nearly) Unknown 20th-Century Preservation Hero: Albert Sprague Bard, a Servant of Beauty
In Conversation with Anthony C. Wood and Robert Jaeger on Wood's new book Servant of Beauty: Landmarks, Secret Love and the Uniminaged Life of an Unsung New York Hero Anthony […]
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Beyond Self-Reliance: Biography, Recovery, and Women’s Contributions to the American Renaissance
Scholars Kate Culkin and Patricia Valenti will discuss the role of biography in recovering the lives and contributions of 19th-century women, in conjunction with the publication of Culkin’s Emerson’s Daughters: […]
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Queens: From Agricultural Hinterland to Vital Urban Corridor
In celebration of the late Jeffrey A. Kroessler's book Rural County, Urban Borough: A History of Queens (Rutgers U. Press, 2025), his widow, Laura Heim, will discuss with Eve Kahn […]
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The Queen of Bohemia Who Fought for the Poor
Independent scholar and New York Times contributor Eve M. Kahn in conversation with scholar and podcaster Carl Raymond about her new book. Kahn will explore her seven-year Zoe Anderson Norris […]
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Walking Tour: Finding Prospect Park
Join us for a walk through Prospect Park, where we'll discover lost features and why their disappearance matters. “Finding Prospect Park,” a historical discovery tour sponsored by the Victorian Society […]
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How Boss Tweed Killed New York’s First Subway!
In 1870, Alfred Beach secretly built a subway under Broadway, only to have Boss Tweed find out—and kill it. Matthew Algeo, author of the new book New York's Secret Subway: […]
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Early 1800s Music and Dance Extravaganza!
Scholars and performers will celebrate a new book about Black and Irish competitive dancers in early-19th-century New York City. Stony Brook University professor April Masten, author of the new book Diamond and Juba: […]