10k Trail Run at Ward Pound Ridge Reservation in Cross River, New York.
Thanks to Christy Cuomo and Dean Leggiero. Christy wrote the film and Dean directed and edited it. We had around 100 people turn out for the premiere at the Phelps Memorial Hospital auditorium on Sunday, April 1st. Danny Martin introduced a short video tribute to our friend Micah True (aka Caballo Blanco) who died while … Read more
A very popular annual event, around 100 people came out on a crisp autumn day last year to hike to one of the Leather Man’s caves. From the Trailside Nature Museum website: Saturday, November 5th, 2 PM: “Hike to the Leatherman’s Cave” Come and hear the lore of the Old Leather Man. Join us on … Read more
Wednesdays, October 12th through November 16th, 7:30 PM: “First Annual Trailside Fall Lecture Series” at the Trailside Nature Museum at Ward Pound Ridge Reservation. Beginning at 7:30 p.m. each evening, guest lecturers who are experts in their field will discuss various historical aspects of the reservation and how this history affects the residents of Westchester … Read more
From 4-6PM on Sunday, February 21st, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, CT is hosting a talk featuring an an exhibition titled “Jeanne C. Finley & John Muse: Sleeping Under the Stars, Living Under the Satellites.” Author Dan DeLuca will also discuss his research and read passages from his book about The Old Leather … Read more
Lewisboro Community Television (LCTV, local channel 20) is featuring two Leatherman programs in its current program rotation. The two shows are “The Road Between Heaven and Hell” which is a 1984 documentary about the Old Leather Man produced by the Connecticut Humanities Council. It is around 30 minutes long. We posted an article about the … Read more
Noted Leatherman chronicler Dan DeLuca is busy these days! In addition to his talk January 31st at the Lewisboro Library, he will speak on January 24th at the Shelton Historical Society at 2PM at the Huntington Congregational Church in Shelton CT. For those many Loop runners on or near the Connecticut shore, this is an … Read more
The Lewisboro Library, located on Main Street in South Salem, will host speaker Dan DeLuca on Sunday, January 31st at 3PM. From their site: Mr. DeLuca is the author of The Old Leather Man: Historical Accounts of a Connecticut and New York Legend . Mr. DeLuca will shed light on fact versus fiction about the … Read more
Author and Friend of the Loop Dan DeLuca recently passed along this link to Pearl Jam’s website. Eddie Vedder recommended Dan’s book and posted a note about it on his blog. Eddie visited one of the Leathermans’s caves with a friend and was inspired to write a song about the Leatherman in 1998.
A three part series from 1984 that explores the legend of the Leatherman titled “The Road Between Heaven and Hell” aired by Connecticut Public TV and produced by the Connecticut Humanities Council is posted on YouTube. The half-hour video is split into 3 parts, probably because YouTube only lets you post in 10 minute segments. … Read more
The Ossining Public Library and the Ossining Historical Society Museum present: The Old Leather Man, an evening with Author Dan DeLuca. Author Dan DeLuca will be speaking at the Ossining Public Library on March 18th at 7:30. The topic will be our old friend the Leather Man. Dan has recently published a book about the … Read more