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P P POUGHKEEPSIE PUBLIC L D LIBRARY DISTRICT The Rotunda Fall 2021 Thi Bui • Oct 17 Staccato • Oct 15 Big Read Author Música coral a capella Marc Brown • Oct 24 Jonathan Kruk • Oct 30 Creator of Arthur Halloween Celebration
Contents Fall 2021 Vol. 22, Issue 1 A Lot to Celebrate
Friends to Honor Library Champions
General Information
In early 2020, the Friends of the Library District announced that the
Meet
Adriance Memorial Library
93 Market Street, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
recipients of the Adriance Honors would be Suzanne Gillespie and Tom Doodle
7 8 Lawrence, two people who have consistently shown their support for our
20 (845) 485-3445
public libraries. After a one year delay, the presentations will finally take place
the Dragon
Mon-Thurs: 9 am-9 pm
Adult Programs Fri & Sat: 9 am-5 pm Sun: 2-5 pm on Monday, October 18, at Locust Grove, beginning at 5:30 pm, with Ann Doodle the Dragon
Free parking and easy access off Noxon Street. Pinna serving as Honorary Chair.* wants to know – Do you have a library
4 Books, Poetry and More 12-18 2021 Big Read GPS locator: 22 Noxon Street.
Suzanne Gillespie has been a Friends volunteer card? Nationally, September is Library
6 The Art Scene 20 Public Computer Center
Boardman Road Branch Library for sixteen years, serving in various capacities including Card Sign-Up Month, and the public
8 History Near and Far 22 Programas en Español 141 Boardman Rd, Poughkeepsie, NY 12603
Board member, Chair of the Fund Raising Committee, libraries of Dutchess County have
10 Just a Little Scare 28 Friends News (845) 485-3445
joined forces in a registration campaign.
Mon-Thurs: 9 am-9 pm
and the Publicity Committee. Currently Suzanne is
a member of the Book Store Committee as well as a Doodle the Dragon is our mascot,
Fri & Sat: 9 am-5 pm Sun: Closed
Sorter and Specialist in the Book Store operation. reminding everyone that ‘Reading
Location Key
Suzanne has a BA in English from SUNY New Paltz is Magical’! Be on the look-out for
ADR - Adriance
BRD - Boardman Road and was Corporate Secretary at Poughkeepsie Savings Doodle in your neighborhood, and
Bank for 10 years. After finishing her corporate career make sure everyone in your household
25 Friends' Book Store
24 26 27 in1998, she completed a Diploma in Horticulture at New York Botanical has a library card. Dutchess County is
141 Boardman Rd, at rear of Library
(845) 485-3445 x3423 Gardens and worked in the management of several estate gardens. helping to fund the Library Card Sign-
Youth Programs Suzanne was an early volunteer at Walkway Over the Hudson, a Meals on Up campaign and supporting libraries
Tues, Thur, Sat: 10 am-4 pm
24 Teen Scene 26 Children 27 Early Childhood Donating See poklib.org>Your Library Wheels driver, and currently serves as a volunteer, Board member, Secretary in purchasing more eBooks. Stop by
to the Board, and an Interpreter at the F.W.Vanderbilt Mansion National Adriance or Boardman to get your
On the Web poklib.org
Historic Site. library magic. As children’s book author
Email administration@poklib.org Marc Brown says, “Having fun isn’t
Registration Tom Lawrence was appointed Director of the
Facebook hard when you have a library card.”
Most adult programs require registration. When specified, Poughkeepsie Public Library District Library District in April 1995. Prior to his move to
please register at poklib.org/Events/Calendar or (845) 485-3445 x3707. Poughkeepsie, he was the director of the Western
Library Director Tom Lawrence
Most youth programs require registration. When specified, please Connecticut Library Council.
register at poklib.org/Events/Calendar or (845) 485-3445 x3320. Board of Trustees
Tom’s first few years were a time of adjustment but
When registered for a virtual program, you will receive an event link via email.
Dianne Blazek, Town, President
in 2000, the Library District’s Trustees began looking
2021
Amy Bombardieri, Town
Some programs are recorded and available at youtube.com/user/poklib01 Sean Eagleton, Town for additional space for both the branch library and Big Read
Program is recorded Program is not recorded Patricia Ferrer-Medina, Town the main library. In 2006, voters in the City and Town
October 8 –
Moira Fitzgibbons, City, Vice-President approved the renovation and expansion of Adriance Memorial Library and
Chip Hogg, City
November 13
in October 2009, the new facility, with more than twice as much space,
Fall Closures Edna Lyons, City, Secretary This year marks the
reopened.
Mary E. Moore, Town Poughkeepsie Public
Labor Day Weekend: Sat-Mon, Sept 4-6 Thanksgiving: Wed, 24 @ 5 pm-Fri, Nov 26 In 2013, voters approved the purchase of a former IBM site on Boardman
Patricia Ryan, Town,Treasurer Library District’s 15th
Professional Dev. Day: Fri, Sept 24 Christmas Eve: Fri, Dec 24 @ 12:30 pm Road and in April 2015, the new Boardman Road Branch Library opened its
Cathy Schmitz, Town year coordinating the
Columbus Day: Mon, Oct 11 Christmas: Sat, Dec 25 doors. Earlier this year, the Library District’s new bookmobile began to appear
Laurel Spuhler, City region’s community-
Veterans Day: Thurs, Nov 11 New Year's Eve: Fri, Dec 31 @ 12:30 pm around the community and later this year, a new branch will open at the
Editorial Staff wide Big Read. The five week program draws
Family Partnership Center on Hamilton Street.
Editor: Gareth Davies together scholars, authors, readers, artists,
Assistant Editor: Jewel Ratzlaff According to Tom, the speed with which all of these initiatives were
Cancellation Notifications educators, librarians, book clubs, and families
Designer: Julie Hering completed is largely due to the enthusiastic support of the Friends, the Board
There are times when the Library District needs to cancel a program due to to explore a specific piece of literature. Our
Vision
of Trustees, and the community.
weather or presenter/room conflicts. The Library District will post building closings selected title for 2021 is The Best We Could
and program cancellations at cancellations.com. Patrons can get immediate email The Poughkeepsie Public Library District *If you would like to receive an invitation to this event, please call (845) 485-3445 Do, the beautiful graphic memoir by Thi
notification of closings and cancellations by registering at cancellations.com. will have vibrant libraries where people x3371 or make your reservation at http://bit.ly/AdrianceHonors Bui. 31 community partners have planned
want to be. It will meet the needs of a
diverse and growing constituency by 48 public events around this book and the
providing services and partnering with other companion literature for younger readers. See
Photography Policy
community organizations. The Board of Vote on November 2 pages 12-18 to learn how you can participate.
The Library often photographs or videotapes programs for use in publicity materials. By Trustees and the staff will work together The Library District’s annual budget and Trustees vote
being present during these activities, you consent to use of your appearance or likeness to serve the public and to respond to the
will be on the ballot on General Election Day. For
by the Library, and its licensees, designees, or assignees, in all media, worldwide, in changing nature of library services.
information, contact the Library District’s Administrative
perpetuity. To ensure the privacy of individuals and children, images will not be identified
Office at (845) 485-3445 x3306.
using names or personal identifying information without written approval from the
2 photographed subject, parent or legal guardian. 3
Books and Authors ADR: Adriance BRD: Boardman Road Books and Poetry If registration is required, see page 2 for details.
