Monthly Archives: February 2018
Thursday, 3/15: Bus trip to NYS Museum & Albany Institute
Join AAUW Kingston on a bus trip to see marvelous exhibits at two Albany museums,
featuring Votes for Women: Celebrating New York’s Suffrage Centennial at the NYS Museum
9 AM – Leave Kingston Plaza (Hannaford parking lot – the section near the ball field)
10:30 AM – Visit the Albany Institute of History & Art (entrance fee included in trip cost)
Current exhibits:
– Well-Dressed in Victorian Albany: 19th Century Fashion from the Albany Institute Collection
– The Hudson River School: Landscape Paintings from the Albany Institute
– Nineteenth-Century American Sculpture: Erastus Dow Palmer and His Protégés Launt Thompson, Charles Calverly, and Richard Park
– A Gather of Glass: Selections from the Museum’s Collection
– Ancient Egypt
– Traders and Culture: Colonial Albany and the Formation of American Identity
12 noon – Bus to NYS Museum
12:15 PM – Drop off at NYS Museum. Lunch on your own at the new onsite café (handicapped-accessible), or, cross the street for more choices on the Concourse
1:15 PM – Visit NYS Museum, featuring the Women’s Suffrage exhibit (free, donations accepted)
Some current exhibits:
– New York’s Suffrage Centennial
– Enterprising Waters: New York’s Erie Canal (Phase One)
– A Spirit of Sacrifice: New York State in the First World War
– Adirondack Wilderness Art for the People: Decorated Stoneware from the Weitsman Collection – Beneath the City: An Archeaological Perpective of Albany Bird Hall
– Ice Ages
– M&T Bank New York State Museum Earthquake Center
– Minerals of New York
– Native Peoples of New York
3 PM – Leave NYS Museum
4:30 PM – Arrive at Kingston Plaza
Cost:
$45 for AAUW members, $50 for non-members
Includes comfortable bus, tip, & Art Institute entrance fee
To register – By 3/1, send check made out to AAUW Kingston to: Marjorie Bot, 58 Twin Ponds Drive, Kingston, NY 12401
For more info, contact trip coordinator Lynn Gore: 845-687-9210, lynngore54@gmail.com
2/23: Gov. Cuomo’s Council on Women & Girls: Regional Empowerment Forum at SUNY New Paltz
RSVP by 5 PM today, Thursday, February 22 to: dylan.miyoshi@exec.ny.gov
and join Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul & the New York Civil Liberties Union at Gov. Cuomo’s Council on Women and Girls: Regional Empowerment Forum —
When: Friday, February 23, 10 AM
Where: Student Union Multi-Purpose Room, SUNY New Paltz, 1 Hawk Drive, New Paltz
Parking: In the Route 32 Parking Extension
Goal: To develop an empowerment action plan and discuss the intersectionality of the women’s agenda for the Mid-Hudson Valley region.
2/14/18: V-Day Turns 20
Here’s some info about a local V-Day event that is happening tonight —
The Time to Rise is Now!
Wednesday, February 14
6 PM to 8 PM
outdated: an antique café
314 Wall Street, Kingston
Hosted by:
One Billion Rising
Hudson Valley, NY
Black History Month in Kingston
There is a lot of great stuff happening for Black History Month
in Kingston, starting with:
Economic Film Series: Black Wall Street
Friday, February 2
6 PM to 8 PM
AJ Williams-Myers African Roots Library
43 Gill Street, Kingston
Black History Month Kingston: Kick-Off Event
Saturday, February 3
1 PM to 5 PM
Lace Mill, 165 Cornell Street, Kingston
More info: