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 –…

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.

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

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…

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…

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…

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.

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…