Meet the Authors Registration required. Books and Brew Book Club
Reading Adventures Writers Hike
Chef Vincent conditions. Frank “Big Black” Smith Select Wednesdays, Juan Murphy’s Sunday, September 12, 9:30 am,
Tropepe is at the center of this uprising, Registration required. Contact Kira Thompson at (845)485-3445 Quiet Cove Riverfront Park,
Thursday, struggling to protect hostages, x3350 or kthompson@poklib.org for details. subject to change due to weather
Books for Registration required.
September 9, prisoners, and negotiators alike. In partnership with Dutchess
the Post-
7 pm, BRD Written by Jared Reinmuth and the September 15: Wow, No Thank You. County Parks and the Hudson
Pandemic:
Award-winning late Frank “Big Black” Smith and Essays by Samantha Irby Valley Writing Project,
Four
chef Vincent illustrated by Ameziane, the graphic The essays in this collection draw on the raw, hilarious teaching artists will guide participants through
Novels of
Tropepe is a celebrated culinary memoir Big Black: Stand at Attica is a particulars of Irby’s new life. a place-based approach to writing and play with
the Open
personality, cookbook author, speaker, 2021 Eisner Award nominee for Best different forms to express the beauty of nature.
Road October 20: The Anatomy of Desire by L.R. Dorn
restaurant consultant, small business Reality Based Book. Books will be Bring your notebook and pencil. Meet at the
and Wandering Spirit A modern tale of crime and punishment exploring unbridled
advocate, and designer. Born and available for purchase and signing. boathouse at Quiet Cove Riverfront Park, 1
Thursday, September 9, ambition, blinding passion, and the dark side of desire.
raised in Brooklyn, Vincent is a Clear Water Drive, Poughkeepsie. Hike will be
Jim 7 pm, Virtual
culinary school graduate of the Art November 17: Moby Dick: The Graphic Novel approximately 1.5 miles with some elevation
Holmgren Post-pandemic, many of us are
Institute of New York. Chef Tropepe by Herman Melville, illustrations by Christopher Chaboute change and uneven paths. Registration
Thursday, looking forward to seeing loved
will discuss his book Slaughtered: How In striking black-and-white illustrations, Chaboute retells the required.
October 7, ones in person and connecting
Inconsistent Lockdowns Collapsed the story of Captain Ahab and his revenge on the great white whale.
7 pm, BRD to new places. Joseph Luzzi,
Hospitality Industry During COVID-19. December 15: Under a White Sky:
Local Bard College literature professor,
Books will be available for purchase The Nature of the Future by Elizabeth Kolbert Explore Writing & Poetry
author Jim takes book lovers on a tour of
and signing. Kolbert, author of The Sixth Extinction, returns to humanity’s
Holmgren will talk about his new four masterpieces that speak to
impact on the environment, asking: can we change nature again Registration not required.
Tommy book, The Bucher Box, which was our need for adventure, travel,
and reconnecting with the in time to save it? Exercise Your Writing!
Zurhellen inspired by his work as a Habitat for
wider world after a long year of First Sundays, Oct 3, Nov 7, Dec 5, 2 pm, ADR
Thursday, Humanity volunteer and build captain.
isolation: Ernest Hemingway’s Exercise your writing with prompts and group sharing.
September 23, Holmgren’s unforgettable characters
The Sun also Rises, Karen Blixen’s Graphic Novel Bring a notebook and preferred writing implement.
7 pm, BRD interact in humorous and unpredictable
In the summer ways as they restore an abandoned Out of Africa, E. M. Forster’s Write, Write, and Re-Write
Room with a View, and Jack Book Club Saturdays, Sept 18, Oct 16, Nov 20, Dec 18, 10 am, ADR
of 2019, 1850s house in Poughkeepsie. With the
Tommy Zurhellen walked 2,866 uncovering of a beautiful Bucher box Kerouac’s On the Road. 7 pm, Virtual Bring copies of your work(s) in progress and receive
miles across America alone, to raise and its haunting contents, the story Join us for our virtual graphic novel feedback from your peers. All genres.
The book club for teens and adults!
awareness of veteran suicide and takes on a parallel historical track of Dickens An Evening of Poetry
veteran homelessness in our country. discovery. Many familiar local locations Registration required. Monthly, Third Thursdays, 7 pm, ADR
Nobody
Tommy will read from his memoir appear in the book. All book sale Knows September 9: Sweet Tooth Vol. 1: Featured local poets followed by open mic.
The Low Road: Walking the Walk for proceeds go to Habitat for Humanity. Sunday, Out of the Deep Woods by Jeff Lemire September 16: Robert Milby - spoken word advocate
Veterans. Books will be available for December 12, The story of Gus, one of a rare new breed of human/
Amitava October 21: David Mills - poetry about NYC's
purchase and signing. Books are $22, 2:30 pm, animal hybrid children, who has been raised in isolation.
Kumar slave history
highlighting the fact that every day, 22 Virtual
Thursday, October 13: The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui November 18: Daniel Buzi - poetry and meditation
veterans commit suicide. All proceeds As great as his literary reputation
December 9, This beautifully illustrated story (our Big Read selection) December 16: Harvey Sprung - world traveler
benefit Hudson River Housing’s remains today, Charles Dickens
7 pm, BRD is an evocative memoir exploring the anguish of
VetZero Heroes project. suffers from an incomplete
Amitava immigration and the lasting effects that displacement has
Jared Kumar is a portrait in the minds of his on a child and her family.
readers. Guest presenter and Poetry Writing Workshop
Reinmuth writer and journalist. He was born November 18: Big Black: Stand at Attica
author Dr. Elliot Engel rescues with David Mills
Saturday, in Ara, India, and grew up in the by Frank “Big Black” Smith and Jared Reinmuth
him by enthusiastically tracing Thursday, October 21,
September 25, nearby town of Patna, famous for its This memoir shares Smith’s experience at the center of
his astonishing life and career. 4 pm, ADR
2:30 pm, BRD corruption, crushing poverty, and the Attica Prison uprising, as he struggled to protect
Using biography, analysis, and Using Raymond Patterson’s
In the summer delicious mangoes. Kumar is the hostages, prisoners, and negotiators.
large doses of humor, Engel poem Crying Blues as inspiration,
of 1971, when author of the novel Immigrant, Montana
reveals an author far more December 16: Luisa: Now and Then by Carole Maurel participants will write a blues
the guards at New York’s Attica and his newly released novel A Time
fascinating than the immortal A time-traveling love story that turns coming-of-age poem, an iconic form that
State Prison overreact to a minor Outside of This Time. He is Professor of
characters he created in his novels. conventions upside down. evolved from the African-American musical form
incident, the prisoners revolt against English at Vassar College. Books will
and initially used by Langston Hughes.
their jailers, taking them hostage be available for purchase and signing.
4 and making demands for humane 5
Art Scene ADR: Adriance BRD: Boardman Road Concerts, Movies, & Trivia If registration is required, see page 2 for details.
Your Turn Concert Time
Library Galleries Virtual Movie Club
Registration required. Registration required.
Select Thursdays, 6:30 pm, Virtual
Mary Wojtecki Rotunda Gallery, Adriance Hudson Valley Chamber Musicians
Make a Zine Grab some popcorn and kick back! You will need
Saturday, September 18, 2:30 pm, BRD
Thursday, one internet-connected device such as a laptop or
September 1-12 Enjoy a concert by the woodwind ensemble composed of
November 4, tablet with microphone capabilities. Registration
September 11, 2001: The Norman Dee on f lute, Leigh Myers on clarinet, Terry Watson
6:30 pm, ADR required.
