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Desks for Malawi
Saturday, November 18, 2023 — 2–3:30 p.m. — Click Here to Watch This Presentation
Join The Desks Project’s founder and CEO, Chikondi Kulemeka, and COO Andrew Kulemeka to discuss their College Park-based non-profit that works with local carpenters in Malawi to build desks for schools. The project has completed desks for two schools and is working on desks for a third. Providing these desks is showing improvement in test scores for students, more consistent attendance, and more girls staying in school longer.
Movies Then & Now: Theatres Along The Corridor
Saturday, October 28, 2023 — 2–3:30 p.m. — Click Here to Watch This Presentation
Join us to discuss moviemaking at Route 1’s classic theatres, including the historic Greenbelt Cinema (formerly the Old Greenbelt Theatre) from Executive Director Caitlin McGrath. 2023 marks the 85th anniversary of Greenbelt, and the original theater was recently renovated and updated. Learn about the movie industry from the early days of silent films to modern cinema with animation and special effects. Hear what is in store for the future with the advent of streaming movies on demand, the writers’ strike and artificial intelligence, as well as the impact of this summer’s “Barbenheimer” phenomenon.
The Village Movement: Advocating For & Expanding Villages In The Region
Saturday, September 23, 2023 — 2–3:30 p.m. — Click Here to Watch This Presentation
The Village Movement turned 25 this year and it continues to grow. Join a panel of aging-in-place experts to learn about what is happening here in Maryland and Prince George’s County to advocate for villages and to seed villages across the county. We will learn from Christal Batey from the Aging in Place Prince George’s Working Group, Montgomery County Village Coordinator Pazit Aviv, and Liz Woodward and Chelsea Wheeler from the Maryland Department of Aging about how we can all work together to build a strong, supporting community for ourselves and our neighbors as we age.
Uhuru Quilters Guild: Exploring the Legacy of African American Quilting
Saturday, July 22, 2023 — 2–3:30 p.m. — Click Here to Watch This Presentation
Join Uhuru Quilters Guild founding member Carol Williams and Exhibits Committee Chair Renee Anderson to learn about the Guild’s work and activities, African American Quilting traditions, and their love of the quilting.
Food Forests & Foraging Along Route 1
Saturday, June 24, 2023 — 2–3:30 p.m. — Click Here to Watch This Presentation
Learn about the wild and designed places where you can find native foods growing in our area. Gabe Popkin, one of the founders of the Mount Rainier Community Food Forest will talk about the food forest, as well as more generally about food forests and foraging for wild-growing foods in the area.
National Orchestral Institute: A Month of Music & Exploration
Saturday, April 29, 2023 — 2–3:30 p.m. — Video no longer available
Since 1988, the National Orchestral Institute + Festival at The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center has brought the country’s top young performers together for a month of intensive study and world-class performances. In 2018 they received a Grammy nomination for Best Orchestral Performance, and in 2020 they announced trailblazing conductor Marin Alsop as their first-ever Music Director. For the past seven years, the program has been overseen by its director Richard Scerbo — a resident of Mount Rainier. He joins us to talk about the festival and institute, discuss upcoming performances, and answer questions.
Gardening for a Healthy Mind, Body & Planet
Saturday, March 18, 2023 — 2–3:30 p.m. — Click Here to Watch This Presentation
Whether you’re an experienced gardener or just curious, join us for a discussion about vegetable gardening and landscaping with native plants. A founding member of the Hyatt Park Community Garden, Dave Roeder will discuss growing vegetables in small spaces with methods that won’t break your back while providing continuous produce throughout the summer. He also was a long-time volunteer with Chesapeake Natives and will discuss landscaping with native plants to support wildlife, reduce runoff, and save on maintenance chores.
Food, Aging & Community — What’s Healthy and How Do You Get Your Food?
Saturday, February 25, 2021 — 2–3:30 p.m. — Click Here to Watch This Presentation
Psyche Williams-Forson is professor and chair of the University of Maryland’s Department of American Studies. She is one of America’s leading thinkers about food and culture, and the author of several books, including Building Houses out of Chicken Legs: Black Women, Food, and Power; (with Carole Counihan) Taking Food Public: Redefining Foodways in a Changing World; and her most recent, Eating While Black: Food Shaming and Race in America. She and her students have worked with Meals on Wheels, and she is a member of the Prince George’s County Food Equity Council. During this Corridor Conversation, she will discuss the role of food and community.
Metro Anthology: Stories And Drawings About Metro Riders
Saturday, January 28, 2023 — 2–3:30 p.m. — Click Here to Watch This Presentation
Carol Morgan, DC artist, sketches other riders on Metro buses and trains, noticing the diverse backgrounds of the people she sees. Prompted by Carol’s drawings, Gerry Hendershot, a poet from Riverdale Park, imagined the lives of Metro riders and wrote poems about them. Carol’s drawings and Gerry’s poems were published by Politics and Prose as Metro Anthology: Stories and Drawings about Metro Riders. In this presentation, Carol will show and talk about her drawings, and Gerry will read selected poems. Participants will be invited to share their own Metro stories.