Events

This workshop is inspired by The Body Keeps the Score by Dr. Bessel van der Kolk and focuses on understanding the connection between awareness, breath, and the body. We begin with a simple explanation of the book’s main ideas, followed by a slow, grounding guided meditation by Ann Byrne of Hudson Valley Meditation. Reiki energy …

Professor Harvey K. Flad is proud to announce the release of the second edition of Main Street to Mainframes: Landscape and Social Change in Poughkeepsie, which picks up the narrative of the first edition, co-authored with Clyde Griffen, tracing the history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries of the small City of Poughkeepsie and the …

Are you new to socialism and struggling with key terms and concepts? Or a longtime leftist who wants to distill your thoughts and feelings about socialist politics into everyday language? Maybe you're not even a socialist (yet?!), but want to deepen your understanding of what socialism is as a collection of political ideas and ideals. …

Poughkeepsie-based artist Julia Whitney Barnes joins us to share insights into her wide-ranging artistic practice, which is based in reverent observation of the natural world. Whitney Barnes’s work is a highlight of the Loeb’s exhibition The Botanist at Vassar, on view through October 4. She is also the creator of The Botanist’s Mural, a mural commissioned for Vassar’s Heartwood/Institute …

Join the City of Poughkeepsie, MASS Design, and Scenic Hudson for two free events with James Rojas of Place It! and John Kamp of Prairieform to reimagine our relationship with the creek. Join planners and authors, James Rojas and John Kamp to learn how hands-on, sensory approaches can help bring fresh ideas into community planning …

Dutchess County’s Department of Community and Family Services is inviting fathers across our community to attend a free retreat aimed at supporting dads and helping them build parenting skills, self-sufficiency, and purpose. The retreat will be held on Saturday, September 12 from 9am to 4:30pm at the Maple Knoll Lodge in Bowdoin Park in Wappingers …

Join the City of Poughkeepsie, MASS Design, and Scenic Hudson for two free events with James Rojas of Place It! and John Kamp of Prairieform to reimagine our relationship with the creek. Walk along the creek, notice what you see, hear, feel, and remember. We will use our senses to help plan a future for …

Poughkeepsie Open Studios is an annual free and self-guided event designed to celebrate local artists and arts in Poughkeepsie. Over one weekend, artist studios open their doors to the public and multiple art spaces host art shows and exhibitions. Expect to see: painting, photography, digital art, film, sculpture, printmaking, illustration, murals, public art, and more! …

For the Many is thrilled to endorse Lisa Kaul for State Senate. Lisa is a Dutchess County legislator, parent, and immigrant who is running because she gets the issues we’re facing and knows the only way to address the affordability crisis is by electing leaders who will fight to lower the cost of housing, utilities, …