The Saturday Writers Studio is meeting virtually on Zoom. Serious writers are invited to participate in our Writers Studio. It is a group for authors who wish to polish manuscripts for publication or personal distribution.
Learn all about hooks and needles, types of yarn, and the differences between knit and crochet along with some basic stitches. Then, choose either knit or crochet and select a fun project to complete as you learn and use new skills at this on-going drop-in class.
What’s in each box? Everything you'll need for a Besties Book Club! Enjoy two copies of a hardcover book by a bestselling author. Plus, self-care goodies to help you unplug and disconnect from the world, soothe your senses, and immerse yourselves into your book fix!
Adult English language learners will practice reading, writing, and speaking English and learn new vocabulary for real world situations.
Cecilia St. King, Inner Peace Troubadour, is an award-winning, internationally recognized, singer/songwriter/recording artist who has dedicated her life to healing our planet through the healing power of music. Over her decades-long career, she has performed worldwide in venues as diverse as, San Quentin Prison, the United Nations, The Blue Bird café in Nashville, TN, The Bitter End, NYC, and the Parliament of the World’s Religion.
Key lime pie was designated the official state pie of Florida in 2006 though its existence harkens back to the 1890s. Do you have the best recipe ever for this iconic tart sweet dessert? We’re inviting all home bakers to enter our key lime pie bake off.
Stay connected and engaged with other avid readers at our Monday Afternoon Book Group. We read and discuss a variety of current and popular fiction.
Join the University of Miami Comprehensive Center for Brain Health for a series of free entertaining and educational programs on how to build a better brain.
Stay connected and engaged with other avid readers at our Tuesday Book Group. We read and discuss a variety of current and popular fiction.
Dr. Margery Marcus presents a history of book censorship in America with a focus on Florida, ranked second in the country in challenges to books.
Dr. Robert Watson, Distinguished Professor of American History and Avron Fogelman Research Professor at Lynn University, and award-winning author of more than 45 books and 200 scholarly articles will lecture and present the true stories of his two newest books, “When Washington Burned” (Georgetown University Press, August 2023) and “America’s First Plague” (Rowman & Littlefield, June 2023).
Read and discuss some of these sixteen stories, available in English for the first, that trace an arc across continents, across upheavals and regime changes, and across the phases of a woman’s life. Free; please register.
Barbara Savicky will take you on a journey into her artistic process. Light refreshments will be served.
FACT: The oldest Peace Corps volunteer currently serving is 72 years old. FACT: 9% of current Peace Corps volunteers are over the age of 50. Discover the unique challenges and rewards of serving later in life alongside a community overseas. Learn about volunteer experiences, ask questions about service, and gain tips to guide you through the application process.
AARP Smart Driver™ – the newly updated driving refresher course from AARP Driver Safety is back.
Western Jewish pioneers, those of the silver screen and real life, are a largely forgotten chapter in US History. And yet, they played a definitive role shaping the expansion of the United States. The wagon trains that moved westward with Jewish families traveled for the same reason as many settlers: opportunity.
Yinglish is that unique American linguistic combination of Yiddish and English. From the more than 5,000 Yiddish words that have officially become part of the English language, Avi Hoffman presents stories and words that celebrate the idiomatic phenomenon that laid the foundation for modern mainstream culture.
This enlightening lecture presents an entertaining and educational evening introducing the depth and beauty of the great Yiddish writers. Through both Yiddish and English poetry and prose, we rediscover the lost treasures of Yiddish culture.
Read and discuss stories by Holocaust survivor Chava Rosenfarb. With the addition of three stories, namely, “The Masterpiece”, “April 19th”, and “Letters to God”, this collection makes available in English for the first time a complete selection of Chava Rosenfarb's short stories all in one place.
By 1914, audiences in lower Manhattan could choose among up to thirty Yiddish theater productions on any given night. The community of professional and amateur theater professionals offered shows ranging from comic variety shows to newly-composed works reflecting Jewish experiences to translations of European operas.
This title is a 2023 Great Jewish Books Club pick. This seminal American work from the Yiddish literary canon, in a restored English edition, offers the luminous narrative of the author’s journey home to his Polish birthplace. In 1934, with World War II on the horizon, Jacob Glatstein (1896 –1971) traveled from his home in America to his native Poland to visit his dying mother.
A storyteller facilitates a lively and moving exploration of stories of home—what they mean to us and how they make us who we are. Participants will then draw a memory map of a street, neighborhood, or town from a place that was once home as they remember it. They will be invited to share their memory map and the story with the group.
This presentation will explore the literary works of NourbeSe Philip and Edwidge Danticat as well as the musical poetics of Bob Marley. The theme of exile pervades these Caribbean texts, whether literary or oral, due to the multiple displacement that Caribbean subjects, particularly those from the African diaspora, have experienced due to the disconnection from ancestral lands and language.
Come by any time between 1 and 3 pm for an opportunity to explore a refugee camp virtual reality. See what it’s really like. The Za’atari Refugee Camp in Jordan is home to over 80,000 Syrians fleeing war and violence, half of whom are children. One resident is 12-year old Sidra, who has lived in the camp for over a year.
Haitian Creole is dynamic and continuously evolving. It embraces new terminology, styles, and expressions that reflect the changing needs and experiences of its speakers. Through the creative contributions of artists, writers, and young people, the language grows richer and more culturally significant.
From a New York Times-bestselling author, Ayiti is a powerful collection exploring the Haitian diaspora experience. Originally published by a small press, this Grove Press paperback will make Gay’s debut widely available for the first time, including several new stories.
