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The Serious Side of Food, a Reading & Discussion program at Shaker Heritage Society
Shaker Heritage Society 25 Meeting House Road, Albany, NYThe Serious Side of Food, a Reading & Discussion program at Schenectady County Historical Society
Schenectady County Historical Society 32 Washington Avenue, Schenectady, NYJoin the SCHS Book Club to take a deep look at a topic we often take for granted: food! Food provides both nourishment and pleasure, of course, but under the surface of each meal lies a series of complex interactions and entanglements. Led by Chris Leonard, Schenectady City Historian, we'll read and discuss nonfiction, novels, and archival materials focused on the issues that lie on our plates. Limited to 12 people. Please contact Marietta Carr, SCHS Librarian, at [email protected] or 518-374-0263 x3 to sign up. All book club discussion meetings will be at 32 Washington Ave, at 6pm. -Wed, 2/15, […]
Votes for Women, a Reading & Discussion program at Howland Stone Store Museum
Howland Stone Store Museum 2956 State Route 34B, Sherwood, NYHowland Stone Store Museum will draw on its own history in the struggle for women's suffrage as we discuss readings from "Votes for Women".
What Does Literature, Philosophy, and Religion Have To Say About Serving Our Community?, a Reading & Discussion program at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center 341 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, NYWhat does it mean to serve one’s community? What do we gain as individuals and as members of a community by doing so? How can we bridge divisions of experience, perspective, and geography in order to strengthen community? “Talking Justice: What Does Religion, Philosophy, and Literature Have to Say About Serving Our Community?” invites interested individuals, including members of non-profit service organizations, community activists, members of religious congregations, volunteers and would-be volunteers, to come together to consider the challenges and possibilities of community service. Together, we’ll read and discuss essays, speeches, stories, and poems from the Civically Engaged Reader (Eds. […]
Food Glorious Food, a Reading & Discussion program at Colonie Senior Service Centers
Colonie Senior Service Centers 6 Winners Circle, Albany, NYJoin facilitator Diane Conroy-LaCivita, visiting chefs and food producers for a monthly book club and practicum all about food entitled "Food Glorious Food". We will explore the serious side of food, how it is produced, the economics and politics behind it and the responsibility we have as consumers. This reading and discussion program will also entail local food production including some hands-on opportunities.
1812: The War that Forged a Nation: Through the lens of the US, Canada, British and Native American Perspectives
Southworth Library Association PO Box 45, 24 West Main Street, Dryden, NYThis program will explore the War of 1812 and its impact on global history from the perspectives of the fledgling nation of the United States, the border with our Canadian neighbors, the British empire and the concerted Native American collaboration
What Does It Mean to Be Civically Engaged?, a Reading & Discussion program at Bailey’s Cafe
Bailey's Cafe 324 Malcolm X Blvd, Brooklyn, NYWhat Does It Mean to Be Civically Engaged in 2023? We will be exploring this question and connecting it to our personal lives as we read The Civically Engaged Reader. Interested? Please join us.
Pulitzer “Campfire” Readings, a Reading & Discussion program at West Hurley Public Library
West Hurley Public Library 42 Clover St, West Hurley, NYThrough five Pulitzer winning novels, this series looks at how authors have depicted the striving to better oneself and achieve the American dream – and how, despite our efforts, we often end of up unfulfilled or clashing with other elements of society.
What Does Literature, Philosophy, and Religion Have To Say About Serving Our Community?, a Reading & Discussion program at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center 341 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, NYWhat does it mean to serve one’s community? What do we gain as individuals and as members of a community by doing so? How can we bridge divisions of experience, perspective, and geography in order to strengthen community? “Talking Justice: What Does Religion, Philosophy, and Literature Have to Say About Serving Our Community?” invites interested individuals, including members of non-profit service organizations, community activists, members of religious congregations, volunteers and would-be volunteers, to come together to consider the challenges and possibilities of community service. Together, we’ll read and discuss essays, speeches, stories, and poems from the Civically Engaged Reader (Eds. […]
What Does It Mean to Be Civically Engaged?, a Reading & Discussion program at Bailey’s Cafe
Bailey's Cafe 324 Malcolm X Blvd, Brooklyn, NYWhat Does It Mean to Be Civically Engaged in 2023? We will be exploring this question and connecting it to our personal lives as we read The Civically Engaged Reader. Interested? Please join us.
Place & Story, a Reading & Discussion program at Tinker Nature Park
Tinker Nature Park 1585 Calkins Rd, Pittsford, NYWhat Does Literature, Philosophy, and Religion Have To Say About Serving Our Community?, a Reading & Discussion program at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center 341 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, NYWhat does it mean to serve one’s community? What do we gain as individuals and as members of a community by doing so? How can we bridge divisions of experience, perspective, and geography in order to strengthen community? “Talking Justice: What Does Religion, Philosophy, and Literature Have to Say About Serving Our Community?” invites interested individuals, including members of non-profit service organizations, community activists, members of religious congregations, volunteers and would-be volunteers, to come together to consider the challenges and possibilities of community service. Together, we’ll read and discuss essays, speeches, stories, and poems from the Civically Engaged Reader (Eds. […]
James Baldwin’s America, a Reading & Discussion program at Philmont Public Library
Philmont Public Library 101 Main Street, Philmont, NYVotes for Women, a Reading & Discussion program at Howland Stone Store Museum
Howland Stone Store Museum 2956 State Route 34B, Sherwood, NYHowland Stone Store Museum will draw on its own history in the struggle for women's suffrage as we discuss readings from "Votes for Women".
