The Dutch Invasion: Dutch Art & Culture Take Over New York City! 5 Dutch Days 5 Boroughs- Exploring 400 years of Dutch Art and Culture in New York City
When
Wednesday, November 12 - Sunday, November 16, 2008
Kick-off and press event on Wednesday, November 12, see attached brochure for full details.
Where
New York City, with events in each of the five boroughs.
Who
30 organizations across the city - such as Alice Austen House Museum, American Institute of Architects New York Chapter, Brooklyn Museum of Art, St. Mark's Historic Landmark Fund, The Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum and the Vander Ende-Onderdonk House - have collaborated to organize a range of events taking place during the five days. A full list of participants is included in the attached press release.
What
The fourth annual celebration includes a full calendar of events and activities, including fine art, history, lectures, walking tours and music. Events range in price, but there are many free and low cost opportunities for New Yorkers to explore Dutch Arts & Culture Past & Present. A full list of events is included in the attached press release.
Greater Ridgewood Historical Society at the Vander Ende-Onderdonk House
This year, the Society is pleased to offer two events. On Friday and Saturday, November 14 and 15, 2008, from 6:00 until 8:00 PM, we will present A Dutch Tableau, Visitors will glimpse New York City’s Dutch beginnings during candlelight tours of its oldest stone farmhouse, featuring resident artist Arthur Kirmss in a tableau vivant – Art of the Dutch Tile Painter. Light refreshments will be served. Admission for this event is $3.00, or free with the purchase of a $15.00 annual membership in the Greater Ridgewood Historical Society.
Our second event happens on Sunday, November 16, 2008 at 3:00 PM. Art historian Stan Parchin will provide a vivid presentation, The Dutch Taste for Old Masters, about Renaissance and Baroque paintings looted by the Nazis from Dutch art dealer Jacques Goudstikker, and painstakingly restored to his heir. The paintings will be exhibited in 2009 at Manhattan's Jewish Museum. Admission for this event is $8.00, or free with the purchase of a $15.00 annual membership in the Greater Ridgewood Historical Society.
For more information about this event, the Greater Ridgewood Historical Society, or the Vander Ende-Onderdonk House, call (718) 456-1776, send email to theonderdonkhouse@earthlink.net or visit our Web site, www.onderdonkhouse.org. This program is brought to you by friends and members of the society.
Press Release
CONTACT:
Ellen Brody-Kirmss – Greater Ridgewood Historical Society / Vander Ende-Onderdonk House
PHONE: 718.456.1776 or 718.628.0818 (after 4:00 PM) EMAIL: theonderdonkhouse@earthlink.net
WEB: www.theonderdonkhouse.org
c/o Greater Ridgewood Historical Society, 1820 Flushing Avenue, Ridgewood, NY 11385
CONTACT:
Susan De Vries - 5 Dutch Days 5 Boroughs
PHONE: 212.228.3127 EMAIL: info@5dutchdaysnyc.org WEB: www.5dutchdaysnyc.org
c/o Neighborhood Preservation Center 232 East 11th Street New York, NY 10003
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Dutch Invasion: Dutch Art & Culture Take Over NYC!
5 Dutch Days 5 Boroughs
Exploring 400 Years of Dutch Art & Culture in New York City
November 12-16, 2008
New York City, October 27, 2008 - 5 Dutch Days 5 Boroughs, an annual festival of events celebrating four centuries of Dutch art and culture in New York City, will take place from November 12 to November 16. A full list of the participating organizations and events appears below and is available at 5dutchdaysnyc.org.
Anchored by Dutch-American Heritage Day (November 16), 5 Dutch Days 5 Boroughs features exciting cultural events at museums and historic sites in across New York City's five boroughs. These events celebrate and investigate the cultural connections that have existed between New York and the Netherlands for 400 years, since New York was New Amsterdam. 5 Dutch Days 5 Boroughs particularly seeks to foster the presentation of contemporary Dutch art and culture at historic sites in order to highlight the connection between the City’s past and its present as a center of international art and culture.
