Reverse the Runway Fashion Show

Sunday, January 24 at 1:00pm to 4:00pm

in the Library Parking Lot

CLD&J is excited to host this innovative fashion show! Reverse the Runway will feature intricately designed accessories and oversized head pieces by MFA students at Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts. Drive through the library’s parking lot anytime during the event between to see the designs. Models will be stationed in the grassy median between the two sides of the parking lot. If you decide to get out of your car to take photos, please wear a mask and maintain social distance.

No Registration Necessary.

Britain at Bay: The Epic Story of the Second World War, 1938-1941

Tuesday, January 26 at 7:00pm to 8:00pm

via Zoom

Tune in for an overview of Great Britain at the onset of World War II. Syracuse University Professor Alan Allport presents the military and political dimensions of the crucial first years of Britain at war. Could the war have been avoided? Were the strategic decisions the rights ones? What difference did the war make in the end to the fate of the nation? These are just some of the essential questions answered along with an intimate look at the changes in wartime British society and culture. Find out how Great Britain and its people were permanently transformed by the Second World War.

Britain at Bay: the Epic Story of the Second World War, 1938-1941, explores these topics in depth. It is the latest book by author Allport who has previously written about the experience of the British soldier during World War II in Browned Off and Bloody-Minded and the story of British servicemen returning home after the war in Demobbed. Specializing in modern British and European history, Allport is an Associate Professor at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.

Registration Required.