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Poughkeepsie Day School
Poughkeepsie Day School is an independent, progressive, coeducational school in the mid-Hudson Valley serving students from a broad region of New York and Connecticut from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. History Founded in 1934, it was originally located at Hooker and South Grand Avenues in the city of Poughkeepsie, where it began with 35 students and three faculty members. The school outgrew that facility, and in 1963 it moved to custom built premises on the Vassar College campus at 39 New Hackensack Road, Poughkeepsie. The school outgrew that facility as well, and acquired two buildings from IBM in the 1990s that form its current 35 acre campus on Boardman Road. The theater is named for actor James Earl Jones, who funded construction and whose child attended the school. Pete Seeger, David Strathairn, Graham Parker, William Sadler and Jack DeJohnette also had children or grandchildren who attended the school. In April 2020, the school announced that it would close in June ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pre-Kindergarten
Pre-kindergarten (also called Pre-K or PK) is a voluntary classroom-based preschool program for children below the age of five in the United States, Canada, Turkey and Greece (when kindergarten starts). It may be delivered through a preschool or within a reception year in elementary school. Pre-kindergartens play an important role in early childhood education. They have existed in the US since 1922, normally run by private organizations. The U.S. Head Start program, the country's first federally funded pre-kindergarten program, was founded in 1967. This attempts to prepare children (especially disadvantaged children) to succeed in school. Pre-kindergartens differentiate themselves from other child care by ''equally'' focusing on building a child's social development, physical development, emotional development, and cognitive development. They commonly follow a set of organization-created teaching standards in shaping curriculum and instructional activities and goals. The term ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Sadler (actor)
William Thomas Sadler (born April 13, 1950) is an American stage, film, and television actor. His television and motion picture roles have included Chesty Puller in '' The Pacific'', Luther Sloan in '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'', Sheriff Jim Valenti in '' Roswell'', convict Heywood in ''The Shawshank Redemption'', Senator Vernon Trent in ''Hard to Kill'', Death in ''Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey'' and ''Bill & Ted Face the Music'', and Colonel Stuart in ''Die Hard 2''. He played Matthew Ellis in ''Iron Man 3'', '' Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'', and ''WHIH Newsfront''. He also recurs as John McGarrett in the 2010 remake of the 1968 television series ''Hawaii Five-O'', and the Boston boxing promoter and suspected drug dealer Gino Fish in the Jesse Stone television film series, opposite Tom Selleck. He also played Don in the 1992 movie ''Trespass'' starring Ice Cube, Ice-T and Bill Paxton. Early life Sadler was born in Buffalo, New York, the son of Jane and William Sadler. Fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gavrik Losey
Gavrik Losey (born 1938) is an American-born participant in various aspects of filmmaking including producer and production manager. Gavrik was born in New York, the son of film director Joseph Losey and fashion designer Elizabeth Hawes. He attended the Little Red School House in Manhattan, Poughkeepsie Day School in Poughkeepsie, and high school in New Jersey. After graduating, he travelled with his blacklisted father to England where he attended University College London.. Gavrik has two sons, Marek Marek Losey and Luke Losey. Career In 1966, he served as first assistant director on his father's film ''Modesty Blaise'', which starred Monica Vitti, Terence Stamp and Dirk Bogarde. A year later he was an assistant to producer Denis O'Dell on the Beatles' television film ''Magical Mystery Tour''. In 1968, he worked as production manager on Lindsay Anderson's '' If....''. In the 1970 film ''Ned Kelly'', starring Mick Jagger, he was production supervisor, a task he revisited t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucy Knisley
Lucy Knisley (born January 11, 1985) is an American comic artist and musician. Her work is often autobiographical, and food is a common theme. Knisley's drawn travel journal ''French Milk'' was published through Simon & Schuster in October 2008. It received positive reviews in several publications, such as USA Today and Salon.com.Douglas Wolk"Graphic Appeal" Salon. Posted December 17, 2007. Retrieved October 3, 2009. Comics critic Douglas Wolk described it as "a keenly observed letter back home... the pleasure Knisley takes in food and company is infectious." Knisley holds a BFA ('07) from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. While there, she contributed to and edited the comics section of the school newspaper, ''FNews''. Knisley holds an MFA ('09) from the Center for Cartoon Studies. She was awarded the 2007 Diamond in the Rough scholarship for her CCS application comic, ''Heart Seed Snow Circuit''. She is a 2014 recipient of the Alex Awards. Personal life Knisley beca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swati Khurana
Swati Khurana is a writer and contemporary artist of Indian-American origin. She was born in New Delhi, India in 1975. She emigrated to New York in 1977, where she lives and works. She graduated from Poughkeepsie Day School in 1993. She holds a B.A. in history from Columbia University, M.A. in Studio Art and Art Criticism from New York University, and an MFA in creative writing at Hunter College. Writing Her fiction and essays have been published in ''The New York Times'', ''Guernica'', ''Chicago Quarterly Review'', '' Asian American Literary Review'', ''The Offing'', ''The Rumpus'', ''The Massachusetts Review'', the ''Good Girls Marry Doctors'' anthology, and cited as a Notable Essay in '' Best American Essays 2019''. She has received support from New York Foundation for the Arts, Vermont Studio Center, and Center for Fiction for her creative writing. Visual Art Khurana works in embroidery, collage, drawing, and installation, exploring gender and rituals that are particular to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Keltz
