Sap Happy Maple Weekend (in person)

Bowdoin Park 85 Sheafe Road, Wappingers Falls, NY

Dutchess County Parks’ popular Sap Happy Maple Weekend returns with tasty, educational, and fun events for all ages in collaboration with the Office for the Aging, Poughkeepsie Public Library, Farmers and Chefs restaurant, and Sean’s Waffles Food Truck from Friday, March 25 through Sunday, March 27 at Bowdoin Park.

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Hands-On Public Maple Education Classes (in person)

Bowdoin Park 85 Sheafe Road, Wappingers Falls, NY

Friday, Saturday and Sunday Bowdoin Parks staff will provide hands-on learning opportunities for all ages about the art and history of making maple syrup. Participants will get to watch the different steps of the maple syrup making process, from the tapping of trees at the park, to sap collection, and boiling it down to make

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Free Write with TMI Project

Join the TMI Project for a free weekly writing workshop series facilitated by trained workshop leaders. Drop in whenever you're available! Register here!

Free

Hudson Valley Cybersecurity Series | Cyber Essentials (virtual)

Join Pattern for Progress in a series of four live virtual events to address critical cyber security issues pertinent to municipalities, school districts, utilities, industries, and businesses. Register here! Cyber Essentials - The federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) will share information that is essential to protecting computer systems, data and infrastructure for local government

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Poughkeepsie Book Festival (in person)

Poughkeepsie High School 70 Forbus St, Poughkeepsie, NY

The Poughkeepsie Public Library District hosts its annual Book Festival! Meet and greet over 40 authors and illustrators (covering reading ages from preschool to Young Adult), costumed book characters such as Elephant and Piggie, Estaban the Magnificent from The Day the Crayons Came Home, Curious George, and more! There will be fun crafts and activities

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Ride to End Alzheimer’s

The #Ride2EndALZ Spring Challenge is for all riders, the novice beginner and the seasoned road warrior. All bike types are welcome – road, stationary/exercise, recumbent – even tricycles and unicycles! With each pedal stroke, participants will fuel cutting-edge research targeted to change the trajectory of Alzheimer's Disease. Register here!

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Performing Art 2022 at Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art (in person)

Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art SUNY New Paltz 1 Hawk Drive, New Paltz, NY

Performing Art is a highly-collaborative, annual project that brings together a diverse ensemble of creators to explore the relationship between visual and performing art.  Performing Art 2022 was fully devised and developed by the cast under the direction of Liz Dahmen using the visual art in the current exhibit “Mary Frank: The Observing Heart.” Register here!

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THRIVE in Arts (virtual)

Would you like to know what your prospects are once you graduate? Would you like to be better prepared for the workforce? RSVP here! Now, more than ever, college students need to be equipped with the best information on how to be the most qualified candidate for an arts position. Those with experience in the

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The Perils of Plastics (virtual)

The League of Women Voters of Westchester County invites you to a virtual forum to find out why the production, use and disposal of plastic is one of the greatest environmental and health threats of our time. Featuring Eric Cirino, author of Thicker Than Water: A Quest for Solutions to the Plastics Crisis and Jim Vallette, President

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City of PoughkeepsieHistoric District & Landmark Preservation Commission Meeting (in person)

City of Poughkeepsie City Hall 62 Civic Center Plaza - 3rd Floor - Council Chambers, Poughkeepsie, NY

The Historic District and Landmark Preservation Commission (HDLPC) is a group of city residents appointed by the Mayor who are charged with reviewing all plans for the moving, exterior construction, alteration or repair, landscaping or demolition or any change in the exterior appearance of places, sites, structures or buildings designated landmarks or landmark sites and