Sunday, November 16
11am
Dutch Worship Service
Original Dutch Reformed Worship Service, using the original seating, music, and liturgy (translated), with Dutch and English Psalm-singing, as practiced in our own Breuckelen congregation 350 years ago.
Free
Old First Reformed Church
729 Carroll Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215
718.638.8300
Sandra@oldfirstbrooklyn.org
oldfirstbrooklyn.org
11am - 2pm
Visit 17th Century Dutch Residence and Nature Preserve in Brooklyn
Cellar-to-attic tour Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum the oldest residence in New York City followed by a busride to Marine Park Salt Marsh Nature Center to experience nature as it was in 17th Century Brooklyn.
Free. Reservations required, RSVP to Wyckoff at 718.629.5400 or development@wyckoffassociation.org
Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum & the Marine Park Salt Marsh Nature Center
5816 Clarendon Road at Ralph Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11203
718.629.5400
development@wyckoffassociation.org
wyckoffassociation.org
12pm - 5pm
Opening Realities and Folklore of African-American Life in Dutch Colonial Brooklyn: “The Legend of Martense’s Lane”
“The Legend of Martense’s Lane,” originated in Colonial Dutch Brooklyn and offers a glimpse into the real and perceived lives of African-Americans during the 17th century. This exhibition centers on illustrations of the folktale.
Free for BHS members and children under 12, Adults $6, Students and seniors (62 and over) $4
The Brookyn Historical Society
128 Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
718.222.4111
brooklynhistory.org
1:30pm & 2pm
Guided Tour of St. Mark’s Church In-the-Bowery
Take a step back in time to Peter Stuyvesant’s bouwerie, or farm, on which St. Mark’s Church In-the-Bowery stands, for an informative look at its cultural and architectural history. Tours offered in English and Dutch.
Free, Reservations required, RSVP to 212.228.2781 or info@smhlf.org
St. Mark’s Church In-the Bowery
131 East 10th Street, New York, NY 10003
Organized by St. Mark’s Historic Landmark Fund, smhlf.org
2pm
Disappearing Dutch Brooklyn – Where Have All the Houses Gone?
By 1946 there were over seventy Dutch- American farmhouses in Brooklyn. Today there are only thirteen. Using the methods of historical archaeology, researchers are beginning to piece together what life was like for these Dutch-Americans.
Free
Lefferts Historic House
Located in Prospect Park, Brooklyn (inside the Park’s Willink entrance, at the intersection of Flatbush and Ocean Ave. and Empire Blvd.)
781.789.2822 x10
enewman@prospectpark.org
prospectpark.org
3pm
The Dutch Taste for Old Masters
Art historian Stan Parchin's vivid presentation describes Renaissance and Baroque paintings looted by the Nazis from Dutch art dealer Jacques Goudstikker, painstakingly restored to his heir and exhibited in 2009 at Manhattan's Jewish Museum.
$8 or free with $15 annual membership
Greater Ridgewood Historical Society
At the Vander Ende – Onderdonk House
1820 Flushing Avenue
Ridgewood, Queens, NY 11385
718.456.1776
theonderdonkhouse@earthlink.net
onderdonkhouse.org
7pm--CANCELLED
Dutch Michelin Stars for New York Stars, Cultural-Culinary Event
Jonnie and Therese Boer of Dutch Michelin-rated 3 star restaurant De Librije and 5 star Librije's Hotel present a spectacular dinner by chefs featured in Jan Bartelsman’s new book “Dining in NYC”.
Reservations required. RSVP jan@bartelsman.nl See website for cost and additional information.
Aliyan Publications Inc
260 West 91 Street, Apt 3B New York NY 10024
jan@bartelsman.nl
Organized by De Librije and Aliyan Publications, Inc