5 Dutch Days 5 Boroughs presents an extremely varied palette of cultural events. This year's events range from a screening of contemporary artist Matthew Buckingham's Muhheakantuck - Everything Has a Name at the Center for Architecture, to a tour focusing on Brooklyns 17th-century landscape at the Marine Park Salt Marsh Nature Center, to a guided tour of MOMA's Van Gogh and the Colors of the Night exhibition,
This year, the Greater Ridgewood Historical Society is pleased to offer two events. On Friday and Saturday, November 14 and 15, 2008, from 6:00 until 8:00 PM, the Socety will present A Dutch Tableau, Visitors will glimpse New York City’s Dutch beginnings during candlelight tours of its oldest stone farmhouse, featuring resident artist Arthur Kirmss in a tableau vivant – Art of the Dutch Tile Painter. Light refreshments will be served. Admission is $3.00, or free with the purchase of a $15.00 annual membership in the Greater Ridgewood Historical Society.
The Society’s second event happens on Sunday, November 16, 2008 at 3:00 PM. Art historian Stan Parchin will provide a vivid presentation, The Dutch Taste for Old Masters, about Renaissance and Baroque paintings looted by the Nazis from Dutch art dealer Jacques Goudstikker, and painstakingly restored to his heir. The paintings will be exhibited in 2009 at Manhattan's Jewish Museum. Admission for this event is $8.00, or free with the purchase of a $15.00 annual membership in the Greater Ridgewood Historical Society.
5 Dutch Days 2008 kicks off on Wednesday, November 12 at Pieter Stuyvesant’s tomb in the churchyard of St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery with an open house featuring participants from every Borough and a variety of Dutch food and drink. Visitors will be welcomed in song by renowned Dutch baritone Hans Pieter Hoffman and will explore the historic church grounds, eating stroopwaffels, learning Dutch with Wijnie de Groot of Columbia University, and engaging with Dutch artist Berrie Martens as he executes an action painting for the Happy People of the World Foundation.
5 Dutch Days organizers Susan De Vries (Dyckman Farmhouse Museum), Felicia Mayro (St. Mark’s Historic Landmark Fund), and Sean Sawyer (Department of History, Columbia University), first discussed the possibility of a collaborative effort four years ago. "We started talking about how some of the smaller Dutch-related historic sites could work together to increase our visibility. We saw Dutch-American Heritage Day as a common link and brainstormed the idea of 5 Dutch Days as a collaborative, city-wide event. We began with one site in each borough and took off from there," Ms. Mayro explained.
Each year organizations across New York City are encouraged to plan a performance, exhibit or event during 5 Dutch Days. The organizers encourage the fostering of relationships between historic sites in New York and contemporary Dutch artists, designers and musicians. "5 Dutch Days is about heightening New Yorkers' awareness of Dutch influence in and around their city," notes Ms. De Vries, "and we are offering these sites an opportunity to become involved in a larger project. They have taken the idea and run with it! The diversity of events offered is a result of their creativity."
5 Dutch Days 5 Boroughs’ supporters include The Netherland-America Foundation, The Consulate General of the Netherlands, The Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York, The Holland Society of New York and participating organizations.
For more information about the Greater Ridgewood Historical Society, or the Vander Ende-Onderdonk House, call (718) 456-1776, send email to theonderdonkhouse@earthlink.net or visit www.onderdonkhouse.org.
2008 Participants
The Alice Austen House Museum
The Anne Frank House USA
Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum
Broklyn Historical Society
Brooklyn Museum
Bronx County Historical Society/Museum of Bronx History
Center for Architecture
Columbia University, Department of Germanic Languages
Columbia University, Department of History
Dyckman Farmhouse Museum
The Frick Collection
Greater Ridgewood Historical Society/Vander Ende-Onderdonk House
Happy People of the World Foundation
The Holland Society of New York
Huguenot Society of America
ING Direct
Lefferts Historic House in Prospect Park
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Museum of the City of New York
New Amsterdam History Center
New York Metro Chapter, American Planning Association
New York Public Library
"Old First," the Reformed Dutch Church of the Town of BrooklynPeter Stuyvesant's Ghost Project
The Old Stone House of Brooklyn
St. Mark's Historic Landmark Fund
Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York
Scandinavian East Coast Museum
Society of Daughters of Holland Dames
Trespa Design Center
Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum
5 Dutch Days 5 Boroughs Event Hosted at the Onderdonk House November 17 and 18, 2007
Ridgewood, NYC, November 2007 – The Greater Ridgewood Historical Society together with a consortium of 30 cultural sites and organizations across the city is poised to host 5 Dutch Days 5 Boroughs, a yearly festival of events marking Dutch-American Heritage Day (November 16th) and spotlighting the historic and continued influence of Dutch culture in New York City. The festival will take place from November 14 to November 18. A full list of the participating organizations appears at the end of this release.
