by Barbara Lemos | Aug 27, 2022 | Lifelong Learners
The Barbee Library Max and Sarah Williams Life Long Learners have once again made history with the launch of hybrid presentation capabilities offering concurrent “in-library” and “via Zoom” participation options. This week, Southport Historical Society President Dr....
by Barbara Lemos | Aug 19, 2022 | Lifelong Learners
Today’s session of the Barbee Library Max and Sarah Williams Life Long Learners (LLL) series examined the history of pirates and the reasons why pirates capture our imaginations. Unbeknownst to your Roving Reporter, several of the Zoom series participants sported...
by Barbara Lemos | May 13, 2022 | Lifelong Learners
The latest installment of the Barbee Library Max and Sarah Williams Life Long Learners program on Celtic History and Culture explored Celtic Britain and Roman Britain and the rise of the Celts and Picts in Scotland. Zooming in, about 30 participants listened to two...
by Barbara Lemos | Mar 25, 2022 | Lifelong Learners
This week’s session of Barbee Library’s Max and Sarah Williams Life Long Learners covered lectures five and six in the Great World Religions course, covering “The Muslim Community – Faith and Politics” and “Paths to God – Islamic Law and Mysticism.” One might...
by Barbara Lemos | Mar 11, 2022 | Lifelong Learners
The Barbee Library Max and Sarah Williams Life Long Learners group took a brief detour from their ongoing program on the “Great World Religions: Islam” to revisit a session from 2016 on Ukraine and Russia. Given current events, this lecture supplied important...
by Barbara Lemos | Jan 14, 2022 | Lifelong Learners
This week’s session of the Barbee Library Max and Sarah Williams Life Long Learners series “How Winston Churchill Changed the World” explored Churchill’s pivotal decision to fight Germany rather than to surrender to those around him urging appeasement. This was the...
