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Line Dancing
Learn line dancing step by step, build confidence with new dances each week, and enjoy exercise, music, memory work, and friendly fun.
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Regional Growth Management: How Smart Growth and Land Conservation Can Make Cities Happier, Healthier and Wealthier
Explore how smart growth and land conservation can shape healthier, happier, and more prosperous communities at the block, neighborhood, and regional levels.
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Presidential Elections for Boomers: 1952-2024
Revisit presidential elections from 1952 to 2024 through personal memory and political science, connecting national campaigns to the milestones of our own lives.
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The Microbiome and Implications for Human Health
Discover how the microbiome affects nutrition, modern disease, diet, and the way scientists now think about managing human health.
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SRS Nuclear Weapons Powerhouse: Origins, Tritium and Pit Production
Learn how SRS became a nuclear weapons powerhouse, from its Cold War origins to tritium operations, plutonium pit production, and national security missions.
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British Revolution War Strategies
Examine the British strategic shift to the South during the American Revolution and how that gamble changed the course of the war.
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A Writing Workshop: Sharing Stories of Farming and Agriculture
Celebrate farming and rural South Carolina through a guided writing workshop that helps participants turn agricultural memories into meaningful personal stories.
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Can You Hear Me Now? a Brief Overview of the Ear, How It Works, How It Breaks, and What Hearing Aids Can and Cannot Do
Learn how the ear works, what happens as hearing changes with age, and what hearing aids can and cannot do.
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Cruise the Great Circle in Your Private Yacht
Come aboard for a lively account of cruising the Great Circle by private yacht through rivers, canals, lakes, and coastal waters.
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Changing Lives Every Day: the Impact of Tri-Development Center of Aiken County, Inc.
Discover the history, mission, and human impact of Tri-Development Center and its work supporting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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Irish Traveller Origin Debates: the Ancestry of the Irish Travellers
Explore the ancestry of Irish Travellers and the evidence behind debates over where this distinctive community came from.
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Inspirational Journey of Dr. Matilida Arabella Evans
Learn about the remarkable life, medical career, and South Carolina legacy of Dr. Matilda Arabella Evans.
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Elizabeth Van Lew: Preservationist of the Union
Meet Elizabeth Van Lew, the Richmond socialite and Union spy who risked fortune, reputation, and safety during the Civil War.
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iPhone 101
Build confidence using your iPhone through hands-on practice with navigation, settings, apps, contacts, calls, and everyday features.
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The Strategies of Estate Planning
Learn practical estate planning strategies that help protect your wishes, your family, and your assets at different stages of life.
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Introducing Mr & Mrs. William C. Whitney, Owners of Joye Cottage
Meet William and Helen Whitney, glamorous Joye Cottage owners whose wealth, romance, and social life helped shape Aiken's Winter Colony story.
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Mary Surratt-Assassination Conspirator?
Examine the life, trial, and execution of Mary Surratt and consider her disputed role in the Lincoln assassination conspiracy.
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The History and Secret Language of Victorian Hand Fans
Discover the hidden language, etiquette, artistry, and social power of Victorian hand fans.
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Edgefield Is Peachy Keen
Explore Edgefield County's colorful history, peach heritage, notable people, and enduring influence on South Carolina.
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Theory of Generations
Learn how generational theory explains recurring social patterns and offers insight into the values and experiences of different age groups.
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The Linguistics of Gullah Geechee and African American English
Explore the language, history, and cultural significance of Gullah Geechee and African American English.
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Getting Along with Difficult People
Learn practical ways to understand, respond to, and get along with difficult people in everyday life.
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Wollstonecraft. Here?
Discover Mary Wollstonecraft's surprising local connection and why her ideas about women, education, and equality still matter.
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SRNL: Science and Tech Frontiers
Hear how SRNL scientists are pushing frontiers in research, technology, national security, environmental stewardship, and innovation.
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Return to the Moon
Explore NASA's renewed return to the Moon and what it may mean for science, exploration, and future space travel.
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Korea - the Forgotten War (1950 - 53)
Revisit the Korean War, its causes, major events, human cost, and lasting impact on Asia and the Cold War world.
