[NFBSATX] FW: iBUG Today Events for May

Sun May 3 21:37:08 UTC 2026

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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. 

Please note the following iBUG Today program changes in 2026
1.    iBUG VILA Book Club will take place on the second Thursday of the month at 7:00 to 8:30 PM (time change only), effective January 1.
2.    iBUG Homeland Hangout will take place on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month, 7:00 to 9:00 PM, effective March 11.

All events are available on the iBUG Zoom conference platform unless otherwise noted.
To join the Zoom conference:
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One tap mobile from a smartphone:  +13462487799,,7428486329#,,,,*369978# US
Dial from a phone:  +1 346 248 7799 US
Meeting ID: 742 848 6329, Password:  369978

To receive notifications of upcoming training session and social events via email, please subscribe to the iBUG mailing list at the following link:
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Event:  iBUG $500 Tech Shopping Spree

*	  May 1 to May 22, 2026

Details:  How would you like to go on a $500 shopping spree to get the popular Ray-Ban Meta glasses, new smart speaker, headphones, 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 entries for $50! 
The drawing will be held at our 15th Anniversary iBUG Apple Workshop on May 23, 2026, 2:00 to 4:00 PM Central Time. Winner need not be present.
Purchase entries 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. Deadline to enter and payment must be received by May 22, 2026. 

1.	 <https://us.list-manage.com/gTP7e6n4aNw?e=cfef20f8b7&c2id=2f1faa984ff866f5fe5bce27f2d3ceec> Credit card, debit card or PayPal® account
2.	Zelle ( <mailto:ibugtoday at gmail.com> ibugtoday at gmail.com)
3.	Square Cash App on your smartphone ($iBUG Today)
4.	Send check or money order to:  iBUG Today, 4719 Caroline St, Houston, TX, 77004 (also please send an email to  <mailto:ibugtoday at gmail.com> ibugtoday at gmail.com to let us know you are mailing a check)

Contact: Michael McCulloch,  <mailto:mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com> mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com 

Event:  iBUG Unplugged: 

*	  Saturday, May 2, 2026

Time:  7:00 to 9:00 PM 
Details:  You are invited to join us for another thought-provoking episode of iBUG Unplugged. This month, we’re leaning into those awkward, unforgettable moments we all wish had gone unnoticed. Maybe you’ve taken a tumble at just the wrong time—or put something in the completely wrong place. We’ve all had those cringe-worthy experiences that linger longer than we’d like. Come share your story in a space filled with understanding, compassion and genuine connection. You might just leave feeling lighter—and reminded you’re far from alone. We hope you’ll join the iBUG family and friends for this relaxed and good-hearted iBUG Unplugged session, hosted by Kathy Shelton.
Contact:  Michael McCulloch,  <mailto:mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com> mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com 

Event:  iBUG Mac Buzz

Date:  Tuesday, May 5, 2026
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.
Contact:  Herbie Allen,  <mailto:herbie.allen at gmail.com> herbie.allen at gmail.com

Event:  iBUG Trekkie Talk: Star Trek – Voyager, S3E22, S3E23

Date:  Thursday, May 7, 2026
Time:  7:00 to 8:30 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 Jody Ianuzzi and Kenny Norton.  Everyone (including non-Trekkies) is welcome to participate.  For more info about Trekkie Talk, please visit the iBUG Trekkie Talk website:   <https://us.list-manage.com/1BIBHjMgbPj?e=cfef20f8b7&c2id=2f1faa984ff866f5fe5bce27f2d3ceec> https://ibugtoday.org/social
Contact:  Sandhya Rao,  <mailto:sraotexas at gmail.com> sraotexas at gmail.com

Event:  iBUG Café

Date:  Saturday, May 9, 2026 (Note day change for this month only)
Time:  4:00 to 5:30 PM 
Details:  Join us for this free training session featuring a detailed review of the Apple TV app on the iPhone. During our weekly iBUG Buzz and monthly iBUG Apple Workshop, we may demo an app and provide a high-level overview of the basic features of the app. The iBUG Cafe is a "deep-dive" training session on an app to gain a hands-on, working understanding and utilization of the app. Periodically, new hardware connecting to the iPhone may also be reviewed.
The iBUG Café training session is facilitated by advanced iBUG member, Sree Roy. 
Contact:  Sree Roy,  <mailto:sreebroy1 at outlook.com> sreebroy1 at outlook.com

