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Sunday May 11	AN OFFBEAT DAY IN STATEN ISLAND: TOTTENVILLE

	After we ferry across the harbor, we'll travel overland on the former Baltimore & Ohio Railroad to the end of the line and the southernmost town in New York State: Tottenville. We'll view grand sea captains' mansions as well as romantic Victorian country villas and a library by Carrere & Hastings, architects of the New York Public Library. We'll also take a special tour of the Conference House, the 1680s stone house built by Loyalist Christopher Billop. During the American Revolution, Benjamin Franklin and John Adams met with British representatives at an unsuccessful peace conference here. Bring a MetroCard for SIR, and a picnic lunch to eat on the lawn or at the waterfront pavilion of the Conference House. Admission to Conference House included in fee.


Sunday May 18	The Newly Rededicated Eldridge Street Synagogue and a Stroll in the Jewish Lower East Side

	Join Justin on this special nostalgic visit to Gerard Wolfe's Lower East Side, with a special highlight on the newly refurbished Eldridge Street Synagogue. We'll visit the sanctuary and then tour some of Gerard's favorite Lower East Side haunts including the Old-Law tenement where Eddie Cantor was born, the former Jarmulowsky's Bank, Congregation Sons of Israel Kalwarie, the former House of Sages, the Independent Kletzker Brotherly Aid Association, Metivtha Tifereth Jerusalem of America - one of the oldest yeshivas in America, the legendary Garden Cafeteria, and the Daily Forward Building - now converted into apartments. We'll stop in to visit the Educational Alliance and view the Bialystoker Home for the Aged. We'll also view a handsome Beaux Arts mikvah (ritual bathhouse) on Grand Street and discuss the development and the importance of the Henry Street Settlement in American history. Tour will end at Kossar's Bialystoker Bakery - considered by food critic Mimi Sheraton to be the makers of the finest bialys on the planet earth! Bring home a baker's dozen!


Saturday May 24	P.T. Barnum Museum & Miss Florence's House in Old Lyme, Connecticut

	Travel by motorcoach to Bridgeport, Connecticut to visit the P.T. Barnum Museum. Included will be the newest exhibit, P. T. Barnum: Bethel to Broadway to Bridgeport. The exhibition traces Phineas Taylor Barnum's long and multifaceted career. Then travel to Old Lyme, Connecticut - a quintessential New England village. Much of the rural character that drew artists to the area over 100 years ago still remains. We will dine at The Bee & Thistle Inn, built in 1756 as a residence for Judge William Noyes and his family. Please be certain to select your menu choice when you register for this tour! After lunch, we'll stroll the neighborhood and visit "Miss Florence's House." Discovered by the American Impressionists in 1899, the village of Old Lyme has remained a painter's paradise for more than 100 years - and "Miss Florence Griswold's House" was the centerpiece of it all. Click and read more about this exciting trip!


Sunday June 8	The Landmark Loew's Jersey Theatre

	Don't miss this incredible opportunity to tour this remarkable Jersey City Movie Palace! Tours of this impressive facility are rare - especially one with Executive Director, Colin Egan! In 1929, Rapp & Rapp, the renowned theatre architects, designed the Loew's Jersey Theatre, for the then brand-new invention of talking films. The Loew's Jersey was one of the five "Wonder Theatres" of movie theatre baron Marcus Loew - and the only one built outside of New York City. Built at what was then the impressive sum of $2 million dollars, the Loew's was accurately known as "the most lavish temple of entertainment in New Jersey." Today, the theatre has been newly renovated - largely by volunteer labor. Frank Sinatra saw Bing Crosby perform at the Loew's Jersey during the summer of 1935 and said, "After seeing him that night, I knew I had to be a singer."

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