March 9, 2022 1:30 p.m. Program: Team Teach Haiti presented by Deb Sarno, Administrator Team Teach Haiti Summary: Teacher training crosses the 1,600 mile divide as both American & Haitian teams work to make good education possible in the remote areas of Haiti.
March 23, 2022 1:30 p.m. Program: Drama Day
Summary: Co-chairs MaryBeth Strassel and Nanette VanSchoyck-Scarberry have directed members of the LLC & Palm Leaf Club in a dramatic reading of “Rosie the Riveter”.
April 13, 2022 7-9:00 p.m. Program: Detroit Music Before Motown-1920-1950 by Ken Stevens, EMU Summary: Dr. Stevens will reveal the history and music of the Black Bottom and Paradise Valley neighborhoods, both of which became major entertainment districts, drawing in nationally known blues singers, big bands, and jazz artists.
April 27, 2022 1:30 p.m. Program: Teaching Literature in Singapore: A Country that Forgot to Read Summary: Neil Macknish will relate his experiences teaching in a country where the role of literature in K-12 education was being reduced while, paradoxically, government concern about character development in the young was increasing.