What Does It Mean to Be Civically Engaged?, a Reading & Discussion program at Bailey’s Cafe
Bailey's Cafe 324 Malcolm X Blvd, Brooklyn, NYWhat Does It Mean to Be Civically Engaged in 2023? We will be exploring this question and connecting it to our personal lives as we read The Civically Engaged Reader. Interested? Please join us.
The Serious Side of Food, a Reading & Discussion program at Schenectady County Historical Society
Schenectady County Historical Society 32 Washington Avenue, Schenectady, NYJoin the SCHS Book Club to take a deep look at a topic we often take for granted: food! Food provides both nourishment and pleasure, of course, but under the surface of each meal lies a series of complex interactions and entanglements. Led by Chris Leonard, Schenectady City Historian, we'll read and discuss nonfiction, novels, and archival materials focused on the issues that lie on our plates. Limited to 12 people. Please contact Marietta Carr, SCHS Librarian, at [email protected] or 518-374-0263 x3 to sign up. All book club discussion meetings will be at 32 Washington Ave, at 6pm. -Wed, 2/15, […]
Pulitzer “Campfire” Readings, a Reading & Discussion program at West Hurley Public Library
West Hurley Public Library 42 Clover St, West Hurley, NYThrough five Pulitzer winning novels, this series looks at how authors have depicted the striving to better oneself and achieve the American dream – and how, despite our efforts, we often end of up unfulfilled or clashing with other elements of society.
What Does Literature, Philosophy, and Religion Have To Say About Serving Our Community?, a Reading & Discussion program at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center 341 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, NYWhat does it mean to serve one’s community? What do we gain as individuals and as members of a community by doing so? How can we bridge divisions of experience, perspective, and geography in order to strengthen community? “Talking Justice: What Does Religion, Philosophy, and Literature Have to Say About Serving Our Community?” invites interested individuals, including members of non-profit service organizations, community activists, members of religious congregations, volunteers and would-be volunteers, to come together to consider the challenges and possibilities of community service. Together, we’ll read and discuss essays, speeches, stories, and poems from the Civically Engaged Reader (Eds. […]
The Serious Side of Food, a Reading & Discussion program at Shaker Heritage Society
Shaker Heritage Society 25 Meeting House Road, Albany, NYThe Serious Side of Food, a Reading & Discussion program at Liverpool Public Library
Liverpool Public Library 310 Tulip Street, Liverpool, NYJoin us for this short-term book discussion about food! Working with histories, novels, and journalism, this series exposes some of the issues that lie on our plates. Discussion will be led by Avalon Gupta VerWiebe of the Syracuse-Onondaga Food Systems Alliance (SOFSA). VerWiebe holds a Masters in Food Science from Syracuse University. The program may also include guest speakers and hands-on experiences. Texts include: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair Diet for a Small Planet by Francis Moore Lappe In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan The Third Plate by Dan Barber We will take a look […]
What Does It Mean to Be Civically Engaged?, a Reading & Discussion program at Bailey’s Cafe
Bailey's Cafe 324 Malcolm X Blvd, Brooklyn, NYWhat Does It Mean to Be Civically Engaged in 2023? We will be exploring this question and connecting it to our personal lives as we read The Civically Engaged Reader. Interested? Please join us.
American Politics and Community Today, a Reading & Discussion program sponsored by LWVNYS o
Online NYWhat does it mean to be an American in the 21st century? What does a model American do, and what responsibilities do Americans have to their communities and each other? How have the answers to these questions changed over the history of the United States? The participants in the reading and discussion program "American Politics and Community Today" will engage with these questions and others regarding politics and the current state of civic thought, feeling, and participation. online via Zoom The League of Women Voters of Albany County and Albany Public Library invite you to participate in a four session […]
Simple Stories, Simple Truths; a Reading & Discussion program at FORCE
Focusing Our Resources for Community Enlightenment PO Box 317, Syracuse, NYThe Best of Simple and Series Introduction ─ March 22, 2023 The Best of Simple ─April 5, 2023 The Return of Simple ─ April 19, 2023 Simple’s Uncle Sam ─ May 10, 2023 The Langston Hughes Reader ─ May 24, 2023 The Ways of White Folk ─ June 8, 2023
1812: The War that Forged a Nation: Through the lens of the US, Canada, British and Native American Perspectives
Southworth Library Association PO Box 45, 24 West Main Street, Dryden, NYThis program will explore the War of 1812 and its impact on global history from the perspectives of the fledgling nation of the United States, the border with our Canadian neighbors, the British empire and the concerted Native American collaboration