Here is your weekly SSA Connection – Hope you enjoy!

Can Art Amend History?

Artist Titus Kaphar makes paintings and sculptures that wrestle with the struggles of the past while speaking to the diversity and advances of the present. In an unforgettable live workshop, Kaphar takes a brush full of white paint to a replica of a 17th-century Frans Hals painting, obscuring parts of the composition and bringing its hidden story into view.
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How to Make a Classic Cherry Pie

Check out this recipe for a classic cherry pie. Click here.

Silver Sneakers – How to Improve Bone Density

Keeping your bones strong is smart at any age. Follow along in this video as Samantha walks you through exercises you can perform daily to help improve posture and balance, in addition to bone density! Click here.

The History of Valentines Day

Watch this short video produced by the History Channel on the history of Valentines Day. Click here.

Upcoming Alexandria Library and Other Events

Make Chili with celebrity Chef Rosenberg – Virtual Cooking Demonstration – Friday, February 11: 4:00pm – 5:00pm

Amp up your big game menu with Celebrity Chef Rosenberg.  Click here

Diversity Book Club – “Distance Between Us” by Reyna Grande – Monday, February 14: 7:00pm – 8:30pm

Join us for a virtual discussion of Reyna Grande’s extraordinary memoir “Distance Between Us.” Click here.

Burke Book Club – “Becoming” by Michelle Obama – Wednesday, February 16: 3:00pm – 4:30pm

We’re celebrating Black History Month. Join us for a virtual discussion of First Lady Michelle Obama’s memoir “Becoming.” Click here.

 

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On February 10, 2022   /   Events