To better understand where we live, it helps to know our history
and join with other people who care about it. The monthly programs of the
Historical Society bring us speakers who explore and interpret the past of our
town, region and nation, and bring it to life with facts, stories, graphics and
discussion.
Speaker programs are the third Wednesday of every month from March to July and
September to November, at 7:30 p.m. at the Senior Center at the Atlantic
Highlands Marina.
November 11 -
Highlights of the Newark Museum
The presentation is
sponsored by the Museum’s Speakers Bureau, whose goal is to introduce the
richness of the Museum’s world-class art and science collections to local
communities through stunning images and fascinating narrative. The Highlights
program provides a glimpse of what the Museum offers–from the
Decorative Arts collection,
which includes the landmark 19th
century
Ballantine mansion, to African, Asian, American and worldwide
contemporary arts. The Museum also boasts a dynamic
natural science collection,
mini-zoo and the oldest planetarium in the state. In addition to its permanent
collections, the Museum offers special exhibitions, gallery tours,
art workshops, public programs, lectures and family activities.
November 18 - Mark Twain: Wit and Wisdom
The speaker appears in costume and
character, wig and white suit in his
one-man presentation of Mark Twain with
selections from his Autobiography,
Roughing It,
The Innocents Abroad and other
works. Slides of his Hartford home will
be shown.
Clemens published more than 30 books,
hundreds of short stories and essays and
gave lecture tours around the world. By
the end of his life in 1910, he had
become known as the quintessential
American author having captured in his
works the spirit, character and even
dialect of a diverse nation. His
writing also served to voice his running
commentary on American society.
David G. Kennedy was the producer,
director and main actor of his own
Actors Cafe Theatre in New Jersey for 17
years. He has appeared in over 180
productions, directing many of them, has
appeared off Broadway, and most recently
on Broadway was standby for
Eli Wallach in Arthur Millers’
"The Price."
The program is offered through the
Horizons Speakers Bureau of the New
Jersey Council for the Humanities, a
state partner of the
National Endowment for the Humanities.
OTHER ATLANTIC
HIGHLANDS HISTORICAL SOCIETY EVENTS
Join
us for our annual "Haunted Hilltop" lantern tours this coming weekend, Frightday
& Saturday,
October 23 & 24 starting at 7 pm at the Strauss Mansion, 27 Prospect
Circle at the top of East Mount off of First Avenue in Atlantic Highlands. Rain
date is October 25.
Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for children. Tickets can be purchased at the
Mansion each night.