Dutchess County Voting Information
Presidential Primary Early Voting Sites and Schedule
Presidential Primary Early Voting Sites and Schedule
Exhibit Reception Adriance Memorial Library Thursday, March 21, 6-8 pm
Your Content Goes Here Author, educator, and parent Barbara Ann Mojica provides tools to inspire, entertain, and educate youth. History is the key to solving today’s problems. Tired of being bombarded by social media noise? Accept the challenge. Be a truth-teller. Barbara Ann Mojica, M.A. S.A.S., S.D.A is a historian and retired educator. Website Return to Full Lineup
Your Content Goes Here Marie-Therese Miller is an award-winning author of more than 45 nonfiction books for children and teens. Her recent selections include Sly as a Fox: Are Foxes Clever? Dogs (An Early Encyclopedia), 34 Amazing Facts About Space, Being Thankful with Gabrielle: A Book about Gratitude, and Esports Superstars. Miller earned her PhD in English from St. John’s University, Website Return to Full Lineup
Your Content Goes Here Kayla Miller is the author and illustrator of the New York Times bestselling Click graphic novel series and co-author of its spin-off series, Besties. Website Return to Full Lineup
Your Content Goes Here Jennifer Prevatt is a New York based visual artist, children’s book illustrator, and educator. She graduated in 2010 with a BA in Scientific Illustration, then spent the subsequent 8 years abroad, obtaining her MFA from Newcastle University in 2014. She uses her interdisciplinary background to create whimsical, dreamlike narratives. She has a love of fairy tales, dreams, magic, and nostalgia. Website Return to Full Lineup
Your Content Goes Here James Preller lives in Delmar, NY, and has been consistently publishing a wide variety of books, from preschool to YA, since 1986. Website Return to Full Lineup
Your Content Goes Here Author and aspiring homesteader, Lori lives in the Mid-Hudson Valley with her husband Jim, two sons, and nearly two dozen chickens. Lori is a graduate of The Culinary Institute of America, and SUNY alumna, where she earned an MA in Business Policy Studies. Website Return to Full Lineup
Your Content Goes Here June Kelley Pierce is a retired Special Education teacher with a Master’s Degree in both Education and Special Education. She has published a series of books for children, each focusing on a different social skill, along with a life-skills guide for parents and teachers on the topic of bullying. Pierce is a folk artist and restorer and lives in Poughkeepsie. Website Return to Full Lineup
Your Content Goes Here Steven is a multi award-winning children's book illustrator with over 100 books published. He has written and illustrated many historical and biographical coloring books as well. As an adjunct professor at Marist College, Steven teaches Digital Illustration and Fundamentals of Art. Steven is also active in the fine arts community of the Hudson Valley. Website Return to Full Lineup
Your Content Goes Here Roxane Orgill began as a music critic and then turned her expertise to writing nonfiction books for children. She has written biographies of Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Mahalia Jackson, Fred and Adele Astaire, and ten American "girl singers." Jazz Day, a book of poems, earned The Boston Globe Horn Book Award for Best Picture Book and five starred reviews. Website Return to Full Lineup
Your Content Goes Here Robin Newman is a graduate of Bryn Mawr College and the City University of New York School of Law. She was an attorney and legal editor, but prefers to write about mice, pigs, and peacocks. Author of the award-winning Wilcox & Griswold Mystery Series, she lives in New York with her family and spoiled dogs. Website Return to Full Lineup
Your Content Goes Here Born in Ontario, Canada and raised in Florida, Musina received his BFA from the University of South Florida and his MFA in from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he teaches Painting and Drawing. He has exhibited his work internationally and has received awards from the Joan Mitchell Foundation, Culture & Animals Foundation, and the Puffin Foundation. Website Return to Full Lineup
Your Content Goes Here Diana Murray is the author of over twenty-five children’s books, including Firehouse Rainbow, A Little Golden Book Biography about Arnold Schwarzenegger, the bestselling Unicorn Day series, and Jr. Library Guild Selections like Goodnight, Veggies and City Shapes. Diana grew up in New York City and still lives nearby with her husband, two daughters, and a dancing dog. Website Return to Full Lineup
Your Content Goes Here Suzanne Morris is author-illustrator of the picture book A Trapezoid is NOT a Dinosaur! She makes her marks with a fusion of traditional and digital mediums. Suzanne offers engaging in-person and online programs for schools, libraries, and conferences to encourage readers of all ages to reach their own creative dreams. Please visit suzannemorrisart.com for free resources via her quarterly newsletter. Website Return to Full Lineup
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This event has passed. Please find the program information below. Links to resources discussed during the day: Freedom trail website: https://dchsny.org/walkway-freedom/ Holocaust Curriculum: https://www.fdrlibrary.org/curriculum-guide-holocaust Poughkeepsie Regatta archives via Marist: https://exhibits.archives.marist.edu/s/regatta/page/about Contact page for the Marist Archives: https://archives.marist.edu/about Links to the speakers' presentations: Multimedia Storytelling as Assessment / Filmmaking in the ELA Classroom Engaging Learners Through Modes of Imagery and Writing from the Senses, with The Ekphrastic Writer Teacher Training Poughkeepsie Regatta Presentation Celebrating the African Spirit presentation
The Dutchess Manufacturing Company and The Indestructible Trousers Have you ever heard the saying, “they just don’t make ‘em like they used to?” It feels as if we use this phrase when it comes to just about everything these days. Whether it’s appliances or clothing, everything seems to fall apart a lot easier than it used to do. Either we are being harsher on our material things, or they really just aren’t being made that well anymore. Now imagine having a pair of pants that comes with a guarantee that if they fall apart, you’ll get your money back. What? Indestructible trousers, you say? Well, they were made right here in Poughkeepsie and sold all over the country. A manufacturing company known as Lasher & Hull began in Poughkeepsie in 1875, overseen by Warren P. Lasher and J. Frank Hull. Sadly, Lasher died young in 1890 from Bright's disease, and Hull changed the name the following year to The Dutchess Manufacturing Company. At first, the company focused their work on ladies skirts and woolen dresses, which were sold locally. In 1879, they switched their production to the men’s trousers that would make them famous. At the turn of the 20th century, [...]