This year we're adding Elementary Students ( Grades 4 & 5) and Rye Middle and High School students (Grades 6–12) can compete for prizes—$2,500 for high school and $500 for middle school—while the whole community is invited to cheer them on. Please register.
Based on his paper in the Westchester Historian, Slavery in My Neighborhood, Howard Husock will discuss the history of slavery in Rye, focusing on which families and landowners benefited--even after New York abolished slavery by 1827. Husock will also explore the extent and economics of slavery, as well as which types of households owned the […]
The Hidden History of Slavery in New York won an award at the 67th annual NY Emmy Awards. Larry Epstein wrote, produced and researched the project, and he will present this film followed by a Q&A session: Tejash V. Sanchala, executive director of the Westchester County Human Rights Commission, moderator James J. Henderson III, president, […]
The Rye Historical Society, Revolutionary Rye 250 and the Rye Library are thrilled to host noted-historian Richard Brookhiser on Sunday May 17th at 3pm to discuss his book, Glorious Lessons: […]
Join us for the 27th Annual Vehicle Fair benefitting the Rye Library! It's a fun-filled day of trucks, cars, bulldozers, bounce houses, bubbles, food trucks, and even live vehicle demonstrations. […]
Rev Up for The 26th Annual Vehicle Fair. Start your engines for a fun-filled day featuring fan-favorite vehicles, bounce houses, face painting, special live entertainment, food trucks, and more! On […]
Author event at the Rye Free Reading Room: Escape Velocity: How One 70-Year-Old Push-Pulled Her Way Out of Her Too-Much-Not-Enough Family (70 Micro-Memoirs, 70 Words Each) Join Rye native and award-winning author Deborah Sosin, now a Boston-based writer and psychotherapist, as she and local essayist Alison Cupp Relyea discuss the craft of writing a set […]