Prepare for five days of events and activities, including art and design exhibitions, architectural tours, lectures, film, dance performances and more! 5 Dutch Days brings together contemporary artists and art venues, historic sites, city museums and Dutch-centric professional and genealogical groups, to celebrate the cultural connections that have existed between New York and the Netherlands for almost 400 years, and present them in a new way – highlighting both the historic and contemporary elements under one umbrella.
As part of that series, the Greater Ridgewood Historical Society will be offering two unique events. On Saturday, November 17, 2007, from 4:00 until 8:00 PM, for one special evening, the Vander Ende-Onderdonk House, NYC’s oldest Dutch stone farmhouse, will become the candlelit Onderdonk Tavern. Eat, Drink and Be Merry: Dutch Tavern Life in the 17th Century will feature a presentation on the tavern scene in Dutch painting by art historian Stan Parchin, live period music from Courante led by recorder soloist Arthur Kirmss, colonial food and refreshments prepared by food historian Diane Fish, entertainments, costumed revelers, and more. Cost is $25 per person (food and refreshments included), or $20 if you come in costume, and reservations are required. Reservations can be made by calling (718) 456-1776 or sending email to theonderdonkhouse@earthlink.net.
On Sunday, November 18, 2007, from 12:00 until 4:00 PM, in a special event for families and children, time traveler Harold Kovarik will demonstrate what life was like for young people in the early years of New York. The admission for At Play in Nieuw Amsterdam is $3.00 for adults, and children are free. A child’s craft activity and light refreshments are included.
5 Dutch Days organizers Susan De Vries (Dyckman Farmhouse Museum), Felicia Mayro (St. Mark’s Historic Landmark Fund), and Sean Sawyer (Department of History, Columbia University), first discussed the possibility of a collaborative effort three years ago. "We started talking about how some of the smaller historic sites could work together to increase our visibility. We saw Dutch-American Heritage Day as a common link and brainstormed the idea of 5 Dutch Days as a collaborative, city-wide event. We began with one site in each borough and took off from there," Ms. Mayro explained.
5 Dutch Days generated such an overwhelmingly positive response during the first and second years that this year’s edition includes many new participants such as the Brooklyn Museum, the Bronx County Historical Society, the Morgan Library and Museum, the Museum of Arts and Design, and the Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art.
Linda Monte, president of the Greater Ridgewood Historical Society, says, “We were so excited to participate once again this year. The 5 Dutch Days event has provided a wonderful opportunity for the Onderdonk House, and the community of Ridgewood, to celebrate our history and Dutch heritage.”
Support for these events at the Onderdonk House is provided in part from public service grants from the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of New York, NYS Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan, Brooklyn Brewery, and by members and friends of the Society. Major supporters of the entire 5 Dutch Days program include The Netherland-America Foundation, The Consulate General of the Netherlands, The Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York, the Independence Community Foundation, ING Direct, ING Wholesale, and Grolsch. “The Dutch have an important legacy in New York City and ING is pleased to sponsor this celebration of that heritage and to promote the ongoing cultural exchange between the Netherlands and the United States that has continued for four centuries. ING is a longstanding and active supporter of New York City’s arts and the vibrant community which we’re proud to have been a part of for over three decades”, says Elaine Clark, Head of Corporate Communications, ING Wholesale Americas.
For more information about this and other Five Dutch Days in the Five Boroughs: Dutch Art and Culture Past and Present events, visit http://www.5dutchdaysnyc.org/.
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The Onderdonk House is a New York City Landmark, and is listed on the National and State Registers of Historic Places. Dutch farmers built the house around 1709, and it remained a farmstead through the 1920s. Commercial business took over until the 1970s, when the Greater Ridgewood Historical Society was founded to restore, maintain and operate the Onderdonk House as a historic site and museum.
The Onderdonk House, 1820 Flushing Avenue, Ridgewood, is open to the public on Saturdays, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. or by reservation. Admission to the exhibit is free with a $2.00 suggested donation to the Society that includes a Visitor's Guide.
