Poughkeepsie Public Library District

Come watch! On the Big Screen: The Phantom of the Opera Friday, October 25 at 7:30 pm Bardavon Opera House Lon Chaney stars as the Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House, causing murder and mayhem! Free tickets are available at the Bardavon and the 3 library locations.

The @fdrlibrary was honored to host, with the Poughkeepsie Public Library District @poklib and their BIG READ program series, "FOUNDATIONS OF A MOVEMENT: BLACK AMERICANS, CIVIL RIGHTS, AND THE ROOSEVELTS," A Conversation with Basil Smikle @BasilSmiklePhD this afternoon.

@VWLibrarian1 @WCSDEmpowers @JennySchinella @poklib ♥️

The new calendar is now active! Registration for November/December 2024 opens at 10am today: poughkeepsie.librarycalendar.com/events/list

Our online program calendar is currently down. Thank you for your patience.

Read about the enterprising woman who started G.H. Ford Tea Company: poklib.org/gertrude-ford-… #womeninhistory #HudsonValley

Visit the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall honoring #DutchessCounty servicemen that lost their lives in Vietnam, at Bowdoin Park on Saturday September 21. travelingwall.us #Vietnam #Veterans

Take a virtual tour of the history & architecture of the NYC subways. Historian Oscar Israelowitz starts with a palatial City Hall station that opened on Oct. 27, 1904, a masterpiece with its stained-glass skylights, & chandeliers. #NYC #NYCHistory youtu.be/HfSptFEKarU?si…

So happy to have you!

Enjoy a zoom art talk with local #HudsonValley artist Suzanne Kraus-Mancuso on August 13 at 6:30pm! #Poughkeepsie #art poklib-org.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Join us tomorrow night with author @evantabakatlas Atlas at our Adriance Memorial Library. Evan will be discussing his latest book, A Metarevolutionary Manifesto, and signing copies! Register at poklib.org/Events

#kidlit Looking forward to the Poughkeepsie Book Festival next weekend! Who else will be there?

So excited for this #bookfestival!!!! See you all there! (Note the FREE money for kids!) #kidlit #poughkeepsie @poklib #poughkeepsie #booksbooksbooks #poughkeepsiebookfestival

👋 Come see us at the Poughkeepsie Book Festival next Saturday, March 30th. 👋 (Every child receives a $15 voucher, thanks to the Friends of the Poughkeepsie Library!) #poughkeepsiebookfest

Happy last day of school! 🌞

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