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Peter Bush
Nov 21, 20181 min read
2018 Winter Solstice Celebration
Sunday, December 16th, 2pm to 4pm In celebration of the upcoming Winter Solstice, there will be live seasonal music with Composer Geoff...
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Friends of Harmony Hall L
Nov 20, 20181 min read
Gracious letter by Independent Scholar Eve Kahn
November 19, 2018 Dear friends: I have been writing and lecturing about art and architectural history and antiques for three decades now....
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Peter Bush
Nov 10, 20181 min read
2018 Victorian Holiday Event!
The Friends of Harmony Hall- Jacob Sloat House will be hosting the 11th Annual Victorian Holiday celebration on Sunday, December 2, 2018...
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Peter Bush
Nov 8, 20182 min read
Sloat Matriarch Returns…
Two oval oil portraits of Sarah Bigelow Sloat and her husband Jacob Sloat; inventor, manufacturer, builder/designer of Harmony Hall, were...
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Peter Bush
Oct 18, 20181 min read
Mischief & Mayhem: Harmony Hall Haunted Halloween Party!
Adults, you're invited on Saturday, October 27th at 7pm in the mansion for music, food, drinks, dessert &fun! Readings by Psychic Mystic...
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Peter Bush
Oct 17, 20182 min read
Forgotten Artists of Sloatsburg
By: Peter M. Bush and Eve M. Kahn Art historian, writer and frequent New York Times contributor Eve M. Kahn helped kick off the forgotten...
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Friends of Harmony Hall L
Oct 11, 20181 min read
Edith Cockcroft Lecture 10/14/18
EDITH VARIAN COCKCROFT (1881-1962) forgotten painter, textile designer, inventor, ceramist, Brooklynite who exhibited from Paris to...
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Friends of Harmony Hall L
Sep 17, 20181 min read
The Forgotten Artist Edith Varian Cockcroft: as told by Eve M. Kahn & Peter Bush
Crossroads to History focused on the forgotten painter, inventor, couturier, textile designer & ceramist Edith Varian Cockcroft...
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Friends of Harmony Hall L
Sep 15, 20181 min read
Autumn Equinox Concert
A concert for the first full day of Autumn on the lawn of Harmony Hall with Composer Geoff Welch playing wondrous sounds on a Yamaha...
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Friends of Harmony Hall L
Sep 2, 20181 min read
Restorative Yoga at Harmony Hall
Restorative yoga is a slow-paced class meant to put the participants into a pose that can be comfortably held for about 2-3 minutes. It...
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Friends of Harmony Hall L
Aug 20, 20181 min read
Harmony Hall - Jacob Sloat House on Crossroads Radio
Peter Bush, direct descendant of Jacob Sloat appeared with Clare Sheridan of Crossroads Radio back in August 2018. This spot on...
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Friends of Harmony Hall L
Aug 16, 20181 min read
Annual Bluegrass Festival at Harmony Hall!
Bring your lawn chair to historic Harmony Hall on September 9th from 1-6 PM and enjoy the Lower Hudson Valley's only outdoor Bluegrass...
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Peter Bush
Aug 15, 20182 min read
Henry Ransom Sloat's Magnificent c. 1900 Chandelier Returns to the South Salon!
After being repainted and then abandoned to the basement of Harmony Hall for more than fifty years, a circa 1900 chandelier that was...
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Peter Bush
Aug 15, 20183 min read
Harmony Hall's Magnificent 1848 Pine Floors Have Been Restored!
Nearly 160 years after Jacob Sloat completed construction of the mansion that he designed and named Harmony Hall, the Friends of Harmony...
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Peter Bush
Aug 15, 20181 min read
The Town of Ramapo Completes Vital Structural Repairs and Roof Restoration Projects Totaling $600,00
The Town of Ramapo completed a $600,000 plan to restore Harmony Hall's main roof and to complete structural repairs in May 2015. The...
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