For information on this and the other programs conducted by the Society, please call 718-456-1776 or visit our Web site: www.onderdonkhouse.org. The Onderdonk House can be reached by public transportation. Bus: Q-54 passes two blocks away on Metropolitan Avenue. B-57 passes the house on Flushing Avenue. Subway: "L" line to Jefferson St. (Brooklyn) stop; proceed five blocks North (right) along Flushing Ave. On street parking is available, plentiful and free.
Participating Organizations
The Alice Austen House Museum
The Bowne House Historical Society
Brooklyn Museum
Bronx County Historical Society/Museum of Bronx History
Columbia University, Department of History
Danspace Project
Dyckman Farmhouse Museum
Flying Fig Theater
The Frick Collection
Greater Ridgewood Historical Society/Vander Ende-Onderdonk House
The Holland Society of New York
James Cohan Gallery
Lefferts Historic House
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Morgan Library and Museum
Museum of Arts and Design
Museum of the City of New York
The Netherland-America Foundation
The Netherland Club of New York
New Amsterdam History Center
Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art
New York Metro Chapter, American Planning Association
Old First Reformed Church
Peter Stuyvesant's Ghost Project
The Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York
St. Mark's Historic Landmark Fund
Society of Daughters of Holland Dames
Mercator Society of the New York Public Library
Staten Island Historical Society
Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum
Strawberry Festival 2007 at the Onderdonk House
On Sunday, June 3, 2007 the Greater Ridgewood Historical Society will host a Family Strawberry Festival at the Onderdonk House, corner of Flushing and Onderdonk Avenues, Ridgewood, Queens. Beginning at 1 PM until 4 PM, there will be plenty of food, games and entertainment for families to enjoy. The Society will be celebrating the strawberry with homemade strawberry shortcake and ice cream. The Amazing Louie will be performing magic at 2:30 PM. Visitors can enjoy some mellow sounds from Joe & Jeanette from Joe Fuoco Music Center all day in the garden. Children can play old-fashioned games on the lawn and make crafts. There will also be tours of the historic Onderdonk House and a self guided tours of the current exhibit, “Just after the Battle” on the Civil War. Donations for this event is $3.00 for adults, free for children under 12.
The Onderdonk House is a New York City Landmark, and is listed on the National and State Registers of Historic Places. Dutch farmers built the house around 1709, and it remained a farmstead through the 1920s. Commercial business took over until the 1970s, when the Greater Ridgewood Historical Society was founded to restore, maintain and operate the Onderdonk House as a historic site and museum.
These programs are made possible in part by public funding from the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, secured through the effort of the Queens Borough President, Helen Marshall and by members of the Society.
For information and directions, please call the Society’s office at 718-456-1776.
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19th Century Living History Day at the Onderdonk House
On Saturday, May 19, 2007, from 1:00 until 5:00 PM, the Greater Ridgewood Historical Society will host an afternoon of living history education and culture at the Onderdonk House focused on 19th century American life and the Civil War.
Featured historic interpreters and participants who will appear throughout the afternoon include “time traveler” Harold Kovarik, 19th century and frontier craftsman Jake Pontillo, Diane Fish demonstrating historic cooking, re-enactors Nelson and Jacob Fish of the 30th Virginia Confederate Troops, Capt. Oliver Tilden Camp No. 26 Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, the Greenpoint Monitor Museum, and third person interpreter Kim Kotary who will display historic needle arts as well as provide hands-on craft for children. Members of The Federation of Black Cowboys will give lectures and demonstrations from 3:30 to 4:30 PM, and curator Arthur Kirmss will provide tours of the Society’s current exhibit remembering the Civil War, “Just After the Battle,” as well as interludes of period music. Snacks and beverages will be available for sale.
The Onderdonk House is a New York City Landmark, and is listed on the National and State Registers of Historic Places. Dutch farmers built the house around 1709, and it remained a farmstead through the 1920s. Commercial business took over until the 1970s, when the Greater Ridgewood Historical Society was founded to restore, maintain and operate the Onderdonk House as a historic site and museum.
The Onderdonk House, 1820 Flushing Avenue, Ridgewood, is open to the public on Saturdays, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. or by reservation. Admission to this event is $3.00 for adults, and children under the age of twelve are free.
