Queer Family Brunch
The Matilda Joslyn Gage Center is committed to providing a safe space for dialogue and community. We will be offering two seatings of brunch for the Queer Community to gather together. The Q Center is partnering in this endeavor to not only provide community, but resources and programming for people in the community and those who want to support as allies.
Limited seating is available for each time slot, so please make your reservation today!
Adults $5
Children 12 and Under FREE
Matilda's Tea Party
Join us in celebrating Matilda’s 199th birthday and the 25th anniversary of the founding of our organization at our fundraiser event. This event will be the culmination of our online auction, the reveal of our special in-person only auction items, and the launch of our new exhibit: The Matilda Effect by artist Lynette Charters. We will also be honoring our first Matilda Effect award winner. Refreshments will be served.
To see Lynette’s work, visit her website here.
To see the online auction items, visit our site here. (available March 3rd)
This is a limited ticket event, so get yours today by clicking the link below.
Engage with Gage
This reading and discussion group will focus on Matilda Joslyn Gage: her life, her work, and the inspiration she has given to others. There are five books in the reading and discussion series:
Born Criminal by Angelica Shirley Carpenter (April 10, 2025 @ 6pm)
The Political Life and Times of Matilda Joslyn Gage by Mary E. Cory (May 8, 2025 @ 6pm)
Sisters in Spirit by Sally Roesch Wagner (June 12, 2025 @ 6pm)
High Bridge by Michael Miller (July 10, 2025 @ 6pm)
Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts (August 14, 2025 @ 6pm)
This group will be led by experienced facilitator, Eileen Angelini. All books are available through our bookstore, if you would like your own copy to make notations and marks. If you would rather borrow a book, we will have copies available for lending, however you will need to leave payment information, should you forget to return the books. (Happens to everyone!) These lending copies are not to be marked upon and will need to be returned at the end of that book’s session. Once the previous book is returned, the next book will be lent out. The first book in the series, Born Criminal, will be available for pick-up starting in February. Get a head-start on the reading for the first meeting in April.
This reading and discussion group is made possible thanks to a grant from HumanitiesNY.
Engage with Gage
This reading and discussion group will focus on Matilda Joslyn Gage: her life, her work, and the inspiration she has given to others. There are five books in the reading and discussion series:
Born Criminal by Angelica Shirley Carpenter (April 10, 2025 @ 6pm)
The Political Life and Times of Matilda Joslyn Gage by Mary E. Cory (May 8, 2025 @ 6pm)
Sisters in Spirit by Sally Roesch Wagner (June 12, 2025 @ 6pm)
High Bridge by Michael Miller (July 10, 2025 @ 6pm)
Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts (August 14, 2025 @ 6pm)
This group will be led by experienced facilitator, Eileen Angelini. All books are available through our bookstore, if you would like your own copy to make notations and marks. If you would rather borrow a book, we will have copies available for lending, however you will need to leave payment information, should you forget to return the books. (Happens to everyone!) These lending copies are not to be marked upon and will need to be returned at the end of that book’s session. Once the previous book is returned, the next book will be lent out. The first book in the series, Born Criminal, will be available for pick-up starting in February. Get a head-start on the reading for the first meeting in April.
Engage with Gage
This reading and discussion group will focus on Matilda Joslyn Gage: her life, her work, and the inspiration she has given to others. There are five books in the reading and discussion series:
Born Criminal by Angelica Shirley Carpenter (April 10, 2025 @ 6pm)
The Political Life and Times of Matilda Joslyn Gage by Mary E. Cory (May 8, 2025 @ 6pm)
Sisters in Spirit by Sally Roesch Wagner (June 12, 2025 @ 6pm)
High Bridge by Michael Miller (July 10, 2025 @ 6pm)
Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts (August 14, 2025 @ 6pm)
This group will be led by experienced facilitator, Eileen Angelini. All books are available through our bookstore, if you would like your own copy to make notations and marks. If you would rather borrow a book, we will have copies available for lending, however you will need to leave payment information, should you forget to return the books. (Happens to everyone!) These lending copies are not to be marked upon and will need to be returned at the end of that book’s session. Once the previous book is returned, the next book will be lent out. The first book in the series, Born Criminal, will be available for pick-up starting in February. Get a head-start on the reading for the first meeting in April.
Engage with Gage
This reading and discussion group will focus on Matilda Joslyn Gage: her life, her work, and the inspiration she has given to others. There are five books in the reading and discussion series:
Born Criminal by Angelica Shirley Carpenter (April 10, 2025 @ 6pm)
The Political Life and Times of Matilda Joslyn Gage by Mary E. Cory (May 8, 2025 @ 6pm)
Sisters in Spirit by Sally Roesch Wagner (June 12, 2025 @ 6pm)
High Bridge by Michael Miller (July 10, 2025 @ 6pm)
Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts (August 14, 2025 @ 6pm)
This group will be led by experienced facilitator, Eileen Angelini. All books are available through our bookstore, if you would like your own copy to make notations and marks. If you would rather borrow a book, we will have copies available for lending, however you will need to leave payment information, should you forget to return the books. (Happens to everyone!) These lending copies are not to be marked upon and will need to be returned at the end of that book’s session. Once the previous book is returned, the next book will be lent out. The first book in the series, Born Criminal, will be available for pick-up starting in February. Get a head-start on the reading for the first meeting in April.
