Here is your weekly SSA Connection – Hope you enjoy!
A father-daughter bond, one photo at a time
A long time ago in New York City, Steve Addis stood on a corner holding his 1-year-old daughter in his arms; his wife snapped a photo. The image has inspired an annual father-daughter ritual, where Addis and his daughter pose for the same picture, on the same corner, each year. Addis shares 15 treasured photographs from the series, and explores why this small, repeated ritual means so much.
Click here.

Blueberry Crumb Cake

Check out Ina Garten’s Blueberry Crumb Cake for a nice Summer dessert. Click here.

In-Home Metro Active Class: Line Music Edition

Metro Active classes are a great way to stay active. This weeks theme is line music or music that makes a whole party stand up and dance. Try to challenge yourself but always remember to move at your own pace.
Click here.

Washington’s National Arboretum

Check out this short video on the National Arboretum. A nice place to visit and walk.
Click here.
Upcoming Alexandria Library and Other Events

Low-Vision Book Club: Coming Together – Friday, June 17: 11:00am – 12:00pm

The Prevention of Blindness Society is hosting a monthly virtual book club this summer.
Click here.

Line Dancing Basics – Tuesday, June 21: 11:00am – 12:00pm – Ellen Coolidge Burke Branch Library – Meeting Room

Learn basic line dance steps while you workout to Golden Oldies music. This is a great class for beginners. Bring a friend or come alone. Please wear comfortable shoes and clothing.
Click here.

Pride Month Lecture – “A Night in Peterborough” by Professor Lisa Crooms-Robinson – Alexandria History Museum at the Lyceum – June 30Doors open at 6:30 p.m./Lecture starts at 7 p.m.

Join Historic Alexandria as we celebrate Pride Month this June. Lisa Crooms-Robinson, Professor of Law at the Howard University School of Law, lectures on the 1954 MacDowell Colony fellows, including the legal scholar, gender equality advocate, and later Episcopal priest Pauli Murray and the author James Baldwin as the Colony’s first two Black artists. Both artists would now identify as LGBT. Professor Crooms-Robinson is an internationally recognized scholar of race, gender, and human rights.
Click here.

 

Print Friendly, PDF & Email
On June 16, 2022   /   Events