Thursday Apr 21, 2016
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM EDT
9 Vassar Street, Poughkeepsie, Ne 12601
From Metro North station, walk to Main Street, go left up Main Street 5 Blocks, turn left onto Vassar St.; the theatre is mid-block on left.
From Rte 9, north or south, take Main Street/River District/Poughkeepsie exit ramp. Take Main Street East bound (opposite way from the Hudson River). Go through 3 traffic signals turn left on Vassar Street; the theatre is mid-block on left.
From Taconic State Parkway, take the Poughkeepsie exit (Rte 55 West) into the town of Poughkeepsie. Rte 55 & Rte 44 combine into a one directional 3-lane highway. Take this into the city of Poughkeepsie. Stay in right-hand lane; as you make a large left turn around the Civic Center, move into the far right hand lane and turn right onto Main Street. Go ½ block and turn right on Vassar Street; the theatre is mid-block on the left.
From Mid-Hudson/FD Roosevelt Bridge, cross the bridge, stay in the left lane, then move into far left lane at 1st traffic signal. Turn left and go to 1st stop sign. Turn right on Union Street for ½ block and left onto Bridge Street. At 1st traffic light turn right onto Main Street for ½ block and then left onto Vassar Street. The theatre is mid-block on the left.
The Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center, a 501 (c)3 non-profit arts organization presents its 10th Annual Magnolia Party fund-raiser celebrating Matthew Vassar's legendary tribute to Abraham Lincoln during his Funeral procession by train through Poughkeepsie, when he placed a flowering magnolia branch on the late President's coffin. That old tree at 9 Vassar Street still blossoms today and every Spring the Art Center raises funds to maintain the two historic Victorian buildings as venues for visual and performing artists with music, a silent auction and fabulous food and drink. Admission is $40. For reservations and information: www.cunneen-hackett.org 845 486-4571.
Printed courtesy of www.dcrcoc.org/ – Contact the Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce for more information.
One Civic Center Plaza, Suite 400, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 – (845) 454-1700 – office@dcrcoc.org