Events
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Free Lead Renovation Certification Course
Nubian Directions 248 Main St, Poughkeepsie, NYThe Dutchess County Department of Health (DOH), in partnership with CertRebel, is offering free EPA Lead Certification Classes for residents and contractors to learn lead safe work practices for home renovations. Registration required at certrebel.com or call 646-470-7119
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Thrift 2 Fight: Fortifying Night
Thrift 2 Fight 48 Broadway, Tivoli, NY 12583, Tivoli, NY, United StatesWe make a cozy spot at Thrift 2 Fight. There's candlelight. There is hot tea and mulled wine. Everyone brings in a book with a quote that has moved them in the past month. What has comforted you? Fortified you? Brought clarity to something you didn't even realize you had questions about? We want to hear that …
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HOMECOMING: A Sound Healing Journey
GWI Greenhouse GWI Greenhouse, 65 St. James St., Kingston, NY, United StatesHOMECOMING: A Sound Healing Journey February 8, 1:00pm Location: GWI Greenhouse, 65 St James Street, Kingston HOMECOMING is an exploration of early African American music and sound meditation as binding and healing mediums. This sound journey will take participants through the not-so-distant past to the present juncture of time. This offering reflects deep meditation, an encounter …
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Open to Love Immersive Art Exhibition
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Perfectly Imperfect Art Exhibition at womenswork.art gallery
Womenswork.Art 12 Vassar Street, 3rd floor, Poughkeepsie, NY, United Stateswomenswork.art's first group exhibition for 2025 is entitled, "Perfectly Imperfect: The Flawed Beauty of the Human Form", and will be focused on sharing the works of artists depicting the human form in all its beauty and the limitations modern Western culture has placed on it throughout time and experiencing the theme of the human form …
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Dutchess County Legislative Board Meeting
Dutchess County Legislative Chambers 22 Market Street, Poughkeepsie, NYAgenda will be established based on outcome of February 6, Dutchess County Legislative Committee Meetings
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A Hudson Valley Reckoning: A Conversation About the Forgotten History of Slaveholding in New York
Virtual conversation with author Debra Bruno, who will detail her experience unearthing that her Dutch ancestors had been some of the most entrenched enslavers during 200 years of slavery in New York. Her book is a deeply personal and nuanced account of the ways America’s complicated history affects us all. During this program, she will …
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Volunteer Day at Thrift 2 Fight
Come help us refresh the store after the big VIP Party & prepare for the winter break! Join us for a Thrift 2 Fight Volunteer Day from 12-5 on Tuesday February 11th! We will tidy and sort our new seasonal inventory PLUS film some fun videos at Thrift 2 Fight! Whether you're in it for …
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Learning to Be More Than Your Skin Color: A Historic Perspective on African-American and Caribbean-American Jews
Adriance Memorial Library 93 Market Street, Poughkeepsie, NY, United StatesA brief historic perspective on the African-American Black Jews and the Jews of Color from the Caribbean and Latin America in the US in the early 1900s. Presented by Mordekai Gordon, former President & Spiritual Leader of Mount Horeb Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation in Bronx, NY. In partnership with Celebrating the African Spirit. There will be …
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The True Black History Museum
Marist College 3399 North Road, Poughkeepsie, NY, United StatesIn collaboration with our office and affinity clubs, we are bringing The True Black History Museum to Marist. The collection takes you through the African American experience, and features over 1000 authentic artifacts, with original documents from historic figures such as Booker T. Washington, Mary McLeod Bethune, George Washington Carver, Rosa Parks, and many other …