Event:  iBUG Mini-Buzz

Date:  Tuesday, May 12, 2026
Time:  5:00 to 6:00 PM
Details:  This free Q&A help session is for anyone with questions or issues about hardware and accessories that connect to iOS devices such as smart glasses and other wearables, smart things in the home, external chargers, speakers, etc. The iBUG Mini-Buzz is facilitated by Sandhya Rao and Michael McCulloch.
Contact:  Michael McCulloch,  <mailto:mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com> mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com

Event:  iBUG Homeland Hangout, S1E9, S1E10

*	  Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Time:  7:00 to 9:00 PM 
Details:  You are invited to iBUG’s next Homeland Hangout, a watch party of the Primetime Emmy Award-winning series, Homeland, which originally aired on Showtime in 2011 to 2019. Homeland is a political espionage thriller that follows Carrie Mathison, a brilliant but deeply troubled CIA officer whose instincts often place her ahead of the intelligence community—though at great personal cost. We watch two episodes each on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month. A short group discussion follows each episode. Note that the episodes are the audio track (no video) with audio description. Rated R for violence, language and sexual content. iBUG Homeland Hangout is facilitated by Michael McCulloch.
Contact:  Michael McCulloch,  <mailto:mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com> mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com 

Event:  iBUG VILA Book Club

*	  Thursday, May 14, 2026

Time:  7:00 to 8:30 PM 
Details:  Join us to discuss and critique this month’s featured reading:  
The Waters by Bonnie Jo Campbell, DB119489
On an island in the Great Massasauga Swamp an area known as “The Waters” to the residents of nearby Whiteheart, Michigan herbalist and eccentric Hermine “Herself” Zook has healed the local women of their ailments for generations. As stubborn as her tonics are powerful, Herself inspires reverence and fear in the people of Whiteheart, and even in her own three estranged daughters. The youngest the beautiful, inscrutable, and lazy Rose Thorn has left her own daughter, eleven-year-old Dorothy “Donkey” Zook, to grow up wild. Donkey spends her days searching for truths in the lush landscape and in her math books, waiting for her wayward mother and longing for a father, unaware that family secrets, passionate love, and violent men will flood through the swamp and upend her idyllic childhood. Rage simmers below the surface of this divided community, and those on both sides of the divide have closed their doors against the enemy. The only bridge across the waters is Rose Thorn. 14 hours, 43 minutes
Facilitator:  Jo Ann Schotz
Contact:  Michael McCulloch,  <mailto:mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com> mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com 

Event:  iBUG Mac Buzz

Date:  Tuesday, May 19, 2026
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.
Contact:  Herbie Allen,  <mailto:herbie.allen at gmail.com> herbie.allen at gmail.com

Event:  iBUG Android Insight

Date:  Wednesday, May 20, 2026
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:  Ava Carruth,  <mailto:avacarruth3 at outlook.com> avacarruth3 at outlook.com 

Event:  iBUG Trekkie Talk: Star Trek – Voyager, S3E24, S3E25

Date:  Thursday, May 21, 2026
Time:  7:00 to 8:30 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://us.list-manage.com/KRnJG4oBpdO?e=cfef20f8b7&c2id=2f1faa984ff866f5fe5bce27f2d3ceec> https://ibugtoday.org/social
Contact:  Sandhya Rao,  <mailto:sraotexas at gmail.com> sraotexas at gmail.com

Event:  iBUG Apple Workshop – 15th Anniversary Celebration

Date:  Saturday, May 23, 2026
Time:  2:00 to 4:00 PM
Details:  You are invited to this special iBUG Apple Workshop to join us in celebrating iBUG Today’s 15th Anniversary. This will be a fun-filled event with entertainment, special guests, door prizes, games and more. And of course, we will find out who is the lucky winner of our $500 Tech Shopping Spree Giveaway.
The iBUG Apple Workshop is facilitated by Michael McCulloch and Sandhya Rao.
Contact:  Michael McCulloch,  <mailto:mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com> mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com 

Event:  iBUG Mini-Buzz

Date:  Tuesday, May 26, 2026
Time:  5:00 to 6:00 PM
Details:  This free Q&A help session is for anyone with questions or issues about hardware and accessories that connect to iOS devices such as smart glasses and other wearables, smart things in the home, external chargers, speakers, etc.. The iBUG Mini-Buzz is facilitated by Sandhya Rao and Michael McCulloch.
Contact:  Michael McCulloch,  <mailto:mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com> mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com

