10 March 2021

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The luck of the Irish explored in these online events

The luck of the Irish explored in these online events


All dressed in green with nowhere to go this St. Patrick’s Day? Listed here are some events you can attend without leaving home. (Green beer optional.) “St. Patrick: The Man and the Myth”: Why do we celebrate St. Patrick? Was there really an Irishman who drove snakes off the island? At 1:30 p.m., historian Jennifer Paxton separates fact from fiction and shares the tale of a man who survived

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A wholly new way to read the Bible

A wholly new way to read the Bible


BOOK REVIEW “Holy Imagination: A Literary and Theological Introduction to the Whole Bible” by Judy Fentress-Williams Nonfiction, March 2021 By Fred Fenton LW contributor Have you often felt not only inspired but also perplexed while reading the Bible? Help is here: Judy Fentress-Williams, professor of Old Testament at Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, Virginia, has written

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Chess Club

Chess Club


The Chess Club publishes weekly puzzles to keep the love of thegamealive,sincememberscannot currentlymeettoplayinperson. This week’s puzzle is checkmate in three moves. White moves first. Any answer by black, and the white’s third move is checkmate. The solution to this week’s puzzle’s first move is Rh8; the white Rook moves from H5 to H8.

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Literature Art Contest

Literature Art Contest


The Leisure World Library is sponsoring a Literature Art Contest, for which LWers are asked to re-create a scene or pay tribute to a suggested famous work of fiction. Any artistic medium—paint, ceramic, sculpture, wood, paper, needlecraft or other handcraft— will be accepted, but artists should be mindful that submitted works will be on display outside for several hours. Participants will

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