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SPECIAL EVENT Albany History Fair: 1964

Join the Albany Institute for the 15th Annual Albany History fair held at Historic Cherry Hill in Albany, NY. This year's theme: 1964!

PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE AT HISTORIC CHERRY HILL (523 1/2 South Pearl Street, Albany, NY)

This year's Albany History Fair theme is 1964, a year of momentous change in Albany!

Highlights:

  • Live broadcast of '60s music by WABY
  • 50th anniversary celebration of the founding of Historic Cherry Hill with special tours of Cherry Hill
  • Albany Jeopardy! game with host Don Rittner and contestants Paul Grondahl, Tammis Groft, and Tony Opalka
  • Presentations by Historic Albany Foundation and the Underground Railroad History Project
  • Hula Hoop Contest
  • Best '60s Costume Contest
  • Scavenger Hunt for Families
  • Retro drinks and snacks...and a Tang stand!
  • Displays by area historical organizations

This event is hosted, organized, and/or sponsored  by:

  • Historic Cherry Hill
  • Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area
  • Times Union
  • Partners for Albany Stories (PASt)
  • Albany Heritage Area Visitor Center

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A Huge Thank-You to Our Current Supporters

Patrons of the Arts

Benefactors

  • Austin & Company
  • Albany Medical Center
  • Lucille A. Herold Charitable Trust
  • New York State Council on the Arts
  • Review Foundation
  • The Bender Family Foundation
  • Turner Construction Company

Sustainers

  • AT&T
  • Bette & Cring Construction Group
  • Capital District Physicians' Health Plan
  • CMI AV
  • Groff Networks
  • Humanities New York
  • James H. Maloy, Inc.
  • Lavelle & Finn LLP
  • Massry Charitable Foundation Inc. Endowment
  • M.M. Hayes Co., Inc.
  • M&T Bank
  • Nigro Companies
  • Stuyvesant Plaza, Inc.
  • The Gorman Group, Inc.
  • Trudeau Architects
  • Turner Construction Company
  • UHY LLP
  • University at Albany Foundation

Supporters

  • Albany Food & Wine Festival
  • Capital Bank
  • C.L. King & Associates
  • Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region
  • Fenimore Asset Management, Inc.
  • Greenway Heritage Conservancy HRV, Inc.
  • High Voltage Electric Service, Inc.
  • Interstate Commodities, Inc.
  • JLM Design LLC
  • Keeler Motor Car Company
  • Nowak Associates, Inc.
  • RBC Capital Markets
  • Sano-Rubin Construction Services
  • Upstate Services Group
  • Wells Fargo

Contributors

  • Albany County Convention & Visitors Bureau, Inc.
  • Berkshire Bank
  • Boies Schiller Flexner
  • Burlingames Interiors, Ltd.
  • Campito Plumbing & Heating, Inc.
  • Cannon Heyman & Weiss, LLP
  • E. Stewart Jones, Hacker, Murphy, LLP
  • Higgins Family Foundation
  • Levitt-Fuirst Insurance
  • Mirković Teal Group
  • Mohawk Fine Papers Inc.
  • Morgan Stanley
  • Picotte Family Foundation
  • Rosetti Properties
  • Siena College
  • Stewart's Shops
  • Tabner, Ryan & Keniry, LLP
  • The Research Foundation of SUNY
  • The Rosenblum Companies
  • Trombly Foundation
  • Woodland Hill Montessori School

Associates

  • Bouchey Financial Group
  • Bullard McLeod & Associates, Inc.
  • Capital Wine & Spirits
  • Certified Framing & Gallery
  • Fidelity Investments
  • New World Bistro Bar
  • Nixon Peabody LLP
  • The Pilates Principle
  • William & Estelle Neil & Jane Golub Foundation