New York State History Month Six Regional Authors and their Histories Museum Theater Cultural Education Center Albany November 5: noon Peopling Colonial New York: The Multicultural Roots of the Empire State Stefan Bielinski, New York State Museum 8pm Mayor Corning: Albany Icon, Albany Enigma Paul Grondahl, The Times Union November 12: noon The Mohicans and Their Land, 1609-1730 Shirley W. Dunn, author and lecturer 8pm Chronicles of Lake George: Journeys in War and Peace Russell Bellico, Westfield State College November 19: noon In Mohawk Country: Early Narratives About a Native People Charles T. Gehring, New Netherland Project, New York State Library 8pm The Rise of Organized Crime Upstate in the 1920s and 30s John Conway, Sullivan County Historian Earlier this year, the governor signed into law a bill designating November as New York State History Month. This program features recently published or forthcoming books on New York State history and is sponsored by the New York State Regional Publishers Association, New York State Writers Institute, New York State Historical Association, and the State Education Department. Visit the New York State History Month website at www.nysha.org/nyhistorymonth Books on New York State by these and other authors will be available for purchase at the theater thru the New York State Museum Shop. Lectures are free and are open to the public. For more information call (518) 474-6917.