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What Is Artificial Intelligence (AI)?
Understand what artificial intelligence is, how it works, and why it is rapidly changing daily life, work, and technology.
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Hands-On Nuclear Science: from Cookies to Quarks
Experience nuclear science through approachable demonstrations that connect familiar objects, atomic ideas, and the surprising world from cookies to quarks.
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Exercise Is Medicine
Learn why exercise is medicine and how movement can improve health, independence, strength, balance, and quality of life.
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iPhone 102
Go beyond iPhone basics with hands-on practice using more features, settings, apps, and tools for everyday convenience.
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Who's Afraid of Opera
Enjoy an inviting introduction to opera that demystifies the art form and reveals its drama, beauty, humor, and emotional power.
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Exploring Windows 11
Explore Windows 11 features, settings, and tools that can make your computer easier, safer, and more comfortable to use.
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Rock and Roll and Society: 1960s the Beatles and the British Invasion
Relive the Beatles, the British Invasion, and the social changes that made 1960s rock and roll a cultural force.
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Tech Talk: Traveling Smartly
Learn smart travel technology tips for planning trips, staying organized, protecting information, and making travel easier.
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Touch the Grass and Smell the Air: Mindfulness and Meditation Practices
Practice mindfulness and meditation techniques that help calm the mind, sharpen awareness, and support everyday well-being.
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Black Death in Europe
Explore the Black Death's devastating spread through Europe and how plague reshaped society, religion, economics, and daily life.
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Irish Traveller Origin Debates: When and Why Did the Irish Traveller Community Separate from Mainstream Irish Society?
Examine when and why Irish Travellers separated from mainstream Irish society through history, culture, and competing origin theories.
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Apple Watch
Learn how Apple Watch features can support communication, fitness, safety, health tracking, and everyday convenience.
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Osteoporosis, a Hidden Killer
Understand osteoporosis, its hidden risks, and practical steps for prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and stronger bones.
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Major Battles of the Civil War - Part 2
Continue exploring major Civil War battles and the military decisions, leaders, and consequences that shaped the conflict.
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Tech Talk: Electronic Calendars
Learn how electronic calendars can help you organize appointments, reminders, recurring events, and shared schedules.
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The Isenheim Alterpiece, Matthias Gruenewald, and the Northern Renaissance
Discover the Isenheim Altarpiece, Matthias Grünewald, and the spiritual intensity of Northern Renaissance art.
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Fun Food Foraging in Aiken: Finding and Fixing Wild Foods
Learn how to identify, gather, and prepare wild foods found around Aiken while appreciating the local landscape.
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Applied Artificial Intelligence - Section A
Explore practical ways artificial intelligence can help with everyday tasks, writing, research, creativity, and problem-solving.
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Rock and Roll and Society: 1960s Folk Rock, Pop, Garage Bands, and the Monkees
Relive 1960s folk rock, pop, garage bands, and the Monkees while connecting the music to the culture around it.
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Perceptions and Understanding of Nuclear Energy
Gain a clearer understanding of nuclear energy, its risks, benefits, public perceptions, and role in modern life.
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Using the iPhone/iPad Camera and Photo Apps
Learn to take, manage, edit, and share better photos using the camera and photo apps on your iPhone or iPad.
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Tech Talk: Beyond Security
Go beyond basic security to understand broader technology risks, safer habits, and smarter ways to protect your digital life.
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Quilled Pumpkins
Create a seasonal quilled pumpkin while learning paper filigree shapes and techniques in a relaxed hands-on workshop.
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Wonderful Wetlands: Important Ecosystems and Local Gem, Phinizy Swamp
Explore the beauty and importance of wetlands, including Phinizy Swamp, and learn why these ecosystems matter locally and globally.
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Home Security Systems
Learn how home security systems work and what features can help protect your home, property, and peace of mind.
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Photographic Safari in Tanzania, Africa Part II
Enjoy a photographic safari through Tanzania with wildlife, landscapes, and travel stories from an unforgettable African journey.
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Sugar + Salt + Fat, Oh My!
Discover how sugar, salt, and fat affect taste, cravings, nutrition, and the food choices we make every day.