Day that Changed the World on horn, and Donald Venezia on bassoon. The ensemble was
Come and make October 21: The Witch - A New
formed during the pandemic; this concert is the fruit of their
your own mini-
labor during the long quarantine. England Folktale (Rated R)
September 15-October 15 magazine out of a variety of materials. You
In this exquisitely made horror
Nestor Madalengoitia
Hispanic Heritage Art: can bring your own text and photos or just Encore! The Return of the Big Galut(e)
film, the age-old concepts of
Esperanza: Heritage and Hope wing it when you arrive. We will have access Sunday, September 26, 2:30 pm, BRD witchcraft and possession are
to computers and a printer so you can e-mail Enjoy a hand-clapping, fun-filled afternoon of Klezmer, brought together to tell the story of
yourself the text/photos and print them at Yiddish, and Eastern European musical fun. one family’s frightful unraveling.
October 18-November 14 this workshop. When you have completed
Staccato November 4: Eighth Grade (Rated R)
Big Read Group Show: your zine, the instructor will make 5-10
Friday, October 15, 6 pm, Thirteen-year-old Kayla (Elsie Fisher) endures the
Graphic Artists copies for you to share with friends. You can
Cunneen-Hackett Theatre, tidal wave of contemporary suburban adolescence as
check out Austin Kleon’s zines here https://
austinkleon.com/2020/03/18/stay-home-make- 12 Vassar St, Poughkeepsie she negotiates the last week of middle school.
zines/ Staccato, the choir of the
December 2: Loving Vincent (Rated PG-13)
National Autonomous
November 16-December 30 In the first fully painted feature film, 2018 Oscar-
David and JoAnn Zimel: Animalplaid 50 Ways University of Mexico,
nominated Loving Vincent tells the story of the tragic
Artwork - Our World Reimagined to Love boasts a wide and varied
death of one of the world's most famous artists, Vincent
Wine More repertoire, focused mainly on a capella choral music of the
van Gogh.
Wednesday, 20th and 21st centuries. Staccato has toured the globe and won
November 10, numerous awards.
Dimensional Art, Adriance Display Cases 6:30 pm, Virtual The Doug Ferony Show
Do you love wine but lack the knowledge Saturday, October 16,
Movie Night In
August 27-September 29 to choose a great wine for a special dinner 2:30 pm, BRD Select Thursdays, 7 pm, Virtual
Sally Rothchild: The Art of or event? Join wine educator and author Doug Ferony sings traditional Filmmakers and experts join for open discussions following
The Pot, Catskills Musings Jim Laughren as he tells us how to choose a pop, rock, swinging standards, each screening. In collaberation with the Jewish Federation of
wine to suit your tastes. He will discuss his and love songs. He is Dutchess County. Registration required.
book 50 Ways to Love Wine More and give accompanied by his six-piece
advice about wine tastings, wine travel, wine September 30: The Keeper
band.
November 15-December 31 buying, wine pairing, wine sharing, wine A British drama about Bert Trautmann, a German veteran
Serotsky Collection: history, and much more. who becomes an iconic goalkeeper for Manchester City.
French Creche Figurines October 28: Will Eisner:
The Art
Portrait of a Sequential Artist
of Collage A documentary profiling the celebrated
Thursday, December comics artist Will Eisner, whose
Boardman Road Gallery
2, 6:30 pm, ADR legendary career spanned formative
Learn both Chinese newspaper strips to some of the earliest
September 7-November 2
and American American graphic novels.
Lori Adams: Making
collage techniques
Arrangements Trivia Tuesdays at Home November 18: Tiger Within
and make your own masterpiece. Work with
Select Tuesdays, 7 pm, Virtual A friendship between a troubled, homeless teen and a
different papers and textures. All materials
Participants must have two internet-connected devices Holocaust survivor (Ed Asner) sparks larger questions of
will be supplied; however, if you have a
(laptop, smartphone, etc...). Registration required. ignorance, fear, lies, family, love, forgiveness, and our divided
favorite pair of scissors, or an image or a
November 3-December 30 layout in mind that you want to work from, October 19: Halloween History, Mystery and Lore world at large.
Big Read Student Project: or personal pictures, please feel free to bring November 16: The 1990s
Photo-Story Portraiture them. December 21: Cartoons
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History Near & Far ADR: Adriance BRD: Boardman Road
Looking Back
Registration required.
Great Decisions Amazing Adventures
Imagery of Poughkeepsie Registration required. Inspiration, rejuvenation, and adventure await PPLD Library
Wednesday, September 8, 7 pm, BRD Select Mondays, 7 pm, BRD Card holders who reserve a MAP Pass (Museums, Attractions,
Soon after the invention of the daguerreotype, Parks) to one of over 40 destinations. These are uniquely
September 13:
Poughkeepsie resident Samuel Lyon Walker cherished places and offer adventure in your very own backyard.
China and Africa
became one of America’s first practitioners of The entire list of library-supported passes can be found on the
The Covid-19 crisis
this new art. Known for his great artistic taste, website under Books and More/MAP Passes. Don’t delay - some
has put a massive
Walker’s images are considered some of the finest ever made. Presented by destinations are seasonal, and will be closing in October or
strain on the growing Reflecting on 9/11/2001
Historian Kirk Moldoff, a medical illustrator with a passion for local history. November.
economic and
9/11 Anniversary Commemoration: A variety of destinations are
Tea with Jane Austen political relationship
Panel Discussion outdoors, or offer both outdoor
Sunday, September 19, 2 pm, Virtual between China and the continent
Friday, September 10, 11 am, Virtual and indoor experiences at the
Join Jane Austen in a cup of tea as Kim Wilson, of Africa. As Chinese President Xi
In commemoration of the 20th anniversary of same venue, like nearby Olana,
the author of Tea with Jane Austen, shares the Jinping’s centerpiece “Belt and Road
the September 11th attacks, the 9/11 Memorial Thomas Cole National Historic Site,
history of British tea and reveals Jane Austen as an initiative” continues to expand Chinese
& Museum presents a virtual panel of survivors Hancock Shaker Village, Storm King
avid tea lover. Tea figures prominently in Austen’s power, the response to Covid-19 as well
and first responders in New York on that fateful Art Center, and Museum at Bethel
life and work. The audience will also learn how to make the perfect cup of as the African’s growing debt to China
day. PPLD staff will host a screening on Zoom Woods.
tea and what Regency-era goodies to serve with it. has prompted pushback. Facilitator:
and provide resources for participants to process In Stockbridge, MA, the Norman
Amenia’s Jewish Immigrants Malia DuMont, Chief of Staff & VP for
the events and aftermath of 9/11. The event is Rockwell Museum currently hosts the
Strategy and Policy, Bard College.
in the Early 20th Century designed for adults and teens in 8th grade and exhibition 'Enchanted: A History of
Wednesday, October 13, 7 pm, BRD October 18: up. Registration required. Fantasy Illustration, exploring 500 years of
Betsy Strauss shares her research on the immigrant Global This program will not be recorded, but you may view Fantasy Art'. This incredible exhibit, years
story of Jews who settled in rural northeast Supply the panel webinar on demand anytime on September in the making, has stirred up worldwide
Dutchess County in the early 1900s. Through the Chains 10th and 11th at 911memorial.org/webinar. Webinar excitement, and closes October 31. One
stories of families like the Osoffsky family, Strauss shares Amenia’s Jewish & US National Security viewers can join a live chat with Museum staff. The recent visitor said, “ We enjoyed seeing so many famous illustrators’
immigrant story. Strauss is a long-serving Amenia Historical Society member, The shutdown of global supply webinar will be interpreted in American Sign Language work in person. The exhibit was very comprehensive - it included
researcher, speaker and author. chains due to the Covid-19 pandemic and captioned. An audio description and Spanish almost all the fantasy artists we know and admire.”
