Parks & Rec Fall 2018

LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTE FALL 2018 SPECIAL EVENTS Additional Information: The Lifelong Learning Institute at Virginia Tech is a member-driven, volunteer organization that draws on the wealth of academic and community resources in the New River Valley to provide intellectual, cultural, and social experiences for curious adults 50 and over. To register please go to: http://www.cpe.vt.edu/lifelonglearing Date Day and Time Topic September 24 Monday,12:15–1 p.m., The LyricTheatre Reel Talk: Mondays at the Lyric September 27 Thursday,tour 3:30–4:30p.m., then stayforfood anddrink,Blacksburg Really Local Food: A Field Trip to GladeRoadGrowing September 28 Friday,9:30 a.m.–noon, Blacksburg CommunityCtr Blacksburg History by Bus September 28 Friday,2:30–4 p.m., Hillel atVirginia Tech Protecting Yourself Online and Other Useful Technology Advice October 4 Thursday,7: –8:30p.m., TownCouncil Chambers Who Gets to be an American? Immigration Policy and U.S. Values October 10 Wednesday,9–11 a.m., Drone Park, VT Campus A Drone by Any Other Name: An Introduction to Unmanned Aircraft Systems October 12 Friday, 2 – 3:30 p.m., Radford University Planetarium Violent Universe at the Radford University Planetarium October 12 and November 11 Part 1: Friday, 4:30–5:30p.m., Smithfield Plantation Part2:Sunday,4:30–6 p.m., Smithfield Plantation Holiday Wreath Making at Historic Smithfield October 16 10:30 – 11:30 a.m., Warm Hearth Village Ctr Gone with the Wind: A New Look at Bird Migration October 17 Wednesday,2 –3:30p.m., Smithfield Plantation Private Tour of Historic Smithfield October 19 Friday,9:30a.m.–3p.m., Pulaski/Draper Red Sun Farms and Pulaski Grow Field Trip October 24 Wednesday,9:30a.m. –4 p.m., Craig County Bus Tour of Craig County BarnQuilts and Lunch at the Old Brick Hotel November 1 Friday,9:30a.m.–noon, Blacksburg Blacksburg History by Bus November 1 Thursday,5 –7:30p.m., Whitebarrel Winery Wine Tasting and Social at Whitebarrel Winery November 6 Tuesday,10:30a.m.–11:30p.m., WarmHearth Village Ctr Know Your Community: Time Banking November 7 Wednesday,9:30a.m. –2:30p.m., Wytheville Field Trip to Edith Bolling Wilson Home November 9 Friday, 1 – 3 p.m., Kroehling Foundry, VT Make a Metal Casting with VT FIRE November 12 Monday,10:30a.m.–12:30p.m., Blacksburg PublicLibrary EnjoyMovies,Music, eBooks, Audiobooks, andMoreon Your Devices (Apple) November 12 Monday,2 – 4p.m., BlacksburgPublic Library EnjoyMovies,Music, eBooks, Audiobooks, andMoreon Your Devices (Android) November 12 Monday,3 –4:30p.m., WarmHearth Village Ctr Disrupting Pipelines of Inequality – Dialogue on Race November 13 Tuesday,10 –11:15a.m., WarmHeath VillageCtr Using Science to Overcome Educational, Health, and Social Disparities November 14 Wednesday,6 – 7p.m., Moss ArtsCenter Pre-performance Panel: What Is Memory? December 3 Monday,3–4:30p.m., Smithfield Plantation Holiday Tea at Historic Smithfield

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