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VIRTUAL: Pre-Civil War Quilts: Secret Codes to Freedom on the Underground Railroad™

Tuesday, February 8th

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Join us for a one-hour, multi-media experience including Power Point slide presentation, storytelling, and display of over a dozen beautifully hand-crafted quilt replicas, representing patterns and special stitching used over 300 years ago by abolitionists and fugitive slaves to signify escape routes to the North.

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VIRTUAL: Podcasts for All!

Thursday, February 10th

7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Join us to learn about our some of our favorite podcasts, from news to pop culture to storytelling and everything in between. We’ll touch on where to find them and how to listen in.

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Featured Event

VIRTUAL: An Evening with Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Wednesday, January 26th

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Bestselling author Silvia Moreno-Garcia discusses her newest book, Velvet Was the Night, and her genre-defying mashups of cultural noir and Lovecraftian horror.

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