Elmira, N.Y. - With their celebration of the 175th birthday of Mark Twain underway, Elmira is getting noticed. Check out some of the recent coverage they’ve received:
New York Town Touts Mark Twain Connection to Boost Tourism (USA Today)
Rustic New York Stirred Twain’s Mississippi Memories (CBS News)
For more information about traveling to Elmira, visit the Chemung County Chamber of Commerce at http://www.chemungchamber.org/
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Oswego, N.Y. - New York Sea Grant, the Oswego Maritime Foundation, and the Great Lakes Seaway Trail have added to the March 6 Great Lakes Underwater conference program at SUNY Oswego. The added presentations for the 9am to 3pm event at the SUNY Oswego Campus Center in Oswego, NY, include:
Oswego, N.Y. - The discovery of the Great Lakes’ oldest confirmed shipwreck - a British warship used in the American Revolution - is the keynote presentation for the March 6, 2010 Great Lakes Underwater conference at SUNY Oswego, Oswego, NY. Underwater explorer Jim Kennard, who might be called the “Great Lakes Seaway Trail’s Jacques Cousteau,” will share the exciting story of how he and diving partner Dan Scoville located the HMS Ontario, considered an underwater “Holy Grail.”
Those attending the Great Lakes Underwater event hosted by New York Sea Grant and the Oswego Maritime Foundation will see a video of the fascinating 229-year-old, 80-foot-long, 22-gun ship and hear the details of her discovery using deep-water sonar scanning. The video images will reveal how well the deep, cool Great Lakes’ water of Lake Ontario preserved her two crow’s nests, carved bow, quarter galleries, anchors and upright masts. Read more »
“Small Town, Big Dreams: Lake Placid’s Olympic Story” Debuts on PBS
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. - Thirty years ago an Adirondack village gave America its greatest Olympic triumphs with the Miracle on Ice and Eric Heiden’s five gold medals - and the film that tells the story of that village premieres nationwide on PBS this week, as athletes head to the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver.
“Small Town, Big Dreams: Lake Placid’s Olympic Story” chronicles the rise of Lake Placid, N.Y. from an unknown mountain town to a winter sports capital that hosted the Winter Olympics in 1932 and 1980. Read more »
The Dutch Connection is a mid-winter treat for eyes and nose; also on view will be Eastman and Kodak artifacts from 1910
Rochester, N.Y. - George Eastman House presents a virtual springtime, with the 15th annual exhibition The Dutch Connection: George Eastman’s Conservatory in Winter Bloom, on view Friday, Feb. 12 through Sunday, Feb. 28. This colorful, interpretive exhibition will feature thousands of flowering bulbs, re-creating Eastman’s 1910 display of flowers from Holland - ordered from the same Dutch company Eastman used.
The two-week display is a welcome treat for the eyes and nose in the midst of winter. Read more »
Enter the home of Harriet Tubman, walk the Underground Railroad, experience poetry, films, inventors and more
New York, N.Y. - New York State (www.iloveny.com) is celebrating its rich African American heritage during Black History Month with an array of special events and cultural discovery opportunities across its 11 vacation regions. A sampling of events happening across the Empire State this February include:
Flight to Freedom: Rochester’s Underground Railroad, Rochester, NY
“Flight to Freedom” explores the paths of courageous freedom seekers through Rochester’s Underground Railroad in this dramatic, interactive exhibition. Walk in the footsteps of Austin Steward, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs and Reverend Thomas James as they overcome huge obstacles to build free lives. Read more »
Hobart, N.Y. - On Sunday, Feb. 14 at 3 p.m. former Hobart resident Jim Meagley will be giving his 2nd lecture on the History of Hobart.
This lecture on Hobart history will involve a review and discussion of the settlement and development of the Hobart village area by looking at a progression of maps Read more »
