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January 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM

The Fireside: The Next 100 Days

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January 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM

Join Us: "Revolutionary Art on Telegraph Hill”

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December 28, 2024 at 2:00 PM

WILD ABOUT HARRY

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December 22, 2024 at 2:00 PM

DREAMIN'

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December 15, 2024 at 2:00 PM

TIME FOR A NEW DEAL

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December 8, 2024 at 2:00 PM

TAKE A DEEP BREATH

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December 1, 2024 at 2:00 PM

December's New Deal Lowdown

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October 1, 2024 at 4:01 PM

The Fireside: Art for the People

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September 10, 2024 at 9:29 PM

Join Us: "Americans in a World at War: Intimate Histories from the Crash of Pan Am’s Yankee Clipper”

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September 4, 2024 at 1:00 PM

Join Us: "Americans in a World at War: Intimate Histories from the Crash of Pan Am’s Yankee Clipper”

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September 1, 2024 at 1:00 PM

The Fireside: A New Deal for Labor

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August 4, 2024 at 1:00 PM

The Fireside: To Provide for the General Welfare

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July 18, 2024 at 4:00 PM

July's New Deal Lowdown

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July 10, 2024 at 12:59 PM

Join Us: "Hidden Stories of the New Deal's Public Works of Art Project"

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June 29, 2024 at 12:59 PM

Join Us: "Hidden Stories of the New Deal's Public Works of Art Project"

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June 21, 2024 at 12:59 PM

Join Us: A Living New Deal, New York City Chapter Webinar Via Zoom

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June 8, 2024 at 12:59 PM

Join Us: "Whose Stories? Exploring the Legacy of the Federal Writers’ Project"

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June 7, 2024 at 12:59 PM

Join Us: A Living New Deal, New York City Chapter Webinar Via Zoom

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June 3, 2024 at 1:00 PM

Join Us In-Person: "A Chance to Harmonize"

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June 1, 2024 at 1:14 PM

Join Us: "Whose Stories? Exploring the Legacy of the Federal Writers’ Project"

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May 26, 2024 at 1:14 PM

Join Us In-Person: "A Chance to Harmonize"

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May 18, 2024 at 12:59 PM

Join Us for Upcoming Events

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May 1, 2024 at 7:08 PM

The Fireside: Writing America's Story

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April 9, 2024 at 1:00 PM

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April 2, 2024 at 12:00 AM

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March 26, 2024 at 9:20 PM

Join Us: "Folk Music and the New Deal: Collecting the Hidden Soundtracks of the Great Depression”

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March 14, 2024 at 10:28 PM

Join Us: "Folk Music and the New Deal: Collecting the Hidden Soundtracks of the Great Depression”

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February 26, 2024 at 9:45 PM

Join Us: "A New Deal for Quilts"

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February 18, 2024 at 1:59 PM

Join Us: The Living New Deal Webinars 2024

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February 1, 2024 at 2:57 PM

The Fireside: Art for the People

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January 5, 2024 at 3:59 AM

The Fireside: The Kids Are All Right?

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December 27, 2023 at 2:00 PM

A BANNER YEAR!

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December 16, 2023 at 2:00 PM

SHARE THE NEW DEAL SPIRIT

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December 12, 2023 at 4:43 PM

LND NYC: Please join our webinar "Unions from the Wagner Act to the New Labor Movement"

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December 9, 2023 at 2:00 PM

CELEBRATE THE NEW DEAL

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December 5, 2023 at 5:13 PM

December's New Deal Lowdown

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November 15, 2023 at 10:13 PM

"Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Eleanor Roosevelt and Frances Perkins Embrace Politics and Power for Women"

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November 15, 2023 at 10:04 PM

"Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Eleanor Roosevelt and Frances Perkins Embrace Politics and Power for Women"

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November 1, 2023 at 1:15 PM

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October 8, 2023 at 4:37 PM

HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN—LET’S CELEBRATE!

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September 28, 2023 at 6:09 PM

Living In The Future

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September 21, 2023 at 5:00 PM

HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN—LET’S CELEBRATE!

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September 17, 2023 at 5:20 PM

A WALK IN THE REDWOODS

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September 1, 2023 at 12:00 PM

The Fireside: Capturing the Past

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July 31, 2023 at 1:00 PM

The Fireside: Rewriting America

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June 27, 2023 at 5:50 PM

LND NYC: Please join our Social Security webinar this Thursday!

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June 1, 2023 at 1:14 PM

The Fireside: When the Dust Settled

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May 11, 2023 at 4:14 AM

HONOR THY MOTHER

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May 3, 2023 at 11:59 PM

MOTHERS OF THE NEW DEAL

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April 29, 2023 at 1:15 PM

The Fireside: Winning Back a Lost Generation

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