[NationalHarbor] Fwd: iBUG Today Events for May

Thu May 2 07:35:01 UTC 2024

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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 (U.S.).  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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  *Event:*   iBUG $500 Tech Shopping Spree *Date of Event:*  May 1 to May
24, 2024
*Details:*  How would you like to go on a $500 shopping spree to get that
new smart speaker, headphones, charger, keyboard, or other tech
device?  For a donation of only $10, you will be entered into iBUG Today’s
drawing for a *$500 Gift Card* to your choice of the Apple, Google, or
Amazon Store to use any way you like.  Increase your chances by purchasing
6 tickets for $50!

iBUG will hold the drawing at our 13th Anniversary iBUG Apple Workshop on
May 25, 2024, 2:00 to 4:00 PM Central Time.  Winner need not be present.

Purchase tickets via the following methods. Be sure to include your phone
number, email, and the words "iBUG Shopping Spree" in the notes section of
your payment.
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*2. Square Cash App on your smartphone ($iBUGToday)*
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   *Event:*   iBUG Trekkie
Talk:  Star Trek – Deep Space 9, S1E7, S1E8 *Date of Event:*  Thursday, May
2, 2024
*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:
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*Contact Name*:  Sandhya Rao
*Contact Email*:  sraotexas at gmail.com
  *Event:*   iBUG Unplugged: It’s Mere Child’s Play *Date of Event:*  May
4, 2024
*Time*:  8:00 to 10:00 PM
*Details:*  Come join us for this month’s episode of iBUG Unplugged as we
look back on those days when playing was an official part of our childhood
job description. Whether you’re 20 or 120, we want to hear about the board
games, toys, video games, skates, bicycles, ball games, make-believe
sessions and anything else that was an essential part of your playtime as a
kid.  This iBUG Unplugged conversation will be facilitated by Michael
McCulloch.
*Contact Name*:  Michael McCulloch
*Contact Email*:  mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com   *Event:*   iBUG Mac Buzz *Date
of Event:*  Tuesday, May 7, 2024
*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 is facilitated by
advanced iBUG member, Herbie Allen.  Note: iBUG Mac Buzz has moved from the
Clubhouse app to the iBUG Zoom platform.
*Contact Name*:  Herbie Allen
*Contact Email*:  herbie.allen at gmail.com
  *Event:*  iBUG VILA Book Club *Date of Event:*  Thursday, May 9, 2024
*Time*:  6:30 to 8:00 PM
*Details*:  Join us to discuss and critique this month’s featured reading:
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver, DB110786
Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia. It's the story of a boy born
to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond
his dead father's good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a
fierce talent for survival. In a plot that never pauses for breath, relayed
in his own unsparing voice, he braves the modern perils of foster care,
child labor, derelict schools, athletic success, addiction, disastrous
loves, and crushing losses. Through all of it, he reckons with his own
invisibility in a popular culture where even the superheroes have abandoned
rural people in favor of cities. Many generations ago, Charles Dickens
wrote David Copperfield from his experience as a survivor of institutional
poverty and its damages to children in his society. Those problems have yet
to be solved in ours. Dickens is not a prerequisite for readers of this
novel, but he provided its inspiration. In transposing a Victorian epic
novel to the contemporary American South, Barbara Kingsolver enlists
Dickens' anger and compassion, and above all, his faith in the
transformative powers of a good story. Demon Copperhead speaks for a new
generation of lost boys, and all those born into beautiful, cursed places
they can't imagine leaving behind. 21 hours, 6 minutes
Facilitator:  Sarah Potok
*Contact Name*:  Michael McCulloch
*Contact Email*:  mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com   *Event:*  iBUG Café *Date of
Event:*  Saturday, May 11, 2024 (Note day change for this month only)
*Time*:  4:00 to 5:30 PM
*Details*:  Join us for this free "deep dive" training session on editing
text in various apps on the iPhone. 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 Mini-Buzz *Date of Event:*  Tuesday, May 14, 2024
*Time*:  5:00 to 6:00 PM
