This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Billgorp Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.columbia/4943/mb.ashx Message Board Post: On May 14th, I am giving a talk on Dutch New York as part of the New York State Library's noontime programs. "Sex and the City: The Early Years" looks at the bawdy world the Dutch created when they settled in the Hudson Valley. Using art, literature and folklore of the era, the talk examines the libertine culture Europeans brought with them and how this culture fueled a rebellion of the common people against the rulers. This conflict, many historians argue, laid the foundation for the pluralistic, freedom-loving society that America became. In my novel The Mevrouw Who Saved Manhattan, I have painted a portrait of this world that De Halve Maen, Journal of the Holland Society, calls a "romp through the history of New Netherland that would surely have Petrus Stuyvesant complaining about the riot transpiring between its pages." The talk will be in the Huxley Theater on the first floor of the Cultural Education Center, home of the New York State Library, Museum and Archives, at 310 Madison Avenue, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY. It will run from 12:15 to 1:15 on Friday, May 14th. The program is free and attendees are invited to bring lunch. Bill Greer www.BillsBrownstone.com Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.