Daily planner calendar for July 14

HAPPENINGS

Build Your Own Bluebird House & Lecture — LaGrange Association Library, 488 Freedom Plains Road (Route 55), Poughkeepsie. 6-7:45 p.m. July 14, Hear all about the Eastern Bluebird from their nesting cycle to the use of bluebird boxes. The lecture is drop-in. For ages 6 & up. This program was generously funded by Stewart's Holiday Grant. 845-452-3141.

Grace Church golf tournament and gala — Millbrook Golf & Tennis, 103 Route 343, Millbrook. July 14. Grace Church, Millbrook, will have its eighth annual golf tournament and gala. Tournament, lunch, dinner and auction. Proceeds help support church?s outreach programs. Tee times at 7:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Dinner at 6 p.m. with music by pianist Peter Muir. Guest speaker will be Rob Dyson, president and director of the Dyson Foundation. Tickets are: $125 for golf and lunch; $175 for golf, lunch and dinner; $100, dinner only. To register, call 845-677-5405. www.gracemillbrook.org

Library's Truck Stop event — Starr Library, 68 W. Market St., Rhinebeck. 1 p.m. July 14. Check out Rhinebeck's big rigs compliments of the Rhinebeck Highway Department. A Kona Ice Truck will also be on hand to help beat the heat with frozen treats. 845-876-4030.

Author discussion — Taylor Hall, Room 203, Vassar College, 124 Raymond Ave., Poughkeepsie. 7:30 p.m. July 15. Historian and author Douglas Brinkley will discuss "John Burroughs, Theodore Roosevelt, and the American Conservation Movement." This free public event is co-sponsored by the college's Environmental Studies program and the John Burroughs Association. Brinkley is a professor of history at Rice University. His work on conservation history includes the books "Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America" and "The Quiet World: Saving Alaska's Wilderness Kingdom, 1879-1960." He is currently writing "Rightful Heritage: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Land of America." 845-437-5370.

Rhinebeck Legion Band concert — Town of Rhinebeck Municipal Parking Lot, E. Market St., Rhinebeck. 7 p.m. July 15. Concert in the parking lot across from the Rhinebeck Fire Department. Bring blankets or lawn chairs. Rain cancels. 845-876-2765.

ONGOING

Free lunch for kids and teens in Wappingers Falls — Veterans Park, 35 N. Mesier Ave., Wappingers Falls. All children 18 and younger can receive a nutritious meal for free noon-1 p.m. Monday thru Friday to Aug. 15 at Veterans Memorial Park and Mesier Homestead Park in Wappingers Falls. Hosted by United Methodist Church of Wappingers with the Nutrition Advisory Committee of Dutchess County. Inside the church at 9 S. Mesier Ave. if too wet or too hot. For information, email umcofw@hotmail.com or call 845-297-3208.

Community chorus — St. Andrew's Church, 110 Overlook Road, Poughkeepsie. 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays. The Poughkeepsie Newyorkers Barbershop Chorus meets. Male a cappella group sings in the barbershop style. Guests welcome. Sight reading not required. Visit www.newyorkerschorus.org

Bridge music — Waryas Park, Poughkeepsie, and Johnson-Iorio Park, Highland and Mid-Hudson Bridge. Sound art installation by Joseph Bertolozzi can be heard on park radios at 95.3 FM year-round at Waryas and Johnson-Iorio parks. Listening stations at each tower of the Mid-Hudson Bridge, April-October. www.josephbertolozzi.com