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Jubilees of 2018

January 21 the library’s “Window on America” weekly talk-club meeting was attended by 22 users. Club members were speaking about jubilees of 2018. Ray Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451” is 65 years old. James Fenimore Cooper’s “The Pioneers” is 195 years ...

English quiz

January 16 the Kherson “Window on America” Center staff visited the Kherson Lyceum of Journalism, Business and Law. We proposed a quiz for the children. Pupils of the 8-th form were our audience. The questions of the quiz concerned to knowledge of American and British geography, literature, ...

About Isaac Asimov

January 14 the library’s “Window on America” weekly talk-club meeting was attended by 12 users. January 2 is Isaac Asimov’s birthday. Along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke, he was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers during his lifetime.  ...

Winter celebrations

  December 24 the library’s “Window on America” weekly talk-club meeting was attended by 16 users. In Ukraine Saint Nicholas Day is observed December 19, so we had two topics to discuss: multi-cultural nature of Christmas observance in the United States of America and Saint ...

International Anti-Corruption Day

International Anti-Corruption Day has been observed annually, on 9 December, since the passage of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption 2003. December 17 the library’s “Window on America” weekly talk-club meeting was attended by 13 users. We had Speed English again and ...

Corruption struggle

WOA received teachers again

 December 13 the Kherson “Window on America” center was attended by foreign languages teachers having advanced training. Teachers were given much useful, important information as always. In particular they were told about media literacy, products and services provided by Google, methodical ...

16 days of activism

From 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, to 10 December, Human Rights Day, the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign is a time to galvanize action to end violence against women and girls around the world. The international campaign originated ...

Volunteer Day

December 5 is International Volunteer Day. It is an international observance designated by the United Nations since 1985. December 2 the library’s “Window on America” meeting was devoted to International Volunteer Day. We invited some Kherson volunteers who help Ukrainian army ...

Thanksgiving Day

Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States. Some Thanksgiving Day events were held by the Kherson WOA Center. November 26 the library’s “Window on America” weekly talk-club meeting was attended by 8 users. Club members were speaking about Thanksgiving ...