highlighted an issue of global subtitles will also be available. The Old Rhinebeck
Walking Tour of Academy Street
economic interdependence: what Areodrome, America’s first flying
Saturday, October 16, 2 pm, Meet at ADR Main
happens when one country is the museum of antique aircraft, offers
Floor Rotunda Gallery; Rain date: October 23
main source for an item and can no displays in hangars, and on the
Join Historian Shannon Butler on a walking tour
longer supply the item? What are weekends, narrated air shows. The
of the beautiful Academy Street Historic District.
the lasting effects that the pandemic shows of the History of Flight and
This event will be outdoors so dress accordingly,
could have on global supply chains and WWI planes run through October 17. Another local adventure
with appropriate footwear.
trade? How would this affect national is Opus 40, a remarkable outdoor stonework park with trails,
security? Facilitator: Professor Karen sculptures, workshops, and special events.
Nichols, Mount Saint Mary College and Heading north to the Wild Center
The Vietnam War Revisited:
High School Teacher at Oakwood Friends and the Adirondack Experience Museum
Reading and Discussion Series on Blue Mountain Lake, you can immerse
Select Tuesdays, 7-8:30 pm, ADR School. Exhibit: September 11, 2001: The
Day That Changed the World yourself in nature through wildlife exhibits,
A scholar-led series examining the Vietnam War from November 8: mountain views, and even get above the trees
different perspectives. September 1-12, ADR, Wojtecki Rotunda Gallery
Brexit and This educational exhibit recounts the events of on the Wild Walk elevated trail. Wouldn’t
September 21: The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien the EU that be a great way to enjoy the colorful fall
September 11, 2001, through the personal stories
October 26: The Sorrow of War by Bao Ninh The United of those who witnessed and survived the attacks. leaves!
November 16: A Vietcong Memoir by Truong Nhu Tang Kingdom has Told across 14 posters, this exhibition includes Most MAP Passes may be printed at
December 14: In Retrospect by Robert S. McNamara formally left the European Union. archival photographs and images of artifacts home after making a reservation online and
What does the future of EU and from the 9/11 Memorial & Museum’s permanent many places accept passes displayed on a mobile device. Some sites
Discussions will be led by Robert K. Brigham, Professor of UK relations look like? Will the UK require you to make a timed ticket reservation on their website
History and International Relations, Vassar College. Registration collection. This content is carefully worded to be
survive a possible Scottish vote to leave? approachable and accessible for audiences in 8th due to new capacity limits since COVID. Check out the details at
required. Contact Debora Shon if you need the texts (845) 485- Facilitator: Professor Michael O’Sullivan, https://poklib.org/books-more/map-pass/
3445 x3313. Made possible through a grant from Humanities New York. grade and up.
Marist College.
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Just a Little Scare If registration is required, see page 2 for details. Out You Go! ADR: Adriance BRD: Boardman Road
Bump in the Night Hiking Club
Chilling Tales Registration required.
Gardening
Registration required.
Poe, Times Select Sundays, 9 am, weather Registration required.
Lights Out: Mystery
Two permitting and subject to change Presented by Cornell Cooperative Extension
and Horror During the
Saturday, Join us as we explore some of Dutchess County.
Golden Age of Radio great local hiking spots! Please
October 2, Wednesday, October 20, Putting Your Garden to Bed for Fall
2:30 pm, bring your own water/snacks and wear proper clothing/
7 pm, Virtual footwear. Monday, September 20, 7 pm, Virtual
BRD This presentation uses sound What you do to clean up your garden in the Fall
Also available September 19: Val-Kill
clips from some of radio’s best can protect your garden through all kinds of winter
virtually Please meet at the parking lot located at 106 Valkill Park
known mystery and horror programs to illustrate how weather, and make for an even more welcome spring.
October 23-30 Road, Hyde Park. Hike will be approximately 3 miles with
radio functioned as a fantastic “theater of the mind.”
a moderate climb in spots. Deer Defense: How
Enjoy a double Ouija Boards October 3: Peach Hill Park to Co-Exist with the
bill of short plays adapted from Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tuesday, October 26, Please meet at the parking lot located at 32 Edgewood Wiliest of Wildlife
Cask of Amontillado” and “The Black Cat.” A must-see for 7 pm, Virtual Drive, Poughkeepsie. Hike will be approximately 2 miles Wednesday, November 3, 7 pm, Virtual
Poe enthusiasts and fans of mystery; written and performed Ouija boards have been around with a moderate climb. There are lots of ways to garden
by actor Greg Oliver Bodine. Suitable for adults and for for well over one hundred
November 14: Mills Norrie Park in Dutchess County without
children (ages 12 and over). Perfect for the Halloween years. Join paranormal sacrificing all your hard work to
Please meet in the parking area located at 9 Old Post Road,
season! Registration with email required. investigator Barry Pirro as he explores the mysterious marauding deer. This presentation uses Cornell
Staatsburg. Park at the first parking area located at the
history of the Ouija board and tells tales of hauntings research-proven methods in three categories: Barriers,
entrance to the park (first left after turning off the Old Post
and murders associated with using the board. Repellents, and Alternative Landscape Choices.
Road). Hike will be 2 miles with some hills and uneven paths.
Participants will also have a chance to ask Barry You will be given several resources and the best
Strange History questions about his experiences as a ‘ghost hunter’ and ideas available for deer-resistant landscape plants and
to share their own true ghost stories and Ouija board perennials.
Virtual Registration required.
stories. Walking Club
Author Michael T. Keene, frequent guest speaker at New York
libraries and historical societies, offers two history programs via Krampus and Other Registration required.
YouTube. Recordings will be available starting on the date given. Terrifying Christmas Please bring water and Let’s Get Sustainable!
Friday, October 1: Legends wear walking shoes.
The Strange and Wednesday, December 8, Light rain (if it is not Registration required.
Tragic Story of 7 pm, Virtual too cold) or shine. Park Select Tuesdays, 7 pm, BRD
the Fox Sisters We all know the Christmas at Parker Ave parking lot and meet at the entrance to Learn to repurpose materials to make other more
The story of the Fox tradition of Santa, but the Walkway. environmentally-friendly products!
sisters, who claimed have you ever heard of the Christmas devil called September 21:
Walkway Over the Hudson to Morgan Lake
to have the powers Krampus? In some European countries, this half-goat, Wool Dryer Balls
Wednesdays, September 1-November 17, 10-11:30 am
to communicate with the dead, and who founded the modern half-demon creature was thought of as a companion Skip the softener and use wool
spiritualism movement. to Santa. While Santa would give out gifts to good Walkway Over the Hudson
dryer balls instead! All materials
children, Krampus would whip bad children, or toss Poughkeepsie Side provided.
Wednesday, December 1: them into his sack and carry them away to the woods. Fridays, September 3-November 19, 10-11:30 am
The Strange But Krampus isn’t the only holiday demon; there are October 12: DIY T-Shirt Bags
Disappearance many, each with their own method of dishing out a Have a well-loved t-shirt that you can’t wear anymore?
of Captain William little slice of Yuletide horror. Presented by paranormal Turn it into a reusable bag! We’ll provide the instructions if
Travelogue: The
Morgan: A Masonic expert Barry Pirro. you provide the t-shirt!
