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Empire Training Center for the Arts is a new vocational venture operating out of The Chance Theatre on Main Street in Poughkeepsie, New York.Their first major fundraising event in Poughkeepsie is coming up on March 15. The Dirty Dutchess: An Evening of Vaudeville, Burlesque and Broadway is directed by Peter Flynn. Flynn is a New York based director, writer and educator and he joins us now - along with Empire Training Center for the Arts Co-Founder and Executive Director Trish Santini.

Celebrating 50 years in operation, Historic Albany Foundation is a private not-for-profit membership-based organization that works to preserve and protect buildings with architectural, historic, or civic value. The foundation will be holding their 50th Anniversary Gala on May 18.

"Oh Hudson!" is a benefit performance for Clearwater at the Old Dutch Church in Kingston, New York on April 19. It is a rich multi-arts celebration of the history, people, and promise of the Hudson River Valley. Today marks environmental flagship Clearwater's 55th year of sailing on the Hudson, bringing schoolchildren aboard for unique and memorable hands-on engagement with the Hudson's natural and human history.

Tonight at Franklin Plaza in Troy, New York, the Pride Center of the Capital Region is hosting their 2023 Gala: Amplifying Queer Voices of All Ages. The event will include music drag performances, a silent auction, and dinner. New York City based drag performance artist, event host, TV personality, and professional musician Thorgy Thor is coming to town to host and emcee the event.

This year’s FUSION anti-gala at The Barn in Albany is on Friday, October 13th.With that date – they are looking to hold the spookiest and most creative Fusion yet with devilish food & drinks, wickedly fun art installations, and so much more.Executive Director of Albany Barn Casey Polomaine and Director of Membership & Operations McCauley Cannizzo join us.

The 7th Annual BraVa! event will take place on November 18. BraVa! is a fundraiser to benefit YWCA of the Greater Capital Region that will provide new bras to those in need. Partnering with the Arts Center of the Capital Region this event features talented local writers who will read jury-selected poems and essays or perform songs and monologues on the subject of the brassieres in their lives.

Equine Advocates’ 21st Annual Gala will take place on Sunday, September 18. Ailey II, the company founded in 1974 by the legendary American choreographer Alvin Ailey, will perform live at PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century in Chatham, New York.

Argyle Brewing Company is teaming up with Comfort Food Community (CFC) to kick their campaign to end hunger in rural communities. The campaign officially starts on Monday, May 16 and the Argyle Brewing Company is helping CFC get a head start on Saturday May 14 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.Give Hunger the Boot is a campaign with "community" at the heart of its mission. It connects friends, neighbors, and local businesses in support and celebration of the mission at Comfort Food Community. We welcome Devin Bulger, Executive Director of the Comfort Food Community and Chris Castrio and Rich Thomas of The Argyle Brewing Company.

The Agricultural Stewardship Association’s Landscapes for Landsake is an annual art exhibition that celebrates both the agricultural heritage and stunning…

This weekend, the Great Barrington Rotary Club is hosting its Pumpkin Fest at Catamount Mountain Resort in Hillsdale, New York.Attendees can enjoy music,…