EDGEWATER Michelle Lytle was in the middle of a major public art project when the coronavirus changed life in unprecedented ways.

The Edgewater-based photographer had been working since late 2019 to install nine murals in her neighborhood over nine months. Works include Kites Over Edgewater, which adorns the wall next to the Lytles home and studio, and Edgewater Charlie, which depicts Charlie Brown and his friend Linus peering over a brick wall on Broadway.

When the coronavirus outbreak hit Chicago, Lytle knew she wanted her project to address the situation and help out in some way. The result is a new mural along Broadway that says Everything Will Be OK and a coinciding lawn sign campaign to raise money for Edgewater charity Care For Real.

All of this hit, and its been insane, Lytle said. We wanted to do something to help. Anyone whose having a bad day, its a message that can help you in those moments.

The Everything Will Be OK mural is the continuation of a public art project started outside Atlanta by artist Jason Kofke. The installations have taken on a new meaning during the coronavirus outbreak, and a town in Georgia began selling yard and window signs with the slogan to raise money for local charities, according to Good Morning America.

Lytle got Kofkes permission to bring the art campaign to Chicago. The mural is painted on the side of 5524 N. Broadway, which is nearby The Lytle House, the former auto garage thats now an event space, photographers studio and home of Michelle and her family.

Lawn signs identical to the mural have been printed up and are available for $20 at Pizzeria Aroma, 5350 N. Broadway. All proceeds from the lawn sign sale will go to Care For Real, the Edgewater-based charity and food pantry.

Before coronavirus, Care For Real served an average of 5,000 people a month needing assistance with garnering food and personal items or other programming and services. Demand for help has skyrocketed since the coronavirus outbreak, Care For Real Executive Director Lyle Allen previously told Block Club.

A wedding photographer by trade, Lytle said she wanted to help out other small vendors, caterers, servers and bartenders who are struggling through the outbreak. She chose Care For Real because it has pledged to be a lifeline for laid-off service industry workers, Lytle said.

Were used to the winter being slow, but its starting to hit us now, Lytle said of the wedding and event photography business she operates with her wife, Robyn. This isnt going to last forever, you have to keep in mind.

Lytles mural project was always meant to spread joy and make Edgewater an even brighter place to live and visit. But with the new campaign, Lytle is hoping to be not only a source of joy, but of tangible help to her neighbors in need.

We love Edgewater, Lytle said. Whatever we can do to raise moods, that benefits everybody.

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Few times in history have called for the kind of engaged, courageous leadership that todays circumstances demand. People will look back on our response to COVID-19 and judge the work done by their community, business, and government leaders: Did we make the right, tough choices? Did we work without concern for political gain? Were we thoughtful and did our decisions make sense and have positive outcomes?

The governor has issued more than 30 executive orders in an effort to protect lives in this unprecedented time. We in the Legislature have worked with her to ensure these orders protect our constituents and address the greater good. And as we continue to react to COVID-19 and protect Michiganders, we must look realistically at the consequences of our decisions on livelihoods and businesses, including some of our critical seasonal industries. As Speaker Lee Chatfield has urged the governor: We need to look at activities through the lens of being safe vs. unsafe, rather than essential vs. non-essential. It is more practical, and will allow us to restart industries and parts of our economy responsibly.

I am speaking of landscape companies, nurseries, u-pick agricultural operations, some construction, golf courses and other businesses that dont require customer contact typically calling for employees to work in solitude or near-solitude in the outdoors. Riding on the back of a mower, delivering and setting mulch, planting trees and landscape elements, walking 18 holes, tending to plants in inventory, roofing a home, allowing customers to pick in groves and fields -- all of these can be done outdoors in relative solitude or, at a minimum, much further than 6 feet away from the next person.

We must give these seasonal businesses the chance to survive and free them of restrictions that dont pertain to the way they operate. In doing so, we can provide some Michiganders with jobs and outdoor activities, and protect portions of our economy and the physical and mental wellbeing of our people.

These businesses have a short season in Michigan and a short opportunity for success. It makes sense to allow them to operate -- with proper precautions -- and to have a chance to stay afloat in 2020 and beyond. Thats what Ohio has done, and we should follow suit.

Many businesses will have opportunities beyond spring and summer to get back on their feet. Others will not survive the response to COVID-19 and seasonal Michigan businesses may be at greater risk of falling into this category. We should allow them to operate now, with the necessary restrictions, to offer a glimmer of hope in our communities. And that providing hope -- is an indication of vision and strength, and a responsibility of leadership.

Rep. Lynn Afendoulis is a Republican from Grand Rapids Township. She is chair of the House Tax Policy Committee

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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer defended her stay home order amid criticism from Republic legislators and small businesses, saying she is prioritizing Michigans health and safety.

Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey, R-Clark Lake, ripped into Whitmer in a social media post Friday, criticizing the orders extension as destroying our health by ruining our livelihoods. The governor prolonged the order until April 30 in an announcement Thursday, April 9.

We must continue to have restrictions on social distancing...but theres room for much-needed common sense," Shirkey said in a phone interview with MLive. Businesses are proving that they can walk and chew gum at the same time and are capable of protecting their customers, suppliers and employees.

Her office justified her strict measures by citing continued increases and deaths from COVID-19.

As of yesterday, the state had over 22,700 confirmed COVID-19 cases and over 1,200 deaths," her office said in a statement to MLive. "Protecting the health and safety of the people of Michigan remains the governors number one priority. She has worked closely with Speaker (Lee) Chatfield and Sen. Shirkey throughout this emergency, and will continue to do so. We welcome constructive participation from the legislature, but the priority must be on taking actions to slow the spread of this virus and keep Michiganders safe.

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House Speaker Chatfield, R-Levering, questioned Whitmers logic for determining what businesses were deemed essential.

Non-essential in Michigan: Lawn care, construction, fishing if boating with a motor, realtors, buying seeds, home improvement equipment and gardening supplies, he said on Twitter. Essential in Michigan: Marijuana, lottery and alcohol. Lets be safe and reasonable. Right now, were not!

Large stores that sell gardening supplies, paint, carpeting, flooring and furniture may be forced to close due to increased restrictions, said State Rep. Michele Hoitenga, R-Manton.

Not only did Governor Whitmer not adopt the new federal (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency) recommendations, that would allow certain businesses back to work safely, she went even further in restricting Michigan businesses and freedoms, Hoitenga wrote on Facebook. The CISA guidance for essential workers can be found here.

Some gardeners and farmers have urged customers to contact Whitmers office to loosen business restrictions. Staying inside for this long isnt safe nor healthy either, said Wedels Nursery, Florist and Garden Center, 5020 Texas Drive in Kalamazoo, on Facebook.

Please help the gardening industry by...sending an email to the governor, the store wrote. We dont feel that it is safe or healthy to be confined - getting in the fresh air is so good for our physical and mental well-being! What could be better for your family than growing your own food?

Red Bird Farms, 4475 Merwin Road in Lapeer, argued the move hurts Michigan growers and benefits ones from out of state.

Let Gov, Whitmer know that her ruling is hurting greenhouse growers, (which) letting big box stores sell their plants that mostly come from out of state," the greenhouse grower wrote on Facebook. We need your help.

Other pushback comes from a petition to allow motorized boating on Michigan waterways, which has nearly 14,000 signatures.

Any loosening of restrictions, even to help certain industries, will keep the economy suffering for longer than if the preventative measures were not maintained, Whitmer said Thursday.

Every single exception to the Stay Home, Stay Safe order makes this more porous and less likely to work, she said.

CORONAVIRUS PREVENTION TIPS

In addition to washing hands regularly and not touching your face, officials recommend practicing social distancing, assuming anyone may be carrying the virus. Health officials say you should be staying at least 6 feet away from others and working from home, if possible. Carry hand sanitizer with you, and use disinfecting wipes or disinfecting spray cleaners on frequently-touched surfaces in your home ( door handles, faucets, countertops) and when you go into places like stores.

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Coronavirus has been silently ravaging nursing homes and adult care facilities across New York State, killing residents at an alarming rate which, until this week, has largely been shielded from the public by state and local officials.

Since the state finally began releasing nursing home fatality data on Tuesday, its been revealed that the virus has taken the lives of more residents in New Yorks nursing homes and adult care facilities than the total number of lives lost in any other state.

As of April 14, more than 3,000 nursing home and adult care residents in New York have died of the coronavirus disease. For context, New Jersey, the state with the second-highest number of fatalities from the virus, has had 2,805 deaths in total.

The situation is especially grim in Suffolk County, where more than half of the countys 653 coronavirus fatalities 334 people have been residents in nursing homes and adult care facilities.

The governor and state health commissioner would have us believe this dreadful result was inevitable. They talk about the medically frail conditions of nursing home residents, how its a closed environment, how once the virus gets inside, its like an ember in dry grass.

Certainly, long-term care facilities are high-risk settings. But was this carnage truly inevitable?

The first known nursing home resident known to have died of COVID-19 in the U.S. was a 73-year-old female resident of the Life Care Center in Kirkland Washington, who died March 2. An investigation by the Seattle Times revealed that a respiratory illness outbreak inside the Kirkland facility was observed by facility officials beginning in mid-February.

