Beyond the Burden of Elegy
Rockefeller Hall 200Lawrence Jackson Poster Lawrence Jackson is the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of English and History at Johns Hopkins University. He has recently published Shelter: A Black Tale of Homeland Baltimore (Gray Wolf Press, 2023), a memoir about his search for housing in the city of Baltimore as a single Black male parent. He will deliver a …
Unmapping the Gaza Strip
Bard College 30 Campus Rd, Annandale-On-Hudson, NYNew York State Celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 2024
FDR Library 4079 Albany Post Road, Hyde ParkJoin us Thursday, February 29th at 6pm at the FDR Library & Museum for a panel discussion and viewing of the inspiring film "New York State Celebrates the Life and Legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr." Our Commission on Human Rights is hosting this free event in partnership with the NYS Division of Human Rights …
Memory, Resistance and Colonial Hierarchies of Belonging Across the Atlantic
Bard College 30 Campus Rd, Annandale-On-Hudson, NYThis one-day hybrid symposium will explore how various groups have politically and historically advocated for justice by drawing parallels of remembrance against forgetting across different cultures, spaces, languages, bodies and times. By realizing parallels across multiple geopolitical histories of trans and cis migrant activists, feminists, workers, Europeans of color, Sinti and Roma populations and refugees we want …
Books and Brews Book Club
Juan Murphy's 796 Main Street, Poughkeepsie, NYJoin them at Juan Murphy's, 796 Main Street, to discuss this month's book, I, Robot, by Isaac Asimov. Asimov chronicles the development of the robot through a series of interlinked stories: from its primitive origins in the present to its ultimate perfection in the not-so-distant future--a future in which humanity itself may be rendered obsolete.
Computer Lab
Adriance Library 93 Market St, Poughkeepsie, NYReceive individualized help with basic computer skills, email accounts, job search, job applications, formatting resumes, filing for unemployment, creating and editing Microsoft Office documents, and any other computer-based needs.
Stories in The Story Nook
Adriance Library 93 Market St, Poughkeepsie, NYJoin them for a storytime in the Story Nook! Recommended for grades PreK-3.
Poughkeepsie Book Festival
Falcon Hall, Dutchess Community College 53 Pendell Road, PoughkeepsieLivable Futures, a Community Action Workshop
Library Class of 1951 Reading RoomJoin a unique workshop on Palestine/Israel where presenters Tarek Maassarani, Rawan Odeh and Eran Nissan will introduce us to AI technology to help build consensus around actions we can take together at a local level on campus, in the Hudson Valley, and in Congress on Friday, April 5, from 12:00-1:30pm. The outcome is dependent on getting a wide diversity of participants with a range of …