Programs

Your History Place hosts historical and educational programs that are supported by local sponsors. Authors, historians, political figures, teachers, and community members speak on topics both historical and current. Programs are open to the general public and the cost is $2.00. Members and children are free. Come see what Your History Place has to offer!

You or Your Business can be a Program Sponsor. If you, your business or organization would like more information about becoming a program sponsor, please contact us at (315) 735-3642. Your $150 sponsorship helps bring quality programs to members while giving you recognition in the media, in printed materials and at the program.

The following Utica Monday Nite scheduled events will be held at the society on 1608 Genesee Street, Utica.

August 2 at 6:00PM—"Horatio Seymour and Roscoe Conkling: When Utica Had Political Clout" will be presented by local historian Frank Tomaino. Frank retired from the Utica Observer-Dispatch newspaper and is recognized as a leading authority on Oneida County history. He is currently a trustee of the Oneida County Historical Society.

August 9 at 6:00PM—Postcard History by author and collector Evelyn Edwards

August 16 at 6:00PM—Growing up in Utica in the 1950s and ‘60s by Joe Kelly

August 23 at 6:00PM—The Portage at the Little Falls in the 19th Century by Al Sterling

August 30 at 6:00PM—Nicotera Family . . . and then Some: Nitty Gritty Things About East Utica by Joanne Nicotera Destefano (book signing included)

Programs are made possible through sponsorships and with funds from the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the Central New York Community Arts Council, Inc.