You’re Invited: Brenda Milkofsky Curatorial Fund Dinner

Brenda Milkofsky Curatorial Fund Dinner

Old Lyme Country Club

40 McCurdy Road, Old Lyme

Thursday, April 17, 2025

6 – 9 pm

Come join us for an inspiring evening with Connecticut historian Frank Mitchell as he presents Radiance from the Waters: Late 19th century shipboard performances.

Dr. Mitchell is a curatorial adviser for the Toni N. and Wendell C. Harp Historical Museum at The Dixwell Community House and Director Emeritus of The Amistad Center for Art & Culture. As guest speaker, he will discuss the Hickman Jubilee Singers, an African-American a cappella ensemble known for their incredible voices and musical repertoire, who regularly performed aboard steamboats along the Connecticut River. This choir grew out of the movement spurred by the original Fisk University Jubilee Singers back in 1871 who performed spirituals and other rhythmic music to enthusiastic audiences throughout the United States and Europe.

Brenda Milkofsky Curatorial Fund

Originally organized in 2009 to recognize the work of our Founding Director, The Brenda Milkofsky Curatorial Fund is a restricted fund of the Connecticut River Museum designated for the acquisition and conservation of the historical artifacts and records of the Connecticut River.

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