2022 Virtual Lecture Series

Thursday evenings at 7pm on Zoom

 

 
 

 

Thursday, May 5

Broadway Returns!

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kp9QFvzCTyqsO4ZfoNh57w

   

Theater enthusiast Brian Stoll will discuss all things Broadway beginning with an update on the current state of Broadway since COVID. He will also share the history and importance of the Broadway Playbill as well as money-saving tips on how to see Broadway shows for under $50.

 

Thursday, May 19

Celebrate and Create Culinary Traditions

Presented by Vanessa Young

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0U6SDIpvS-6QtTEZyAB8Uw

Join us as we explore how to preserve and update family culinary traditions as well as create new ones.  Gathering over food promotes wellness, joy, and connection.  We will explore the stories behind our traditions while discussing practical tips on how to preserve recipes, photos, and food memories. We will also cover how to update traditional dishes to align with healthy lifestyles and modern concerns.

Vanessa Young is a cooking instructor, writer, and educator known for her artful approach to food and wellness topics and her focus on seasonal meals.  From butchers to bakers, her family is a long line of self-taught and professional chefs.  With her artistic sensibility and kitchen wisdom, she helps home chefs become more versatile in their approach to food, often reigniting their passion for cooking through private and community classes.  As the founder of Thirsty Radish (www.thirstyradish.com), she shares recipes and inspires a creative approach to life in and out of the kitchen.

 

Thursday, June 2

The Sky by Day and by Night: An Introduction to the Heavens

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SzumaBS9SCaYJo-uibFFxA

Jim Peck has been an amateur astronomer since the age of 10 when he watched the first ever man made satellite, the Russian Sputnik 1, travel across the night sky in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1957.

Jim will lead a talk called The Sky by Day and by Night which will cover such topics as the moon, planets, stars and constellations, deep sky objects, artificial satellites, and the sun’s path across the sky. The intended audience is anyone with a keen interest in the sky and will appeal to adults and science oriented kids over the age of 12.

He will use software that shows the sky exactly as you would see it if you went outside after dark right outside the library. He can also speed up time and adjust the location to show numerous astrological objects.

Jim has led astronomy programs while Education Director of the American Littoral Society (coastal conservation group) on Sandy Hook and as Executive Director of the Cora Hartshorn Arboretum and Bird Sanctuary in Short Hills. He wrote the Trail Mix Nature Column for the Gannett Newspaper chain for 14 years as he explored the state from High Point to Cape May. Jim has spoken at Public Libraries all across NJ.

 

Thursday, June 16

When The Cavalry Came to Call: Juneteenth

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_EDqqcVgcSUKG0Sacwv1R5g

Juneteenth is a day set aside to celebrate, not just the good news of emancipation, but also a day to remember those who labored so long. Those whose shoulders we stand upon. Countless people, we do not know their names, but we honor their legacy, and the sacrifices they made. Michelle Washington Wilson is an outstanding Storyteller who will present Stories and Poems dedicated to the celebration of African American Emancipation.

Michelle Washington Wilson is a writer, performer, and storyteller from rural Newtonville, New Jersey. Michelle has been writing and telling stories for more than 30 years. She has traveled throughout North America and the Caribbean sharing stories from around the world. Michelle is an active member of NJ Storytelling Network and The National Association of Black Storytellers (NABS).

Ms. Wilson has to her credit a two-act play “Dusty Days Gone, The story of the people who harvest the crops.”  It is the story of migrant workers on farms during the 1950’s. Michelle, a Certified Life Skills Instructor, has presented at several conferences on Women’s Studies, Family Literacy, Adult Education including the prestigious East Tennessee University Conference on Early Childhood Education in Johnson City, Tennessee. She is the subject in two books including Legendary Locals of The Pine Barrens of New Jersey, by the late Karen Riley and Small Towns Black Lives by Professor Wendel White.

Professionally Ms. Wilson is a specialist in Work-Readiness Instruction and Family Literacy, supporting the needs of adults re-entering the workforce. Ms. Wilson is an Atlantic County Library Commissioner. She retired as an Adjunct Professor at Atlantic Cape Community College in the Social Sciences Department and continues to contribute to the quality of Federally funded Afterschool Programs as a Monitor and Evaluator of 21st Century Community Learning Center Programs. Michelle continues to keep the tradition alive of having stories to tell, “Because everybody has something that they do well.”

 

 

 

 

 

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