[Greater-baltimore] Fwd: LBPH Upcoming Programs

[Chris Nusbaum]

Fellow Federationists,

Please see below for a list of upcoming Programs and events at the MD Library for the Blind.

Chris Nusbaum

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> From: Mollyne Honor <mrhonor at LBPH.LIB.MD.US>
> Date: April 4, 2014 at 2:01:00 PM EDT
> To: <LBPH_INFO-L at LISTSRV.MSDE.STATE.MD.US>
> Subject: LBPH Upcoming Programs
> Reply-To: Mollyne Honor <mrhonor at LBPH.LIB.MD.US>
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> Upcoming Programs
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> April 24
> Museum Tour – The Walters Art Museum – 10:30 am – 11:30 am
> Verbal description of special exhibition, “Designed for Flowers: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics”
> Please use the entrance on the corner of Centre and Cathedral Streets, 600 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21201
> Free admission limited to 20 
> RSVP, 410-230-2424, ext. 5031
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> The Japanese art of flower arranging, or ikebana, has inspired the creation of extraordinary ceramic containers. This exhibition outlines the history of some of Japan’s major schools of ikebana and displays a wide variety of contemporary ceramics created in harmony with the most modern floral conventions.
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> May 1
> Group Show – Oliver! – Eastern Regional Performing Arts Center (within the North Government Center) – 10:00 am 
> Presented by The Sky is the Limit Community Theatre
> 7701 Wise Avenue, Dundalk, MD 21222
> Free admission limited to 15
> RSVP, 410-230-2424, ext. 5031
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> Oliver! is a musical based upon the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens.
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> Saturday Programs
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> Second Saturday of the month
> Technology User Group (TUG) – Library – 10:00 am – 11:30 am
> The meetings focus on emerging technologies and any product or service that benefits the blind or low vision user. For more information about the Technology User Group, please contact Jerry Price, (410) 230-2446 or email jprice at lbph.lib.md.us.
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> Book Club Discussion – Library – Noon – 1:00 pm
> April 12
> The Good House, by Ann Leary, Facilitated by Wilhelmina Hargrave, DB076232, BR019880
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> Ever since her daughters intervened and sent her to rehab, sixty-year-old divorced realtor Hildy Good has been secretly drinking in her cellar. Hildy rejoices when she finds a drinking buddy in new neighbor Rebecca—but both of their lives start unraveling. Strong language and some descriptions of sex.
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> May 10
> Good Poems, edited by Garrison Keillor, Facilitated by Tyson Fogel, DB057059
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> A selection of poems that were read over National Public Radio on a daily five-minute program called "The Writer's Almanac." Includes classics by Shakespeare and Walt Whitman as well as many works by twentieth-century poets including Hayden Carruth, John Updike, Elizabeth Bishop, e.e. cummings, and Maxine Kumin.
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> Ongoing Programs
> Adult Braille Classes – Library – 9:00 am-2:00 pm/weekdays by appointment
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> Classes will be one hour in length. There will be no charge for class instruction or reading materials. Braille instructors are graduates of BISM's SAIL program (Seniors Achieving Independent Living). For further information or to apply, contact Ruth Sager, 410-737-2649, rsager at bism.org.
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