Town of Poughkeepsie Planning Board Meeting
2025-12-18 17:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Town of Poughkeepsie Town Hall, 1 Overocker Road, Poughkeepsie, NY, 12603, United States
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Town of Poughkeepsie Town Board Meeting
2025-12-17 19:00 - 20:30 | Town of Poughkeepsie Town Hall, 1 Overocker Road, Poughkeepsie, NY, 12603, United States
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City of Poughkeepsie Planning Board Meeting
2025-12-17 18:00 - 19:00 | City of Poughkeepsie City Hall, 62 Civic Center Plaza - 3rd Floor - Council Chambers, Poughkeepsie, NY, 12601, United States
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City of Poughkeepsie Common Council Meeting
2025-12-16 18:30 - 20:00, 2025-12-02 18:30 - 20:00 | City of Poughkeepsie City Hall, 62 Civic Center Plaza - 3rd Floor - Council Chambers, Poughkeepsie, NY, 12601, United States

Sensory-Friendly Performance of The Nutcracker
2025-12-13 18:00 - 20:00 | Bardavon, 35 Market Street, Poughkeepsie, NY, United States
A relaxed, hour-long “no hush” performance by the New Paltz Ballet Theatre. Seating is limited and registration is required: Register.

Winter Open House at Fallkill Creative Works
2025-12-13 10:00 - 16:00 | Fall Kill Creative Works, 485 Main Street, Poughkeepsie, NY, 12601, United States
Please join us at the Clay Studio on Saturday, December 13, from 10-:400, for out Annual Winter Open House! There will be a Maker’s Market, a Pay-What-You-Can-Sale, and a free, all ages, Community Craft!

Celebrating the African Spirit Kwanzaa
2025-12-12 16:00 - 19:00 | Family Partnership Center, 29 North Hamilton Street, Poughkeepsie, NY, 12601, United States
Celebrate Kwanzaa with Celebrating the African Spirit. Bring a dish to share or a new children’s gift.

Sloop Clearwater Holiday Open House
2025-12-12 16:00 - 19:00 | Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, 724 Wolcott Avenue, Beacon, NY
Join Hudson River Sloop Clearwater for a holiday celebration and open house at their office in Beacon on Friday, December 12!
Meet the staff, chat about 2025 highlights, and our plans for 2026, and learn what’s new and upcoming with Clearwater. Light refreshments will be available, and folks are welcome to bring holiday dessert or drink to share.
Parking is limited, please consider carpooling!
RSVP here!

Democratizing Work Primer (Virtual)
2025-12-10 13:00 - 14:00 | NY
What does it take to share power and practice democratic decision-making in an intentional, structured way?
In this introductory workshop, GWI provides a window into the kinds of relational shifts that facilitate a culture of shared leadership. We touch on the tools, policies and practices that support democratic decision making, and offer a glimpse into how they can be put into action. You will emerge with a sense of how to start taking steps towards sharing power in your organization or working group.
In 2019, the Good Work Institute team made the collective decision to move from a hierarchical organization to a Worker Self-Directed Nonprofit. Together, we built a system of shared governance that serves the needs of our organization while honoring our unique individual contributions. We are continuously evolving our sense of how to practice shared leadership. You can read more about our own journey in this blog series: Sharing Power.
More info & registration here!

Family Fun at the Loeb
2025-12-07 13:00 - 15:00 | The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, 124 Raymond Ave, Poughkeepsie, NY, 12604, United States
Get creative this fall at the Loeb! Join us for free drop-in family programs on select Sundays (November 9 and December 7). Each date will feature different hands-on art activities inspired by art on view. Activities can be modified for all ages, but are best suited for children 5 and up.

Exhibition Opening at CONVEYER/OR Gallery
2025-12-06 16:00 - 18:00 | CONVEY/ER/OR, 299 Main Street, Poughkeepsie, NY, 12601

Arlington Holiday Festival
2025-12-06 12:00 - 16:00 | 41 Raymond Ave, 41 Raymond Ave, Arlington, NY, 12603

Native Seed Swap with Wild Ones Mid-Hudson Valley
2025-12-06 10:00 - 13:00 | The Environmental Cooperative at the Vassar Barns, 50 Vassar Farm Lane, Poughkeepsie, NY, 12604, United States
Celebrate New York’s Native Plants! Wild Ones Mid-Hudson Valley Presents: A Native Seed Swap
Join us on Saturday, December 6th for a free, family-friendly seed swap celebrating the beauty and diversity of New York’s native plants! Register here!
-Learn about how native plants support birds and pollinators
-Share your favorite native seeds
-Connect with fellow gardeners
-Discover new varieties to create a resilient and biodiverse garden
-Enjoy activities for children and a bake sale

Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage
2025-12-05 20:00 - 22:00, 2025-12-04 20:00 - 22:00 | Martel Theater, Vogelstein Center for Drama and Film, 124 Raymond Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY, 12604, United States
Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage
Dec. 4–Dec. 6, 2025
Location: Martel Theater
This production is open to the public. Reservations are open now.
Reservations are required; contact boxoffice@vassar.edu
Thursday, December 4 at 8:00 p.m.
Friday, December 5 at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, December 6 at 2:00 p.m.
Directed by Shona Tucker
Senior Project Member: Solstice Lauren ’26
About the Play
1905, New York City. Esther, a black seamstress, sews exquisite lingerie for clients who range from wealthy white patrons to prostitutes. She has saved enough to allow her to dream of one day opening a beauty salon for black women, and at thirty-five years old, longs for a husband and a future. When she begins to receive beautiful letters from a lonesome Caribbean man who is working on the Panama Canal, it looks like life may be about to take a different course.
Presented through special arrangements with Dramatists Play Service.

City of Poughkeepsie Festival of Lights & Tree Lighting Ceremony
2025-12-05 17:30 - 19:30 | Waryas Park, Waryas Park Promenade, Poughkeepsie, NY, 12601, United States
Join the City of Poughkeepsie at Waryas park for a celebration, fireworks, entertainment, and more!

OCEL Community Partner Fair & Open House
2025-12-05 15:30 - 17:00 | Aula, 124 Raymond Ave, Poughkeepsie, NY, 12604, United States
The Office of Community Engaged Learning is excited to invite you to our Annual OCEL Community Partner Fair! The Fair will take place on Friday, December 5th from 3:30pm – 5:00pm in the Aula at Vassar College.
The OCEL Community Partner Fair & Open House is a special gathering that allows Vassar students and faculty to learn from and about our community partners work, projects, and impact.
The Community Partner Fair is not only a space for information-sharing but also a celebration of the joy and care that we bring to each other. We see this gathering as a time for connection, inspiration, and reaffirmation of our shared commitment to the communities we care so deeply about.
We hope to see you there!

Art of Facilitation: Community of Practice (Virtual)
2025-12-05 12:30 - 14:00 | NY
We know that collaboration is not an automatic result of a desire to work together well, but flows from intentional, ongoing practices that develop the awareness and capacities of the members of the working group over time. Enter the facilitator.
In this lightly-facilitated gathering, we aim to provide a space for all of us to share our approaches, challenges, and learnings as we experiment and grow in our practice as facilitators. This offering is a discussion-based session, a community of practice. This is not a workshop, although we will share tips and tricks, as we hear from each other.
We invite you to join this discussion if any of the following apply:
You hold the responsibility in leading or co-leading a class, working group, or team
You sense there might be better ways for you all to collaborate in meetings but are not sure how to shift things
You seek a more democratic process when making group decisions or gathering people’s input
You’d like support from other facilitators!
More info & Registration here

Rooted & Resourced: A 1-Day Retreat for Change-Agents
2025-12-05 09:30 - 17:30 | GWI Greenhouse, GWI Greenhouse, 65 St. James St., Kingston, NY, 12401, United States
Are you longing for a chance to recharge and renew your commitments in solidarity with others? Join GWI for a meaningful, joyful one-day retreat to find a rooted sense of belonging and to resource the important work ahead.
This one-day retreat is a chance to take intentional time away from day-to-day challenges to be in community with others who are working towards just futures and regenerative practices. We have three goals: to build relationships that bolster our access to mutual support, to refresh practices that help move us collectively towards durable and positive change, and to renew our energies in an environment crafted to open our hearts and light up our vitality.
GWI facilitators will offer a nourishing set of collaborative sessions, designed to balance energizing full group experiences and time to talk in smaller groups. We will invite participants in spaces that will allow everyone to share, learn and listen; we will provide time for renewing our energies; and we will offer space to practice the skills required for joyful, effective, cooperative action.
We will be drawing from practices that include: setting working agreements; non-violent communication and empathy share; clarity on the vision that animates us; and tools for how to hold space and use equitable meeting practices in your organizing efforts or workplaces. We will end the day sharing dinner together at a local restaurant.
More info & Registration here

Dutchess County Legislative Board Meeting – Public Hearing on Budget with Legislative Amendments
2025-12-04 18:00 - 20:00 | Dutchess County Legislative Chambers, 22 Market Street, Poughkeepsie, NY, 12601
Livestream here: https://totalwebcasting.com/view/?id=dutchess

Across the Aisle 2026
2025-12-04 08:00 - 10:30 | Marist College, 3399 North Road, Poughkeepsie, NY, 12603, United States
Pattern for Progress and its Board of Directors invite you to join us for a special breakfast event on December 4 at Marist University.
Across the Aisle has become an annual tradition for Pattern, an opportunity for elected leaders to discuss topics of regional importance and find points of collaboration that will improve our quality of life in the Hudson Valley. This year we are grateful to be joined by Assemblymember Paula Kay and Senator Rob Rolison. Also joining our panel is Chris Koetzle, executive director of the New York State Association of Towns, who will share the perspective of lawmakers who are grappling with issues such as housing and infrastructure at the local level.
This event will serves as Pattern’s annual meeting of the members. Pattern members are invited to send up to two participants to this event free of charge. Our annual meeting will include:

An update from Pattern CEO Adam Bosch on our work in 2025.

