Good evening. Im lauren rosenberg. Im so glad that youre here tonight. F. You if youre joining us for a first time, welcome. Now is the perfect time to silence your cell phones or anything else that might make noise during the program. In addition to the many lectures and tours garret peck leads, he presented at the library of congress and the National Archives and temperature prance to the sites is on cspan book tv and ten things you didnt know about with punk rock legend henry rollins. He was featured on a documentary by the smithsonian channel. He is author of seven books including prohibition in washington, d. C. how dry we werent, the prohibition hangover. And the great war in America World war i and its aftermath which was published in 2018. Before we get started, i want to make sure to invite you all to join us in the lobby following his presentation to enjoy a sample of a prohibition era cocktail tanks to torrence swan and founding spirits gin. So now please welcome me in welco
Office and child care for nonessential employees. Its chard to keep track of what is going on where. The north bay, basely, order in phase two. Sonama, napa and salano county. The counselties are finalizing the downnoo option groups p. And the groups that are moving in stage two monday. Alameda county joined marin, San Francisco and san mateo counties, Contra Costa County is also considering the same move. You live in these counties, next week, retail will be open for curb side pickup. Manufacturing will resume with restrictions and county is figuring out how dine in will work. The only county in the Bay Area Holding off is south bay. S san santa clara county. No restrictions. We called the health department. The department told us, at this moment, there are no plans to open up more next week, and a reminder, county Health Leaders are reminding to you social distance and wear face covering. The numbers, 50 new cases confirmed in the bay area, and santa clara continues to be the the hot
Our Investment Committee today will debate it we are in the red for the s p and the dow. Were off the session lows like carl pointed out, it may have had something to do with the headlines coming out of the new york Governors Press conference where he mentioned a phased out idea starting this friday the dow industrials only down 140 points the s p down the nasdaq is tech stocks up half a percent 9165 the level there our Investment Committee are making some moves today. Steve, youre seeing a couple of things happening in your portfolio. What have the recent moves done whan and what are you trading in and out of im not trading out of much i did sell some peleton. It worked out tremendously well. Not quite a double but fairly close. I still have some left what ive done is and i did this on friday afternoon is i added to baba in expectation of disney opening in china because i thought that would lift the market ill reduce that position back to a core position i bought some out of the money
America. Hes the author of the prohibition hangover, alcohol in america from demon rum to cult cabernet and prohigs hib is in washington, d. C. , how dry we werent. Im lauren rosenberg. To our members, welcome. And if youre joining us for the first time, a warm welcome and open invitation to explore the wide range at Smithsonian Associates. Now is the time to silence your cell phone. Were thrilled tonight to welcome author, historian and tour guide garrett peck back to the smithsonian. Garrett has presented at the library of congress and the national archives. And his tempers to our prohibition sites has been feet urz on cspan and book tv and the History Program and ten things you didnt know about with punk rock legend Henry Rollins and featured about prohibition by the smithsonian channel and he has a book how dry we werent and the prohibition hangover, from demon rum to cult cabernet and world war ii and the aftermath published in 2018. Before we get started, i wan to make sure to in
Washington who is author of tonights book , boss of the grips, the life of James H Williams and the red caps of Grand Central terminal. This is part of an ongoing series of programs posted in conjunction with our series the ballad of harlem. If youve not had a chance to look at the exhibition it will be up through the end of december. There are all these things inside the exhibition that i think you will hear about tonight and also it might feed your own historical knowledge about how the ballot for harlem examines several strands of black place making in the 20th century offering viewsof president s and institutions dedicated to education , politicalengagements , cultural affirmation and creativity. The exhibition as i was mentioning earlier highlights includes the brotherhood of sleeping car porters which was the first union of black workers particularly plowman porters and youll also find selections from ruby dee and aussie davises collection which we recentlyacquired. Also items fr