Seaport Museum Launches 2025 Lecture Series
The East End Seaport Museum in Greenport has announced its Arts & Culture lecture series for 2025. Lecture will be presented at the East End Seaport Museum, 100 Third St, Greenport.
On Sunday, March 2 at 3 p.m., Southold Town Historian Amy Folk will give a talk on “North Fork & Whaling.”
In the days before electric light, lamps filled with whale oil provided a bright, safe, and steady light. Whaling ships came from many places including from here! Join us for a look into whaling on the North Fork.
On Sunday March 9 at 3 p.m., historian Bill Bleyer will give a talk on “Marine Smuggling on LI from Pirates to Rum Runners “
Author and former Newsday reporter Bill Bleyer tells us why pirates like Captain Kidd were attracted to Long Island at the turn of the 18th century and how a visit by Kidd to Gardiners Island led to him dying on the gallows in London. And learn why Long Island was so attractive to bootleggers during Prohibition that the Atlantic Ocean off the South Shore became known as Rum Row and was frequented by bootleggers like William “The Real McCoy” McCoy who supplied gangsters like Al Capone and Dutch Schultz.
On Sunday March 30 at 3 p.m., Ted Webb will talk about a “Magic Carpet Tour of the Offshore Lighthouses of Southold Town. His presentation will include up-close photos and human interest stories about the lighthouses. Ted Webb is a former President of the East End Seaport Museum. Mr. Webb has also served as offshore cruise narrator at Bug Light and current cruise narrator for the Orient Ferry Lighthouse Tours, among other accomplishments.
On Sunday, April 27 at 3 p.m., the museum will host a talk and demonstration on marine debris art with Artist Brianna Sander, Director of Education & Outreach at UpSculpt.
Brianna works alongside UpSculpt founder Cindy Pease Roe, combing upcycling and sculpting to create environmentally conscious art to educate and engage the public regarding issues surrounding marine debris. Upcycling plastics from beaches brings attention to the problem, while creating beauty from waste.
In May, on a date to be determined, Save the Sound’s Long Island Natural Areas Manager, Louise Harrison, will discuss the Preserve Plum Island Coalition’s campaign for Plum Island to become a national monument for the purposes of ecological conservation, historical preservation, and the discovery and celebration of our shared cultural heritage.
Registration is not required. Members attend for free. Non-members are asked to make $19 donation. More details are at eastendseaport.org.
