HRN's Catskills Field Day: Highlighting the Reher Center of Kingston, NY

Published: Sept. 9, 2022, 11:54 a.m.

b"On August 27th & 28th, 2022, HRN hosted its First Annual Catskills Field Day: a two day celebration of the foodways of the Catskills and Hudson Valley. Our final event was a fresh flour pancake breakfast at Putt Putt Van Winkle, with pancakes by baker and educator Amy Halloran. \\n\\nIn this episode, Amy sits down to interview Sarah Litvin, PhD, the Executive Director of the Reher Center for Immigrant Culture and History. Sarah shares the some highlights of the Reher Center's work in Kingston, NY, including past and upcoming exhibits. Before they get to the present, they also cover the past, as the Reher Center building served as a prominent Jewish Bakery for nearly a century. Kingston residents of the surrounding Rondout neighborhood, mostly working class and immigrant, came to Reher\\u2019s for bread, canned goods, and gossip.\\n\\nToday, the site is as a museum and cultural center that preserves and honors the legacy of Reher's Bakery and amplifies immigrant stories of the Hudson Valley, past and present. The Reher Center's mission is to foster belonging by engaging all people through culture, community, work, and bread.\\n\\nThe Reher Center Gallery is open from 1-6pm on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays."