A New Deal for Quilts shows how the Roosevelt-era government used quilts to promote resilience, skill-building, and community during the Great Depression, while quilters engaged with New Deal programs through their craft. (Pre-recorded on June 22, 2024)
Yom HaShoah Performance
April 24, 2025
The Hevreh Ensemble
Time: 2pm ET
Location: Henry A. Wallace Center
The Hevreh Ensemble performs compositions with varied instrumentation including Cherokee Native American flutes, clarinet, bass clarinet, oboe, English horn, and world percussion. They will be joined by guests artists that include the talented young composer and flutist, Tiffany Zhao and renowned pianist, Renee Briggs.
In four sessions, authors will talk about their recently-published books on Hudson Valley history, followed by book signings. Featured authors include Christopher Cring, Michael McGurty, John W. Barry and Debra Bruno.
Factory worker Barry Kane is wrongly accused of sabotage after a deadly fire at an airplane plant. Believing another man is responsible, he travels cross-country to find the real culprit. Along the way, he takes Patricia Martin hostage, but she soon becomes his ally in the search to clear his name.
This painting was a wedding gift to Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt from artist Charles Forbes, likely knowing they planned to honeymoon in Venice. After FDR’s death, Eleanor displayed it in her NYC apartment until her own passing in 1962.
Which of the following terms, often used to describe a popular craft supported by New Deal programs, involves stitching together fabric pieces into decorative patterns to create functional art?
"Whatever our individual circumstances or opportunities, we are all in it, and our spirit is good... and do not let anyone tell you anything different." FDR, Oct 12, 1942, fireside chat.
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FDR Presidential Library | 4079 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park, NY 12538