*Details*:  This free Q&A help session is for anyone with iOS and iDevice
(iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV) accessibility questions or issues.
The iBUG Mini-Buzz is facilitated by Michael McCulloch and Sandhya
Rao.  Note: iBUG Mini-Buzz has moved from the Clubhouse app to the iBUG
Zoom platform.
*Contact Name*:  Sandhya Rao
*Contact Email*:  sraotexas at gmail.com
  *Event:*  iBUG Android Insight *Date of Event:*  Wednesday, May 15, 2024
*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 – Deep Space 9, S1E9, S1E10 *Date
of Event:*  Thursday, May 16, 2024
*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:
https://www.ibugtoday.com/trekkie-talk/
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*Contact Name*:  Sandhya Rao
*Contact Email*:  sraotexas at gmail.com
  *Event:*  iBUG Mac Buzz *Date of Event:*  Tuesday, May 21, 2024
*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 is facilitated by
advanced iBUG member, Herbie Allen.  Note: iBUG Mac Buzz has moved from the
Clubhouse app to the iBUG Zoom platform.
*Contact Name*:  Herbie Allen
*Contact Email*:  herbie.allen at gmail.com
  *Event:*  It’s iBUG’s Life *Date of Event:*  Thursday, May 23, 2024
*Time*:  7:00 to 9:00 PM
*Details*:  It’s iBUG’s Life is a conversation on independent living and
various life skills issues, adaptations, and tips for the blind. Please
join us this month as we explore tips on performing in-person grocery
shopping.  It’s iBUG’s Life is facilitated by iBUG members, George
Battiste.
*Contact Name*:  Michael McCulloch
*Contact Email*:  mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com
  *Event:*  iBUG Apple Workshop and iDinner – Special 13th Anniversary
Celebration *Date of Event:*  Saturday, May 25, 2024
*Time*:  2:00 to 4:00 PM
*Details*:  This month’s iBUG Apple Workshop will celebrate iBUG Today’s
13th Anniversary.  This will be a fun-filled event with entertainment, door
prizes, games and more. And of course, we will find out who is the lucky
winner of our $500 Tech Shopping Spree.  The iBUG Apple Workshop is
facilitated by Michael McCulloch and Sandhya Rao.  In addition, for those
in the Houston area, you are invited to join us at our monthly iDinner
following the iBUG Apple Workshop, 5:30 to 7:30 PM, location Kim Son
Downtown.  RSVP required to Sandhya Rao, sraotexas at gmail.com by Noon, May
24.  Dinner is self-pay.
*Contact Name*:  Michael McCulloch
*Contact Email*:  mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com
  *Event:*  iBUG Mini-Buzz *Date of Event:*  Tuesday, May 28, 2024
*Time*:  5:00 to 6:00 PM
*Details*:  This free Q&A help session is for anyone with iOS and iDevice
(iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV) accessibility questions or issues.
The iBUG Mini-Buzz is facilitated by Michael McCulloch and Sandhya
Rao.  Note: iBUG Mini-Buzz has moved from the Clubhouse app to the iBUG
Zoom platform.
*Contact Name*:  Sandhya Rao
*Contact Email*:  sraotexas at gmail.com
  *Event:*  iBUG Mac-N-Talk *Date of Event:*  Tuesday, May 28, 2024
*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:*  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, 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 highlights version of the Monday
night iBUG Buzz Q&A help session covering common accessibility questions
and issues with iOS and iDevices (iPhone, iPad, 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
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*Contact Name*:  Michael McCulloch
*Contact Email*:  mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com
  *Event:*  iBUG Night at the Virtual Movies *Date of Event:*  Weekly –
Fridays
*Time*:  7:15 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 song games, jokes and plenty of
argle-bargle. The movies are the audio track (no video) with audio
description. Discussion and movie trivia will follow immediately after the
movie. Visit our website each week to check out the movie feature:
https://ibugtoday.com/virtual-movies
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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 also available on YouTube. There are separate
playlists on 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
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receive notifications when the latest training session has been uploaded.*
*Contact Name*:  Michael McCulloch
*Contact Email*:   mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com
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