Art Opening Receptions at Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center
Cunneen Hackett Arts Center 9 Vassar Street, Poughkeepsie, NYThe Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center will hold free public art opening receptions in its visual art galleries for Emily Marchesiello, J.J. Kathe and Carol Loizides. Emily Marchesiello, who will exhibit her work in the Victorian Gallery at 9 Vassar Street, specializes in fine point line drawing, oil painting and watercolor painting. At 12 Vassar Street, J.J. …
5th Attica Community Remembrance Day
Waryas Park Waryas Park Promenade, Poughkeepsie, NYAs we assemble, we will pay homage to the indomitable spirit of the Attica uprising, a watershed moment in the fight for justice, while simultaneously confronting the enduring injustices that afflict communities worldwide. Our gathering is not merely an act of passive remembrance but a defiant stance against the relentless grip of oppressive forces that continue to …
Rosa Clemente Can’t Stop Our Blackness: Black Latinx Narratives and Resisting Erasure
A.J. Williams-Myers African Roots Community Center 43 Gill Street, KingstonRosa Alicia Clemente (born April 18, 1972) is an American community organizer, independent journalist, and hip-hop activist. She was the vice presidential running mate of Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney in the 2008 U.S. presidential election. Clemente is also one of her generation’s leading scholars on the issues of Afro/Black-Latina/Latino/Latinx identity. In 2020, she …
Estamos Aquí: Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month: Opening Reception
Arts Mid-Hudson 696 Dutchess Turnpike, Suite F, Poughkeepsie, New YorkThis exhibition celebrates and highlights the diversity and richness of Hispanic culture through art and illuminates the cultural contributions of Hispanic, Latinx, and Afro-Latino artists and creatives in the Hudson Valley. Exhibition Dates: Thursday, September 12th - Sunday, October 2oth Location: Arts Mid-Hudson's Gallery, 696 Dutchess Turnpike, Ste F, Poughkeepsie, NY 12603 Participating Artists: Kimm …
Notes on Nature – Naturalist Book Club
Vassar Farm and Ecological PreserveTown of Poughkeepsie Planning Board Meeting
Town of Poughkeepsie Town Hall 1 Overocker Road, Poughkeepsie, NYView the agenda here
Potting Up Day at the Collins Field Station!
Vassar Farm and Ecological PreserveOur Native Plant Propagation Program needs your help upgrading some of our baby plants into bigger pot sizes! Come out to the Collins Field Station to learn more about our native plant program, and also get your hands dirty and help move up some of our larger plant babies into bigger pots! These plants are …
Celebrating Calvert Vaux: the Life and Work of a Hudson Valley Artist
Kingston City Hall 20 Broadway, Kingston, NYThe Ulster Garden Club and Friends of Historic Kingston are pleased to announce a lecture by Sara Cedar Miller to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Calvert Vaux. The lecture will be held on Thursday, September 26th at 2PM at City Hall. Calvert Vaux (1824 - 1895) was an architect and landscape designer, …
Poughkeepsie Open Studios
2024 Poughkeepsie Open Studios Saturday, September 28 10am - 6pm Sunday, September 29 12pm - 4pm This event is free for all to attend. Celebrate the arts and artists of Poughkeepsie, NY this September! Visit over 30 local artists, makers, and creators at galleries, artist studios, and creative spaces. Since 2015, Poughkeepsie Open Studios has …
Peach Hill Park Apple Cider Fest & Aquablitz
Peach Hill Park 32 Edgewood Dr, Poughkeepsie, NYFall is here, and so is our annual Cider Festival! Join us at the park for a day of fun as we make cider the old-fashioned way. Enjoy an aquablitz at the pond, free food, a meadow maze, games, and so much more! Bring your friends and family—this is a FREE event and our way …