Dear Villagers,
                                     

Would you like to revisit Paula Wright's presentation of her journey across southern Africa? Or see it for the first time? With Paula's permission, we recorded her as she narrated her exciting photos of African scenery, animals, and inhabitants. Click the photo at right to open the youtube video. And enjoy your trip with Paula!

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Programs & Events Offerings

• Member's Weekly Happy Hour, Fridays at 5:00 PM 
  (registration is required to receive your Friday Zoom invitation) 
  • Registration closes today for Happy Hour Fri. 9/18
    
  • Registration closes 9/22 for Happy Hour Fri. 9/25

  If you forget to register, email Jennifer Attenborough (contact details in Membership Directory) before 4:00 PM on Friday and she will invite you.
  

• Chair Yoga for members & volunteers (10-11:00 AM): Click the Zoom link below to join classes on each successive Tuesday morning through October.
  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/324147546?pwd=bWY2VDZiVytOZ0Y2ZGtTaWxFZzQ4QT0

• Village Talk Wed, Sept. 23 at 4:00 PM: Bridging the Gap: Deaf and Hearing Cultures. Diana Mele, a professor at Northern Essex Community College and interpreter for deaf people, explains how deaf and mainstream hearing cultures differ and how the gap between the two can be respectfully bridged. Her talk will feature a PowerPoint presentation and a sign language demonstration. With close to forty years of experience in Sign Language Interpreting and Human Services, Diana has valuable insights to share.
  •  Join Zoom Meeting: https://zoom.us/j/91680281314?pwd=VHI1Z3RlaGVsdUovcm16Uk8zd2g0UT09
  •  Meeting ID: 916 8028 1314
  • Passcode: 116265
     
• Save the Date: Wed, Oct 7 at 4:00 PM: Ghlee Woodworth on her new book, Newburyport Clipper City Heritage Trail. More next week.

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Fun Activities to Enjoy at Home

• Treasures of New York - Pratt Institute: This half hour documentary traces Pratt, a top college of art and design in Brooklyn, New York, from its idealistic 1887 founding through its varied history. Learn how Pratt survived the urban blight of the late twentieth century to flourish in the twenty-first.

•  Some every day items have hidden features or secret uses. Amazing Secrets Hidden in Everyday Things explains the real reason for margins on a page, rumble strips, a secret for bubbles in bubble bath, and more.

• Watch the story of Rio, whose second litter of puppies came with a big surprise, Golden Retriever Gives Birth to Something Unbelievable. 

•  James Taylor and Yo Yo Ma perform an old favorite, Sweet Baby James, at Tanglewood.

•  Take a virtual trip to Paris through the eyes of writer Ernest Hemingway, who lived there in the 1920s. Enjoy the charm of Hemingway's Paris, the Seine, Notre Dame, Harry’s Bar, the Luxembourg Gardens, and imagine the cafe society he lived in.

•  Revisit past Tuesday Updates.

•  Find more activities at Resources for this time of Social Distancing.

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A Little Pandemic Humor   My husband purchased a world map and then gave me a dart and said, "Throw this and wherever it lands - that's where I'm taking you when this pandemic ends." Turns out, we're spending two weeks behind the fridge.

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Help for Villagers using Zoom

If you'd like a training session on using Zoom, call the Village at 978 206-1821. There are also links to Zoom training on the Resources page.

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Take good care of yourselves!
The Greater Newburyport Village