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PC Basics Review
Review essential PC skills and gain confidence with everyday computer tasks, terminology, and basic troubleshooting.
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Applied Artificial Intelligence - Section B
Explore practical ways artificial intelligence can help with everyday tasks, writing, research, creativity, and problem-solving.
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Health and Wellness for Everyday Life
Learn manageable habits for improving everyday health and wellness through nutrition, movement, stress awareness, sleep, and informed choices.
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How Beer, Salt, Sugar and Coffee Shaped World History
Discover how beer, salt, sugar, and coffee influenced trade, culture, power, and everyday life across world history.
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Rock and Roll and Society: 1960s Psychedelic Rock
Explore the psychedelic rock of the 1960s and the music, experimentation, and culture that shaped a turbulent era.
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Mac/iPhone Open House
Bring your Mac and iPhone questions for an informal session focused on practical answers, demonstrations, and everyday Apple help.
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Dangerous Victorian Fashion
Discover how Victorian fashion could be beautiful, restrictive, hazardous, and sometimes downright dangerous.
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ICED - in Case of Emergency or Death
Learn how ICE and end-of-life information can help families, first responders, and loved ones during emergencies or death.
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Stamp Collecting
Explore stamp collecting as a hobby that combines history, geography, art, storytelling, and the pleasure of discovery.
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Home Surveillance Systems
Learn how home surveillance systems work and what to consider when choosing cameras, storage, alerts, and monitoring options.
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Intelligence Gathering and James Bond
Explore the real-world intelligence gathering behind the fictional world of James Bond and the spycraft that inspired it.
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Applied Artificial Intelligence - Section C
Explore practical ways artificial intelligence can help with everyday tasks, writing, research, creativity, and problem-solving.
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Germans and the American Revolution
Learn about German soldiers, settlers, and influences in the American Revolution and their role in the struggle for independence.
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Rilke's Life and Poems
Discover Rainer Maria Rilke's life and poetry through selected works that reveal beauty, longing, faith, and artistic insight.
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Apple iMacs and MacBooks
Learn the basics of Apple iMacs and MacBooks, including features, navigation, settings, and everyday use.
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The Heart of Nuclear Medicine
Explore how nuclear medicine uses radiation, imaging, and targeted treatments to diagnose disease and improve patient care.
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Rock and Roll and Society: 1960s Motown, Pop and Southern Soul
Relive Motown, pop, and Southern soul through the artists, sounds, and social currents that defined 1960s music.
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Introduction to the Coroner's System and Case Studies
Learn how the coroner's system works through real case studies, investigative procedures, and the responsibilities behind death investigations.
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Using iCloud with Your iPad/iPhone
Learn how iCloud connects your iPad and iPhone, protects information, stores files, and keeps photos, contacts, and settings available.
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Computer/Tech Security Scams - Fight Back!
Learn how to recognize and fight back against computer and technology scams that target passwords, money, privacy, and trust.
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Adventures When Volunteering
Enjoy real stories from volunteering and discover how service can bring adventure, purpose, friendship, and unexpected rewards.
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The Grimke Sisters: Abolitionist Leaders and Feminist Pioneers
Meet the Grimke sisters, South Carolina women who became powerful abolitionist voices and early pioneers for women's rights.
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Irish Traveller Origin Debates: the Roots and History of Irish Traveller Language
Explore the roots, history, and meaning of Irish Traveller language and what it reveals about identity and community.
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Tech Talk: Password Managers
Learn how password managers work and how they can make your online life safer, simpler, and less frustrating.
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Submarine History, Heroes and Missions
Dive into submarine history, heroic missions, changing technology, and the people who served beneath the sea.
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Tech Talk: Quantum Computing
Get an approachable introduction to quantum computing and why this emerging technology could transform problem-solving, security, and science.
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The War with Iran and How It Happened
Examine the events, decisions, and tensions that led to war with Iran and shaped its consequences.
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Decisions in the Darkest Days of 1941
Explore the critical decisions of 1941, when world leaders faced danger, uncertainty, and turning points in the darkest days of war.
