The Dutchess Community College Foundation will host its 47th Annual Craft Fair on Thanksgiving weekend, Nov. 24 and 25, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day on the DCC main campus in Poughkeepsie. This has become one of the area's most anticipated hand-made crafts events.

"In the Heights" will be staged Nov. 9-11 and 16-18 by members of the Dutchess Community College Performing Arts program and students in DCC's Masquers' Guild Theatre Club. The show will be directed by AnnChris Warren with musical direction by Elizabeth Gerbi.

The Dutchess Community College Board of Trustees named a new chair and welcomed four new members during its September and October meetings.

One of the region's largest annual college fairs, featuring over 120 public, private, two-year and four-year colleges, will be held Oct. 9 from 6 to 8 p.m. in Falcon Hall on DCC's main campus.