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Hispanic Society: Curator Talk on The Colorful World of Pancho Fierro, Afro-Peruvian Painter by Dr. Marcus Burke  

Curator Talk on The Colorful World of Pancho Fierro, Afro-Peruvian Painter by Dr. Marcus Burke  
Friday, February 7th 2025, 10am

Join us on Friday, February 7th for a curator talk with Senior Curator Emeritus Dr. Marcus Burke, who will discuss Fierro’s vivid depictions of Peruvian society, highlighting the extraordinary upward social mobility that was possible in 19th century Lima, as well as the trans-Pacific networks of exchange that carried Fierro’s watercolors across the globe.
RSVP and learn more here.

Morris-Jumel: Paranormal Historical Investigations (Winter/Spring 2025)

Featured on The Holzer Files, Ghost Adventures, Netflix’s Surviving Death, Haunted USA: New York, Good Day, New York, NY1, BuzzFeed, and the Today Show, the Morris-Jumel Mansion is perceived by many as a paranormal site and has attracted academics and investigators such as Hans Holzer, Zak Bagans, the Tennessee Wraith Chasers, and now you!

Looking for an unforgettable ghost adventure for you and your friends? This Spooky Season, book an exclusive paranormal investigation at Manhattan’s oldest surviving house, where you will learn the background of paranormal investigations, including the legendary paranormal activity at Morris-Jumel Mansion, while learning the history of the Mansion, its former residents, and interesting facts about the museum collection. During the program, you will have after-dark access to ghost hunt in the period rooms of the Mansion, normally closed off to the public. Believers and skeptics alike will enjoy the evening, and will have the opportunity to possibly communicate with Morris-Jumel Mansion’s former residents using paranormal investigative equipment.

This set of Paranormal Investigations include the following special editions:

3/8- Women of the House, an investigation on International Women’s Day

4/2- Eliza’s Birthday Paranormal, celebrating our longest resident and most famous haunt

  • This event is strictly for those 18 and over.
  • Please wear comfortable shoes and clothing.
  • This event is capped at 16 participants.
  • Guests will not be permitted entry to the park/mansion before 6:45pm; the tour will begin promptly at 7pm; the gates will be closed and locked at 7:05pm and no entry will be permitted after that time. There are NO EXCEPTIONS to this. Please plan your arrival accordingly. If you find that you are running late, please call the museum before 7pm at 212-923-8008.
  • We reserve the right to deny entry, and/or to remove from the premises anyone who appears intoxicated, or who is not abiding by these guidelines, which have been established to ensure your safety as well as the safety of our staff and other visitors.

Because of the high demand for this event, guests will be limited to one paranormal investigation per season until further notice. Any duplicate orders will be refunded in order to ensure we can allow as many members of our community to experience this unique event as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your understanding. Reach out the Mansion at 212-923-8008 if you would like to book a private Paranormal Tour.

 

Hudson View Gardens: Bloom Reading Series

SALLY BLIUMIS-DUNN teaches at The 92nd Street Y and is Associate Editor at-large for Plume Poetry. Her poems appeared in The Dodge, New Ohio Review, The Paris Review, Prairie Schooner, PLUME, Poetry London, the NYT, PBS NewsHour, upstreet, The Writer’s Almanac, Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-day, and Ted Kooser’s column, among others. In 2002, she was a finalist for the Nimrod/Hardman Pablo Neruda Prize. Her third book, ECHOLOCATION, was on the long list for the Julie Suk Award in 2019.

SUSANA H. CASE is the award-winning author of nine books of poetry, most recently, If This Isn’t Love, Broadstone Books, and co-editor with Margo Taft Stever of I Wanna Be Loved by You: Poems on Marilyn Monroe, Milk & Cake Press (Honorable Mention for the Eric Offer Book Award). The first of her five chapbooks, The Scottish Café, Slapering Hol Press, was re-released in an English-Polish version, Kawiarnia Szkocka by Opole University Press and as an English-Ukrainian edition, Шотландська Кав’ярня by Slapering Hol Press. https://www.susanahcase.com

C.S. NELSON (Chris Hansen-Nelson) is the author of two collection of poetry, The Book of Clay,2018 and Fathers, Sons and Holy Ghosts, 2022.  A third collection is in process.  The literary journal Kestral has just accepted one of Chris’ poems for publication in their next issue.  His work has also most recently appeared in The Café Review and Oberon.  Chris is the director of Bloom Readings.