Events in January 2022
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Virtual Mindfulness Class Series Virtual Mindfulness Class Series
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January 6, 2022
A 6 weeks series, hosted on Thursday evenings beginning January 6.
Join us for these FREE Mindfulness classes as part of our Healthy Lifestyle Series programming.
Taught by Jennifer Haskell,
Mindfulness Facilitator Trainer with the Engaged Mindfulness Institute.These classes are trauma-informed and for everyone, regardless of experience level. Open to all who are interested or curious, especially for those who have tried meditation and are certain that, “it’s not for me". Log in for one class or the whole series,
Join when you can.Zoom Meeting ID: 819 5767 6161
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Books 'n Bites - “The Water Dancer: a novel” by Ta-Nehisi Coates Books 'n Bites - “The Water Dancer: a novel” by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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January 12, 2022
Join us each month for a fun and lively virtual book club experience!We meet on the second Wednesday of the month via Zoom.
Email Lori Barnes at lbarnes@vailgov.com for an invitation to the monthly Books ‘n’ Bites.Hiram Walker was born into slavery during the Antebellum South on a declining tobacco plantation in Virginia named Lockless. He is the mixed-race son of a white plantation owner and a black mother who was sold away by his father when Hiram was young. The local community consists of the enslaved (“the Tasked”); the landowners (“the Quality”); and the low-class whites. Hiram has an extraordinary photographic memory but is unable to remember his mother. However, in one instance when Hiram is driving across a bridge he suddenly has a vision of his mother dancing. When the vision ends, his carriage has fallen into the water. His (white) half-brother drowns, but Hiram is transported out of the water. He learns that his miracle survival was a result of a superhuman ability he has called conduction, which transports himself and others across impossible distances. This conduction is triggered by powerful memories: those of his mother. He eventually becomes involved with the Underground Railroad. Hiram escapes to Philadelphia, where he encounters Box Brown and Jarm Logue. He eventually comes to meet a famous member of the Underground named Moses, who also has the power of Conduction. Moses is later revealed to be Harriet Tubman.
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Virtual Mindfulness Class Series Virtual Mindfulness Class Series
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January 13, 2022A 6 weeks series, hosted on Thursday evenings beginning January 6.
Join us for these FREE Mindfulness classes as part of our Healthy Lifestyle Series programming.
Taught by Jennifer Haskell,
Mindfulness Facilitator Trainer with the Engaged Mindfulness Institute.These classes are trauma-informed and for everyone, regardless of experience level. Open to all who are interested or curious, especially for those who have tried meditation and are certain that, “it’s not for me". Log in for one class or the whole series,
Join when you can.Zoom Meeting ID: 819 5767 6161
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Skiing Book Club Skiing Book Club
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January 14, 2022
Vail Public Library’s Skiing Book Club takes readers to the slopes for an active book club. We will meet at the top of Eagle Bahn Gondola, by the water fountain near Bistro 14, to talk books and ski!
This Book Club is a fun, social outing, but at the same time, you are getting the mental and physical activity essential to a healthy brain.Attendees must have their own ski pass. The library will not be providing lift tickets.
The selection for this month is “The Water Dancer “ by Ta-Nehisi Coates
For more information, please email Jo at JNorris@vailgov.com -
Virtual Mindfulness Class Series Virtual Mindfulness Class Series
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January 20, 2022A 6 weeks series, hosted on Thursday evenings beginning January 6.
Join us for these FREE Mindfulness classes as part of our Healthy Lifestyle Series programming.
Taught by Jennifer Haskell,
Mindfulness Facilitator Trainer with the Engaged Mindfulness Institute.These classes are trauma-informed and for everyone, regardless of experience level. Open to all who are interested or curious, especially for those who have tried meditation and are certain that, “it’s not for me". Log in for one class or the whole series,
Join when you can.Zoom Meeting ID: 819 5767 6161