[GreaterPhilly] Fwd: iBUG Today Events for May

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> From: iBUG Today <ibugtoday at gmail.com>
> Date: April 30, 2022 at 9:46:18 PM EDT
> To: DBrown8827 at aol.com
> Subject: iBUG Today Events for May
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> The upcoming free iBUG training and social events for May are listed below. Note: all times listed are Central Time.  The events may be navigated by headings with your screen reader.  All events are available on the iBUG Zoom conference platform unless otherwise noted.
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> To join the Zoom conference:
> https://zoom.us/j/7428486329?pwd=M003RmZaa3pTbWRlZ00xbSs4YTlmUT09
> Meeting ID: 742 848 6329, Password:  369978
> One tap mobile from a smartphone:  +13462487799,,7428486329#,,,,*369978# US
> Dial from a landline:  +1 346 248 7799 US
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> To receive email notifications of upcoming training session and social events via email, please subscribe to the iBUG mailing list at the following link:
> http://www.ibugtoday.com/register/
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> Event:   iBUG $500 Apple Gift Card Drawing
> Date of Event:   May 21, 2022, Tickets available until May 19
> Details:   How would you like to be the owner of the new iPhone SE 2022 or the latest Apple Watch 7 or the AirPods Max headphones or an Apple TV 4K plus a pair of HomePod minis speaker system?  
> For a donation of only $10, you will be entered into iBUG Today’s drawing for a $500 Apple Gift Card to use any way you like.  Increase your chances by purchasing 6 tickets for $50.
> iBUG will be holding the drawing at our 11th Anniversary iBUG Apple Workshop on May 21, 2022, 2:00 to 4:00 PM.  Winner need not be present.
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> Donation:  $10 per ticket or $50 for 6 tickets
>  
> Purchase tickets via the following methods. Be sure to include your phone number, email, and the words "iBUG $500 Apple Gift Card Drawing" in the notes section.
> 1. Credit card, debit card or PayPal® account
> 2. Square Cash App on your smartphone ($iBUG Today)
> 3. Send check or money order to:  iBUG Today, 4719 Caroline St., Houston, TX 77004
> Contact Name:   Michael McCulloch
> Contact Email:   mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com
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> Event:   iBUG Mac Buzz on Clubhouse
> Date of Event:  Tuesday, May 3, 2022
> Time:   5:00 to 6:00 PM
> Details:   Mac Buzz is a free Q&A help session for anyone with MacOS and Mac hardware accessibility questions or issues. Mac Buzz on Clubhouse is facilitated by advanced iBUG member, Herbie Allen. You may join using the following link:  iBUG Today, Inc.
> Contact Name:   Herbie Allen
> Contact Email:   herbie.allen at gmail.com
>  
> Event:   iBUG Trekkie Talk:  Star Trek – The Next Generation, S4E14, S4E15
> Date of Event:    Thursday, May 5, 2022
> Time:   8:00 to 9:30 PM
> Details:   Join our discussion group to pre-watch and then meet to discuss the Star Trek episodes.  The iBUG Trekkie Talk discussion group is facilitated by iBUG members Kenny Norton and Jody Ianuzzi.  Everyone (including non-Trekkies) is welcome to participate.  For more info about Trekkie Talk, please visit the iBUG Trekkie Talk website:  http://www.ibugtoday.com/trekkie-talk/
> Contact Name:   Sandhya Rao
> Contact Email:   sraotexas at gmail.com
>  
> Event:   iBUG Unplugged:  Kid Stuff
> Date of Event:    Saturday, May 6, 2022
> Time:   8:00 to 10:00 PM
> Details:   You are invited to join us for an informal conversation with iBUG members and friends.  This month on iBUG Unplugged, we will explore questions about our childhood such as:  What youthful activity do you wish you could still do? If your childhood had a smell, what would it be? What childish thing do you still do as an adult? What was your favorite book or magazine growing up? What bad habit has followed you since childhood? This conversation will be facilitated by Michael McCulloch. 
> Contact Name:   Michael McCulloch
> Contact Email:   mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com
>  
> Event:   iBUG Mini-Buzz on Clubhouse
> Date of Event:  Tuesday, May 10, 2022
> Time:   5:00 to 6:00 PM
> Details:   This free weekly Q&A help session is for anyone with iOS and iDevice (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Apple Watch, Apple TV) accessibility questions or issues. You may join using the following link:   iBUG Today, Inc.
