MYSTERY WRITERS — Members of the New York chapter of the Mystery Writers of America attended the July 28 performance of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd at the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival and took a picture with Kurt Rhoads, who stars as a certain mustachioed Belgian detective. (Photo by Ross Corsair)
POLLINATING — Joan Deneher of Philipstown used her iPhone on July 27 to capture a bee’s embrace of one of the marigolds growing on her deck to deter pests and attract pollinators. “The bee flew from flower to flower for about two hours,” she said.
POPPINS JR. — The Depot Theatre youth program presented from July 25 to 27 its production of Mary Poppins Jr., a musical based on P.L. Travers’ books about the flying nanny. (Photo by Ross Corsair)
ON THE BUBBLE — Children enjoyed a bubbly bash on July 27 during Mr. Kurt’s Children’s Concert at Howland Public Library in Beacon. Kurt Gallagher also brought drums and maracas as he led children in music-making and dancing. (Photo by Ross Corsair)
NEW GARDEN — The Green Teen programs of Beacon and Poughkeepsie last month held a ribbon-cutting for their new 4,000-square-foot community garden at Dutchess Community College. More than 130 pounds of lettuce, yellow squash and green squash have been harvested and donated to The Pantry at DCC. Shown are Matt Shayley, Lily Bartlett, Dutchess County Executive Sue Serino, Poughkeepsie Mayor Yvonne Flowers, Assembly Member Jonathan Jacobson, Cornell Cooperative Extension Dutchess Executive Director Mary Lou Carolan and Green Teen Program Manager Samantha Brittan. (Photo provided)
