Youth Lunch & Learn -
Family Stories, Genealogy and the History and Art of Storytelling

Date: Saturday, November 16, 2024

Time: 12:00 p.m.

Cost: FREE to children of all ethnicities aged 10-14 (lunch for students is included - advanced registration is required)

Location: H.A.R.P. Museum located on the second floor of the Irish Cultural Center of the Mohawk Valley at 623 Columbia St., Utica

Register: https://bit.ly/3Ym1kBP 

Contact: Al Sisti (H.A.R.P. Museum Director) - (315) 733-4228 Ext. 5 or irishccmv.museum@gmail.com 

“Family Stories, Genealogy and the History and Art of Storytelling” - Thanksgiving is all about family (and pie), sitting around the table, sharing stories from the “old days” and making new memories. Armed with the information and tools presented at this workshop, the students will come to the Thanksgiving dinner table primed for conversation, with questions for their aunts, uncles, and grandparents as they start to build their own family tree. The class, facilitated by Patty Foley, is at noon on Nov. 16th, and is capped at 20 students. 

See all of the classes a part of the "Youth Lunch & Learn Series"

The H.A.R.P. Museum at the Irish Cultural Center of the Mohawk Valley hosts a November to remember, introducing a “Youth Lunch and Learn” series, with free classes for young people in Irish dance, Irish fiddle, tin whistle, bodhran, and a workshop aimed at helping to build a family tree.

There is no charge for these classes, which is being offered to children of all ethnicities aged 10-14. As each class has limited seating, advance registration is required, at https://bit.ly/3Ym1kBP. Lunch will also be included for the students. Parents/guardians are welcome to attend any of the events (they won’t count against the cap, but will have to pay for their own lunch).

This youth programming series, aimed at introducing young people of our area to the history and culture of Ireland, is funded through the auspices of a Legislative Initiative Program grant, secured by Assemblywoman Marianne Buttenschon, and is being administered out of the New York State Office of Children and Family Services.

Upcoming classes in the series include “Ogham writing” – the ancient alphabet of Ireland; “Make-and-Take: Create a Christmas Angel,” a creative “Children Designing for Children” Challenge Workshop, and more. In an effort to make the workshops easily accessible, they will be held on Saturdays and/or school holidays.

See all of our upcoming cultural events!