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Connor Flanagan
- Apr 19
- 15 min
Southampton's 20th Century Influencers: Gary Cooper, Hollywood Icon
The actor we all know as Gary Cooper was born Frank James Cooper on May 7, 1901 in Helena Montana approximately 2,300 miles from...
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Connor Flanagan
- Mar 29
- 4 min
Achieving Votes for Women on Long Island and the Nation
Women in New York secured the vote in 1917, first voted in 1918, and in 1920, the 19th Amendment was ratified extending the vote to all...
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Connor Flanagan
- Mar 22
- 1 min
Saint Patrick: History vs Hagiography
Saint Patrick, patron saint of Ireland a the Irish’s quintessential holiday. What could be more Irish? The only thing is, he wasn’t...
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Mary Cummings
- Mar 15
- 10 min
Southampton's 20th Century Influencers: Roy Lichtenstein, Pop Art Groundbreaker
In 1952, writing in ARTnews, Fairfield Porter hails the 29-year-old Roy Lichtenstein as “a young newcomer” to the art world though, at...
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Mary Cummings
- Feb 1
- 16 min
Southampton's 20th Century Influencers: Larry Rivers, In A Class By Himself
I’ll start my talk today on a brief personal note. When I was in high school in Southampton we got a thrilling new next-door neighbor on...
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Connor Flanagan
- Jan 25
- 1 min
Tiana Coastguard Men of Color 1942 - 1944
Please join historian Sandi Brewster-Walker for a lively discussion on the crew of color who lived and worked at East Quogue’s Tiana...
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Connor Flanagan
- Jan 11
- 1 min
Scott Chaskey: Readings from a South Fork Author, Poet and Farmer
Scott Chaskey is a poet, farmer, and educator. For 30 years he cultivated garlic, greens, potatoes, and sixty other crops for the Peconic...
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Zachary Taylor
- Dec 28, 2021
- 1 min
Southampton's Collection of Bert Morgan Negatives – The Blue Haven “Twist Party”
On the grounds of Blue Haven in Southampton, there was a "Twist Party" held in a bomb shelter in the 1960's. This party hosted by Mr. &...
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Connor Flanagan
- Dec 21, 2021
- 21 min
Southampton's 20th Century Influencers: Jack Dempsey, The Manassa Mauler
Before getting into the life story of Jack Dempsey, it is important to understand the history of boxing as a sport in human culture....
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Connor Flanagan
- Dec 14, 2021
- 1 min
The Amber Crane and Indigenous Food Sovereignty
Thankfully for the last almost 2 years now we have been able to record and then post to youtube all of our lectures for anyone who can't...
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Zachary Taylor
- Nov 30, 2021
- 2 min
Southampton's Collection of Bert Morgan Negatives - An Update
Since June of this year, Dr. Gregory S. Hunter and his students at Long Island University have increased their uploaded photos from the...
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Mary Cummings
- Nov 23, 2021
- 11 min
Southampton's 20th Century Influencers: Jane Wilson, Artist of the Ethereal
Artist Jane Wilson, best known for he luminous landscapes hovering between abstraction and representation, once told an interviewer that...
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Connor Flanagan
- Nov 16, 2021
- 1 min
Long Island Dirt: Recovering our Buried Past
On November 4th we had the pleasure of hosting a talk by archaeologist Dr. Allison McGovern where she talked a lot about the work she has...
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Zachary Taylor
- Nov 9, 2021
- 3 min
Ma's House: A Communal Art Space for BIPOC Artists
Ma's House serves as a communal art space and residency for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) artists on the Shinnecock Reservation
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Laurie Collins
- Nov 2, 2021
- 6 min
FAKE NEWS – The English Settling of Southampton
Southampton is fortunate to have local historians who have been keeping track of the history of Southampton since 1640. Many original...
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Connor Flanagan
- Oct 5, 2021
- 2 min
Exterminate All the Brutes
This past spring while sitting at home I was scrolling through my social media accounts, bored and not sure what the do the rest of that...
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