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Nuclear Waste Resolutions: Dealing with Lethal Waste
Learn how scientists, engineers, and policymakers confront the difficult challenge of storing, treating, and resolving lethal nuclear waste.
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Mind and Body Self-Improvement Through Meditation
Practice meditation-based approaches for improving mind, body, focus, resilience, and overall self-awareness.
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Music from Behind the Iron Curtain
Discover music created behind the Iron Curtain and how composers and performers responded to repression, politics, and artistic limits.
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Female Operatives of the O.S.S.
Meet the female operatives of the OSS and learn how courage, intelligence, and unconventional skills helped shape wartime missions.
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iPad 101
Build confidence using your iPad through hands-on practice with navigation, settings, apps, browsing, and everyday features.
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Brain and Body Fitness - Fall Prevention
Learn exercises and strategies that improve balance, strength, coordination, and confidence to help reduce fall risk.
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Rebecca Brewton Motte & American Revolution
Meet Rebecca Brewton Motte and discover her remarkable role in South Carolina's American Revolution story.
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Tech Talk: Search Smarter: Unlock the Power of the Web
Learn better web search strategies that help you find reliable information faster and use the internet more effectively.
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Using Your Android Devices
Learn how to use Android phones and tablets more confidently, including settings, apps, security, and everyday features.
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Windows Practical File Management
Gain practical skills for organizing, finding, naming, moving, backing up, and protecting files on a Windows computer.
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Aiken's Haunted History
Explore Aiken's haunted history through local legends, eerie stories, and the places that keep those tales alive.
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Advanced Computer Technology Scams & Challenges
Learn how modern technology scams work and how knowledge, caution, and better habits can protect your digital assets.
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Running a Small City: Aiken City Council Minutes 1842-1900
Explore early Aiken through city council minutes that reveal the practical, quirky, and ambitious work of building a town.
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Attracting Butterflies to Your Garden
Learn how to attract and support butterflies, especially monarchs, by creating healthier gardens and welcoming habitats.
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Financial Analysis Using Ratios
Learn how financial ratios can quickly reveal the health of a business, support investing decisions, and even illuminate personal finance.
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Facebook Security
Review Facebook privacy and security settings in a hands-on session designed to make your account safer and easier to manage.
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History and Stories from Yellowstone Judges
Hear history, stories, and reflections from Yellowstone's unique federal court and the judge who served there.
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2026 General Election-Expectations & Results
Follow the 2026 general election through polling, expectations, results, and discussion of what the outcome may mean for government.
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Thrown Out of College
Hear an inspiring personal story of academic failure, persistence, and practical lessons for achieving success.
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Deep Dive into America's Four Oldest Continuing Settlements
Explore St. Augustine, Jamestown, Plymouth, and New Amsterdam, four enduring settlements that helped shape America's earliest history.
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How Do I Use OneDrive?
Learn how OneDrive stores, protects, syncs, and shares files so your documents are available from computers, phones, and the cloud.
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The Origins of Manners and Civility
Discover how manners and civility developed in early-modern Europe and how etiquette sought to reshape behavior, emotions, and society.
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Discover Smart Glasses: See Meta Ray-Ban in Action
See smart glasses in action and explore how hands-free cameras, audio, AI, reminders, directions, and assistance features can be useful.
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Exploring the Country at 10mph
Travel America's bicycle trails at ten miles per hour through stories from canals, towpaths, Amish country, swamps, beaches, and wine country.
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Rhetoric, Protest Songs and Woody Guthrie
Explore protest songs, rhetorical theory, and Woody Guthrie's 'This Land Is Your Land' as a memorable case study.
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Rise and Fall of Yugoslavia
Trace Yugoslavia's creation, fragile unity, collapse, and violent breakup into six independent countries.
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Day of the Dead: Carolina Edition
Explore Day of the Dead traditions with a Carolina twist through stories of notable Carolinians and visits to historic cemeteries.
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Tech Talk: Family Histories
Learn how the library's Ancestry resources and other tools can help you research family history and build a family tree.
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Smart Home Solutions for Smart Seniors
Discover smart home features that can improve convenience, security, energy use, and independence for older adults.