Even after they understood what they were dealing with a deadly coronavirus outbreak the Kirkland nursing home didnt obtain enough supplies to test all residents until March 7, and it took another week to test most employees, according to the Times.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in a March 18 report said limited access to testing, a lack of protective equipment and staff working at multiple facilities while sick all contributed to the spread of the disease at Life Care Center.

Did New York learn from the Kirkland, Washington tragedy?

Did New York take steps to make sure nursing homes had the PPE they would surely need as the pandemic spread? Did it ensure nursing homes were testing their staff members? Did it take steps to enhance infection control at these facilities?

According to two residents with relatives in two different Suffolk nursing homes, the nursing homes said they were directed by the state health department to admit COVID patients from overburdened and overcrowded area hospitals. If true, the state may have dropped a lit match never mind an ember into dry grass and then fanned the flame.

Here in New York, the first reported COVID-19 deaths were on March 14. Both were elderly people with underlying health conditions. We dont know if they were nursing home residents. In fact, we dont even know when the first nursing home deaths occurred in New York, because the state did not report nursing home fatalities separately on a county level until this week. Instead, the state health department sat on this information until Tuesday one full month after the first reported COVID death here. On Tuesday, the state finally released county-level data on nursing home fatalities.

But New York has refused to release the fatality data for individual nursing homes. The state health commissioner first claimed the federal health care privacy law prevented the disclosure, but after being called out on that false claim, then vaguely cited privacy concerns. The governor said it is a law, though he couldnt cite the statute.

Today at his news briefing, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the state is gathering the data on individual nursing homes and adult care facilities and will release the information later today.

Without government disclosure of infections and deaths at individual nursing home and adult care facilities, family members who are worried about their loved ones must rely on information provided by the care facilities themselves facilities which have every interest in suppressing the information.

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FISHERSVILLE, Va. (WHSV) A couple in Highland County is hoping to help spread some positivity by creating yard signs for high school seniors graduating this year.

Cane and Lauren Sampson own CL Photoz and throughout this past school year, they have worked with many students by taking their senior photos.

Last month, Gov. Ralph Northam announced schools across the Commonwealth will be closed for the remainder of the school year due to the spread of COVID-19.

Cane said he knew many seniors that they had worked with had to be disappointed in the announcement.

"Some seniors already had their tuxes and dresses picked up," Cane said. "Some were preparing speeches and getting ready to walk across that stage, so we want to do something that will bring a smile to their face."

Cane and his wife have been driving around the Shenandoah Valley to homes of seniors they took photos for and dropping off a printed yard sign with their photo for free.

"This is for every senior we had in 2019 through 2020," Cane said. "We consider our clients family, so we just want to show them that we're in this together and that we care about their accomplishment."

Chloe Hise, a senior at Wilson Memorial High School, received her sign Wednesday afternoon and said even though she couldn't live out her senior year, this helps in making the best of it.

"Little things like this do help," Chloe said. " Even though we don't get actual graduation, this helps show we did do those 12 years of school and get some appreciation for it."

Cane said this is the first time they've ever created yard signs and he hopes to keep creating more. He said they are open to print off a sign for your graduating senior even if they didn't take their photo.

He said you can even use a cell photo photo and submit it through email to clphtoz3@gmail.com or click here for more information.

If you did not take photos with them before, the yard sign will cost you depending on where you live, but they will deliver throughout the entire Valley.

Cane said he would just like to continue celebrating the Class of 2020.

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A community partnership between Bruce Power and Three Sheets Brewing will allow for the distribution and donation of over 50,000 bottles of hand sanitizer in the coming weeks.

Bruce Power has secured 50,000 bottles of general-purpose hand sanitizer refill from the Junction 56 Distillery in Stratford, which will ship the bottles to The Wismer House for distribution free of charge to community organizations and others in need. Junction 56 started production of the sanitizer earlier this week and distribution is expected to start April 27.

Todays announcement is the first step in what we hope will be a broader initiative to make hand sanitizer a much-needed product in fighting COVID-19 available to residents across Bruce, Grey and Huron counties, along with First Nation communities here at home and in other parts of Ontario, said Mike Rencheck, President and CEO of Bruce Power. On April 24, the partnership will be announcing the organizations that will be receiving the first 50,000 bottles and the many sponsors and organizations that are supporting this initiative.

Added Nancy Green, Manager, Site Services at Bruce Power: In times like these, we look to our business community to find ways to support their customers and neighbours. Were proud to be working with Three Sheets Brewing and The Wismer House to help the people in our communities.

Jeff Carver, owner of Three Sheets Brewing and The Wismer House, emphasized the need for the business community to lend a hand to the efforts in our region to protect residents from contracting COVID-19. Carver added that MacLeans Ale in Hanover has offered to send some of its staff to Port Elgin to assist in the distribution program.

