Family Services is recognizing dedicated professionals who have made exemplary contributions towards making sure crime victims are treated with dignity and respect. Their Opening Reception is 4/15 at 3 pm in the theater honoring ADA Michael Brady from the Dutchess County District Attorney’s Office and Officer Mark Thomas, Town of Fishkill Police Dept. Place: 12 Vassar Street
A POUGHKEEPSIE EARTH DAY COMMUNITY FILM SCREENING!
Andy Goldsworthy: Rivers and Tides, Working with Time Dazzling portrait of an artist whose specialty is intricate and ephemeral sculptures made from elements of nature. Andy Goldsworthy’s Wall at Storm King is his largest single permanent installation to date. Rivers and Tides is listed among Top 100 art house and international movies; winner of numerous awards. Directed by Thomas Riedelsheimer; … Read More
Social Justice Hip-Hop Theater Company Comes to the Hudson Valley, April 1-2, 2016
The highly acclaimed, Brooklyn-based Truthworker Theater Company will be performing two of their plays in Poughkeepsie: Bar Code: A Performative Analysis of the School-to-Prison Pipeline, written by the company and directed by Samara Gaev. at the Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center on Friday, 3 & 8 pm In|Prism: Boxed In and Blacked Out in America, which deals with the issue … Read More
Music Mix 2016
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Cocoon Theatre Parlor Soiree series “My Simone”
Curated by Andres & Marguerite San Millan. A staged reading of a one-woman play written by Bonnie Zindel based on Simone de Beauvoir. Directed by Ellen Honig. Suggested donation is $10 and you are invited to bring a post-performance potluck dish. For more information, click on the link or call 845-452-7870. Link: http://www.cocoontheatre.org/ Place: CHAC, 9 Vassar St.,Poughkeepsie, NY
Cocoon Theatre Soiree in the Parlor Series “Powwow Tales”
Curated by Andres San Millan, bringing Mahto Topah to speak on issues of Native American Culture, with dancers and drummers from Brooklyn, NY. Suggested donation is $10 and you are invited to bring a post-performance potluck dish. For more information, click on the link or call 845-452-7870. Link: http://www.cocoontheatre.org/ Place: CHAC, 9 Vassar St.,Poughkeepsie, NY
10th Annual Magnolia Party
The Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center, a 501 (c)3 non-profit arts organization presents its 10th Annual Magnolia Party fund-raiser celebrating Matthew Vassar’s legendary tribute to Abraham Lincoln during his Funeral procession by train through Poughkeepsie, when he placed a flowering magnolia branch on the late President’s coffin. That old tree at 9 Vassar Street still blossoms today and every Spring the Art … Read More
COCOON THEATRE presents teen workshop MOVIE FAVS
Staged performances of favorite scenes from movies! MARCH 15-MAY 21 TWO WORKSHOPS – TWO LOCATIONS – 8 WEEKS Poughkeepsie: 12 Vassar St. AGES 10-16 : MEETS: Wed. 4-6 pm; TUITION: $200; PERFORMS: Sat, May 21 at 5 PM; TKTS: Donation Click here for information about the Barrytown location Call: 845-452-7870
Jeanne O’Connor “Untamed”
Jeanne O’Connor received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Metal and minor in Psychology from the State University of New York at New Paltz. In addition to metal she studied painting, drawing, photography and ceramics to gain a wide breadth of knowledge in art making practices. As an active member of the outdoors community, Jeanne organizes group adventures while promoting … Read More
Vivace and Chaconne orchestras
Free & Open To The Public at the Cunneen-Hackett Theater, 12 Vassar St., Poughkeepsie On Wednesday, March 2, 2016, 59 students and 10 adults will board a plane for Tampa, Florida. There the Vivace and Chaconne orchestras will compete in the American Strings Teachers Association National Orchestra Festival, along with 19 other orchestras from across the United States. But You … Read More