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November 2020
Oxford Walks 21654
Can you walk the number of miles in your zip code? Probably not, but collectively we can. The Oxford Community Center and the Oxford Volunteer Fire Company are sponsoring a virtual walk, Oxford Walks 21654, beginning on November 14 through the end of April 2021. The goal is to walk a collective 21,654 miles and to stay healthy as a community. Anyone can participate and it does not have to be in Oxford. One does not need to be a…
Find out more »January 2021
Understanding the COVID-19 Vaccine
Nearly one year into the global pandemic, the COVID-19 virus is still raging across our nation. Next Monday, the University of Maryland Medical System will be recognizing the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Observance with a statewide virtual conversation via Zoom featuring multiple physician experts discussing COVID-19 vaccine issues, concerns and questions. “Finding Hope on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day – A Town Hall on Understanding the COVID-19 Vaccine” is scheduled for January 18th, 11 am –…
Find out more »Technology Tools for Caregivers Webinar
This webinar offers a practical overview of how technology tools may help family caregivers provide care for a frail or ill family member, partner, or friend at home. Technology products like smart phone apps, communication aids, in home sensors, and webcams can help make a home safer and reduce the caregiving workload. Register at https://bit.ly/TECH0121 or for a list of all education programs or support groups go to www.alz.org/maryland/eventswww.alz.org/maryland/events or www.communityresourcefinder.org or call 1-800-272-3900. All are welcome. No cost to attend.
Find out more »Macrame Bracelet for Beginners
Make a macrame bracelet using special knots with beads to create a unique design. This class for adults and kids ages 14 and up will be taught online by The Foundry Artist Janice Knauss using Zoom. The class is $15 for CCCA members and $20 for Non-members. Register at https://carolinearts.org/classes-events/ January 21, 2021
Find out more »Virtual Lecture on Frederick Douglass
Chesapeake Forum Academy for Lifelong Learning presents Professor David W. Blight, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom. The live Zoom lecture will take place on Thursday, January 21, 2021 from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm. Blight’s lecture, “Frederick Douglass In His Times and in Ours” is in memory of John F. Ford, Founding President of Chesapeake Forum. Born into slavery near the banks of Tuckahoe Creek, Douglass escaped what could have been a lifetime of bondage to become…
Find out more »Learn Electronic Navigation
From 10am–noon on Saturday, Jan. 23, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md., is offering a virtual version of its annual Electronic Navigation for Non-Technical People workshop. Registration is required at cbmm.org/electronicnavigation. Participants will join Capt. Jerry Friedman, a USCG-licensed Master, via Zoom as he provides short non-technical descriptions of how GPS, GPS chart plotters, radar, depth sounders, and automated identification systems (AIS) work. A retired electrical engineering executive, Friedman has held a USCG captain’s license for 60…
Find out more »Talbot County Garden Club’s Winter Lecture Series
The Talbot County Garden Club announces its winter lecture series featuring three world renown experts in the fields of landscape design and climate. Author, photographer and lecturer Ken Duse; landscape architect Eric Groft; and the founder and president of C-Change, Kathleen Biggins. All events will be held via Zoom and begin at 11 a.m. They are free and open to the public. Tuesday, January 26, 2021 Speaker – Ken Druse, author, photographer and lecturer Program- The New Shade Garden: strategies…
Find out more »Stories Love Music’s Caregiver Program
Stories Love Music Presents "The Joy of Creative Engagement for Caregivers", a free creative engagement program for caregivers who care for senior citizens with dementia, stress management and creative tools for joy in caregiving. A one hour session every Wednesday at 11AM on Zoom. You must register to attend this five-week series. Go to www.storieslovemusic.com.
Find out more »February 2021
Doc, I Need a Drink with Ron Lesher, PhD
A Philatelist (stamp collector) looks at the lead-up to National Prohibition, the period of National Prohibition (1920-1933), and the era of 3.2 beverage alcohol (April 7 - December 4, 1933). The primary lens will be the tax stamps used to show the payment of the tax on legal alcohol during those three periods. In the lead-up to National Prohibition, we will also be looking at stamps and labels issued by the associations fighting against the Prohibition forces and the measure…
Find out more »20,000 Years of History from One Oyster Reef in the Choptank River
This presentation will use a sonar-mapped oyster reef from the dock of the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Cambridge, MD to illustrate, geologically, what the Bay looked like in this vicinity of the Choptank River from 20,000 years ago (when the sea level was 300 feet lower) until now. You will see the Choptank as an energetic, flowing, meandering river; the subsequent incursion of saltwater into the Chesapeake Bay; and sea level reaching its present level from 6,000 years ago. The presentation…
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