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Science & Society Conversation, 5 p.m., via Zoom. The Race to Make and Use COVID-19 Vaccines. Registration required at l ewes.lib.de.us on Virtual Programs for Adults page. Instructions emailed to participants following registration.
Event has passed Topical Seminar, 1:30 p.m., via Zoom. The Role of Myth in Our Political Polarity, registration required at lewes.lib.de.us on Virtual Programs for Adults page. Instructions emailed to participants following registration. Event Details:
February 3, 2021 Popular historian and former White House speechwriter Jonathan Horn will bring a discussion of his new book “Washington’s End” to the Lewes community at 5 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 10, in a live, online event presented by the Lewes Public Library and Browseabout Books. “Washington’s End” begins where most biographies of George Washington leave off, with the first president exiting office after eight years and entering what would become the most bewildering stage of his life. Horn reveals how the quest to surrender power proved more difficult than Washington ...
February 3, 2021 Syl Woolford will present a live online lecture Feb. 11 to discuss the 1921 Greenwood Massacre that took place in Oklahoma. SUBMITTED PHOTO Historian Syl Woolford will present a live, online lecture discussing the 1921 Greenwood Massacre and the destruction of Black Wall Street at 5 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 11, hosted by the Lewes Public Library. In the early 1900s, Tulsa, Okla., became the oil capital of the world. Within this boomtown, the African American neighborhood of Greenwood had a thriving business district known as Black Wall Street. On May 31, 1921, this pros...
February 2, 2021 Jon Cohen The popular Science and Society lecture series from the Lewes Public Library and Topical Seminars will return at 5 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 9. The online discussion will focus on the science behind the global race to produce a vaccine against the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. Veteran science journalist Jon Cohen will discuss how, in less than a year after scientists first identified SARS-CoV-2, a handful of highly effective vaccines were developed, exhaustively tested and approved for use. He will highlight the different approaches pursued around...