Without Concealment: Stories of Black Civil War Surgeons – Boardman Road Library

Boardman Road Library Branch 141 Boadman Road, Poughkeepsie, NY

6:30 - 7:30 PM: Without Concealment: Stories of Black Civil War Surgeons - Boardman Library. Without Concealment, Without Compromise: The Courageous Lives of Black Civil War Surgeons by Jill L. Newmark, is a collective biography of fourteen Black physicians who served as surgeons during the American Civil War. Newmark will illuminate their lives and the

Free

Book Making at PUF

Poughkeepsie Underwear Factory 8 N. Cherry Street, Poughkeepsie, NY
$5

Autumn Stroll at the Environmental Cooperative & the Preserve

Vassar Farm and Ecological Preserve

The walk will begin and end at the Environmental Cooperative barn on the Preserve at Vassar, located at 50 Vassar Farm Lane, Poughkeepsie, NY, 12603. Parking is available free-of-charge in the new lot at the front of the Preserve. The barn is a short walk along the paved road that runs next to the ponds

Free

Free Black Communities Along the Hudson

Adriance Memorial Library 93 Market Street, Poughkeepsie, NY

Attendees will examine the stages of securing freedom, defending it against constant incursion, and ultimately the flourishing of individual persons and dreams along America’s river of dreams. Presented by Bill Jeffway, Executive Director of the Dutchess County Historical Society.  

Free

First Friday at The Trolley Barn – exhibition tours

Poughkeepsie Trolley Barn 489 Main Street, Poughkeepsie, NY

The Trolley Barn Gallery offers guided group tours on the First Friday in November. Poughkeepsie’s First Friday is a city-wide celebration held monthly from 5:30–8:30pm, when shops, galleries, and community spaces stay open late to engage with communities that may not have access during usual business hours. Groups can sign up ahead of time or

Free

Art Opening Receptions at Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center for Arlene Seymour, Lijah Friedman and Rachel Williams

Cunneen Hackett Arts Center 9 Vassar Street, Poughkeepsie, NY

Visit the Victorian Gallery of the Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center at 9 Vassar Street for an art opening reception for Arlene Seymour, whose expressive semi-abstract watercolor, gouache, ink and acrylic pieces are based on her inner imagination and photographs of colorful landscapes and figures. Visit the Reception Gallery of the Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center at 12 Vassar