Storage Devices: Stone to The Cloud
Thu, Feb 3, 8p
Dr. Lopez Mathews, Jr, Digital Production Librarian at Howard University Libraries /Moorland Spingarn Research Center, and I talk about the rapid changes in storage devices from tapes, floppy drive, CD-ROM, CD-RW, and ZIP, to the cloud and how those rapid changes affects saving every day and archival documents.
Liberia at 200
Thu, Feb 10, 1p
Rufus S. Berry Liberian activist and entrepreneur, talks about Liberia’s Bicentennial and his move from California back to Liberia.
Health/COVID-19
Why you should upgrade your mask as the Omicron variant spreads
NIOSH-approved N95 Particulate Filtering Facepiece Respirators (The US certifies N95s, while China approves KN95s)
COVID-19 Self Test
free
Recorded and Upcoming End-of-Life Planning Webinars
Referral Service: The National Partnership for Hospice Innovation
For in-home elderly medical care (versus a more risky emergency room visit)
1-844-438-6744
Theater
Dear Mapel
Mosaic Theater
(in-person only)
1333 H Street NE
Wed, Feb 2-Sun, Feb 13, $ (new dates)
Art
International Exhibition of the American Watercolor Society
Salmagundi Club
New York
Mon, Apr 11–Sat, Apr 30
James Van Der Zee’s Photographs: A Portrait of Harlem
National Gallery Of Art
6th and Constitution Ave NW
Washington D.C.
now through May 30, 2022
Comedy
Dry bar comedy,Gas Stations Are Getting Ridiculous, comedian J. Bliss
Dry bar comedy, Parenting Your Parents Is Harder Than It Looks.comedian,
Leighann Lord
Cooking
Cooking
Homemade Licorice: A Simple and Delicious Recipe
Economic
House Majority Whip Clyburn Joins Chairman Himes for Select Committee Hearing on Race and Economic Disparity (recording)
Thu, Jan 20, 2022
Current Events
How a Guaranteed Income Pilot Program is Helping Some in Gary, Indiana
PBS NewsHour
Festivals
Liberia: The Land of Return - Commemorating 200 Years of Freedom and Pan-African Leadership
Fri, Jan 7-Sat, Dec 10
Official opening ceremony Mon, Feb 14
Sutukoba Kangkiling Festival
Sutukoba Village
Upper River Region, The Gambia
Fri, Feb 11–Sat, Feb 12
Film
Janet Jackson Documentary
Lifetime
Fri, Jan 28, 8p
Games
Test Your Knowledge: U.S. State Shapes
(This quiz will not work in Internet Explorer)
Health
Walk4Health-The Gambia
Every Sat, 7:30a
Independence Stadium
Bakau, Kanifing Municipality, The Gambia
Webinar: Glaucoma and Your Emotional Well-Being
Glaucoma Research Foundation
Thu, Jan 20, 4:30p
Fact or Fiction: Sex Trafficking at the Super Bowl
Woodhull’s Human Rights Commissions
Thu, Feb 10, 9p
History
The Amistad
The Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers Project
Mon, Feb 7, The Amistad Replica
Mon, Feb 21, The History of the 1839 Rebellion
Mon, Feb 28, Sharing and Interpreting Connecticut’s Connection to the Amistad
First Annual Dr. Charles R. Drew Knowledge Bowl
(Frostburg State, Howard University, Morgan State University, and Hampton University)
Sat, Feb 12, 11a-1p
The Education of Harvey Gantt
PBS
Mon, Jan 17, 10:30p
Underground Railroad: The Secret History
Science Channel and Discovery +
Sundays starting Jan 30
(POH's CR Gibbs and Rosemary Sandlier are in part three and four)
Rohulamin Quander
Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society
Register
Sat, Feb 12,10a—2p
Historians Discuss Events of Jan. 6 on One Year Anniversary
(Historians Doris Kearns Goodwin and Jon Meacham discussed the historical significance of the events of January 6, 2021 during a conversation moderated by Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden. They talked about other periods of American history where challenges were met and tough times were overcome.)
A History of Haiti
In Memoriam
Jerome Gray
Religious/Spiritual
Mistake In Salah, (From an Islamic perspective, these thoughts on prayer cross many belief systems)
Allah Warned Us Not to Say This to Parents (From an Islamic perspective, these thoughts on honoring your parents cross many belief systems)
5 Things You Should Do Everyday
Screening: "No Time to Waste: The Urgent Mission of Betty Reid Soskin"
("No Time to Waste? celebrates legendary 100-year-old park ranger Betty Reid Soskin?s inspiring life, work, and urgent mission to restore critical missing chapters of America's story)
Morehouse College Human Rights Film Fest
Mon, Jan 17-Sun, Jan 23, pay what you can
(After this content becomes available January 17th at 12:00 am EST, you'll have 72 hours to start watching.)
