The Kingston Land Trust is in the process of finalizing the purchase of 54 acres of farmland and woods in the Kingston hamlet of Wilbur, which will serve as the home base for its Land in Black Hands initiative.
KINGSTON, N.Y. The Kingston Land Trust says it needs to raise $25,000 by Monday, Feb. 19, to close on buying 54 acres to create space for its Land in Black Hands Program, which seeks to empower Black farmers. “We’re reaching out to the community who have been supportive of our projects and work,” said […]
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June rolls in this week, bringing with it more reopenings and a bevy of new event announcements. Enjoy!
Bridge Street Theatre Debuts Dance Video | June 1
To cap their current residency at Bridge Street Theatre in Catskill, the celebrated Ephrat Asherie Dance company will be featured in the virtual premiere of video program focusing on their newly created work
UnderScored. Debuting on June 1 at 7pm via the theater’s YouTube channel, the free program is comprised of interviews and performance and will be available to view for a limited time. Beginning with the seminal parties at iconic nightspots the Loft and the Paradise Garage,
Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day! This week, as we honor King’s work, life, and legacy and celebrate the inauguration of a new administration that includes America’s first African American vice president, we offer this list of alluring local activities.
Paul Bermanzohn Presents “King Was a Revolutionary” | January 18
At 4pm on January 18, Dr. Paul Bermanzohn will host “King Was a Revolutionary,” a Zoom talk sponsored by the Library at the A.J. Williams-Myers African Roots Center in Kingston. The presentation discusses two of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s most famous speeches: his celebrated “I Have a Dream” speech and “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence,” an anti-Vietnam War and pro-social justice speech. Bermanzohn, a Poughkeepsie psychiatrist, is a survivor of the 1979 Greensboro, North Carolina, attack on civil rights marchers by Ku Klux Klan and Nazi assailants that left five dead. The talk is free, but registration is required.