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Millbrook

Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies Gets $2M Facilities Gift

January 5, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Cary Institute of Ecosystem StudiesA $2 million gift recently received by Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies will support the transformation of its Millbrook, Dutchess County, NY headquarters.

A two-year capital campaign was launched in 2020 to raise funds to re-imagine the headquarters. Staff at the Cary Institute are experts in the ecology of cities, freshwaters, forests, infectious diseases, and the impact of climate change on ecological systems. The gift will allow Cary Institute to surpass its original public fundraising goal. [Read more…] about Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies Gets $2M Facilities Gift

Filed Under: Hudson Valley - Catskills, Nature Tagged With: Architecture, Cary Institute, Dutchess County, Millbrook, New York Botanical Garden

Timothy Leary Project: Inside A Counterculture Experiment

April 30, 2018 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

The Timothy Leary ProjectOn Saturday, May 19 from 1 to 1:45 pm, the Millbrook Library will host New York State Historian Devin Lander and archivist Jennifer Ulrich as they discuss her journey into the infamous Timothy Leary’s archives and her efforts to compile them into a book.

It has now been 50 years since Timothy Leary lived in Millbrook, where he and his colleagues — most notably Richard Alpert (now Ram Dass) and Ralph Metzner — established one of the most famous and influential centers in communal living, spiritual awakening, and psychedelic experimentation of the 1960s. [Read more…] about Timothy Leary Project: Inside A Counterculture Experiment

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Cultural History, Millbrook

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