ELIZABETH BRADLEY, Author of Knickerbocker: The Myth Behind New York AND
PEN FAULKNER AWARD WINNER JOSEPH O'NEIL TO READ AT HUDSON VALLEY
WRITERS' CENTER, Thursday, May 6, 7:30 Admission: $5

Joseph O’Neill writes regularly for The Atlantic Monthly and he
recently won the 2009 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction for his critically
acclaimed novel, Netherland. O'Neil was born in Cork , Ireland , grew
up in Mozambique , South Africa Iran,Turkey,and Holland and now lives
with his family in New York . He has published two other novels as well

In 1633, Griet Reyniers invented the role of the Manhattan woman on the
prowl, personifying the bawdy world the Dutch created when they settled
in the Hudson Valley and surrounding region. On May 14th, Bill Greer
explores this world in his talk “Sex and the City: The Early Years”
as part of the New York State Library’s noontime programs.

Using art, literature and folklore, Bill will discuss the Dutch culture
of the era and the libertine characters like Griet who transplanted it
to the Hudson Valley. The wanton ways of these early settlers helped

In association with HeMa Productions, we will be showing the movie "Upstream" (Alles Stroomt) in Dutch with English subtitles. The evening will start at 5:00pm with a complimentary Happy Hour sponsored by NASF, followed by the movie at 6:00pm ($5/person). An optional dinner (Rijstafel) will also be available at 8:00pm for $22/person including wine and tip

Opening reception Thursday, May 6, 6–8pm

Gallery Talk: Wednesday, May 5, 6pm

This upcoming exhibition will be the exciting first foray of SOIL into the international art scene. Matthijs Hendriks, Ilona Hakvoort and Tanja Isbarn, three Netherlands based artists, invite the public to reorientate and re-set any fundamental viewing habits by presenting works that do not want to be categorized or declared.

Every day we come into contact with synthetic
materials so familiar to us that life without them
would be hard to imagine. Bakelite in Yonkers is a
dynamic exhibition of more than 300 objects that
show the development of Bakelite.
Inventor Leo Baekeland, from Belgium, invented
Bakelite at Snug Rock, his home in Yonkers between
1905 and 1907. Pioneering and brilliant, he quickly
realized the scientific and commercial value of his
discovery.