Category: Lifelong Learning

  • Volunteers Needed for 2010 Farm Tour: Earn a free car pass

    Learning through volunteering is a favorite lifelong learning strategy of mine. How about you?  Would you like to learn more about our local farms? The Market Central/Whole Foods 2010 Farm Tour will take place on Labor Day, and they are looking for volunteers to help with the event. Market Central, and our friends at Whole…

  • Lifelong Learning at it’s best: WordPress is really fun!

    One thing that has drawn me to Web publishing from the beginning (my first job as a webmaster began in 1995) is that it is constantly evolving.  There are always new things for an aspiring webmaster to explore and learn.  Sometimes the changes have been challenging.  Leaving HoTMetaL and going from simple table-based layouts to…

  • Enjoy music by Travis Elliot in McIntire Park – an event sponsored by nonprofit McIntire Botanical Garden

    Enjoy the park, enjoy the music – and learn more about hopes and plans for a botanical garden for everyone in McIntire Park. MUSICAL EVENT ON AUGUST 8, 2010 – 5:00-7:00 p.m. Posted on July 28, 2010 by Helen Come to the East side of McIntire Park on August 8th from 5-7 p.m. and listen…

  • OLLI is reaching out to older learners in the valley

    Lots of great classes this fall! Check out the Fall 2010 catalog on the OLLI-UVa website.  Read more about the program below: “The Story Only You Can Tell” will be one of eleven classes the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Virginia will offer when it branches out for its first semester in…

  • McIntire Botanical Garden – A Vision

    Here is another chance to learn while you volunteer your time for a worthwhile project.  Visit the McIntire Botanical Garden website for more information. So … what is a botanical garden and why should Charlottesville want one? A botanical garden is a collection of living plants and trees for display, research, education and conservation. A…

  • Preservation or progress? A chance to take part in the discussions

    So many of are are transfixed watching the disaster unfold in the Gulf of Mexico. So much to worry about!  The loss of wildlife, ruining of the beaches,  damage to the the tourism and fishing industries,  and now we are hearing about the plight of workers who are suffering loss of wages from the halt…