Please join the BHS for an interesting perspective on Ulysses S. Grant by his great, great, grandson Ulysses Dietz on Saturday, May 11the from 3-5pm at OLD CITY HALL. Mr Dietz was the curator of Decorative Arts at The Newark Museum from 1980 to 2017 and was appointed Chief Curator in 2012. He is also an author of many books. The event is free but please register.
Join the BHJS for an interesting lecture on marquetry. Gregg is a master horologist and furniture conservator. He has lectured many times for the BHS and each lecture was informative and interesting. Gregg has also done restoration of a number of pieces in our Joseph Bonaparte exhibit. The most recent was a restoration of a Bonaparte sofa on display at our Bonaparte exhibit. The event is free however we would appreciate your registering for it on our website.
Please join the BHS for a very interesting lecture about the paintings that hung at Joseph Bonaparte's Point Breeze Estate. The lecture will be given by Dr. Yuriko Jackall and Dr. Kenneth Myers. Both are from the Detroit Institute of Arts. Dr. Jackall is the Department Head of European Art and the Elizabeth and Allan Shelden Curator of European Paintings. Dr. Myers is chief curator of American Art and head of the American Art Department. Both are experts on this topic. Tickets for this event are $15 and can be purchased on our website or on the day of the event.
Tentatively scheduled for Saturday May 25th at 2pm.
The BHS is excited to announce our annual Garden Tour, Saturday, June 1st, from 11am to 4pm. As of the end of March we have 11 spectacular gardens, music, plein air painters, yard art, and many of the homes will have refreshments. This is one of our biggest fund raisers and is always very popular. This year's event will be one of the best! It will be held in early June this year so that the weather will be more cooperative (we hope) than when the event was held later in June! The starting point for the tour is our Meeting House, 302 Farnsworth, where you will pick up the Garden Tour Brochure and Maps. Tickets go on sale April 1st and can be purchased online on our website, or in person at Shoppe 202 and our Meeting House (when it is opened-check our website for those dates). Tickets will be on sale the day of the tour at our Meeting House.
Please note: inclement weather date is Sunday, June 2nd.
Please join us for our ever popular and delicious Blueberry Social, July 12th, at THE CARSLAKE COMMUNITY CENTER, 207 Crosswicks St, from 5:30-8:30pm. We'll be serving blueberry pie with ice cream, blueberry sundaes, and if you like, just. blueberries! We hope you'll stop by - it's always a fun event!