American Southwest to
Mystery November 9:
the Canadian Rockies
The alleged kidnapping and Plastic Bag Basket
To learn about Mexican Saturday, September 25,
murder of William Morgan Have plastic bags hanging around?
Day of the Dead traditions, 10 am, ADR
prevented him from publishing a book that would have revealed Turn them into a handy basket!
check out the bilingual Enjoy a great Nature Tour
the inner secrets of the Masonic order. Please bring several plastic bags and
up the spine of Western
programs on page 23. we’ll provide the instructions.
North America through the great parks and scenic vistas
of deserts, mountains, rivers, and prairies. This photo tour, December 14: “Stained Glass” Ornament
with commentary and route recommendations, is presented Make an ornament using simple household ingredients! All
10 by poet, photographer, and traveler Harvey Sprung. materials will be provided. 11
Friday, October 8 Meet Graphic Novelist Podcast and Radio
Kick-Off Weekend Don Brown Production
2021 Big Read Introducing 7 pm, Staatsburg Library 6:30 pm, Staatsburg Library
The Best We Could Do Learn about the The Art Effect leads a program
7 pm, PPLD-Boardman graphic novel for tweens and teens. Register.
October 8 - November 13 Dr. Peter Antelyes, English format and Friday Night Movie Series
professor at Vassar College, gain an artist’s 7 pm, Hyde Park Free Library
introduces the graphic memoir perspective on Movie TBD
format and its place in storytelling.
2021 Big Read literature. Antelyes discusses Register. Saturday, October 16
Working with Watercolors
The Big Read - storytelling through sequential Wednesday, October 13
art, with many references to 11 am, Staatsburg Library
where the community Tastes of Saigon The Art Effect leads a workshop
gathers around a book! Thi Bui’s extraordinary work The 11:30 am-1 pm, Saigon Pho ờ
Best We Could Do. Register. for adults inspired by Thi Bui's
FAMILY is the theme of this year’s Big Welcome to a private culinary illustrations. Register.
Read literature. In the forward of our Saturday, October 9 tasting session! Learn about
Magic in These Pages
chosen book, The Best We Could Do, Kick-Off Weekend the ingredients, recipes, and
6 pm, LaGrange Library-Virtual
author Thi Bui shares how she came Workshop: Introduction to cooking techniques unique to
Chris Shave, beloved third grade
to create this unique book. She was in Personal Storytelling Vietnamese cuisine. Five menu
teacher and avid graphic novel
graduate school in art education when 9:30 am, PPLD-Boardman items will be prepared for small
fan, unveils the magical power of
she got “lost in the world of oral history. Terry Wolfisch Cole, Moth Radio plate tastings. Seating begins at
the graphic novel. Register.
champion storyteller, leads a 11. Register with payment of $.
The transcripts of my family’s stories Companion Literature workshop on telling your own
(and the clumsy, homemade book that I Graphic Novel Book Club Sunday, October 17
During the 2021 Big Read, students true story. Active participation An Afternoon with Thi Bui
produced) from that time were more meaningful to me than any art 7 pm, PPLD-Virtual
in six school districts across the expected. Register. 2:30 pm,
I had produced before. I was trying to understand the forces that PPLD Librarian Krista Miller
Mid-Hudson region will be reading, PPLD-
caused my family, in the late seventies, to flee one country and start Artist Talk: Summer Pierre leads a virtual discussion of The
studying, and discussing the same Boardman
over in another....(the project) had photographs and some art, but 1 pm, PPLD-Boardman Best We Could Do. Register.
books. High school students will Artist,
mostly writing...I didn’t feel like I had solved the storytelling problem Meet local cartoonist, graphic
read The Best We Could Do, but our Thursday, October 14 activist,
of how to present history in a way that is human and relatable...I artist, writer, and teacher
younger students have other options. Storytime with Miss Abbey and author
thought that turning it into a graphic novel might help.” The result is Summer Pierre. Summer is the 11-11:30 am, Millbrook Library Thi Bui
her compelling memoir about parents and children. author of the Eisner-nominated Reading Drawn Together, for ages shares her
graphic memoir All the Sad 0-4. Register.
Songs. Register. personal journey, her evolving
Youth Book Discussion storytelling art, and her passion
Panel: Marist Scholars 4 pm, Hyde Park Free Library for elevating immigrant stories.
Set the Scene Discussion of Inside Out and Register.
An Invitation to Pause 3 pm, PPLD-Boardman Back Again. For grades 5 and up. Tuesday, October 19
Throughout The Best We Could Dr. Moira Fitzgibbons, Marist Register.
College English professor, and Create Your Own Comic
Do, Thi Bui illustrates her
Dr. Kristin Bayer, Marist College Youth Book Club Book/Graphic Novel
family’s stories of war, loss, and Grades 3-7 Grades 4-8
history professor, introduce the 5-6 pm, Millbrook Library 3:30 pm, PPLD-Adriance Teens
survival, with powerful imagery.
history, art, and story of our Big Discussion of Inside Out and Teens will capture a personal
Her artwork is beautifully
Read book. Register. Back Again, grades 4-7. Register. moment by creating a comic book
executed in shades of black,
of their own. Topics will include
gray, and rust. It is stark when Tuesday, October 12 Friday, October 15
sequential storytelling and how
it needs to be, and warm when it can be. The art invites the reader Exploring our Cookbook Giveaway
to sketch, ink, and color your
to pause and ponder. Much of the time, it is the visual component Community’s History 9:30 am-5:30 pm,
comics. Presented by The Art
that sets the emotional tone and provides clues to the deeper 6 pm, LaGrange Library-Virtual Howland Library
Effect. Register.
psychological themes. Elinor Levy, Folklorist with Arts Stop by today to pick up a copy
For years, storytellers have been using art and photographs Mid-Hudson, equips participants of the cookbook Vietnamese Food Book Group Meeting
Grades 2-4 K-Grade 3
to help bring stories to life, but the prevalence of the graphic memoir with the tools and confidence Any Day: Simple Recipes for True, 7 pm, Staatsburg Library
format exploded in the 1990s and continues to be an extremely Patrons can find copies of all of these needed to start a family history Fresh Flavors by Chef Andrea All are welcome at this open
popular literary vehicle today. Our five-week Big Read program offers books at the library. Each of the dialogue; she will also cover care Nguyen. Free, supplies limited. discussion of The Best We Could
opportunities to learn about the graphic memoir format as well as authors of these companion books will of family artifacts, research tips, Do. Register.
events that explore the history and culture of Vietnam. Author Thi be making virtual visits to classrooms and more. Register.
Bui will be joining us in mid-October to speak about her work. in October and November.
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Wednesday, October 20 Friday, October 22 Wednesday, October 27 Friday, November 5 Writing Workshop: Friday, November 12
Take & Make for Teens Adult Book Group Readers Rendezvous Tell Me Another: Where I’m From Book Group
October 20-27, PPLD-Adriance 6 pm, LaGrange Library-Virtual 6:30 pm, Grinnell Public The Best I Could Do 7 pm, PPLD-Adriance 6 pm, LaGrange Assoc.