> Contact Name:   Sandhya Rao
> Contact Email:   sraotexas at gmail.com
>  
> Event:   iBUG VILA Book Club
> Date of Event:  Thursday, May 12, 2022
> Time:   6:30 to 7:45 PM 
> Details:   Join us to discuss and critique this month’s featured reading:  
> The Vanishing Half, Brit Bennett, DB99791.
> Desiree Vignes and her daughter return home to Louisiana in 1968, fourteen years after Desiree and her identical twin sister Stella ran away. The sisters ended up on different paths, and as Desiree struggles with the racial tensions of her hometown, Stella lives her life passing as white. 
> (11 hours, 36 minutes)
> Facilitator:  Gail Greenberg
> Contact Name:   Michael McCulloch
> Contact Email:   mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com
>  
> Event:   iBUG Cafe
> Date of Event:  Sunday, May 15, 2022
> Time:  4:00 to 6:00 PM
> Details:   Join us for this free "deep dive" training session on WTF…FF, aka Where to Find…Folders and Files to gain a hands-on, working understanding and utilization of the Dropbox and Files apps.  The iBUG Café training session is facilitated by advanced iBUG member, Sree Roy. 
> Contact Name:   Sree Roy
> Contact Email:   sreebroy1 at outlook.com
>  
> Event:   iBUG Mac Buzz on Clubhouse
> Date of Event:  Tuesday, May 17, 2022
> Time:   5:00 to 6:00 PM
> Details:   Mac Buzz on Clubhouse is a free Q&A help session for anyone with MacOS and Mac hardware accessibility questions or issues. Mac Buzz on Clubhouse is facilitated by advanced iBUG member, Herbie Allen. You may join using the following link:   iBUG Today, Inc.
> Contact Name:   Herbie Allen
> Contact Email:   herbie.allen at gmail.com
>  
> Event:   iBUG Android Insight
> Date of Event:    Wednesday, May 18, 2022
> Time:   7:00 to 8:30 PM
> Details:   Do you want to know about the accessibility features of Android devices? Do you want to know how Android devices are different from Apple devices? Do you want to become more proficient using an Android device?  If you answered “yes” to any of the above questions, then come join us for our free iBUG Android Insight training session, facilitated by iBUG advanced members, Ava Carruth and Harshid Trivedi. Android Insight is open to anyone desiring to become more proficient with the accessibility features on various Android devices.
> Contact Name:  Ava Carruth
> Contact Email:  avacarruth3 at outlook.com 
>  
> Event:   iBUG Trekkie Talk:  Star Trek – The Next Generation, S4E16, S4E17
> Date of Event:    Thursday, May 19, 2022
> Time:   8:00 to 9:30 PM
> Details:   Join our discussion group to pre-watch and then meet to discuss the Star Trek episodes.  The iBUG Trekkie Talk discussion group is facilitated by iBUG members Kenny Norton and Jody Ianuzzi.  Everyone (including non-Trekkies) is welcome to participate.  For more info about Trekkie Talk, please visit the iBUG Trekkie Talk website:  http://www.ibugtoday.com/trekkie-talk/
> Contact Name:   Sandhya Rao
> Contact Email:   sraotexas at gmail.com
>  
> Event:   iBUG Apple Workshop – 11th Anniversary Celebration
> Date of Event:  Saturday, May 21, 2022
> Time:   2:00 to 4:00 PM
> Details:  Join us as we celebrate our 11th anniversary filled with fun, games, entertainment, and the $500 Apple Gift Card drawing.  The iBUG Apple Workshop explores all things from the Apple-verse.  Join us for this free training session to learn more about the iOS and macOS accessibility features of Apple products.  
> Contact Name:   Michael McCulloch
> Contact Email:   mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com
>  
> Event:   iBUG Mini-Buzz on Clubhouse
> Date of Event:  Tuesday, May 24, 2022
> Time:   5:00 to 6:00 PM
> Details:   This free weekly Q&A help session is for anyone with iOS and iDevice (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Apple Watch, Apple TV) accessibility questions or issues. You may join using the following link:   iBUG Today, Inc.
> Contact Name:   Sandhya Rao
> Contact Email:   sraotexas at gmail.com
>  
> Event:   iBUG Mac-N-Talk
> Date of Event:    Tuesday, May 24, 2022
> Time:   7:00 to 8:30 PM
> Details:   Are you thinking about getting a Mac? Are you wondering if you will be able to learn the MacOS on your own? Do you have issues or questions about the accessibility features of your Mac?  If you answered “Yes” to any of these questions, you should join us for the free iBUG Mac-N-Talk training session facilitated by advanced iBUG member, Chanelle Allen.
