Caroline, in her new role as Ossining Town Historian, will be giving the first of three presentations covering the history of Ossining, from 25,000 to the present.

“Ossining’s Earliest History”

Jump back 25,000 years to the creation of the Hudson Valley with its mammoths and mastodons, giant oysters and sturgeon, and the very first humans to set foot on  this land.  How did we get from there to the 1685 Sint Sink treaty with Frederick Phillipse?

Thursday, April 20, 2023, 7pm at Sing Sing Kill Brewery, 75 Spring Street, Ossining

What do John Cheever, Walker Evans, Jeanne Eagels, Carrie Chapman Catt and Owney Madden have in common? Why, they all lived in the Town of Ossining! Come on down to the Brewery and enjoy specialty cocktails crafted in their honor (and sourced entirely from NYS distilleries!) You’ll learn a bit of history as you imbibe.

Wednesday, May 17, 2023, 7pm, Ossining Public Library, Budarz Theatre, 196 Croton Avenue, Ossining, NY

“Ossining – The Village, The Prison, The Town”

The history of Ossining is sprawling. There’s a Village, there’s a prison, there’s a Town – how do they all fit together?  We’ll go back to the first European settlers and explore the people and industries that put Ossining on the map.

Wednesday, June 7, 2023, 7pm, Ossining Public Library, Budarz Theatre, 196 Croton Avenue, Ossining, NY

 “Ossining in the 20^th and 21^st Centuries”

Home of a jazz pioneer and to the workers who built the Croton Dam.  A place where the world’s most liberal man lived across the street from a man who believed he communicated with aliens.  Site of one of the most revered textile factories in America and one of the most infamous prisons — Ossining has so many stories to tell.