Pick up supplies Join a virtual discussion of The Library District 7:30 pm, Cunneen-Hackett What parts of your past make up Library-Virtual
to paint a design Best We Could Do. Register. An open discussion of The Theatre who you are? Explore your origin Book discussion of The Best We
on Vietnamese Friday Night Movie Series Best We Could Do. Register. Local storytellers, including story in this engaging writing Could Do. Register.
paper lantern at 7 pm, Hyde Park Free Library Moth Radio champion Terry workshop, open to adults, parent/ Friday Night Flicks Series
home. Register. Thursday, October 28 Wolfisch Cole, take the stage child and grandparent/child duos
Movie TBD Beekman Book Club 6 pm, Pleasant Valley Library
Big Read Book Discussion for a night of tender, hilarious, of all ages. Facilitated by the Daughter from
Saturday, October 23 6:30 pm, Beekman Library and unforgettable true stories. Hudson Valley Writing Project.
1 pm, Howland/Memorial Park Celebrate Vietnam Join a lively discussion of The Danang tells the
Dr. James Cotter, Professor Register. Register. story of Heidi
10:30 am, Hyde Park Free Library Best We Could Do. Register.
Emeritus of English at Mount Make a lantern, dragon puppet, Sunday, November 7 Wednesday, November 10 Bub/Mai Thi
Saint Mary College, leads a book Film Cooking Workshop: Hiep, airlifted
and flag. For all ages. The Lived Experience
discussion in Memorial Park in Screening Vietnamese Flavors out of Vietnam
2:30 pm, PPLD-Boardman
Beacon. Bring your own chair. In Printed Word vs. Visual 7 pm, PPLD- in Season in 1975 as a
Goretti Benca,
case of rain, will reschedule to Adaptation: ‘The Boat’ Virtual 6-7:30 pm, Poughkeepsie baby, as she is
daughter of
10/21 at 1 pm. 2:30 pm, PPLD-Adriance A virtual Underwear Factory Kitchen reunited with her Vietnamese
Vietnamese
Nam Le’s powerful short story screening Join Poughkeepsie Farm Project mother, Mai Thi Kim, in the 1990s.
Spack Readers refugees,
'The Boat' has been adapted of the for a hands-on cooking class Register.
3:15 pm, Thai Spice Restaurant grew up in
and partially animated by Matt documentary featuring Fresh Spring Rolls
A lively discussion, with food, of the Hudson Saturday, November 13
Huynh. Marist College students Will Eisner: Portrait of a with Thai Basil, and Lemongrass
The Best We Could Do. Register. Valley. She shares her own How to Tell Your Story in
will present a debate contrasting Sequential Artist. The film Curry with Chicken, Sweet Potato,
life story interspersed with Words and Pictures
Book Group the two versions, followed by profiles the celebrated comics and Fall Greens. Chef SonyaJoy
video recordings of older family 12 pm, Pleasant Valley Library
6:30 pm, Hyde Park Free Library discussion. Register to access artist. An expert will join after Key shares tips and techniques
members. Participants will also Participants will create a short
Discussion of The Best We Could the materials in advance and the screening for open discussion. to make the preparation easy
hear from Goretti’s uncle, Father graphic narrative telling their own
Do. come prepared to discuss. Register. and inclusive of cooks of all
Peter Vianney, the beloved story. No experience necessary.
Book Group Tuesday, October 26 Friday, October 29 Vietnamese-American priest ages. Class includes a tasting of
Presented by staff of The Art
7 pm, Pleasant Valley Library Book Group Adult Book Group formerly serving St. Peter’s each dish and a Thai basil plant
Effect. Register.
Library Director Daniela Pulice 12 pm, Hyde Park Free Library 6 pm, Millbrook Library-Virtual Parish in Poughkeepsie and Regina to take home. All children must
moderates an open discussion of The Best We Could Do. Join a virtual discussion of The Coeli in Hyde Park. Register. be age 5+ and accompanied by an Closing Event
The Best We Could Do. Register. Best We Could Do. Register. adult. Register. 2:30 pm, PPLD-Boardman
Reading and Tuesday, November 9
Thursday, November 11 Gather at
Thursday, October 21 Discussion Friday Night Movie Series Spiceways! Vietnam
Leaving Home/ the Art
Storytime with Miss Abbey Series: The 7 pm, Hyde Park Free Library Premiere at 12 pm, Virtual
Finding Home Wall to
11-11:30 am, Millbrook Library Vietnam War Movie TBD Learn how to take in the
Reading Drawn Together, for ages Revisited make pho, one
Saturday, October 30 portraits
0-4. Register. 7 pm, PPLD- of the most
Hudson Valley and essays
Adriance well-known
Youth Book Club Philharmonic: created by our local high school
Dr. Robert K. Vietnamese
5-6 pm, Millbrook Library The Exile’s Journey students who were inspired by
Brigham, Vassar College history dishes, from a
Discussion of Sky of Bombs, 8 pm, Bardavon the Big Read companion book I
professor, leads a discussion of local home cook. This video will be
Sky of Stars, for grades 4-8. Inspired by Thi Bui’s graphic Am Home: Portraits of Immigrant
The Sorrow of War by Bao Ninh. available on demand starting at
Register. memoir The Best We Could Do, Teenagers. We will also reflect
Series continues on November 16 noon at Arts Mid-Hudson's social 7 pm, AAUW-Virtual
this program features female A program of storytelling together on our 2021 Big Read,
and December 14 with discussion media, and is made possible
artists performing, with the featuring three women’s tales and discuss what’s happening
of two other books. Register. This by the Folk Arts Program via
orchestra, music from Europe, of coming to America as next year! Register.
series is made possible through a Arts Mid-Hudson, Humanities
Vietnam, and America. Tickets children, highlighting their first
grant from Humanities New York. NY, and the Robert R. Chapman
available at the Bardavon Box impressions, joys, and struggles.
Office. Foundation of the Community
Foundation of the Hudson Valley. Presented by the American
Association of University Women, Location and registration info
Tuesday, November 2 on page 18.
Arts of Vietnam Spring Rolls and Tea Poughkeepsie Branch. Register.
6:30 pm, Beekman Library 3:30 pm, PPLD-Adriance Teens
Learn about Vietnamese culture Learn how to make your own
and make a simple craft project. spring rolls! Register.
For adults. Register.
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2021 Big Read October 18-
November 14,
Friday Saturday
The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui Adriance Rotunda
Big Read Group
October 8 Kick-Off 9 Kick-Off
October 8 - November 13, 2021 Show: Graphic
Introducing The Intro to Personal Storytelling*
Artists Best We Could Do* 9:30 am, PPLD-Boardman
* Program requires registration $ - Fee Location and registration info on page 18
7 pm, PPLD- Artist Talk: Summer Pierre*
Boardman 1 pm, PPLD-Boardman
Dr. Peter Antelyes Marist Scholars Set the Scene*
3 pm, PPLD-Boardman
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Exploring our Community’s History* Tastes of Saigon* Storytime with Miss Abbey* Cookbook Giveaway Working with Watercolors*
6 pm, LaGrange Library-Virtual 11:30 am-1 pm, 11-11:30 am, Millbrook Library 9:30 am-5:30 pm, 11 am, Staatsburg Library
Saigon Pho Youth Book Discussion* Howland Library
Meet Local Graphic Magic in
Novelist Don Brown* Restaurant, $ 4 pm, Hyde Park Free Library Podcast and Radio
These Pages*
7 pm, Staatsburg Graphic Novel Book Club* Production for Teens*
Youth Book Club* 6 pm, LaGrange
Library 7 pm, PPLD-Virtual 6:30 pm, Staatsburg Library
5-6 pm, Millbrook Library Library-Virtual
Friday Night Movie Series
7 pm, Hyde Park Free Library
17 18 19 20 Take & Make for Teens* 21 22 23
An Afternoon 9 am-9 pm, PPLD-Adriance Storytime with Miss Abbey*
Create Your Own Adult Book Group* Celebrate Vietnam
with Thi Bui* Comic Book/ Big Read Book Discussion 11-11:30 am, Millbrook Library 6 pm, LaGrange Library- 10:30 am, Hyde Park
2:30 pm, PPLD- Graphic Novel* 1 pm, Howland/Memorial Park Youth Book Club* Virtual Free Library
Boardman 3:30 pm, PPLD- Spack Readers* 5-6 pm, Millbrook Friday Night Printed Word vs.
