Reher Immigrant Center and Sewing Exhibition

2022-04-21

Dr. Sarah Litvin, Director of the Reher Center for Immigrant Culture and History and Dr. Sarah Gardner, Curator of the museum, join another Sarah (co-host Sarah O’Connell-Claitor) and co-host Jonah Triebwasser for a program updating the story of the Reher Center, a unique asset of the Kingston, NY, waterfront (the Roundout). The Reher Center is housed in the former Reher Bakery, a Kingston institution run by the Reher family for 80 years. During the restrictions of the covid pandemic, the Center used the down time to upgrade the facilities, including a new gallery that is opening with an exhibit highlighting the role immigrants have played in making Kingston a center of sewing and other aspects of the garment industry. In addition to the exhibit, the Center will host special programs on women in the garment industry and workshops in sewing and embroidery.

Learn more:

Reher Center: https://www.rehercenter.org/

Reher Center on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ReherBakery/

Ulster Immigrant Defense Network: https://ulsterimmigrantdefensenetwork.org/

The Kingston Waterfront (Roundout): https://www.thekingstonwaterfront.com/

The Garment Industry in Kingston: https://hudsonvalleyone.com/2021/09/17/the-local-garment-industry-once-employed-thousands/