Mandana Chaffa, who convenes and moderates ModPo meet-ups in New York City, wrote this about the meet-up this past weekend: “The stellar NYC autumn day—as rare a sighting as an on-time subway—was outmatched, as...
NOTE: All times given are Eastern U.S. Time. Click HERE to watch any webcast live.
1) Wed 9/8/21, noon (wk 1)
2) Wed 9/15/21, 9:30 AM (wk 2)
3) Wed 9/22/21, 8 PM (wk 3)
4) Wed 9/29/21, 3 PM (wk 4) [Kate Colby visits]
5) Wed. 10/6/21, noon (wk 5)
6) Thu 10/14/21, 6:30 PM (wk 6) (ModPo on the road: LOCATION TBD)
7) Wed 10/20/21, 3 PM (wk 7) [with Edwin Torres]
8) Wed 10/27/21, 6 PM (wk 8) (at Morgan Library, NYC)
9) Wed 11/3/21, 3 PM (wk 9)
10) Wed 11/10/21, NOON (wk 10) [“erica kaufman DAY”] [with Jack Gieseking]
11) Mon 11/15/21, NOON (“final words”)
[] Click HERE to watch recordings of all the ModPo 2020 webcasts.
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