In the 1950s, twenty-two-year-old Jenny Lee leaves her comfortable home to move into a convent and become a midwife in London's East End slums. While delivering babies all over the city, Jenny encounters a colorful cast of women—from the plucky, warm-hearted nuns with whom she lives, to the woman with twenty-four children who can't speak English, to the prostitutes of the city's seedier side.
Join Allison Petrus-Wilkins for a discussion of Jennifer Worth's best-selling memoir.
"Be Red Cross Ready" is a Red Cross preparedness presentation that teaches communities how to Get a Kit, Make a Plan, and Stay Informed before and during a disaster such as a snow storm, flood, fire, and other hazards, strikes our region. The presentation is about half an hour long, and it covers topics such as sheltering in place, evacuation, emergency kit preparation, setting up a meeting place, and many more.
Programmer/Name Contact:
Olga Wallace (845) 673-5693
olga.wallace@redcross.org
Combining the spirit of Earth Day and National Poetry Month, poet Mary Makofske will read here thirteen part poem, "An Inward Bruise" accompanied by whale song, music and photos of these magnificent creatures. "An Inward Bruise" won the Lullwater Review Poetry Prize and appears in Traction (Ashland Poetry Press), Makofske's latest book and winner of the Richard Snyder Prize.
What is a decision? Claude Prevots, a system architect and ethicist, will discuss the position that a decision is a theme to be tested. Using the situations of Hamlet and Galileo, he will engage the participants in an entertaining discussion of the science of decision making.
What is a decision? Claude Prevots, a system architect and ethicist, will discuss the position that a decision is a theme to be tested. Using the situations of Hamlet and Galileo, he will engage the participants in an entertaining discussion of the science of decision making.
What is a decision? Claude Prevots, a system architect and ethicist, will discuss the position that a decision is a theme to be tested. Using the situations of Hamlet and Galileo, he will engage the participants in an entertaining discussion of the science of decision making.
Join us for an evening with an up and coming musical star!
Twenty year old composer and musician Matt Daniel will perform original piano compositions in varions styles including rag time, jazz, blues rck 'n' roll and more.
This concert is made possible with a grant form the Albert Wisner Public Library Foundation
It's time for the Shakespeare Lock-In! Hurl some Shakespearean insults, learn the intricacies of stage combat and Renaissance weaponry, and get a chance to rewrite some of Shakespeare's most famous lines! Afterwards, we'll all watch a film version of Much Ado About Nothing. As always, there will be door prizes, pizza, and snacks.
Don Urmstrom of the Mid-Hudson Adirondack Mountain Club will tell you how to get started, what gear you will need, where to go paddling, where to meet other paddlers and where to get instruction on your technique. See and feel the difference in kayaks, paddles and other equipment with our hands-on presentation. Special attention is given to kayak safety and choosing your first kayak.