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Dr. Mary Edwards Walker: Physician, Surgeon
Meet Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, Civil War surgeon, women's rights advocate, and Medal of Honor recipient with an extraordinary life.
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Dressing the 1860s Lady: a Live Demonstration
See how an 1860s lady dressed through a live demonstration of the layers, details, and customs of period clothing.
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The Hope Diamond and Its Last Private Owner
Discover the Hope Diamond's legends, dazzling history, and the dramatic life of its last private owner, Evalyn Walsh McLean.
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An Aiken Icon and the Horse Creek Valley
Explore Monsignor George Smith's unusual life and his mission to expose and relieve poverty in the Horse Creek Valley.
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Code Talkers: WWI and WWII
Learn how Native languages helped U.S. forces communicate securely in WWI and WWII despite earlier efforts to suppress those languages.
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What Are "Cults?" an Introduction to New Religious Movements (NRMs)
Examine what people call 'cults' through the lens of new religious movements, history, definitions, and human behavior.
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Native Cavity Nesting Birds
Learn how to attract and care for Eastern Bluebirds and other native cavity-nesting birds.
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Up Close and Personal with Your Public Servants
Meet local public servants and learn about their training, daily work, family impact, and commitment to emergency service.
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How the Winter Colony Partied
Discover how Aiken's Winter Colonists entertained themselves with theatricals, parades, galas, shooting sports, games, and grand social events.
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Introduction to Digital Networks
Learn how digital networks connect phones, computers, home automation, and security systems in today's connected world.
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Dissecting a Masterpiece
Explore Handel's Messiah by focusing on its choruses and discovering why this masterpiece still moves audiences nearly three centuries later.
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The ABCs of Dating Glass Bottles
Learn how to date glass bottles through maker's marks, observation, local history, and hands-on examination of real examples.
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Bones, Beliefs & Breakthroughs: Andrew Taylor Still and the Birth of Osteopathic Medicine
Discover Andrew Taylor Still, the rebel doctor whose ideas challenged 19th-century medicine and helped launch osteopathic practice.
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Plant Vogtle Tour
The tour will include a 'Nuclear 101' overview and discussion, and a driving tour of the plant site with one stop at the cooling towers.
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How the Stamp Act Initiated the American Revolution
Learn how the Stamp Act transformed loyal subjects into organized resisters and helped ignite the American Revolution.
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Quilled Angel Ornament
Create a quilled angel ornament while learning paper filigree shapes, techniques, and design skills.
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Health and Well-Being: Small Changes - Big Impact
Explore small changes in nutrition, sleep, movement, stress, and mindset that can make a big impact on well-being.
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250th Anniversary of Washington Crossing the Delaware on Christmas Day and the Men Who Got Him Across
Revisit Washington's Christmas crossing of the Delaware and the Marblehead men who helped make the Trenton victory possible.
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Washington Coast and Alaska
Enjoy a photographic journey through western Washington, the Olympic Peninsula, Alaska's coast, Anchorage, Denali, and the region's natural beauty.
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Switzerland Travel Stories 1985
Travel back to Switzerland in 1985 through photographs, stories, tunnels, fortifications, Swiss Guards, and memorable travel discoveries.
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Conspiracy Theories, Paranoid Rhetoric and Skepticism
Learn how conspiracy theories work, why paranoid rhetoric persuades, and how skepticism and media literacy can help.
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Computer Security
Learn practical steps to protect your Windows 11 computer from malware, intrusions, privacy risks, and unsafe internet habits.
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Navigating Library Resources
Learn how to find books, media, articles, newspapers, databases, and other library resources with greater confidence.
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Dinner with Danger: the Poison Squad, the Jungle and the Birth of Food Safety
Discover how the Poison Squad, The Jungle, and public outrage exposed dangerous foods and helped create modern food safety laws.
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Quilled Christmas Tree
Create a quilled Christmas tree while learning paper filigree shapes, techniques, and design skills.
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The Hobby Greenhouse
Learn what to consider when planning a hobby greenhouse, from site, structure, glazing, heating, cooling, benches, water, and plant needs.
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Tech Talk: Using Alexa
Learn what Alexa is, how it works, and how this AI assistant can play music, answer questions, set reminders, and control devices.
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