Glidden Pottery is a unique stoneware-bodied dinnerware and Artware that was produced in Alfred, New York from 1940 to 1957. This presentation by Margaret Carney will highlight the rich history and inspirational Glidden Pottery designs, glazes, and decorations. Part of the the IMoDD Unforgettable Dinnerware lecture series.

This event is in partnership with the International Museum of Dinnerware Design.

"Let the black man get upon his person the brass letters U.S., let him get an eagle on his button, and a musket on his shoulder, and bullets in his pocket, and there is no power on the earth or under the earth that can deny that he has earned the right to citizenship" - Frederick Douglass, April 6, 1863.

Cody Daigle-Orians (they/them) is a writer and asexuality educator based in Columbus, OH. They are the creator of Ace Dad Advice, a social media-based asexuality education project designed to support people exploring asexuality or questioning their sexual orientation, and the author of I Am Ace: Advice on Living Your Best Asexual Life. They are also a contributing author in the upcoming fiction anthology Being Ace: An Anthology of Queer, Trans, Femme, and Disabled Stories of Asexual Love and Connection.

Each week, AADL staff members share recipes in a specific category – from “Unusual Veggies” to “Favorite Cookies” - whether tried and true or tried and failed. The recipes that are discussed in this episode are attached to this event page. Please join the conversation in the comments section! What are your favorite recipes from this week’s category?

This educational session with occupational therapist Elizabeth Lombard will help demystify sensory processing and make parenting a little easier! Elizabeth will present an overview of how sensory processing skills affect daily life, and preventive strategies to support sensory processing needs so your family can enjoy outings and special activities together.

What happens when A.I. enters the concert hall in 2023? Composers and experimental musicians have used a range of artificial intelligence technologies to generate new musical works and support their creativity since the 1950s. How have these methods evolved over time and what does the music they influence sound like? Does this technology facilitate new modes of musical expression, or does it, in fact, present obstacles to music making?

Watch AADL staff and other community members in a book discussion with The Unerased Book Club. This month, they'll discuss Sparks Like Stars by Nadia Hashimi.

Sheela Lal and Fatema Haque are co-facilitators of The Unerased Book Club, a project of Rising Voices of Asian American Families that reads, and builds community through, Asian American literature.

Join author Will McLean Greeley for a presentation on his new biography of Senator George P. McLean, A Connecticut Yankee Goes to Washington: Senator George P. McLean, Birdman of the Senate.

Watch AADL staff try out a series of tabletop role-playing games to get a taste of the wide variety of genres, play styles, and rulesets that exist today. This time they are playing Shiver, a horror RPG that is adaptable to a range of different settings with character archetypes pulled from popular movies. Every roll of the dice has consequences, even if not immediately apparent. Too many failures and the Doom Clock ticks up! Who cut the power in the old barn? What is that horrible roaring sound in the junkyard?

Each week, AADL staff members share recipes in a specific category – from “Unusual Veggies” to “Favorite Cookies” - whether tried and true or tried and failed. The recipes that are discussed in this episode are attached to this event page. Please join the conversation in the comments section! What are your favorite recipes from this week’s category?