For information on this and the other programs conducted by the Society, please call 718-456-1776 or visit our Web site: www.onderdonkhouse.org. The Onderdonk House can be reached by public transportation. Bus: Q-54 passes two blocks away on Metropolitan Avenue. B-57 passes the house on Flushing Avenue. Subway: "L" line to Jefferson St. (Brooklyn) stop; proceed five blocks North (right) along Flushing Ave. On street parking is available, plentiful and free.
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Onderdonk House Celebrates St. Nicholas Day 2006
St. Nicholas will be visiting the Vander Ende-Onderdonk House, Ridgewood, Queens, on Sunday, December 10, 2006 from 1 to 4 PM to distribute gifts to good children. The Greater Ridgewood Historical Society is excited to bring this Dutch holiday tradition to children of all ages.
There will be photo opportunities with St. Nick, refreshments, homemade ornaments to craft, holiday singing and lots of home baked goodies and hot cider to enjoy. Musicians, Arthur Kirmss (and GRHS resident artist and curator) and Heather Zabrocki will be entertaining with recorder and guitar, treating visitors to traditional and holiday tunes throughout the afternoon. Although not a Dutch tradition, the Christmas tree will be lighted at 3:00 PM. Listen to the story of St. Nicholas and the origins of many of the Christmas traditions throughout the afternoon. While visiting the historic early eighteenth century farmhouse, guests can enjoy a new exhibit, “Civil War – Just After the Battle” made possible in part by the support of the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs through Council Member Dennis Gallagher. The Gift Shop will be open and handmade and colonial gifts and a large assortment of candles, soaps, wooden and glass ornaments will be available. All children are admitted free, and a $3.00 donation is requested for each adult.
The St. Nicholas Day Celebration is steeped in tradition. St. Nicholas was Bishop of Myra, a poverty-plagued diocese of Lycia, now part of Turkey. Popular tradition says the tireless priest and bishop traveling by donkey in summer weather, visited every parish tending to the spiritual and personal needs of the people. Come winter's cold, he returned again, a journey of thanksgiving, bringing gifts to match the needs he noted earlier - warm clothing, money, toys for children. By the 10th century, Nicholas was renown all over the Christian world for his charity, teaching and miracles. He became the patron of children, sailors and prisoners and hundreds of churches were named for him throughout Europe. The Dutch brought the tradition of St. Nicholas to America during the Colonial period. It took about 200 years for the beloved St. Nicholas or "Klause" to be transformed into Santa Claus.
The Onderdonk House is located at 1820 Flushing Avenue, Ridgewood at the corner of Flushing and Onderdonk Avenues. There is plenty of free on-street parking. By mass transit, take the L to Jefferson Street, proceed five blocks northeast along Flushing Avenue. The Q-54 passes two blocks away on Metropolitan Avenueand B-57 passes the house on Flushing Avenue.
For information, call the Society at 718-456-1776.
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Five Dutch Days in the Five Boroughs Series 2006 Event Hosted at the Vander Ende-Onderdonk House New York, November 2006 — The Greater Ridgewood Historical Society together with a consortium of more than 26 cultural sites and organizations across the city is poised to host the second annual series of events marking Dutch-American Heritage Day and honoring the continuous influence of Dutch arts and culture in New York City. Beginning on Wednesday, November 15 and continuing through Sunday, November 19, Five Dutch Days in the Five Boroughs: Dutch Art and Culture Past and Present will bring together Dutch-centric professional and genealogical groups as well as city museums, historic sites, preservation groups, and professional organizations, to spotlight the significant historic and cultural connections that exist between New York and the Netherlands.
As part of that series, the Society is featuring "Vernederlandsen: An Assimilated Anatomy," an exhibit of diorama drawings by artist Denise Martinez, as well as a performance by Dutch jazz saxophonist Ben van Gelder, at the Vander Ende-Onderdonk House. Martinez explores vernederlandsen, a Dutch concept which takes cultural integration to deeper levels. Using flat surfaces, her three-dimensional works reference historical paintings and integrate anatomical interpretations to examine issues of migration, globalization and cultural assimilation. The house and exhibit will be open to the public during Five Dutch Days in the Five Boroughs on Saturday and Sunday, November 18 and 19, 2006, from 1:00 to 5:00 PM, when Ms. Martinez will be there to discuss her work.