Adriance Teens 3:15 pm, Thai Spice Restaurant Library Movie Series Visual Adaptation:
Book Group Meeting* Book Group Arts of Vietnam* 7 pm, Hyde Park Free ‘The Boat’*
7 pm, Staatsburg Library 6:30 pm, Hyde Park Library 6:30 pm, Beekman Library 2:30 pm, PPLD-Adriance
Book Group* Library
7 pm, Pleasant Valley Library
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Book Group Readers Beekman Book Club* Adult Book Group*
12 pm, Hyde Park Library Rendezvous* 6:30 pm, Beekman Library 6 pm, Millbrook Library-
Reading and 6:30 pm, Film Screening* Virtual
Discussion Series: Grinnell Public 7 pm, PPLD-Virtual Friday Night Movie
The Vietnam War Library District Will Eisner: Portrait of Series
Revisited* a Sequential Artist 7 pm, Hyde Park Free Hudson Valley Philharmonic:
7 pm, PPLD-Adriance Library The Exile’s Journey
Dr. Robert K. Brigham 8 pm, Bardavon, $
31 November 1 2 3 4 5 6
Spring Rolls and Tea* Tell Me Another:
3:30 pm, PPLD- The Best I Could
Adriance Teens Do*
7:30 pm,
Cunneen-Hackett
Theatre
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
The Lived Experience* Cooking Book Group* How to Tell Your
Spiceways! Vietnam Workshop:
2:30 pm, PPLD- 12 pm, Virtual 6 pm, LaGrange Library-Virtual Story in Words
Boardman Vietnamese and Pictures*
Friday Night Flicks*
Goretti Benca Writing Workshop: Flavors in 12 pm, Pleasant
6 pm, Pleasant
Where I’m From* Season* Valley Library
Valley Library
7 pm, PPLD-Adriance 6-7:30 pm, Poughkeepsie Underwear
Factory Kitchen Closing Event*
Leaving Home/ Finding Home*
2:30 pm, PPLD-Boardman
7 pm, AAUW-Virtual
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Event Location & Registration Information In the Galleries Community Care If registration is required, see page 2 for details.
AAUW Poughkeepsie Branch Millbrook Library The Adriance
Program.aauw.poughkeepsie@gmail.com 3 Friendly Lane, Millbrook Memorial Keeping Children Safe:
845-677-3611, millbrooklibrary.org Library
Arts Mid-Hudson NY Project Hope Recognizing and
facebook: ArtsMidHudson Pleasant Valley Free Library Wojtecki Reporting Child Abuse
https://bit.ly/amhyoutube 3 Maggiacomo Lane, Pleasant Valley Rotunda Guest presenters are Starasia Fernandez and Olga Third Tuesdays, 10-11 am or 5-6 pm
845-635-8460, Gallery will Adan-Ortega from NY Project Hope/Office of Mental September 21, October 19,
Beekman Library host a group
pleasantvalleylibrary.org Health & Access Supports for Living. Registration November 16, Virtual
11 Town Center Blvd, Hopewell Junction show of required. Learn the signs a child will show when they are being abused,
845-724-3414, beekmanlibrary.org Poughkeepsie Underwear Factory local graphic
8 N. Cherry Street, Poughkeepsie Loneliness and and what you can do to stop it. Please note this is not the NYS
Cunneen-Hackett Theatre artists Mandated Reporter training course. Presenter Rick Keller-
12 Vassar Street, Poughkeepsie Register via Pok Farm Project from October 18 through Transition
845-516-1100, farmproject.org Saturday, September Coffey is Community Education Facilitator for the Center
cunneen-hackett.org, Register via PPLD November 14. Two artists
11, 2:30 pm, ADR for the Prevention of Child Abuse. Registration required:
Grinnell Public Library District Poughkeepsie Public included in the exhibit EventBrite: https://bit.ly/ppld-safe
LibraryDistrict will be Denes House and As we are getting used
2642 E. Main Street, Wappingers Falls to a post-pandemic
845-485-3445 x 3707, poklib.org Summer Pierre. Defensive Driving
845-297-3428, Grinnell-library.org “normal,” many of us
Adriance Memorial Library Throughout the Big Read, Saturday, November 6, 9:30-3:30 pm, BRD
Howland Public Library 93 Market Street, Poughkeepsie middle and high school still feel isolated. Meet Completing the course may provide a 10% discount on your
313 Main Street, Beacon Boardman Road Branch Library students will be writing with your local NY Project Hope team to learn auto insurance as well as the elimination of up to 4 points from
845-831-1134, beaconlibrary.org 141 Boardman Road, Poughkeepsie short personal essays about resources you may not have known about your NYS license. Cost: $30/person, cash or check, no credit
and portraits under the and explore different ways to break through cards accepted. Bring your own lunch. Pay day of the class.
Hyde Park Library & Annex Saigon Pho Restaurant
guidance of their teachers current barriers to clear the void of loneliness Registration required. Instructor is Staci Cussick.
2 Main Street, Hyde Park 1582 Route 9, Wappingers Falls
845-229-7791, hydeparkfreelibrary.org and staff from The Art from COVID-19.
Register via PPLD Shred Free Day Your Library
Effect. Their work will be Parenting in
LaGrange Association Library Thai Spice Restaurant Friday, October 8, 9-11 am, BRD
exhibited at Boardman Uncharted Waters What can I shred? Personal
(All programs are virtual) 28 Raymond Ave, Poughkeepsie Road Branch Library from Saturday, October 30, documents with staples, paper clips,
845-452-3141, laglib.org Bonnie at 845-876-5696 November 3 through the 2:30 pm, ADR binders, record or accounting books,
Memorial Park Staatsburg Library end of the year. As COVID-19 small amounts of discs and CD
Top of Robert Cahill Drive, Beacon 70 Old Post Road, Staatsburg restrictions lift and ROMs, and credit cards. Thank you
845-889-4683, staatsburglibrary.org the holidays approach, to HV Legal Shred! 3 bags/boxes maximum per person.
let’s catch up on how
things are going with parenting. Let’s discuss Narcan Training
what challenges and supports are still needed to Select Tuesdays, Virtual September 14, 7-8 pm,
The 2021 Big Read Coordinated by the Poughkeepsie Public Library District October 26, 6-7 pm, November 16, 12-1 pm, December 14, 5-6 pm
help you and your family meet current needs and
in collaboration with these partners: The Dutchess County Department of Behavioral &
is sponsored by: ultimate goals, including overall well-being.
School Districts Hyde Park Free Library Community Health offers four one-hour online training
Friends of the Poughkeepsie sessions (each covers same material) to explain how/when
Public Library District Arlington Central School District LaGrange Association Library
Catholic Schools Region of Dutchess Millbrook Library to administer Narcan. No age minimum for the training,
Norman & Jeannie Greene Fund Know your but only those 18+ may receive a free Narcan kit. Kits
H.W. Wilson Foundation Dutchess County BOCES Salt Point Pleasant Valley Library
Medicare Options available from Martha Farrell at Adriance Memorial Library.
