Celebrate the arts at the Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center’s fun-filled 2025 Annual Magnolia Party! Held in the beautiful historic Victorian-age Italianate building at 9 Vassar Street in Poughkeepsie, NY, this popular fundraising event includes:

• “Live” Music performed by members of the Hudson Valley Symphony Orchestra
• A scrumptious Hot and Cold Buffet of savory and sweet culinary delights partially catered by Mahoney’s Irish Pub & Steakhouse
• Complimentary Bar Service of Wine, Beer and Soft Drinks
• Chances to win Door Prizes generously donated by: Nora and Charles Porter; Jackie and Glenn Peterson; Williams Lumber & Home Centers; Carolyn Schlam; Scott R. Halma Way Reiki and Reflexology; Mark Pukmel Massage Therapy; Mahoney’s Irish Pub & Steakhouse; Shadows on the Hudson; The Center for the Performing Arts in Rhinebeck; County Players at the Falls Theatre; Mohonk Preserve; Ujamaa Studios/Onaje Benjamin; Inn at Bellefield;

The Annual Magnolia Party marks the memorable occasion in April of 1865 when Matthew Vassar cut a flowering branch of the Magnolia Tree at 9 Vassar Street and laid it atop President Abraham Lincoln’s coffin as his funeral train stopped at the Poughkeepsie Train Station. A descendant of that Magnolia Tree still graces the grounds of the Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center and blooms every spring just in time for the Magnolia Party.

EVENT SPONSORS

Gold Level

Vassar Brothers Institute

Silver Level

Marshall & Sterling

Bronze Level

Central Hudson

A. Page & Associates

Mackey Butts & Whalen, LLC

NBT Bank

Servpro

The Bagel Shoppe

Jackie and Glenn Peterson

Wine Provided By Millbrook Vineyards & Winery