It Takes a Town – Workshop on Invasive Species Prevention (virtual)
Join The Town of Poughkeepsie Conservation Advisory Commission for a virtual workshop on invasive species prevention! Join with this Zoom link!
Citizens Preparedness Corps Training (virtual)
The Citizens Preparedness Corps (CPC) training is a New York State Program designed for teens and adults. It includes: understanding the disaster cycle (prepare, respond, recover), how to be prepared, and a range of actions to take in a disaster situation. Presented by the American Red Cross and the Poughkeepsie Library. Register here!
Citizens Preparedness Corps Training (virtual)
The Citizens Preparedness Corps (CPC) training is a New York State Program designed for teens and adults. It includes: understanding the disaster cycle (prepare, respond, recover), how to be prepared, and a range of actions to take in a disaster situation. Presented by the American Red Cross and the Poughkeepsie Library. Register here!
Leading with Artivism – The Body is a Battleground (virtual)
“Leading with Artivism” is a live monthly interview series, created and curated by Poet Gold in collaboration with Arts Mid-Hudson, featuring a diverse mix of Artivists (Artist Activists) who have taken up the charge through their art to highlight social issues. This month's virtual talk is with artivist Gerardo Castro. Castro's work illustrates marvelous …
National Pollinator Week Bioblitz (in person)
Beatrix Farrand Garden 4097 Albany Post Rd, Hyde Park, NYJoin the FDR Home Historic Site Beatrix Farrand Garden Association Educator and Horticulturist for a day of insect identification in the garden. As part of National Pollinator Week attendees will observe and document native pollinators in this socially distanced guided event. Participants can use the iNaturalist platform to upload images and make an important contribution to science, but …
Kingston Multicultural Festival (in person)
Roundout Waterfront 111 Hudson Valley Landing, Kingston, NYThe 9th Annual Kingston Multicultural Festival will be Sundays June 13, 20th and 27th, 2021 from 10-2 at TR Gallo Park on the Rondout Waterfront alongside the Kingston Farmers Market. Food vendors curated by students at the Culinary Institute of America will be featured alongside performers showcasing a variety of cultural music and dance. Also …
Born This Way: Stories of Identity at Eleanor Roosevelt Center at Val-Kill (virtual)
This live online event, the second in a series of four social justice/human right-focused programs, engages the power of true storytelling to spotlight the impact of systemic injustice. Join in the final days of Pride month for an evening of storytelling, and intimate conversation exploring the search for recognition of one's identity and orientation and …
Exhibition Opening – Slipping Over The Dark Hills: A Retrospective of Eric Lindbloom, Nancy Willard and Judith Lindbloom (in person)
The Barrett Art Center 55 Noxon Street, Poughkeepsie, NYThe Barrett Art Center is pleased to announce a group exhibition: "Slipping Over The Dark Hills: A Retrospective of Eric Lindbloom, Nancy Willard and Judith Lindbloom." Curated by James Lindbloom and Sasha Louis Bush, the exhibition interweaves photographs, sculptures and paintings – and includes many rarely seen works.
“Portrait” Exhibition Opening (in person)
Queen City 15 Gallery 317 Main Street, Poughkeepsie, NYThe Art of Portraiture: Representing oneself or a subject through a creative medium involves more than merely capturing a likeness. These often surprising but always revealing works reflect physical, emotional, and even spiritual connections that can inform and challenge expectations. Queen City 15 Gallery is presenting the artists interpretation of this theme with traditional and …
“Who Really Cares” exhibition at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art
Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art SUNY New Paltz 1 Hawk Drive, New Paltz, NYFor the 14th annual Hudson Valley Artists exhibition, curated by Helen Toomer, we invited artists to submit artwork that deals with the challenges of the past year and the re-imaginings of years to come, responding to the question “Who really cares?” asked by Marvin Gaye fifty years ago on the monumental album, “What’s Going On.” …