Join us for our latest virtual Local Libraries {LIT} event featuring Virginia Sole-Smith. This is a free event, with registration required. As a journalist, Virginia Sole-Smith has reported from kitchen tables and grocery stores, graduated from beauty school, and gone swimming in a mermaid’s tail. Virginia’s latest book, Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of...
Join us for our latest Local Libraries {LIT} event featuring Grace M. Cho. This is a free event, with registration required. Grace M. Cho's work sits at the crossroads of creative nonfiction and interdisciplinary scholarship, exploring the ways in which residues of state violence and historical trauma permeate the intimate spaces of the here and...
Location: Zoom Register online or call 319-356-5220 Fridays, Feb 2-23, 10-11 am Instructor: Judith Leavitt Tea is the most consumed beverage in the world after water. In the first week of this class, you will be introduced to the fascinating world of premium tea. You will hear the myths of the origins of tea, learn...
Location: Zoom Register online or call 319-356-5220 Friday, Jan 26, 10-11:30 am Judith Leavitt, author of Talking Tea: Casual Tea Drinker to Connoisseur, will discuss teawares and tea equipment. To become a tea connoisseur, you will want to check out these teawares and "musthaves.” In addition, you will have the opportunity to taste two teas...
Friday, Jan 19, 10-11:30 am Register online or call 319-356-5220 Many people are familiar with the malty aroma and flavor of Assam tea, because it’s frequently used in black tea blends. In this class, you’ll sip premium Assam tea while you learn about the Assam teagrowing region of northeast India. You’ll enhance and expand your...
Friday, Nov 3, 10-11:30 am Location: Zoom Register online or call 319-356-5220 Instructor: Judith Leavitt, TalkingTea LLC Teas made from plants other than camellia sinensis are called herbals or tisanes. Herbals can be made from any section of the plant: bark, stem, roots, flowers, seeds, leaves, or fruit. Herbals or tisanes are often known for their...
Join the Johnson County Food Policy Council at their 9th annual public forum, “Cultivating Community: Investing in Food and Farm Businesses”. Learn about the Johnson County Community Food and Farm Grant, how investing resources in small food and farm businesses leads to positive outcomes for communities, and how “we all do better when we all...