The unveiling of Pattern’s independent research agenda for 2026.

A formal vote to welcome new members to the Pattern Board of Directors.

Registration is required. Please click here, or the image above, to register.
Thank you to the sponsors who have made Across the Aisle possible.

Poughkeepsie City School District School Board Regular Meeting
2025-12-03 18:30 - 20:00 | PCSD Jane Bolin Administration Building, 18 S Perry Street, Poughkeepsie, NY, 12601

53rd Annual Dutchess Community College Foundation Holiday Craft Fair
2025-11-30 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-11-29 10:00 - 16:00 | Dutchess Community College, 53 Pendell Road, Poughkeepsie, NY, United States
The Dutchess Community College Foundation Holiday Craft Fair, which celebrated its semicentennial anniversary in 2022, offers Hudson Valley locals and visitors the opportunity to shop small (and support handmade!) Thanksgiving weekend. The foundation is now partnering with Quail Hollow Events in the promotion and organization of the decades-old fair.
Boasting just over 100 artists, the fair has become a holiday shopping tradition for many in the region, and one that stands in stark opposition to the Black Friday culture propagated by Big Box Stores. Entering its 53rd year in 2025, the fair presents an alternative to the frenzied buying experience that Black Friday consumers experience. This is not a festival for imported or mass-produced products; everything onsite is handmade, with the artist or maker in attendance. Like Quail Hollow’s other events, this one is juried, with exhibitors thoughtfully selected to ensure a balanced assortment of handmade art, crafts, and goodies that vary widely in terms of style and taste.
Visitors will find holiday favorites, like fresh, locally sourced wreaths, delicate holiday ornaments, and tasty treats, but these seasonal staples are part of a broader sea of handcrafted pieces. The event will showcase a bevy of skilled artists and makers in over 10 media categories. Rows of carefully curated booths will display something for every taste – and for everyone on your gift list – from fine art and photography, to ceramics, jewelry, woodwork, fiber (both wearable and decorative), specialty foods, and small-batch cosmetic products like candles and soaps. Find heirloom-quality wall art and ceramics, display-worthy cutting boards, wearable art like sweater-scarves, wraps and cold weather necessities, and fine jewelry (ranging from classic to quirky to modern).
Quail Hollow values the interaction between visitor and maker and hopes to foster this relationship within the halls of Dutchess Community College for decades to come. Says director Ola Rubinstein, “The real center and heart of these festivals is the connections that are made. The visitor experience involves much more than holiday shopping. Through engaging with the artist, visitors will learn about the artistic process and the history of the item that they are observing or purchasing.”
The DCCF Holiday Craft Fair will take place at Dutchess Community College in Poughkeepsie, in Falcon and Drumlin Halls, the weekend following Thanksgiving. The event is rain or shine, and shuttles transport shoppers between the two event halls.

Poughkeepsie Public Library Holiday Book Sale
2025-11-23 10:00 - 17:00, 2025-11-22 10:00 - 17:00, 2025-11-21 12:00 - 19:00 | Locust Grove, 2683 South Rd, Poughkeepsie, NY, 12603, United States
Holiday Book Sale
Friday, November 21 – Sunday, November 23, 2025
Locust Grove Historic Estate, 2683 South Road (Route 9), Poughkeepsie, NY 12603
Friday, November 21:

Early Bird Sale – fee, details to come!
Sale opens to the public (no admission fee): 12 pm – 7 pm

Saturday, November 22 from 10 am – 5 pm
Sunday, November 23 from 10 am – 5 pm (everything is half-off on Sunday!)

The Friends’ Book Store will not be open on Saturday, November 22.

Shop, save, and support the Poughkeepsie Public Library District!

The Holiday Book Sale features thousands of gift-quality books and media, sorted into multiple categories, and most are priced at $5 or less per item. All items will be half-price on Sunday. This year’s sale again offers an additional room for specially priced vintage items, coffee-table books, items and books of local interest, collectible books, and books signed by authors.

Sojourner Truth Day
2025-11-22 11:00 - 14:00 | Sojourner Truth State Park, 100 Sojourner Truth Way, Kingston, NY, 12601, United States
A food drive and guided hike in honor of the 19th-century African American abolitionist and suffragist. Donations support the Kingston Community Action Food Pantry. Donation bins are available at the park from November 7 through November 22, 2025.

Free Thanksgiving Farm Stand
2025-11-22 11:00 - 14:00 | Pershing Avenue Neighborhood Farm + Gardens, 49 Pershing Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY, 12601, United States
As the crisp fall weather settles in, our regular volunteer hours have concluded for the season — but we have extended our farm stand season to meet community needs. Check out our new hours for November and our special farm stand to help you prepare Thanksgiving dinner!
