Pop-up library coming to Albany s South End Night Market
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People set up their tables at the Albany South End Night Market on Thursday, July 2, 2020 in Albany, N.Y. The Albany Public Library will have a permanent pop-up location at the market starting in May 2021. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)Lori Van Buren/Albany Times Union
ALBANY Books, internet hot spots, museum passes, and musical instruments are just some of the numerous items one can borrow from the Albany Public Library’s pop-up stand coming to the city’s South End Night Market every Thursday starting this week.
“The importance of the library reaches beyond our walls of our buildings,” said Rebecca Lubin, the head of Eastern Branches for the Albany Public Library. “The pop ups are a way of connecting with the community where they gather.”
Churchill: Is 787 a racist highway?
Churchill: Is 787 a racist highway?
Even if the highway wasn t built with racist intentions, its reconstruction could accomplish some of the social justice goals desired by the Biden administration.
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I-787 and the former Delaware & Hudson Building, now SUNY Plaza, from above Frontage Road on Friday, April 9, 2021, in Albany, N.Y.Will Waldron/Albany Times Union
ALBANY The Biden administration, as it promotes a proposed $2 trillion infrastructure program, says its plan to raze some urban roadways is also about tearing down the bigotry that factored into their construction. There is racism physically built into some of our highways, and that’s why the jobs plan has specifically committed to reconnect some of the communities that were divided, said Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who has also said that Black and brown neighborhoods have been disproportionately divided by highway projects.
Phone calls, fliers, and face-to-face conversations is how the South End is getting vaccinated
Albany College of Pharmacy, Lincoln Pharmacy, community organizations team up to help with vaccination effort
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1of8Buy PhotoStacy Pettigrew, assistant professor in the Department of Population Health Sciences at the Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, talks about the vaccine clinic being held at The Collaboratory on Wednesday, March 10, 2021, in Albany, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union)Paul Buckowski/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
2of8Buy PhotoSteve Anthony, right, receives his second dose of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine from Laura Ordway, the public health pharmacist at The Collaboratory, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, on Wednesday, March 10, 2021, in Albany, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union)Paul Buckowski/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
Sunshine Health Announces Donation of 400 Tablets to Substance Abuse Treatment Centers across Florida
Tablets to help virtually connect patients to care during pandemic
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TAMPA, Fla., March 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Today, Sunshine Health – one of the largest healthcare plans in Florida – announced its affiliate Staywell Health Plan donated 400 computer tablets to substance abuse treatment centers across Florida. The donation helps virtually connect patients and families to needed healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Employee at Operation PAR in Pinellas County unpack tablets, which will be used to stay in touch with patients during the pandemic.
This year s The Chocolate Nutcracker, a ballet performance hosted by It Takes a Village Inc., will take on a different theme.
The ballet typically takes place during the holidays and was scheduled for November 2020, but organizers postponed the performance because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Because the performance won t be occurring during its normal time frame, Steven Massey, founder of It Takes a Village, has changed this year s ballet to a Black History Month theme while still creating a show that encompasses the Chocolate Nutcracker.
This year s show will take place at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Feb. 27 at the Topeka Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $10-$25 and can be purchased by visiting the box office or topekaperformingarts.org.