2pm to 3:30pm

Join Old Westbury Gardens for an enlightening evening with author Arthur Dobrin, who will present his historical novel, Westbury Imagined, in an engaging lecture exploring the pivotal moments that shaped the community we know today.

In Westbury Imagined, Dobrin brings to life the early encounters between Indigenous people and European settlers, the difficult history of African enslavement and the struggle for freedom, the arrival of Italian immigrants, the era of fox-hunting millionaires, and the evolution of suburbia. Through vivid storytelling, he offers a fresh perspective on the rich and complex history of the Westbury area.