Event:  iBUG Mac-N-Talk

Date:  Tuesday, May 26, 2026
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, then please join us for this free iBUG Mac-N-Talk training session facilitated by advanced iBUG members, Chanelle and Herbie Allen.
Contact:  Chanelle Allen,  <mailto:chanellem.allen at gmail.com> chanellem.allen at gmail.com 

Event:  iBUG Homeland Hangout, S1E11, S1E12

*	  Wednesday, May 27, 2026

Time:  7:00 to 9:00 PM 
Details:  You are invited to iBUG’s next Homeland Hangout, a watch party of the Primetime Emmy Award-winning series, Homeland, which originally aired on Showtime in 2011 to 2019. Homeland is a political espionage thriller that follows Carrie Mathison, a brilliant but deeply troubled CIA officer whose instincts often place her ahead of the intelligence community—though at great personal cost. We watch two episodes each on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month. A short group discussion follows each episode. Note that the episodes are the audio track (no video) with audio description. Rated R for violence, language and sexual content. iBUG Homeland Hangout is facilitated by Michael McCulloch.
Contact:  Michael McCulloch,  <mailto:mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com> mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com 

Event:  It’s iBUG’s Life – TBD

Date:  Thursday, May 28, 2026
Time:  7:00 to 9:00 PM
Details:  Join iBUG facilitator, George Battiste, as he hosts another conversation on independent living and life skills issues, adaptations, and tips for the blind.
This month’s free interactive and engaging training session will focus on TBD.
Contact:  Michael McCulloch,  <mailto:mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com> mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com

Event:  iBUG Buzz

Date:  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. The iBUG Buzz training sessions are facilitated by Maria Kristic, Brad Snyder, Sandhya Rao, Pete Lane, Ned Vanders, Stephen Kerr, and Michael McCulloch. 
Contact:  Sandhya Rao,  <mailto:sraotexas at gmail.com> sraotexas at gmail.com

Event:  iBUG After Buzz

Date:  Weekly – Mondays
Time:  9:00 to 11:00 PM
Details:  This forum is intended to be a relaxed, casual and safe space to share events in our daily lives. Topics may range from simple ways to accomplish daily tasks to taking exotic or adventurous trips. Topics that are off limits include, but are not limited to those related to politics, religion and technology involving iBUG training. The meeting is open to everyone, however only those who are logged in prior to the start time will be admitted. The iBUG After Buzz sessions are facilitated by Jody Ianuzzi, Terry-Ann Saurmann, Mary-Alice Middleton and Ed Rhynold.
Contact:  Sandhya Rao,  <mailto:sraotexas at gmail.com> sraotexas at gmail.com

Event:  iBUG Buzz Radio Program

Date:  Weekly
Time:  Thursdays, 9:30 AM, rebroadcast the following Tuesdays, 5:00 PM, or On Demand (see link below)
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:   <https://us.list-manage.com/4Lux1607O1J?e=cfef20f8b7&c2id=2f1faa984ff866f5fe5bce27f2d3ceec> http://www.sightintosound.org
Contact:  Michael McCulloch,  <mailto:mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com> mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com

Event:  iBUG Night at the Virtual Movies

Date:  Weekly – Fridays
Time:  7:00 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://us.list-manage.com/198t5ILn5ly?e=cfef20f8b7&c2id=2f1faa984ff866f5fe5bce27f2d3ceec> https://ibugtoday.org/movie-nights. 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:  Sandhya Rao,  <mailto:sraotexas at gmail.com> sraotexas at gmail.com

Event:  iBUG Buzz, iBUG Apple Workshop, iBUG Café, iBUG Mac-N-Talk and iBUG Android Insight Podcasts

Date:  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:  Michael McCulloch,  <mailto:mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com> mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com

Event:  iBUG Buzz, iBUG Apple Workshop, iBUG Café, iBUG Mac-N-Talk, iBUG Android Insight, It’s iBUG’s Life, and special episodes of iBUG Unplugged on YouTube

Date:  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, iBUG Android Insight, and It’s iBUG’s Life sessions, and special episode of iBUG Unplugged.  You may use the following link to access the  <https://us.list-manage.com/107D0RPs4Za?e=cfef20f8b7&c2id=2f1faa984ff866f5fe5bce27f2d3ceec> 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:  Michael McCulloch,  <mailto:mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com> mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com

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