May
THIS WEEKEND!
Third Sunday Lecture
Sunday, May 19 – 2pm
“The Amazing 19th Century: A Century of Innovation” by J. Ward Regan.
Carriage House.
This talk focuses on the development of specific innovations in the nineteenth century and examines how they formed the core of the industrial transformation of American society. The different subjects covered link the material transformation of the world with new ideas about society and government.
The event is sponsored by the New-York Council for the Humanities and Arts Westchester.
Free and open to the public.
June
Rose Day Garden Celebrations, Music and Lectures
Sunday, June 2
10 am to 2 pm. Celebrate Lyndhurst’s spectacular rose garden in full bloom and honor the Irvington Garden Club that keeps it lush. Refreshments and music in the rose garden. Free admission.
2 pm. The Lehman Brothers of Tarrytown. The fabulously rich investment banking family, the Lehman Brothers, bought three properties immediately north of Lyndhurst. Lecturer Paul Barrett discusses the Lehman’s, their historic homes and gardens and their involvement in the local Jewish community. Barrett will focus on the property immediately north of Lyndhurst where many of the garden structures remain under overgrowth. Free admission. Lyndhurst Carriage House
3:30 pm. Untermyer and his Persian garden. The Untermyer garden in Yonkers was at one time the largest public garden in the world. Steve Byrns, Chairman of the Untermyer Garden Conservancy provides an extensive slide show of the garden in its glory and in its current state. He also explains why a German Jewish attorney from Virginia ended up building a “Persian” garden. Free admission. Located in the Carriage House.
Sunset Jazz
Thursday, June 27 , 6PM – 8:30PM
Jazz & Cocktails Fundraiser for Sunset Jazz at Lyndhurst
July
Monday Tours
Mondays, July 1-8-15-22-29
10AM-5PM
The mansion is open for tours every Monday during summertime.
Sunset Jazz
Thursday, July 11
Vic Juris Quartet featuring Kate Baker
Sunset Jazz
Thursday , July 18
To be announced
Sunset Jazz
Thursday, July 25
Eugene Marlow’s Heritage Ensemble
Bastille Day Concert
Sunday, July 14
To be announced
Third Sunday Lecture
Sunday, July 21
The lecture will focus on AJ Davis by Peter Watson.
The event is open to the public and free.
August
Sunset Jazz
Thursday, August 1
David Arman & Friends
Sunset Jazz
Thursday, August 8
Playing in Traffic feat. Steve Swallow, Ohad Talmor & Adam Nussbaum
Sunset Jazz
Thursday, August 15
Marlene Verplanck & Her Trio
Sunset Jazz
Thursday, August 22
Mike Ledonne’s Groover Quartet
Sunset Jazz
Thursday, August 29
Bird’s Birthday Bash!
3 Altos for Charlie Parker (Greg Abate, Alexander McCabe, Andrew Beals)
Third Sunday Lecture
Sunday, August 18
This coming lecture will be hold by Catherine Anders.
The event is open to the public and free.
September
Third Sunday Lecture
Sunday, September 15
The Lecture will be given by Maurice Klein.
The event is open to the public and free.
Fall Crafts at Lyndhurst
Friday, September 20-Sunday, September 22
Concert
Sunday, September 29
To be announced
October
Third Sunday Lecture
Sunday, October 20
To be announced
December
Third Sunday Lecture
Sunday, December 15
To be announced
Group Tours
Lyndhurst offers group tours by appointment to groups of ten or more of all ages. To schedule your group tour, please contact us in advance at lbuckley@savingplaces.org or (914) 631-4481, ext 43237.
