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Cancellation Notice- Chair Yoga
Twyla Insalaco is a 500hr Certified Yoga Instructor specializing in Vinyasa (flow) yoga. She's been teaching from her home studio in Poolesville, in corporate settings and in elementary schools since 2012. She also specializes in Chair Yoga where traditional yoga poses are practiced with the help of a chair. Each class starts with a few minutes of breath work, then slowly flows into yoga poses aimed to build strength and lengthen tight muscles. Class [...]
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PS Book Club!
PS Book Club!
Praying for Sheetrock by Melissa Fay Greene Praying for Sheetrock is the non-fiction saga of the first black commissioner in a Georgia backwater seemingly bypassed by the civil rights movement. The political awakening of this isolated African American community in coastal McIntosh County is accelerated by events that challenge the power-wielding sheriff and generate a struggle for justice and dignity. Author Melissa Fay Greene was born in Macon, Georgia, moved in childhood to Dayton, Ohio, and graduated from [...]
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Martinsburg Voices and Artifacts with Chuck Copeland
Martinsburg Voices and Artifacts with Chuck Copeland
Rev. Chuck Copeland will continue his discussion about the free black community of Martinsburg. We will hear about the monumental life change faced by former slaves whose lives had not been their own. We’ll follow their efforts to build and secure a “new” society after Emancipation, and the vital role of the Methodist Church and schools in building an individual identity, sense of self and community. There will be a question-and-answer session following. Chuck Copeland has lived in Dickerson since 1993. This descendent of former slaves will be sharing with us the history of Martinsburg, formerly a part of a [...]
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