The HV Performing Arts Lab, Actor’s Labs, will focus on developing new work produced by local writers in our Fall Season Writer’s Labs. Not sure if this is for you? Observers are always welcome! REGISTER HERE!
Volunteer with the PFP for Garlic Planting (in person)
The Poughkeepsie Farm Project is looking for volunteers to help plant out garlic. At the end of October they planted garlic cloves that will grow throughout winter and spring to emerge as nice, full heads of garlic by early summer. This is a big project and the PFP could really use your help!
There are two shifts available on Thursday, October 27th:
9am-12pm
2pm-4pm
Volunteer with the PFP for Garlic Planting (in person)
The Poughkeepsie Farm Project is looking for volunteers to help plant out garlic. At the end of October they planted garlic cloves that will grow throughout winter and spring to emerge as nice, full heads of garlic by early summer. This is a big project and the PFP could really use your help!
There are two shifts available on Thursday, October 27th:
9am-12pm
2pm-4pm
Thrive – Making a Career in the Arts (virtual)
Are you an aspiring young artist? Hear firsthand how professionals in the arts carved a path to working in their chosen fields. Free but must RVSP to attend.
Hear and ask questions from panelists:
- Molly Ahearn, Graphic Design & Founder of Full Deck Design
- Jesse Brown, Co-Founder of HUDSY TV
- Tommy Costello, Dutchess Community College Theater
- Liz Dahmen, Hudson Valley Performing Arts Lab
- Alexa Floresta, Artist & Business Owner
- Poet Gold, Poet
- Karen Madden, Rock, and a Soft Place studios
- Al Nowak, On Location Studios
- Amy Poux, Stockade Works
- Chris Silva, Bardavon & Hudson Valley Philharmonic
- Keiko Sono, Artist & Founder of Forge Collective
- Karen Waltuch, Violinist & Horticulturist
- Gretchen Weerheim, Orange County Arts Council
- Ava Yurchison, iHeart Media
- & more!
Silver and Stones Jewelry Market (in person)
Saturday October 22, 4-8pm Gallery 40 is “popping up” a mini jewelry market in the gallery. Come, relax, check out the new trends by some of the most exquisite local artisans and makers… and why not?
Leading with Artivism (virtual)
Join Arts Mid-Hudson (virtually) as they talk with Amy Trompetter, a puppeteer, trumpeter, World Theater historian, teacher, and community organizer. She founded Redwing Blackbird Theater in the late 90s as a workshop and performance space in the Hudson Valley of New York. She has taught, directed, and performed all over the globe.
Net Zero Cities (virtual)
How Do We Make the Electric City of the Future?
How do we bring a city’s carbon footprint down to zero? What actions need to be taken to transition an entire city’s built environment to be fully electric? What technology is involved? How does transitioning from gas to electric even work? And how can we make sure we don’t leave low income populations behind during this transition?
Moderator: James Lawler, Climate Now and Reif Larsen, Future of Small Cities Institute, FOCUS Lab
Panelists:
– Dr. Luis Aguirre-Torres, City of Ithaca
– Sue Dougherty, NYSERDA
– Cullen Kasunic, BlocPower
– Joanne Coons, Hudson Valley Community College
Hudson River Housing’s 16th Annual Wind Chill Fundraiser (in person)
National Alliance on Mental Illness In Our Own Voice (virtual)
The YOU Goes Boo (in person)
