Moving Art, Moving Audiences: Nineteenth-Century Traveling Exhibitions and the Matter of Abolition
Register for this virtual webinar hosted by the Olana Partnership. In the mid-nineteenth century, Americans faced a new way to encounter art: the traveling exhibition. Sculptures, panoramas, and paintings crisscrossed the country, appearing at venues that included exhibition and entertainment halls, galleries, reform societies, and fairs. During this virtual webinar, Caitlin Meehye Beach will explore …
Hudson Valley Performing Arts Lab Virtual Open House
Learn about the Lab and connect with their dynamic performing arts scene! art
Film Screening “Do The Right Thing” (in person)
Bardavon 35 Market Street, Poughkeepsie, NYFILM: DO THE RIGHT THING (1989) A special Black History Month screening of the 1989 Spike Lee classic Screening simultaneously at both Bardavon & UPAC. Tickets are $6 and can be purchased online or at the box office. Director Spike Lee uses biting humor in his seminal exploration of race and violence in a Brooklyn …
Town of Poughkeepsie Planning Board Meeting (hybrid)
Town of Poughkeepsie Town Hall 1 Overocker Road, Poughkeepsie, NYView the agenda here
Main & Main: At the Intersection of Imperative and Opportunity (in person & virtual)
Join the Future of Small Cities Institute for The Third Annual FoSCI Winter Dialogue featuring renowned urbanist and dynamic speaker DAVID DIXON, who will lay out the future of North America’s communities for the next two decades, an era of unprecedented imperative and opportunity. Mr. Dixon says one of the keys to inclusive development is …
Town of Poughkeepsie, Town Board Meeting (hybrid)
Town of Poughkeepsie Town Hall 1 Overocker Road, Poughkeepsie, NYView the agenda here Join on Zoom here
4th Annual Sojourner Truth Life Walk (in person)
Dietz Stadium 170 N Front Street, Kingston, NYWalk starts from Port Ewen to UC Courthouse (Free) Re-live the life highlights of legendary abolitionist Sojourner Truth as we acknowledge parts of her life including her escape route to freedom. This walk will include brief stops along the way. Free bus will be available at Dietz Stadium for pick-up & drop off. The bus …
A Discussion about Black Entrepreneurship: Pre and Post Civil Rights (in person)
Arts Mid-Hudson 696 Dutchess Turnpike, Suite F, Poughkeepsie, New YorkThe Folk Arts Program at Arts Mid-Hudson, in partnership with the Race Unity Circle, will facilitate a discussion about Black entrepreneurship pre and post the Civil Rights act of 1964. Register to attend here!
For The Many’s Vassar Student Meeting (in person)
We’re building a grassroots movement of everyday people to fight for laws and win elections to transform New York so it works for all of us. Join us for our first Vassar student meeting on campus for students interested in social justice work. We’ll be doing an organizing 1-1 political education session and pizza will …
Celebrating Black History Month (virtual)
Dutchess County Government is sponsoring a free virtual presentation by the Dutchess County Historical Society on Thursday, Feb. 23rd, at 7 p.m. to celebrate Black History Month and discuss a new project that celebrates the achievements and legacy of African Americans for our local community. Since the 1990s, groups of dedicated historians and community activists have worked …