Chuck Stead sits a spell in Sloatsburg, NY – Stead has an upcoming program at the Sloatsburg Public Library — sign up for his A Village Thanksgiving, Monday, November 12, at 7pm, where Dr. Stead talks about this singular American holiday.
It seems that local environmental educator and storyteller Chuck Stead has a lifetime of learning ready to share at the press of a PowerPoint presentation. From the habits and history of deers and bear to Ramapo industrial pollution and tales of indigenous traditional ecological knowledge to Rockland County’s forgotten historical houses, Stead has had a hand in preserving and presenting local history.
Most recently, Stead gave a series of lectures at the Suffern Free Library on the artistic legacy of Henry Varnum Poor, who built Crow House, an historic home the artists/designer lived in on South Mountain Road in New City. The series also explored Rockland County’s rich artistic history along South Mountain Road that included the intertwining lives of such artists as Maxwell Anderson, composer Kurt Weill and wife Lotte Leyna, Henry Varnum Poor, Burges Meredith, and more.
Stead worked with photographer Julie Scholz in an on-going project of photographing Crow House, which still retains vestiges of Varnum Poor’s work as a painter and ceramicist.
Stead will present two seasonal programs at the Sloatsburg Public Library, one in mid-October and one in mid-November. On Wednesday, October 17, Stead will offer a history of deer and the difficulty of our urban co-habitation. On Monday, November 12, Stead will present a program on Thanksgiving, complete with stories about how the holiday became the unique American celebration it is.
Call the Sloatsburg Public Library circulation desk for more information at 845-753-2001. Or visit its calendar page.