Poughkeepsie Public Library Hyde Park Central School District Staatsburg Library
Select Saturdays, 10 am, ADR, Registration required.
District Our Lady of Lourdes High School Arts Organizations September 11 Or October 30
Salisbury Bank Poughkeepsie City School District The Art Effect Learn with greater clarity what
Spackenkill Union Free School District
Wappingers Central School District
Arts Mid-Hudson Medicare is, how and when Connecting
Bardavon 1869 Opera House you should sign up, and why it is important to review Registration not required.
Higher Education Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center your options every year. Learn the differences between
Dutchess Community College SUNY Hudson Valley Philharmonic Supplemental Plans, Medicare Advantage Plans and Knitting Groups Pick Up Stitches
Marist College Prescription Drug Plans. Presented by Debora DeLucia, Fiber Friends Stitch Saturdays, 10 am, BRD
Other
Vassar College American Association of University a local Independent Medicare Consultant; her mission & Chit Chat Board Game Mondays
Public Libraries (and Friends) Women, Poughkeepsie Branch is to learn about each individual’s situation, do the Thursdays, 6:30 pm, Virtual Mondays, 1-4 pm, BRD
Beekman Library The Arc Greater Hudson Valley research, and find the best plans avwailable for each Call (845) 485-3445 x3313. Bring a friend. Chess
Friends of Poughkeepsie Public Book Clubs across the region person, free of charge. Registration required. Stitch Your Heart Out players wanted.
Library District Hudson River Housing - PUF Fridays, 10 am, BRD
Grinnell Public Library District Hudson Valley Writing Project
Howland Public Library Poughkeepsie Farm Project
18 19Public Computer Center ADR: Adriance BRD: Boardman If registration is required, see page 2 for details.
The Public Computer Center offers drop-in lab time and free classes to address all your technology needs. Basics
Registration required for all classes. All are in person at Adriance, except one lab and one class at Boardman Rd.
Classes are two hours each, in person at ADR.
Personal Assistance PC Basics Internet 101
Using the Library in Wednesday, September 29, 1:30 pm Wednesday, October 20, 1:30 pm
Computer Lab (Drop-in) Your Job Search Saturday, October 2, 1:30 pm Tuesday, December 7, 3:30 pm
Mon-Fri, 11 am-1 pm, ADR Wednesday, September 15, 2:30 pm Tuesday, November 2, 3:30 pm Prerequisite: basic computer skills
Tuesdays, 6-8 pm, ADR 90 minute in-person class. PC Basics Workshop – Internet 102
Thursdays, 1-3 pm, BRD
Receive individualized help with basic Mouse & Keyboard Wednesday, October 27, 1:30 pm
Wednesday, October 6, 1:30 pm Tuesday, December 14, 3:30 pm
computer skills, email accounts, job
Tuesday, November 9, 3:30 pm Prerequisite: Internet 101 or equivalent
searches, job applications, formatting
resumes, filing for unemployment, Prerequisite: basic computer skills Internet 103
creating and editing Microsoft Office Microsoft Office PC Basics Workshop – Email Wednesday, November 3, 1:30 pm Online Security and
documents, and more. Classes are 90 minutes; participants must complete the online lessons Wednesday, October 13, 1:30 pm Tuesday, December 21, 3:30 pm Common Scams
prior to in person class at ADR. Saturday, November 13, 1:30 pm Prerequisite: Internet 101 & 102 or Wednesday, December 1, 1:30 pm
Teen Geeks (Drop-in)
Tuesday, November 16, 3:30 pm equivalent Prerequisite: Internet 101 or equivalent
Saturdays, 9 am-1 pm, ADR Word 101 Excel 103
Students available to answer your Prerequisite: basic computer skills
Monday, September 20, 2:30 pm Monday, November 1, 2:30 pm
technology questions about your Wednesday, September 22, 6:30 pm Wednesday, November 3, 6:30 pm
device. Saturday, October 16, 1:30 pm Wednesday, December 15, 6:30 pm
Monday, November 29, 2:30 pm Prerequisite: Excel 101 & 102 or Technology
Prerequisite: basic computer skills equivalent The following classes are two hours each, in person at ADR: The following classes are 90
Word 102 minutes; participants must
Excel Functions Intro to 3D Printing Services Creating a Website
Monday, September 27, 2:30 pm complete the online lessons prior
Wednesday, November 10, 6:30 pm Tuesday, September 28, 3:30 pm Tuesday, October 19, 3:30 pm
Wednesday, September 29, 6:30 pm to in person class at ADR:
Prerequisite: Excel 101 & 102 or Prerequisite: Internet 101 or
Monday, December 6, 2:30 pm equivalent equivalent
Prerequisite: Word 101 or equivalent
Excel Tables (New) Using a Smartphone
Word 103 Wednesday, November 17, 6:30 pm Tuesday, October 26, 3:30 pm
Monday, October 4, 2:30 pm Monday, December 20, 2:30 pm Saturday, December 11, 1:30 pm
Wednesday, October 6, 6:30 pm Prerequisite: Excel 101 & 102 or Wednesday, December 15, 1:30 pm
Monday, December 13, 2:30 pm equivalent
Special programs Prerequisite: Word 101 & 102 or Navigating the
Learn how to create, format, and
equivalent Medicare Website
manage tables in Excel. The main
Basics of Day to Day Wednesdays, Sept 22, Oct 27, Nov
Word Mail Merge feature of tables is that they expand
Technology (New) Tinkercad 3D Printing 24, Dec 22, 9:30 am
Wednesday, October 13, 6:30 pm automatically as you add new rows or
Select Wednesdays, 7-8 pm, Virtual Workshop Tuesday, October 19, 6:30 pm, BRD
Prerequisite: Word 101 & 102 or columns. Monday, November 8, 6:30 pm Intro to Ancestry.com
Virtual on Zoom. You must have Tuesday, October 5, 3:30 pm
internet access and a computer, equivalent PowerPoint 101 Led by staff from the Dutchess Saturday, September 18, 1:30 pm
Prerequisite: Introduction to 3D
tablet, or smartphone. Excel 101 Monday, November 22, 2:30 pm County Office for the Aging Prerequisite: Internet 101 or
Printing Services
Presented by Teens Teach Monday, October 18, 2:30 pm Prerequisite: basic computer skills equivalent experience
Windows 10 Intro to Gmail (New)
Technology Wednesday, October 20, 6:30 pm Intro to Google Drive & Docs
Do It Tuesday, October 12, 3:30 pm Wednesday, November 10, 1:30 pm
Register for one or more Saturday, November 20, 1:30 pm Yourself with Learn how to organize your account, Monday, November 8, 2:30 pm
Wednesday, December 8, 1:30 pm
sessions: Wednesday, December 1, 6:30 pm attach documents to emails, block Prerequisite: Internet 101 or
Publisher Prerequisite: Internet 101 or
Ocotber 6: Social Media Prerequisite: basic computer skills spam, create an address book and equivalent
Monday, equivalent
Facebook, Instagram, Twitter Excel 102 November 15, make adjustments to your Gmail
Ocotber 13: Daily Applications Monday, October 25, 2:30 pm 2:30 pm settings. Prerequisite: Internet 101 or
Food, Grocery Store, Education, Wednesday, October 27, 6:30 pm Prerequisite: equivalent
Reading Saturday, December 4, 1:30 pm Word 101 or
Wednesday, December 8, 6:30 pm equivalent
Ocotber 20: Entertainment Prerequisite: Excel 101 or equivalent experience
Music, Television streaming
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