Sign Up for Swing University’s Virtual Winter Term! Feb 1–Apr 22 All-Access Package Available Swing University offers engaging virtual classes for jazz fans, enthusiasts, and students of all backgrounds and levels. Swing U’s Virtual Winter Term explores a variety of topics including Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Sinatra, The John Coltrane Quartet, Erroll Garner, 1959: The Year…
Read More Jazz at Lincoln CenterErin Kayata Nothing is more annoying when you’re cruising on a road trip or commuting to work and realize something urgent: you need gas. Between the time it takes to fill up, the cost of the gas, and just the general inconvenience, you might be wondering whether you can just cruise a little bit longer…
Read More This Is How Much Gas You Should Be Keeping in Your TankUsher out your old ways and welcome in some new, healthier routines by Michelle Crouch, AARP, January 7, 2022 Bad habit: Sitting too much (Sitting too much is the new smoking! – Kintsugi) Read more HERE.
Read More 5 Bad Health Habits and How to Break ThemHow much do you know about African American leaders and events? by Kenneth Terrell and AARP Staff, Updated June 17, 2021 Go HERE for the quiz. Black History Trivia Quiz (different questions) 25 questions Are you a history guru or a neophyte? Take the quiz to find out. Start
Read More Trivia Quiz: Black HistoryThe competition runs from December 1, 2021, through December 1, 2022, at 11:59 p.m., according to the competition website. In order to participate, you must be at least 25 years old and a resident of the United States. To enter you just have to visit the site here, and fill out the form. Read more HERE.
Read More Haribo to give away 6 night Myrtle Beach vacation in 100 Years of Goldbears SweepstakeBy Julie Zauzmer Weil, Adrian Blanco and Leo Dominguez 1/10/22 From the founding of the United States until long after the Civil War, hundreds of the elected leaders writing the nation’s laws were current or former slaveowners. More than 1,700 people who served in the U.S. Congress in the 18th, 19th, and even 20th centuries owned human beings at some…
Read More More than 1,700 congressmen once enslaved Black people. This is who they were, and how they shaped the nation.According to an NPS release, the annual free admission days “are designed to encourage discovery and visitation of the country’s variety of national parks. With at least one in every state, national parks are accessible places to visit to refresh body, mind, and spirit.” The fee-free entrance dates for 2022 are: Monday, January 17: Martin Luther King, Jr.…
Read More Enjoy 5 Days of Free Admission to America’s National Parks in 2022by John Waggoner, AARP, December 28, 2021 5.9 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to monthly retirement checks and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) checks. Medicare Part B premiums jumped to $170.10 for 2022, an increase of $21.60, from $148.50 in 2021. you must have earned 40 work credits, or the equivalent of 10 years to qualify for benefits Read the…
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