Martinez began to explore the question, "What is appropriate cultural integration?" more than 20 years ago, when she left New Amsterdam (New York City) and immigrated to “old” Amsterdam in The Netherlands. She became fluent in the Dutch language and learned the history and cultural traditions of her adopted home. Despite this, Martinez considers herself one of a growing number in an emerging culture of globalization that ushers in a new dimension of acculturation. The exhibit was organized by Arthur Kirmss and Ellen Brody-Kirmss.
Ben van Gelder (www.benvangelder.com), will travel to each of the five boroughs for five mini-outdoor performances during Five Dutch Days in the Five Borough. Van Gelder will appear at five stunning sites -- Alice Austen Museum, Brooklyn's Grand Army Plaza, New York Botanical Garden, St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery, and the Vander Ende-Onderdonk House. This culminating performance will take place at the Onderdonk House on Sunday, November 19, from 1:00 until 1:45 PM.
The events at the Vander Ende-Onderdonk House are an important element in the diverse programming being offered during the five days. The idea for Five Dutch Days generated such an overwhelmingly positive response last year and this year, that the calendar is full of events and activities, including art installations, design, history, lectures and music. There is at least one event in each borough. Linda Monte, president of the Greater Ridgewood Historical Society, says, “We were so excited to participate again this year. The Five Dutch Days event has provided a wonderful opportunity for the Onderdonk House, and the community of Ridgewood, to celebrate our history and Dutch heritage.”
Support for Vernederlandsen at the Onderdonk House is provided NYC Department of Cultural Affairs secured through the efforts of the Queens Borough President, Helen Marshall and the New York City Council, Dennis Gallagher and Diana Reyna, and by State Senator Serphin Maltese, Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan, and by members of the Society. Key support for the entire Five Dutch Days program has been provided by The Netherland America Foundation. "The Netherland-America Foundation is very pleased to support the events and activities around Five Dutch Days because it is a celebration of the continuing cultural exchange between the two countries that started with the founding of New Amsterdam," says Theo Prudon, Chairman of The Netherland-America Foundation's Cultural Committee. Other major supporters include the Independence Community Foundation and the Consulate General of the Netherlands.
The Onderdonk House is a New York City Landmark, and is listed on the National and State Registers of Historic Places . Dutch farmers built the house around 1709, and it remained a farmstead through the 1920s. Commercial business took over until the 1970s, when the Greater Ridgewood Historical Society was founded to restore, maintain and operate the Onderdonk House as a historic site and museum.
The Onderdonk House, 1820 Flushing Avenue, Ridgewood, is open to the public on Saturdays, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. or by reservation. Admission to the exhibit is free with a $3.00 suggested donation to the Society that includes a Visitor's Guide.
For information on this and the other programs conducted by the Society, please call 718-456-1776 or visit our Web site: www.onderdonkhouse.org. The Onderdonk House can be reached by public transportation. Bus: Q-54 passes two blocks away on Metropolitan Avenue. B-57 passes the house on Flushing Avenue. Subway: "L" line to Jefferson St. (Brooklyn) stop; proceed five blocks North (right) along Flushing Ave. On street parking is available, plentiful and free.
These programs are made possible in part by public funding from the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs secured through the efforts of the Queens Borough President, Helen Marshall and the New York City Council, Diana Reyna, and by State Senator Serphin Maltese, Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan, and by members of the Society.
For more information about this and other Five Dutch Days in the Five Boroughs: Dutch Art and Culture Past and Present events, visit http://www.5dutchdaysnyc.org/. END
2006 Harvest Festival at the Onderdonk House 
On Sunday, October 22, 2006 the Greater Ridgewood Historical Society and the 104th Police Precinct Community Council will host the annual Harvest Festival at the Onderdonk House, 1820 Flushing Avenue, corner of Flushing and Onderdonk Avenues, Ridgewood, Queens. Beginning at 12 noon until 4 PM, there will be plenty of food, games and entertainment for families to enjoy. The first 500 children will receive a pumpkin to decorate and take home. Joe Fuoco Music Center will be rocking in the backyard for all ghosts and goblins! There will be a Halloween Costume Parade at 3:00 PM with prizes for best homemade costume. There will also be tours of the historic Onderdonk House and our current exhibit, "Vernederlandsen: An Assimilated Anatomy". Admission for this event is $3.00 for adults, free for children 12 and under.