Join Luis Ramos and the Dyckman Farmhouse Museum for an indigenous drum circle and social for all people! Please bring your favorite food dish to share. Enjoy an afternoon of community, food, and music on July 30th. The Drum Circle will take place from 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM. ¡Únete a Luis Ramos y al […]
Join French jazz harmonicist Yvonnick Prene on August 5th for a jazz trio performance! Relax in the farmhouse backyard and listen to bright melodies by the trio who have preformed at Smalls Jazz Club, The Pierre, Sleep No More, and Blue Note. Tickets to the performance are $10 in advance and $15 at the door. […]
Join volunteer Carole Mulligan for early childhood math education sessions! Education sessions will take place every Tuesday and Thursday from 10 am to 12 pm. Sessions will run from July 7th to August 30th. No registration required, meet at the Dyckman Farmhouse Museum! Education sessions are for children aged 3-6. ¡Únete a la voluntaria Carole […]
Nick Dembowski, Director of the Van Cortlandt House Museum, joins us for Back Porch History to discuss "The History of a NYC Street Corner." Hear about the saga of the “Wading Place” at 230th Street and Broadway, where people once crossed from the mainland to Manhattan at low tide. This is one of the most […]
Relax, unwind, and create with us! At the Dyckman Spa-Tacular, we will provide attendees with the materials and recipes to create, customize, and take home three bath and beauty products. Sip on spa water made with fresh DFM garden ingredients while customizing a sugar scrub from our scrub bar, a refreshing facial spray, and a […]
Nothing goes to waste! Learn how to use the rest of your herbs and veggies before the growing season ends; we will prepare a concoction to start the fermentation process and preserve it for the wintertime. Fermentation is an ancient process to save foods from consumption long after their harvest or preparation, a practice that […]
Celebrate Harvest Moon and Tsukimi with the Dyckman Farmhouse Museum and the Fort Washington Green! Harvest Moon refers to the full, bright Moon that occurs closest to the start of autumn. Farmers would rely on the harvest moon to harvest crops late into the night before they had electricity. In Japanese culture, Tsukimi means "moon-viewing," and […]
Join us for the first presentation in our Talking About Race Matters - Join the Conversation Lecture Series! The theme for this series is "Decolonizing Food." Culinary Historian Lavada Nahon will kick off the series with her presentation "The Impact of the Age of Exploration on What We Eat." For many the idea of decolonizing […]
September 21, 2022 @ 6:30 PM - Karen Washington Food Justice is More than Growing Food and Feeding People People in poor urban and rural communities are told that if they want food security, all they have to do is grow their own vegetables, give up soda and exercise, as if, by magic, eating vegetables […]
Join us for a wine reception to celebrate the opening of a new exhibition from Kathleen Holloway! The genesis for this recent body of work comes from all of the changes we, as a society both locally and globally, have gone through in the past few years. The pandemic forced many of us to work […]
September 28, 2022 @ 6:30 PM - Ora Kemp Here to Stir the Pot: TikTok as a Tool for Elevating Culture & Catalyzing Change Sprinkle, share, chop, crop, fold and follow; the recipe for a strong social media profile built to catalyze change is like perfecting a recipe. Some content requires a bit of spice, […]
The Dyckman Farmhouse Museum is proud to be a part of this year's New York State Path Through History Weekend! The Path Through History program showcases New York's rich history, highlighting all types of historical sites with the purpose of discovering New York's diverse history. The New York State Path Through History Weekend will take […]