> Contact Name:   Chanelle Allen
> Contact Email:   chanellem.allen at gmail.com 
>  
> Event:   It’s iBUG’s Life: Parenting
> Date of Event:   Thursday, May 26, 2022
> Time:   6:00 to 8:00 PM
> Details:   It’s iBUG’s Life is a conversation on independent living and various life skills issues, adaptations, and tips for the blind.  This month’s topic explores questions and issues for both parents of blind children and blind parents.  This interactive and engaging session is facilitated by iBUG member, George Battiste. 
> Contact Name:   Michael McCulloch
> Contact Email:   mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com
>  
> Event:   iBUG Buzz
> Date of Event:    Weekly – Mondays
> Time:   7:00 to 9:00 PM
> Details:   This free weekly Q&A help session is for anyone with iOS and iDevice (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Apple Watch, Apple TV) accessibility questions or issues.  The first 45 minutes are dedicated to the beginner or novice user. 
> Contact Name:   Sandhya Rao
> Contact Email:   sraotexas at gmail.com
>  
> Event:   iBUG Buzz Radio Program
> Date of Event:    Weekly 
> Time:   Wednesday, 1:30 PM, rebroadcast the following Tuesday, 5:30 PM and Wednesday, 5:30 AM, or On Demand
> Details:   A weekly half-hour condensed version of the Monday night iBUG Buzz Q&A help session covering common accessibility questions and issues with iOS and iDevices (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Apple Watch and Apple TV).  Also, apps useful to the blind and visually impaired are demonstrated. Listen via Sight into Sound Radio, using the special digital receivers from Sight into Sound, Sero app on your smart phone or via the internet by going to the Sight into Sound website at the following link and select the "Tune in Now" button at the times indicated above or on demand by selecting the “Podcast” button:  http://www.sightintosound.org
> Contact Name:   Michael McCulloch
> Contact Email:   mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com
>  
> Event:   iBUG Night at the Virtual Movies
> Date of Event:    Weekly – Fridays
> Time:   7:30 PM pre-movie social time, movie starts at 8:00 PM
> Details:   To bring old friends together and to meet new ones, we have created iBUG Night at the Virtual Movies on Friday evenings.  We meet prior to the film for a pre-movie social with songs, games and more. The movies are the audio track (no video) with audio description. Discussion and movie trivia will follow immediately after the movie. Visit our website to check out the movie feature of the week:  http://ibugtoday.org  This presentation by iBUG Today is for the blind and visually impaired and is produced and distributed exclusively for use by blind, visually impaired, or physically disabled individuals under the authority of Section 121 of Title 17 of the United States Code, or with permission of the copyright owner(s). 
> Contact Name:   Sandhya Rao
> Contact Email:   sraotexas at gmail.com
>  
> Event:   iBUG Buzz, iBUG Apple Workshop, iBUG Café, iBUG Mac-N-Talk and iBUG Android Insight Podcasts
> Date of Event:    On Demand
> Details:   To review a past iBUG training session, check out our podcasts of the various weekly and monthly sessions. Available on Apple, Spotify, Google and Alexa by asking your voice assistant to play the latest iBUG Buzz, iBUG Apple Workshop, iBUG Café, iBUG Mac-N-Talk or iBUG Android Insight Podcast. Also available on your favorite podcast app by subscribing to the appropriate iBUG podcast.
> Contact Name:   Michael McCulloch
> Contact Email:   mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com
>  
> Event:   iBUG Buzz, iBUG Apple Workshop, iBUG Café, iBUG Mac-N-Talk and iBUG Android Insight on YouTube
> Date of Event:    On Demand
> Details:   Did you miss the latest iBUG training session? Do you want to review a past training session? Are you looking for an alternative way to listen to the iBUG training sessions other than the iBUG Today website archives?
> If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, then you are in luck. iBUG Today’s training sessions are now also available on YouTube. There are separate playlists within the iBUG Today YouTube channel for the iBUG Buzz, iBUG Apple Workshop, iBUG Café, iBUG Mac-N-Talk and iBUG Android Insight training sessions.  You may use the following link to access the iBUG Today YouTube channel. Please select the subscribe button and then select the notification bell to receive notifications when the latest training session has been uploaded.
> Contact Name:   Michael McCulloch
> Contact Email:   mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com
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> The iBUG Today Team
> Empowering the Blind Through Accessible Technology Training
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