Pirates in the Room, Pirates over Zoom

Pirates in the Room, Pirates over Zoom

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....
The Real History of Pirates

The Real History of Pirates

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...
Great World Religions: Understanding Islam

Great World Religions: Understanding Islam

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...
Life Long Learners Go Back to Ukraine

Life Long Learners Go Back to Ukraine

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...
What Keeps Life Long Learners Engaged?

What Keeps Life Long Learners Engaged?

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...