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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame will play host to a special Secretariat Curator’s Tour in January and debut a new Book Club in February as part of its expanded programming in 2024. Join Jessica Cloer, the Museum’s curator, for a distinctive tour experience of A Tremendous Machine: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Secretariat’s Triple Crown on Wednesday, Jan. 10. The Curator’s Tour will go behind the scenes and detail the process of what it too...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame will play host to a special Secretariat Curator’s Tour in January and debut a new Book Club in February as part of its expanded programming in 2024. Join Jessica Cloer, the Museum’s curator, for a distinctive tour experience of A Tremendous Machine: […]

  Monday, August 14, 2023 NATURE ON THE MOVE: At Wilton Wildlife Preserve & Park, 80 Scout Road, Wilton. 10:30am. These walks give participants an opportunity to get out on the trails with like-minded people. They are geared towards gentle exercise and the enjoyment of nature, and are appropriate for adults at basic fitness levels. […]

There's always something different or new to do in the San Fernando Valley and Los Angeles areas.

Tuesday, August 8, 2023 KAYAKING: At Moreau Lake State Park, 605 Old Saratoga Road, Gansevoort. 9 am. Join an educator on a peaceful morning paddle around Moreau Lake. Limited rentals are available, or bring your own kayak. This program is for people 18 and older. The cost is $5 or $15 including kayak rental. Check […]

Sunday, August 6, 2023 THREE SISTERS INTRODUCTION: At Moreau Lake State Park, 605 Old Saratoga Road, Gansevoort. 1:30pm. Learn about the Three Sisters method of growing corn, beans and squash. This interplanting style has been used for thousands of years by indigenous North Americans. Meet in front of the concession stand on the beach at […]

Wednesday, August 2, 2023 NATURE WALK: At the Wilton Wildlife Preserve and Park. 2-3 pm. Participants will see firsthand the changes that summer brings to the wetlands of the Bog Meadow Preserve and learn about the important role that beavers play in this wetland habitat. There is always something new to discover on this guided […]

Keeneland’s popular Library Lecture Series resumes in May with the first of four public events that celebrate recently published works about Thoroughbred racing whose authors conducted research at Keeneland Library.

Article by Mark Shrager: Read this extract from Mark Shrager’s illuminating new book examining the events leading up to Aristides’s victory in 1875 in the first ‘Run for the Roses’.

Keeneland Library is highlighting the lives and careers of 80 African American horsemen and women from the mid-1800s to the present in its new exhibit, The Heart of the Turf: Racing’s Black Pioneers