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The Catskills on the Big and Small Screen: "Dirty Dancing"
Mar
21
1:00 PM13:00
Film, Program

The Catskills on the Big and Small Screen: "Dirty Dancing"

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The talk on Sunday, March 21 will be about Dirty Dancing, perhaps the best known film portrayal of the Catskills.

The talk on Sunday, March 21 will be about Dirty Dancing, perhaps the best known film portrayal of the Catskills.

The Catskills on the Big and Small Screen

The Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center of Nassau County (HMTC) presented three virtual programs about the portrayal in TV and film of the Catskills, when it was perhaps the most well-known playground and summer retreat for Yiddish speaking and other Jewish residents from the New York City area. A discussion was led by HMTC’s scholar-in-residence, Dr. Linda Burghardt, who talked about the historical accuracy of the films and answered questions from the audience about the Catskills and its’ image in popular memory.


The topic of March 21st’s discussion was Dirty Dancing, perhaps the most well-known film portrayal of the Catskills. This Academy Award and Golden Globe winning film follows the Houseman Family during their summer in the Catskills, when Frances “Baby” Houseman (Jennifer Grey) falls in love with the camp’s dance instructor, Johnny Castle (Patrick Swayze), a totally unsuitable match in her father’s eyes.

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The Catskills on the Big and Small Screen: "Sweet Lorraine"
Mar
9
to Mar 10
Film, Program

The Catskills on the Big and Small Screen: "Sweet Lorraine"

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The Catskills on the Big and Small Screen

The Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center of Nassau County (HMTC) presented three virtual programs about the portrayal in TV and film of the Catskills, when it was perhaps the most well-known playground and summer retreat for Yiddish speaking and other Jewish residents from the New York City area. A discussion was led by HMTC’s scholar-in-residence, Dr. Linda Burghardt, who talked about the historical accuracy of the films. She also answered questions from the audience about the Catskills and its’ image in popular memory.


The talk that took place on March 9, 2021, focused on the fictional Lorraine Hotel at the end of the Catskills’ heyday as depicted in the 1987 film “Sweet Lorraine.” This slice-of-life comedy about old friendships and new romance traces the struggle of owner Lillian Garber (Maureen Stapleton) about whether to repair the Catskills landmark or sell it to developers, and the life of her granddaughter (Trini Alvarado) who takes a summer job in the kitchen and falls headlong into a summer romance.

If you missed the program you can watch it now on youtube:

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The Catskills on the Big and Small Screen: "Mrs Maisel"
Feb
25
to Feb 26
Film, Program

The Catskills on the Big and Small Screen: "Mrs Maisel"

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Marvelous Mrs Maisel - We're Going to the Catskills - Image 2(1).jpg

This was the first of three programs in the HMTC Series, “The Catskills on the Big and Small Screen,” which explored depictions of the Catskills when it served as the summer retreat for Yiddish-speaking and other Jewish residents of the New York City area. In this first program, HMTC screened an episode of the award-winning series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel where Midge Maisel (Rachel Brosnahan), recently divorced, heads with her parents (Tony Shalhoub and Marin Hinkle) to the Catskills for their annual month-long summer vacation. After the screening, Dr. Linda Burghardt, HMTC’s Scholar-in-Residence, provided comments about the accuracy of the depiction and answered questions about Catskills and its image in popular memory.

If you missed the program you can watch it now on youtube:

HMTC needs your help now more than ever. Your donation will support HMTC’s virtual programming for students and adults. Help us continue to be able to provide Holocaust and Tolerance Education programs to schools and public programs for the community.

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