Tag: Lifelong Learning

Happy 50th Birthday, #BASIC – You were my inspiration!

I first met BASIC in the early 1980s when our new family Commodore 64 came with Introduction to BASIC, Part I. Wow – a machine that I could talk to, that would respond, and that loved logic as much as I did! I was truly hooked, and when the Internet arrived in the early 1990s, I took…

May 1, 2014
Virginia Historic Garden Week Tours at UVa

Garden Week Features April 29 Tours, Talk at U.Va. The public is invited to enjoy a talk and visit U.Va.’s gardens and pavilions as the University participates on Tuesday, April 29, in Virginia Historic Garden Week. Visitors can tour pavilions on the West Lawn of the Academical Village and also participate in tours of the…

April 25, 2014
Earth Day Presentation by Marlene A. Condon, author of “Nature-Friendly Garden” April 22, Harrisonburg

PRESS RELEASE Friendly City Food Cooperative in Harrisonburg is sponsoring an Earth Day slide presentation by Marlene A. Condon, syndicated columnist for Bay Journal News Service and author/photographer of The Nature-friendly Garden: Creating a Backyard Haven for Plants, Wildlife, and People (published by Stackpole Books). Have you ever wondered how the natural world survives on its own…

April 9, 2014
“Crime Wave” hits Charlottesville again!

My favorites at the Virginia Festival of the Book are the Crime Wave programs together with the Book Fair in the Omni Hotel. This year was better than ever! I especially enjoyed meeting Tracy Kiely, a graduate of my Alma Mater, Trinity College of Washington, DC, at Murder, Murder Everywhere. I am looking forward to…

March 22, 2014
VIRGINIA FESTIVAL OF THE BOOK

Senior Center Thursday, March 20, 2:00-4:00 pm “Rose Kennedy: From Private Woman to Political Legend” Barbara Perry, author of the definitive biography of Rose Kennedy,

March 19, 2014
THE CIVIL WAR THROUGH DIFFERENT LENSES – Senior Center – starts today, March 13

THE CIVIL WAR THROUGH DIFFERENT LENSES Thursdays, 6:00 pm March 13-April 17 Rather than a battle-related focus, this class explores other topics that make our nation’s fratricidal war so fascinating! The second season of “Different Lenses”

March 13, 2014