Engage with Gage
This reading and discussion group will focus on Matilda Joslyn Gage: her life, her work, and the inspiration she has given to others. There are five books in the reading and discussion series:
Born Criminal by Angelica Shirley Carpenter (April 10, 2025 @ 6pm)
The Political Life and Times of Matilda Joslyn Gage by Mary E. Cory (May 8, 2025 @ 6pm)
Sisters in Spirit by Sally Roesch Wagner (June 12, 2025 @ 6pm)
High Bridge by Michael Miller (July 10, 2025 @ 6pm)
Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts (August 14, 2025 @ 6pm)
This group will be led by experienced facilitator, Eileen Angelini. All books are available through our bookstore, if you would like your own copy to make notations and marks. If you would rather borrow a book, we will have copies available for lending, however you will need to leave payment information, should you forget to return the books. (Happens to everyone!) These lending copies are not to be marked upon and will need to be returned at the end of that book’s session. Once the previous book is returned, the next book will be lent out. The first book in the series, Born Criminal, will be available for pick-up starting in February. Get a head-start on the reading for the first meeting in April.
Queer Family Brunch
The Matilda Joslyn Gage Center is committed to providing a safe space for dialogue and community. We will be offering two seatings of brunch for the Queer Community to gather together. The Q Center is partnering in this endevour to not only provide community, but resources and programming for people in the community and those who want to support as allies.
Limited seating is available for each time slot, so please make your reservation today.
Regular Hours
Regular visitor hours. Appointments required for groups with six or more visitors.
Regular Hours
Regular visitor hours. Appointments required for groups with six or more visitors.
Regular Hours
Regular visitor hours. Appointments required for groups with six or more visitors.
Regular Hours
Regular visitor hours. Appointments required for groups with six or more visitors.
Regular Hours
Regular visitor hours. Appointments required for groups with six or more visitors.
Regular Hours
Regular visitor hours. Appointments required for groups with six or more visitors.
Regular Hours
Regular visitor hours. Appointments required for groups with six or more visitors.
Regular Hours
Regular visitor hours. Appointments required for groups with six or more visitors.
Regular Hours
Regular visitor hours. Appointments required for groups with six or more visitors.
Jen Gandee "Voting Rights and Wrongs" Reception
From Jim Crow laws and the Women's Suffrage Movement to present-day Gerrymandering and restrictively long voting lines, this art project explores the ways voting has been suppressed in the past and how it is today. Shapes, patterns, and images derived from these tactics are applied to hand-made ceramics in an effort to illustrate the inequity inherent in American Democracy and how voter suppression disproportionately effects people of color, young people, the elderly, and people with disabilities.
Jen Gandee grew up in West Virginia and graduated in 1996 from West Virginia University with a BFA in Ceramics. She received a MFA from Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts in 2008. Currently, she teaches art at Syracuse University and Cayuga Community College, works as a studio potter, and owns the Gandee Gallery in Fabius, NY. The Gandee Gallery (www.gandeegallery.com) exhibits handmade objects and fine art, focusing on utilitarian and sculptural ceramics made by artists from across the US and Canada.
Unframed Prints: $75 each Figure Vessels: $75 each
This project is made possible through the CNY Arts Grants for Regional Arts and Cultural Engagement re-grant program thanks to a New York State Senate Initiative supported by the NYS Legislature, the Office of the
Regular Hours
Regular visitor hours. Appointments required for groups with six or more visitors.
Regular Hours
Regular visitor hours. Appointments required for groups with six or more visitors.
Post Election DeBrief Session
We’re not sure what the election will bring on the local or national stage, but we do know that the work will not be over on election day. Join us to discuss the outcomes of voting, where to go from here, and how to build community.
Join us in-person or online to dialogue on the election outcomes.
There is no cost for this event, but we do ask for a reservation to send out links and prepare the snacks!
Regular Hours
Regular visitor hours. Appointments required for groups with six or more visitors.
Regular Hours
Regular visitor hours. Appointments required for groups with six or more visitors.
Regular Hours
Regular visitor hours. Appointments required for groups with six or more visitors.
Pride Paranormal Investigations
Pride Paranormal NY will be leading prarnormal investigations at the Matilda Joslyn Gage Center. Join us for EVP and Spirit Box responses, as well as historical facts and artifacts that pertain to the house and the many people who have lived at 210 E Genesee Street in Fayetteville.
Matilda Joslyn Gage was a radical suffragists, abolitionist, and writer. Her home was a stop on the underground railroad and her son-in-law L. Frank Baum, author of the Wizard of Oz books, lived in the house with his wife, Maud, Matilda's youngest daughter. The opportunities for spirit connections are exciting.
There will be four investigations:
Thursday, October 31st @ 6pm
Thursday, October 31st @ 8pm
Friday, November 1st @ 6pm
Friday, November 1st @ 8pm
10 spots are available for each investigation.
Regular Hours
Regular visitor hours. Appointments required for groups with six or more visitors.
Regular Hours
Regular visitor hours. Appointments required for groups with six or more visitors.
Regular Hours
Regular visitor hours. Appointments required for groups with six or more visitors.
Walking Tour
Walking Tours leave the Gage Center at 11am, traveling around points of historical and social interest in the Village of Fayetteville. At the end of the hour, tours will return to the Gage Center, where an indoor tour and a trip to Matilda’s gravesite can be arranged. Please note that this will be the final Walking Tour for 2024.