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Virtual: Hiawassee Book Club
2023-07-17 19:00:00 2023-07-17 20:30:00 America/New_York Virtual: Hiawassee Book Club In July the Hiawassee Book Club will discuss The Exiles by Christina Baker Kline. Online - Virtual Room - Hiawassee

Monday, July 17
7:00pm - 8:30pm

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In July the Hiawassee Book Club will discuss The Exiles by Christina Baker Kline.

Sent to a Tasmanian penal colony after conceiving her employer's grandchild, Evangeline, a naïve young governess in early nineteenth-century London, is sent to the notorious Newgate Prison. After months in the fetid, overcrowded jail, she learns she is sentenced to “the land beyond the seas,” a penal colony in Australia. During the journey on a repurposed slave ship, the Medea, Evangeline strikes up a friendship with Hazel, a skilled midwife and herbalist and Mathinna, the orphaned daughter of the Chief of the Lowreenne tribe, who has been adopted by the new governor of Van Diemen’s Land. While life in Australia is punishing and often brutally unfair, it is also, for some, an opportunity: for redemption, for a new way of life, for unimagined freedom. 

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AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Authors - Books - Writing |

TAGS: | hiawassee | bb-bookclubs |

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Capture your audience attention with a visually compelling presentation. Learn how to insert and customize SmartArt graphics, tables, charts and video.
Online: Creating Retro Pixel Art
Mon, Oct 26, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Virtual Melrose Classroom 1
Dive into the world of nostalgic pixel art! Learn techniques for drawing crisp sprites and textures, followed by the essential technical steps to scale your artwork for games, social media or print.
Online Class: Microsoft PowerPoint Level 3
Mon, Oct 26, 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Virtual Room - Windermere
Get more precise control over your presentation. Learn how to insert slide transitions, add animations and hyperlinks. Create a customized photo album with simple to use tools.
English for Social Interactions
Mon, Oct 26, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Virtual ESL Room 2
This class will cover a wide array of topics from accepting and rejecting an invitation to engaging in small talk with strangers. Recommended for those 18 years and older.
Hand Sewing Basics
Mon, Oct 26, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Online Technology Classroom 2
Basic hand sewing skills are essential skills needed in everyday life. Learn the basic techniques to get started, including how to make a quilter's knot, thread a needle and sew a running stitch.
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Online: Create a Third-Person Game - Unity - 10 Parts Class Series
Mon, Oct 26, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Virtual Melrose Classroom 2
This 10-part class series covers the essential skills to develop a third-person exploration game in Unity.
Online Class: Crochet Level 2 - Beginner
Mon, Oct 26, 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Online Fiber Arts Classroom
Level up your crocheting. Learn how to create more open fabric with new stitches. Techniques include chaining up rows, as well as double and half double crochet stitches.
Online Class: Microsoft PowerPoint - Create Custom Templates
Mon, Oct 26, 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Online Technology Classroom - TEC
Create consistency for your business by making a custom presentation template. Learn how to customize a theme and to format slides through the slide master that updates every slide in a presentation.
Online: 3D Made Easy with Adobe Stager
Mon, Oct 26, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Virtual Melrose Classroom 1
Create photorealistic product mockups of branded merchandise using this intuitive 3D application.
Basic English 1
Mon, Oct 26, 6:45pm - 7:45pm
Virtual ESL Room 2
This class is designed for students with a beginner level knowledge of English. Practice basic vocabulary and grammar. Recommended for those 18 years and older.
Preschool Storytime: Virtual Pajama Party
Mon, Oct 26, 7:00pm - 7:40pm
Virtual Room - Alafaya
Preschoolers will delight in interactive stories, songs, and rhymes that inspire a love of reading and build early literacy skills. Recommended for ages 3–5.
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