Jonathan Lippert Keltz (born January 17, 1988) is an American actor known for his role as Jake Steinberg in the HBO series ''Entourage'', and his work in the films ''Prom'' (2011) and '' 21 & Over'' (2013). He starred as Leith Bayard in The CW's series ''Reign''. In May 2014, Keltz was promoted to series regular for the show's second season, which premiered in October 2014. Background Keltz was born in New York City, the son of Karin Lippert, who worked in public relations, and Martin Keltz, who is a co-founder of Scholastic Productions. After moving to Canada with his family, he attended high school at the Northern Secondary School in Toronto, Ontario. His father is of Polish Jewish descent, while his mother is German (born in Hamburg). Keltz was raised in his father's Jewish religion. Keltz began taking acting classes when he was 10 years old and began working as an actor when he was 16. In Toronto, he lived in an apartment once occupied by Keanu Reeves. Keltz currently l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauren Holmes
Lauren Holmes is an American author and writer of short stories. She published her first collection of short stories, ''Barbara the Slut and Other People'', in 2015. Life Holmes was raised in the Hudson Valley in New York. She attended Wellesley College as an undergraduate, and received her MFA from Hunter College. Her work has appeared in Granta. Work Holmes cites Tracy Kidder, Barbara Demick, and Adrian Nicole LeBlanc Adrian Nicole LeBlanc is an American journalist whose works focus on the marginalized members of society: adolescents living in poverty, prostitutes, women in prison, etc. She is best known for her 2003 non-fiction book '' Random Family''. She wa ... as influences. She began work on the collection in 2009. The work received mixed reviews. References Living people American short story writers Wellesley College alumni Hunter College alumni Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-novelist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Finkelpearl
Tom Finkelpearl (born February 1, 1956) is an American arts promoter, former museum director, and former Commissioner of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. He was appointed in 2014 by the New York City mayor, Bill de Blasio, and served through the end of 2019. Early life and career He graduated from Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts in 1974, from Princeton University in 1979 and from Hunter College (MFA) in 1983. Before joining city government, Finkelpearl served for 12 years as director of the Queens Museum from 2002 to 2014. While serving as director, he hired community organizers to emphasize the diversity of the immigrant population. He presided over the museum's $68 million renovation effort. He doubled the size of the Queens Museum and saw its budget grow from $2.3 million to $4.9 million.JENNIFER MALONEY, April 6, 2014, Wall Street JournalDe Blasio Taps New Cultural Affairs Commissioner Tom Finkelpearl, the Executive Director of the Queens Museum, To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas Elmendorf
Douglas William Elmendorf (born April 16, 1962) is an American economist who is the dean and Don K. Price Professor of Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government. He previously served as the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) from 2009 to 2015. He was a Brookings Institution senior fellow from 2007 to 2009, and briefly in 2015 following his time at the CBO, and was a director of the Hamilton Project at Brookings. Early life and education Born in Poughkeepsie, New York, Elmendorf attended the Poughkeepsie Day School and graduated from Spackenkill High School. He spent his early career as an academic and educator. He graduated from Princeton University with an A.B. in economics in 1983 after completing a 70-page long senior thesis titled "A Prediction Model of the Market for Engineering." He then attended Harvard University to obtain his master's and Ph.D. in the same subject. After graduating in 1989, he stayed at Harvard for four years as an assistant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celeste Dupuy-Spencer
Celeste Dupuy-Spencer (born 1979) is an American painter. Biography Dupuy-Spencer was born in New York City in 1979. She received a BFA degree from Bard College in 2007. She currently resides in Los Angeles, California. Career Dupuy-Spencer began exhibiting in 2007, including collaborations with Ridykeulous Project. In 2015, her work was included in the show ''Queer Fantasy'' at Morán Morán in Los Angeles. She had solo shows at the Nino Mier Gallery in 2016 and 2018, and at the Marlborough Gallery in 2017. Her work was included in the Hammer Museum's 2018 exhibition ''Made in L.A.'' and in the 2017 Whitney Biennial. In 2018, Dupuy-Spencer had a residency at the Elaine de Kooning House in East Hampton, New York. Dupuy-Spencer's work was included in the 2022 exhibition ''Women Painting Women'' at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. Dupuy-Spencer's work is held in the permanent collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art The Whitney Museum of American Art, known info ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Cash
Ivan Cash is an interactive artist, filmmaker, and speaker. His work celebrates human connection and explores themes of belonging in the 21st century. In 2016, Cash was named a Forbes 30 under 30 Artist, and in 2018 was appointed a member of the USPS Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee The United States Postal Service's Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee (CSAC) evaluates potential subjects for U.S. postage stamps and reports its recommendations to the Postmaster General, who makes the final decision. Purpose Each year, the Posta .... Career Occupy George In 2011, Cash and co-creator Andy Dao stamped fact-based infographics onto dollar bills to inform the public about America's wealth disparity. Occupy George exhibited in museums and festivals around the world, including the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, the YBCA in San Francisco, the Brooklyn Museum, and Ars Electronica in Austria. In 2014, Cash and Dao were commissioned by the Victoria & Albert Museum to design stamp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Molly Baz
Molly Baz (née Lundquist-Baz; born 1987 or 1988) is an American cook, recipe developer, and food writer. She was a senior food editor at ''Bon Appétit'' magazine and appeared frequently in videos for the magazine's YouTube channel before leaving in 2020. Baz has published two cookbooks, ''Cook This Book'' (2021) and ''More Is More'' (2023), both of which are ''New York Times'' Best Sellers. Early life and education Baz was born in 1987 or 1988. She is from Rhinebeck, New York. She was educated at Poughkeepsie Day School where she graduated in 2006. She then studied art history at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, graduating in 2010. She discovered her love of cooking while studying abroad in Florence, Italy. In her senior year at Skidmore, she and her classmate hosted biweekly dinners that were prepared with local ingredients and open to the local Saratoga Springs community. Career Early career (2008–2014) Wanting to work as a chef without attending culinary school ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
