Immigrant Center & Festival in Kingston, NY (Aired on April 17, 2022)

        

Dr. Sarah Litvin, Director of the Reher Center for Immigrant Culture and History and Dr. Sarah Gardner, Curator of the museum, join another Sarah (co-host Sarah O’Connell-Claitor) and co-host Jonah Triebwasser for a program updating the story of the Reher Center, a unique asset of the Kingston, NY, waterfront (the Roundout). The Reher Center is housed in the former Reher Bakery, a Kingston institution run by the Reher family for 80 years. During the restrictions of the covid pandemic, the Center used the down time to upgrade the facilities, including a new gallery that is opening with an exhibit highlighting the role immigrants have played in making Kingston a center of sewing and other aspects of the garment industry. In addition to the exhibit, the Center will host special programs on women in the garment industry and workshops in sewing and embroidery.

Learn More:
Reher Center: https://www.rehercenter.org/
Reher Center on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ReherBakery/
Ulster Immigrant Defense Network: https://ulsterimmigrantdefensenetwork.org/
The Kingston Waterfront (Roundout): https://www.thekingstonwaterfront.com/
The Garment Industry in Kingston: https://hudsonvalleyone.com/2021/09/17/the-local-garment-industry-once-employed-thousands/

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April 24, 2022 · Posted in Arts & Letters, Events, Museums  

Immigrant Center & Festival in Kingston, NY (Aired on May 23, 2021)

Sarah Litvin, Director of the Reher Center for Immigrant Culture and History, and Lucia Cherciu, Poet Laureate of Dutchess County, Zoom in to RadioRotary to tell about the re-opening of the Reher Center after Covid-19 closure, and the 9th annual Kingston Multicultural Festival. The Reher Center is housed in the former Reher Bakery, a Kingston institution run by the Reher family for 80 years, and now in addition to the historic building, there are interpretation panels of Kingston history for viewing. The Reher Center has been the originator of the Kingston Multicultural Festival that this year will include poetry in both English and Romanian by Dutchess County Poet Laureate and Dutchess Community College Professor Lucia Cherciu as well as music and international foods. Listen to the RadioRotary interviews to learn more.

Learn more:
Reher Center: https://www.rehercenter.org/
Kingston Multicultural Festival: https://www.kingstonmulticulturalfestival.org/
Dutchess County Poet Laureate: https://www.dailyfreeman.com/lifestyle/lucia-cherciu-named-dutchess-countys-poet-laureate/article_acbbfc5c-948a-11eb-9e38-cbea3d8214c8.html
Poetry by Lucia Cherciu: https://www.amazon.com/Lucia-Cherciu/e/B07T25PNG3?ref_=dbs_p_pbk_r00_abau_000000
Ulster Immigrant Defense Network: https://ulsterimmigrantdefensenetwork.org/

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May 24, 2021 · Posted in Arts & Letters, Events, Museums  

Cider Mill Annual Cider Tasting (Aired on September 27, 2020)

The show is a “triple play,” as co—hosts Sarah O’Connell-Claitor and Jonah Triebwasser are joined by three representatives of the history-preservation teams of Dutchess County: Lisa Weiss from the Cider Mill Friends of Open Space and Historic Preservation; Bill Ponte of the Sports Museum of Dutchess County; and Amy McKenzie of the Fishkill Historical Society and Van Wyck Homestead Museum. These volunteers and the many volunteers who work with them are dedicated to keeping the significant history of Dutchess County alive, from Colonial Days right up to the present. The event that brings them together is the 8th annual Cider Tasting at Kimlin Cider Mill, a historic building from the 19th century that was rescued from destruction by volunteers in 2008 after a  seven-year-long effort. Similarly, the Van Wyck Homestead, which dates from 1732, has been preserved since 1962 by the Fishkill Historical Society. The Sports Museum has since 1977 maintained a Hall of Fame for the many sports figures who played or lived in Dutchess County. The Cider Tasting features ciders from local farms as well as other treats.

Learn more:
Cider Mill Friends of Open Space and Historic Preservation: https://cidermillfriends.org/
Sports Museum of Dutchess County: https://www.dutchess.org/museums/sports_museum_of_dutchess_county
Carnwath Farms Historic Site and Park: https://carnwathfarms.webs.com/
Fishkill Historical Society and Van Wyck Homestead Museum: http://www.fishkillhistoricalsociety.org/

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October 4, 2020 · Posted in Dutchess County, Events, History, Museums  

Reher Center in Roundout, Kingston (Aired On September 1 & 2, 2018)

RadioRotary interviews Geoff Miller, Chair of the Steering Committee for the
Reher Center for Immigrant Culture and History, a project of the Jewish
Federation of Ulster County. The Center is a museum celebrating all the
immigrants who settled the region, not just the Jews, and occupies a 19 th -century
Jewish bakery that primarily served the immigrants who streamed into America
throughout the 19 th and early 20 th centuries. The museum aims to depict
immigrant life of that period. The Reher Center, at 99-101 Broadway in the
Historic Roundout waterfront of Kingston, New York, is located in the part of
Kingston that was originally a small community on the Hudson, while Kingston
itself occupied the bluff above the river. The Center is a work in progress, with
the museum only open a few hours a week at present. Tours require special
arrangements.

Learn more:
Reher Center for Immigrant Culture and History: https://www.rehercenter.org/
Kingston Waterfront (Roundout): http://thekingstonwaterfront.com/
History of Kingston: http://history.rays-place.com/ny/uls-kingston-ny.htm
History of Immigration before 1965: https://www.history.com/topics/immigration/u-s-immigration-before-1965

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October 11, 2018 · Posted in History, Hudson Valley, Museums