Nerd Nite Hudson Valley #5! Building Castles, Failed Spelling & History of Black Westerns

Fri, 18 Apr, 2025 at 07:30 am UTC-04:00

Howland Cultural Center | Beacon

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Nerd Nite Hudson Valley #5! Building Castles, Failed Spelling & History of Black Westerns
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Nerd Nite Hudson Valley #5! Friday April 18th at The Howland Cultural Center.
Three informative-yet-entertaining visual presentations on Building Castles, Failed Spelling and the History of Black Westerns.
“Prithee, attend me!” Professor Nancy Bisaha (Vassar) teaches courses on the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and will be presenting a talk titled “So You Wanna Build a Castle?” Why yes, Nancy, we do.
Nerd Knight, Nerd Night, Nerd Nite? Author Gabe Henry’s new book serves as the focus of April’s talk: Enough is Enuf: Our Failed Attempts to Make English Easier to Spell.
“This ain’t Texas!” Dr. Mia Mask (Vassar) teaches African American cinema & Documentary History and will be presenting on the topic of her 2023 book: Black Rodeo: A History of the African American Western. Yee Haw
With fun music, libations and guaranteed good company: Doors at 7pm. Link in bio.
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Howland Cultural Center, 477 Main St,Beacon, New York, United States

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