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Tai Chi Easy Jean Sica, Certified Tai Chi Instructor, presents easy basic movements of Tai Chi. Registration is required.

Exploring India's Northeast It’s the region few foreign or even Indian tourists visit -- the northeast, bounded by China (Tibet) and Bhutan to the north and Bangladesh to the south. Historian, writer, and journalist David Mould travels along the wide valley of the Brahmaputra to the Hindu monasteries of Majuli Island and the fortresses and palaces of the Ahom empire, then heads south into the hills of Meghalaya—to the colonial hill station of Shillong, the “Scotland of the East,” and to Cherrapunjee, whose claim to fame is that it is “the wettest place in the ...

Celebrating Life: Folk Dances from Punjab, India Local Bhangra experts Gairet Nagra and Maihtab Malhi detail the history of the celebratory dances of Bhangra and Giddha, demonstrate and teach typical steps, explain costumes and props, and show performances by college students and the local Rochester Jawani group. Registration required.

Indoor Seeding: Preparing for Next Season's Harvest Jarmila Haseler, Agricultural Educator from the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Monroe County, presents a Zoom session on starting plants from seed.

Needle & Thread: From Sustenance to Activism Explore the world of needle arts, a women’s domain for centuries. See the methods used to prepare girls for the responsibility of supporting a household and how women used thread as ink. The presentation also looks at how women utilized these skills for self-empowerment and activism. Included also is a look at a community in Alabama where quilting is the norm and the world finally knows about them. Learn more about resolute women, their crafts, and their influence on the world. Presented by, Marjorie Crum, Associate Professor of Design, MC...