ML26-P. “ANTHOLOGY OF WOMEN POETS AND HOUSEWORK”
Hostetter Enrichment Center, Messiah Village 10/21/2021Using a poetry anthology called Sweeping Beauty: Contemporary Women Poets Do Housework, edited by Pamela Gemin, the instructor will provide an experience in which participants will see/touch household things that may remind them of mothers, aunts, etc. and domestic life. Several poems will be emphasized with performance art using pots, serving dishes, sheets, etc. as she reads the poems. Time will be allocated for participants to share with classmates a brief recollection of a domestic experience. A variety of special resources will be available for participants to explore.
LH15-P LEADING MEN OF LANCASTER
High Auditorium, Crossings Building, Landis HomesLeading Men: Historic Lancaster, PA, is a six-session series. Dr. Robert Frick, historian and presenter, will share the lives and times of 22 Historic Downtown Lancastrians. Grouped into six categories - Initiators, Pennsylvania’s Only U.S. President, Ministers, Proponents, Merchants, and Artists and Inventors - the brief biographies will demonstrate the critical roles these figures played in making Lancaster great. Participants should prepare for lively presentations filled with interesting facts and peppered with humor. Dr. Frick’s goal is education with a smile.