Today, I exited off the Michigan Avenue Exit ramp of Schenectady's I-890, and smiled. Looming in front of me was the mural that was created at the end of June 2024 by Raè Frasier of Art Money, three students enrolled in the Schenectady Job Training Agency's after...
Established in 1913, YMCA Camp
Chingachgook is one of the oldest
children’s camps in America and is presently
celebrating 100 years of operation.
Over 350,000 children have participated
in Camp Chingachgook programs in the
last century….Today, Chingachgook serves over
10,000 children and adults annually in
year-round programs on Lake George in
the Adirondack Mountains.
Urban Explorers is a youth development program by City Lore in New York City that uses the skills of documentation and fieldwork.
Students in Freeport, New York examine their waterfront community in 2015-16 after Superstorm Sandy had affected local maritime traditions.
Ethnomusicologist, Sydney Hutchinson, reports on a fieldwork based course at Syracuse University that engaged students with the city’s diverse tradition bearers.
The author describes an encounter with a feline ghost.
Folklore and its role in supporting environmental stewardship is examined through the lens of place.
A report about Public Folklore Diplomacy in China, a 2014-2015 program through the American Culture Centers in China.
A description of Camp Woodland, and a song by Mickey VanDow.
Beliefs about ghosts and the movement of furniture
Libby Tucker’s “Good Spirits” column addresses ghostlore of Binghamton University’s basements.
Using folklore genres to engage secondary school students, the author dicusses the use of folklore in the art classroom.