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...
Fridays, April 7-28, 10:00-11:00 am Location: Zoom Register online or call 319-356-5220 Instructor: Judith Leavitt, TalkingTea LLC A “single estate” tea is any tea originating from one single tea property or garden, where the makeup of the tea plant’s environment, soil, elevation level, and climate are important factors contributing to the quality and taste of the...
Mondays, March 6-27, 2:00-3:30 pm Location: Zoom Register online or call 319-356-5220 Organizer: 100 Grannies for a Livable Future March 27: Stratis Giannakouros, Director of the Office of Sustainability and the Environment at the University of Iowa, along with his team, work to educate, challenge and inspire the greater UI community to realize solutions to...
2023 Barbara Schlachter Memorial Environmental Lecture Series Mondays, March 6-27, 2:00-3:30 pm Location: Zoom Register online or call 319-356-5220 Organizer: 100 Grannies for a Livable Future March 6: Jerald Schnoor, Professor in the Departments of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Occupational and Environmental Health, and Co-Director of the Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research (CGRER)...
Mondays, March 6-27, 2:00-3:30 pm Location: Zoom Register online or call 319-356-5220 Organizer: 100 Grannies for a Livable Future March 20: Sarah Gardner, Climate Action Engagement Specialist for the City of Iowa City, will speak about the new guidance for local rebates and how to prioritize what to do now vs. later to improve energy...
2023 Barbara Schlachter Memorial Environmental Lecture Series Mondays, March 6-27, 2:00-3:30 pm Location: Zoom Register online or call 319-356-5220 Organizer: 100 Grannies for a Livable Future March 6: Jerald Schnoor, Professor in the Departments of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Occupational and Environmental Health, and Co-Director of the Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research (CGRER)...
