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LUnch & Learn: black whalersThursday, February 20, 2025
12 PM - 2 PM Nomi Dayan Red Restaurant 417 New York Avenue, Huntington, NY 11743 $45 for Members; $55 for Non-Members Did you know whaling was our nation's first integrated industry, and that between one-quarter and one-third of crews were people of color? Join our fascinating presentation spotlighting the roles African American mariners played in our whaling history. Explore their triumphs, challenges, perseverance, and connections to sea-including ties to the Underground Railroad. Ticket includes gourmet two-course meal and dessert. Cash bar available. Private parking lot on site - 62 New Street - rear entrance to the restaurant from the parking lot. |
previous lunch & learns
Previous Lunch & Learn Seminars
July 2024 | Dr. Tara Rider: Journey of Hope: The Irish in New York
June 2024 | Andrew Tharler: The Lloyds & Jupiter Hammon
May 2024 | Port Jefferson Historical Society: I Now Take Up My Pen Film
April 2024 | Regina Dlugokencky: Pollinator Pathways
March 2024 | Libby Haight O'Connell, Ph.D.: Long Island Foods: The 17th Century to the Revolution
February 2024 | Marsha J. Tyson Darling: Reimagining Ourselves Changing Tomorrow: What's Involved (Virtual)
January 2024 | Tim Keogh, Ph.D.: Long Island's History of Housing Segregation and Racial Inequality
November 2023 | Denice Sheppard: North Shore African American Communities in the 17th & 18th centuries
October 2023 | Thea Morales: How Long Island Antique Stores are saving Long Island History
September 2023 | Mara Ahmed: Return to Sender, Women of Color in Colonial Postcards & The Politics of Representation
August 2023 | Rabbit Goody: Woven History, Revisited (Virtual)
May 2023 | Bill Bleyer: The True Story of the Culper Spy Ring
April 2023 | Laura Cinturati: The Great Women Behind the Man
March 2023 | Michele Coltrane: Oral History of Alice Coltrane
February 2023 | Historic Sammis Houses of West Neck (Virtual)
January 2023 | Historic Women of Long Island
October 2022 | Vanishing New York: Ruins of the Empire State
September 2022 | The Historic Sammis Houses of West Neck
July 2022 | Behind the Bottle: Long Island Wines
June 2022 | Coney Island
April 2022 | Haunted Long Island Mysteries
March 2022 | Scars of War (Virtual)
February 2022 | Long Island Dirt: Recovering our Buried Past (Crippen House)
January 2022 | Long Island Freemasons
December 2021 | Building the Brooklyn Bridge (Virtual)
November 2021 | Gold Coast Elite & The Great War (Virtual)
October 2021 | Walt Whitman Birthplace (Virtual)
July 2021 | History of Green-Wood Cemetery (Virtual)
May 2021 | Current Topics in Local Preservation (Virtual)
April 2021 | The Life and Legacy of Jupiter Hammon (Virtual)
April 2021 | The 100 Year History of the Hecksher Museum (Virtual)
March 2021 | The Irish in Huntington (Virtual)
January 2021 | Huntington's Annual Bobsled Races (Virtual)
December 2020 | Holiday Historic House Tours of Years Past (Virtual)
November 2020 | Huntington Harbor Lighthouse (Virtual)
September 2020 | Hidden Historic Homes of Huntington (Virtual)
August 2020 | History of Commack (Virtual)
July 2020 | The Mills of Huntington (Virtual)
June 2020 | Old Huntington Green (Virtual)
May 2020 | Huntington Historian's Stories (Virtual)
February 2020 | Christopher Verga: Civil Rights on Long Island
January 2020 | Naomi Dayan: Whaling on Long Island
November 2019 | Toby Kissam: Chasing Whitman: Huntington's Prodigal Son
October 2019 | Kerriann Flanagan Brosky: Historic Crimes of Long Island
September 2019 | Lauren Brincat: Facing the Facts: Tall Tales from Historic Houses
June 2024 | Andrew Tharler: The Lloyds & Jupiter Hammon
May 2024 | Port Jefferson Historical Society: I Now Take Up My Pen Film
April 2024 | Regina Dlugokencky: Pollinator Pathways
March 2024 | Libby Haight O'Connell, Ph.D.: Long Island Foods: The 17th Century to the Revolution
February 2024 | Marsha J. Tyson Darling: Reimagining Ourselves Changing Tomorrow: What's Involved (Virtual)
January 2024 | Tim Keogh, Ph.D.: Long Island's History of Housing Segregation and Racial Inequality
November 2023 | Denice Sheppard: North Shore African American Communities in the 17th & 18th centuries
October 2023 | Thea Morales: How Long Island Antique Stores are saving Long Island History
September 2023 | Mara Ahmed: Return to Sender, Women of Color in Colonial Postcards & The Politics of Representation
August 2023 | Rabbit Goody: Woven History, Revisited (Virtual)
May 2023 | Bill Bleyer: The True Story of the Culper Spy Ring
April 2023 | Laura Cinturati: The Great Women Behind the Man
March 2023 | Michele Coltrane: Oral History of Alice Coltrane
February 2023 | Historic Sammis Houses of West Neck (Virtual)
January 2023 | Historic Women of Long Island
October 2022 | Vanishing New York: Ruins of the Empire State
September 2022 | The Historic Sammis Houses of West Neck
July 2022 | Behind the Bottle: Long Island Wines
June 2022 | Coney Island
April 2022 | Haunted Long Island Mysteries
March 2022 | Scars of War (Virtual)
February 2022 | Long Island Dirt: Recovering our Buried Past (Crippen House)
January 2022 | Long Island Freemasons
December 2021 | Building the Brooklyn Bridge (Virtual)
November 2021 | Gold Coast Elite & The Great War (Virtual)
October 2021 | Walt Whitman Birthplace (Virtual)
July 2021 | History of Green-Wood Cemetery (Virtual)
May 2021 | Current Topics in Local Preservation (Virtual)
April 2021 | The Life and Legacy of Jupiter Hammon (Virtual)
April 2021 | The 100 Year History of the Hecksher Museum (Virtual)
March 2021 | The Irish in Huntington (Virtual)
January 2021 | Huntington's Annual Bobsled Races (Virtual)
December 2020 | Holiday Historic House Tours of Years Past (Virtual)
November 2020 | Huntington Harbor Lighthouse (Virtual)
September 2020 | Hidden Historic Homes of Huntington (Virtual)
August 2020 | History of Commack (Virtual)
July 2020 | The Mills of Huntington (Virtual)
June 2020 | Old Huntington Green (Virtual)
May 2020 | Huntington Historian's Stories (Virtual)
February 2020 | Christopher Verga: Civil Rights on Long Island
January 2020 | Naomi Dayan: Whaling on Long Island
November 2019 | Toby Kissam: Chasing Whitman: Huntington's Prodigal Son
October 2019 | Kerriann Flanagan Brosky: Historic Crimes of Long Island
September 2019 | Lauren Brincat: Facing the Facts: Tall Tales from Historic Houses
