The most recent session is listed first.
What’s Music Good for? A Cognitive Scientist’s Perspective
Saturday, November 12, 2022 — 2–3:30 p.m. — Click Here to Watch This Presentation
Join Dr. Robert Slevc for a discussion of how music can help our brains. Dr. Slevic is associate professor and associate chair in the University of Maryland Department of Psychology, as well as part of the university’s Program in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science (NACS) and the Maryland Language Science Center. His research focuses on the cognitive mechanisms involved in the processing of language and of music in both normal and brain-damaged populations.
How Streetcars Built Our Route 1 Communities
Saturday, October 22, 2022 — 2–3:30 p.m. — Click Here to Watch This Presentation
Today, the Trolley Trail gives bikers and walkers easy passage from Hyattsville up Route 1, but until the late 1950s actual streetcars traveled the trail south from Branchville all the way to the Department of Interior in downtown D.C. Join Eric Madison from the National Capital Trolley Museum for a look at Route 1’s streetcar past and how it contributed to the development of the Route 1 corridor.
Covid: Pandemic to Endemic — Are We There Yet?
Saturday, September 24, 2022 — 2–3:30 p.m. — Click Here to Watch This Presentation
People are acting like Covid is now endemic, it’s solved, and we can go on with our lives as normal. But we aren’t there yet — there is much we still don’t know. People are still dying from it, and long Covid is real and we don’t know much about it. What do we need to do to protect ourselves and others? Dr. Stephanie Trifoglio, a geriatrician who has practiced in our area for decades, will look at what we currently know about Covid and what we need to continue doing to protect ourselves and others.
Puppet Theatre: Then & Now
Saturday, July 16, 2022 — 2–3:30 p.m. — Click Here to Watch This Presentation
Join Michael Cayo Cotter, founder and director of the University Park-based Blue Sky Puppet Theatre, for a historical look at how and why he started Blue Sky Puppet Theatre in 1974 and its transition from an adult experimental company and political satire street theatre to a full-time, fine art educational touring company for young audiences by 1980. The discussion will also include a review and demonstration of the five popular forms — puppetry, hand, rod, marionette, shadow and table top — and how Zoom has transformed puppetry performances. It will be fun, interesting, and captivating!
Do Bees Have Knees (and Other Things to Know About Beekeeping)
Saturday, June 25, 2022 — 2–3:30 p.m. — Click Here to Watch This Presentation
June 20th through 26th is Pollinator Week, which makes it a perfect time to learn about one of the most important pollinators around — honey bees! Maggie Mills from Hope Honey Farm in Hyattsville will join us to talk about the basics of beekeeping, the role of bees in our food supply, and how our gardens and yards can support bees and other pollinators.
Hunt, Gather, & Make
Saturday, May 21, 2022 — 2–3:30 p.m. — Click Here to Watch This Presentation
What do you need to make a work of art? Almost anything can be used to make art! In this Corridor Conversation, join multi-disciplinary artist Racquel Keller for a virtual hands-on art-making session designed to put creativity at your fingertips. Find your inspiration in everyday items and transform the things found around your house into art supplies. Click here to download a supply list to prepare for the conversation.
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Being a Food Critic
Saturday, April 23, 2022 — 2–3:30 p.m. — Click Here to Watch This Presentation
James Beard Award-winning food writer and columnist for The Washington Post Tim Carman will discuss what it’s like being a food critic, how he chooses restaurants to review, what he looks for in the dining experience and the changing food landscape in the DMV. He’ll also discuss restaurants of note along the Route 1 Corridor.
The Political & the Personal: The Poetry of the Women’s Liberation Movement
Saturday, March 26, 2022 — 2–3:30 p.m. — Click Here to Watch This Presentation
Drawing on personal experiences and scholarship, Deborah Rosenfelt, Ph.D., Professor Emerita in the Harriet Tubman Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Maryland, will reflect on the contributions of poets of the late 20th century Women’s Liberation Movement in shaping thought and action. Audre Lorde, one of the most influential Movement poets, famously asserted “Poetry Is Not a Luxury.” Lorde saw poetry as a source of deep personal and communal knowledge, forming “the quality of the light within which we predicate our hopes and dreams toward survival and change.” Her definition is linked to one of the central slogans of the movement: “the personal is political.” Examining selected poems, we’ll discuss how women’s poetry, along with other forms of art and thought, helped to expand the meaning of “the political” and played a crucial role in envisioning the need and possibilities for social change.
History of the Lakeland Community in College Park
Saturday, February 26, 2022 — 2–3:30 p.m. — Click Here to Watch This Presentation
Learn more about Lakeland, the historic African American community of College Park from members of the Lakeland Community Heritage Project — Maxine Gross, Violetta Sharps-Jones, Courtnie Thurston, and Robert Thurston. College Park Mayor Patrick Wojahn also discusses the City of College Park’s restorative justice efforts. Formed around 1890 on the doorstep of the Maryland Agricultural College, now the University of Maryland, the story of Lakeland is the tale of a community that was established and flourished in a segregated society, developing its own institutions and traditions, including the area’s only high school for African Americans, built in 1928. The Lakeland Community Heritage Project, was formed to preserve Lakeland’s history and the stories of its people through photographic archives and oral histories.
Get Your Movement On!
Saturday, January 8, 2022 — 2–3:30 p.m. — Click Here to Watch This Presentation
The new year provides an opportunity to set an intention for our wellness. Embody your goals through a gentle and mindful movement session that combines yoga, qi gong, dance, and exercise with Brooke Kidd, founder and director of Joe’s Movement Emporium in Mount Rainier. All levels are welcome and modifications will be offered. Learn more about Joe’s programs at www.joesmovement.org and through a short video.