
Good afternoon, Poughkeepsie!
In today’s Poughkeepsie Weekly:
This Week in Poughkeepsie
April is Earth Month
Local Easter Egg Hunts
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THE DIGEST
April is Earth Month 🌎
With April right around the corner, let’s celebrate Earth Month by getting outside and enjoying the many trails across Dutchess County. Consider trying “forest bathing,” a Japanese stress-reducing tradition that encourages slowing down, breathing deeply, and immersing yourself in the sights and sounds of nature.

Vassar College Ecological Preserve
Local Walks and Hikes:
The Walkway Over the Hudson (Poughkeepsie/Highland)
Dutchess Rail Trail (Multiple Access Points)
Stissing Mountain (Pine Plains)
Franny Reese State Park (Highland)
Vassar Farm & Ecological Preserve (Poughkeepsie)
Poets’ Walk Park (Red Hook)
Vanderbilt Mansion Trails (Hyde Park)
Peach Hill Park (Poughkeepsie)
Easter Egg Hunts!


WHAT’S HAPPENIN’
Saturday, March 28th
7:00 pm: Jessica Kirson — Bardavon

Sunday, March 29th
Have a relaxing Sunday!
10:00 am - 10:35 am: Puppet Show - Mid-Hudson Discovery Museum
10:00 am - 2:00 PM: Easter Bunny at Eastdale!
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm: Women of the American Revolution - Mid-Hudson Discovery Museum
3:00 pm: “Girls on Fire!” - Antonio Vivaldi, l’estro armonico, Op.3 — Skinner Hall of Music, Vassar College
Monday, March 30th
9:30 am & Noon: Lego Robotics - Mid-Hudson Discovery Museum
11:00 am - 12:00 pm: Mystery Mondays Book Club — Boardman Road Branch Library
11:00 am - 1:00 pm: Computer Lab — Adriance Memorial Library
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm: Computer & Tablet Buying: Help & Tips — Adriance Memorial Library (Registration Required)
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm: Microsoft Excel 103 — Adriance Memorial Library
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm: All-Ages Chess Club — Boardman Road Branch Library
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm: Drop-In Teen Gaming — Adriance Memorial Library
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm: Virtual Artist Talk with Marie Watt — Virtual (Registration Required)
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm: ESL Classes - Literacy Connections — Adriance Memorial Library
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm: Great Decisions: Rethinking Nuclear Energy — Boardman Road Branch Library
7:00 pm: Passion for Cars - Gallery 40
Tuesday, March 31st
9:30 am & Noon: Lego Robotics - Mid-Hudson Discovery Museum
9:00 am - 3:30 PM: AARP Foundation Tax-Aide — Boardman Road Branch Library
10:00 - 11:00 AM: Zen Buddhist Meditation — Adriance Memorial Library
11:00 am - 1:00 pm: Computer Lab — Adriance Memorial Library
5:00 - 6:00 pm: Anime Movie Night — Adriance Memorial Library
5:00 pm: “What Grimms’ Fairy Tales Tell Us about Resistance and Survival” — Chicago Hall, Vassar College
5:00 pm - 7:30 pm: Fred Kudjo Kuwornu’s documentary, We Were Here: The Untold History of Black Africans in Renaissance Europe — Taylor Hall, Room 102, Vassar College
5:30 pm: “Clothing, Food, and Traveling: New Approaches on the Studies of Xingshi Yinyuan Zhuan,”: A Lecture by Xiaoyi Liu — Taylor Hall 203, Vassar College
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm: Artist Talk: Leslie Bender — Adriance Memorial Library
8:00 pm: Karaoke Tuesday — The Derby

Wednesday, April 1st
9:00 am - 11:00 am: Dutchess County Environmental Management Council — Boardman Road Branch Library
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM: Computer Lab — Adriance Memorial Library
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm: Forging Bonds: How Black Men’s Friendships Shape the Journey to Adulthood — Rockefeller Hall 200, Vassar College
6:00 pm: Aldo Leopold, Land Health, and the Evolution of Conservation — Dutchess Land Conservation
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm: Wednesday Night Quiz! — Juan Murphy’s

Thursday, April 2nd
9:00 am - 3:30 pm: AARP Foundation Tax-Aide — Adriance Memorial Library
10:00 am - 12:00 pm: Rover: The Roaming Library Bookmobile — Stop & Shop 44 Plaza
11:00 am - 1:00 pm: Computer Lab — Adriance Memorial Library
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm: Paint a Bird House — Boardman Road Branch Library (Registration Required)
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm: Pressed Flower Bookmarks — Adriance Memorial Library
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm: “Moving Stones: About the Art of Edmonia Lewis,” a lecture by Jennifer DeVere Brody — Taylor Hall 203
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm: Mid Hudson bereaved Parents of the USA — Boardman Road Branch Library
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm: A Reading by Writer Adam Ross ‘89 — Taylor Hall, Room 102, Vassar College
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm: Crash Course for the Beginning Novelist — Boardman Road Branch Library
CIVIL NEWS ⚖️
City of Poughkeepsie Common Council Meeting - April 7th
Town of Poughkeepsie Town Board Meeting - April 8th
WEATHER
Saturday
24 🌡 37 | 🌤️
Sunday
27 🌡 53 | ☁️
Monday
39 🌡 64 | ☁
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