May 11, 2021
Lisa Scottoline
The History Book Festival will celebrate its fifth year in 2021 with free admission to separate keynote events featuring noted authors of newly published historical fiction and nonfiction works.
Because publishers have not resumed author tours due to the ongoing pandemic, the festival will begin in virtual form, with authors engaging in live, moderated discussions and question-and-answer sessions.
“Virtual presentations via Zoom, coordinated with the Lewes Public Library, worked extremely well during 2020 and were positively received by participants,” said Ronald Collins, History Book Festival co-founder and co-chair. “Although we will begin the 2021 festival programs virtually, we remain optimistic that we will be able to return to in-person presentations later in the year.”
A free, intensive Shakespeare acting course for high school students will be offered by the Lewes Public Library Shakespeare Festival and Spoken Word Society from Aug. 7 to 26. Master teachers and professional actors Dr. James Keegan and Sadie.
Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs celebrates African American History Month
Delaware News Desk
The Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs will offer three virtual programs streamed live online during February.
Two of these programs will be presented in commemoration of National African American History Month, an annual observance celebrating the invaluable contributions that the Black community has made to the culture and history of the U.S.
All programs are free and open to the public. For reservations and more, visit bit.ly/3iB5Zt3. “The Wreck of the DeBraak”: 3:30 p.m. Feb. 4. Virtual program from the Zwaanendael Museum explores the history of the British warship DeBraak, which sank off the coast of Lewes in May of 1798 only to be recovered by treasure hunters nearly 200 years later. 645-1148, zmuseum@delaware.gov.
January 25, 2021
The Lewes Public Library will present a Feb. 18 online discussion of “How to Rig an Election” by authors Nic Cheeseman and Brian Klaas. SUBMITTED PHOTO
The Lewes Public Library will host a live, online discussion of Nic Cheeseman and Brian Klaas’s 2018 book, “How to Rig an Election,” at 5 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 18, via Zoom.
Cheeseman will join the first part of the conversation that evening from Malawi. Advance questions may be emailed to lewes.library@gmail.com.
In “How to Rig an Election,” Cheeseman and Klaas assert that while more elections are being held than ever before, the world is becoming less democratic. Using information collected from more than 500 interviews in 11 countries and data from global elections spanning 60 years, the authors lay out how gerrymandering, vote buying, repression, hacking and ballot-box stuffing are used by autocrats to rig elections and what can be done to protect democracies.
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