In this time of crisis and uncertainty it is even more important for everyone to roll up their sleeves and contribute in any way they can, Carver said. Bruce Power and Three Sheets have created this partnership so we can assist our friends and neighbours. This is a not-for-profit endeavour with the real reward being able to pool our resources and distribute hand sanitizer to folks who are vulnerable or are putting themselves at risk providing an essential service.

Recognizing the potential for COVID to be a long-term challenge and the guidance from health professionals around the importance of hand washing and sanitizing, the organizations will work together to commence a local production at the Wismer House in Port Elgin as a medium-term goal to begin this summer.

I want to commend Bruce Power, Three Sheets Brewing and The Wismer House for working together to find new and creative ways of supporting our local communities and the province more broadly, said Huron-Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson. We are all truly in this together and we all appreciate the role Bruce Power has played in the fight against COVID-19 by providing much needed Personal Protective Equipment, life-saving isotopes and sanitizer to keep front-line workers safe while ensuring they keep the lights on in Ontario.

On Wednesday, April 15 Nancy Green, Manager, Site Services, Bruce Power; Jeff Carver, owner of Three Sheets Brewing and The Wismer House; and James Scongack, Executive Vice-President, Corporate Affairs and Operational Services, Bruce Power met at Three Sheets Brewing. Bruce Power

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Government rules introduced to control the transmission of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) have meant a number of businesses either need to be shut down or staff are required to work from home. The owners of these companies will understandably be concerned about keeping their premises secure during this time. Additionally, ensuring the continuity of IT systems is vital with employees working from home and businesses innovating and selling more goods and services online.

If business owners are concerned about goods and equipment that are normally stored at their commercial premises it maybe necessary to move this and store them at home or in another more secure location. To ensure added security valuable goods and equipment could be stored at the homes of a few senior employees. Any important documentation related to the business should also be stored somewhere secure.

Making sure locks for doors and windows are adequate is also important. Although you maybe worried about spending company money at this time protecting your assets is vital so consider shutters for doors.

The good news is that if companies have existing alarm and CCTV systems for security these can provide continuing protection. As modern IP CCTV systems, like those developed by Motorola Solutions Avigilon, work over IT networks you will be able to monitor the footage from cameras remotely as well as via a mobile device.

If you are viewing your CCTV footage via a mobile device it is important that cyber security is maintained by ensuring you are not using default passwords so that data protection breaches do not occur.

Electronic access control systems, such as the Paxton Net2 software, are also available as web-based versions which can be accessed remotely wherever you have an internet connection. These systems can be integrated with intruder alarms so can give you added peace of mind if you have had to lock up your business premises.

Companies can employ a specialist security firm to monitor CCTV footage remotely if required and they can also provide support for your systems if they do go wrong including, if necessary, going to premises to carry out maintenance.

A leading accreditation body for the security industry, the National Security Inspectorate (NSI) has stated that: Approved companies working in security and fire safety deliver every day essential services ranging from a wide variety of guarding services, to fire detection and intruder alarm systems, CCTV systems and the 24/7 remote monitoring of these systems in purpose built and secure Alarm Receiving Centres (ARCs).

The NSI added, Approved companies working in these specialisms go to great lengths to ensure the integrity of their service. It is our belief essential staff in their businesses are key workers, providing critical maintenance and emergency call-outs to ensure effective security and safety cover. They understand exactly how to balance utilisation of Key Worker status with the demands of social distancing, and so support public safety and the emergency services.

Businesses that have otherwise have minimal security measures may feel the need to employ security guards to ensure their property and their goods are protected.

The regulator for the private industry association, the Security Industry Authority (SIA) confirmed at the end of March that some security professionals were classed as critical workers for the purposes of obtaining childcare if they worked in the key sectors identified by the government as important to keep running normally.

This, the SIA, said would cover those providing security provision in hospitals; schools; social care; courts; government estate; supermarkets and the food supply chain; the transport network; national infrastructure and utilities. Additionally, roles essential to supporting law and order, with the potential to reduce demand on policing, would also meet the critical worker definition the SIA said. According to the SIA, this would include, amongst other areas, the guarding of empty or closed commercial, retail or office premises.

All security staff whether a security guard or those maintaining your CCTV or alarm systems would follow the social distancing rules of on maintaining a two-metre distance from others, and washing their hands with soap and water often for at least 20 seconds.

Along with most people working from home there is a lot of innovation occurring with food suppliers, pubs and restaurants now providing home delivery services as well as smaller retailers boosting their online presence and delivering products. To manage additional homeworking and more use of IT solutions successfully, companies need to ensure they have the IT infrastructure to make this work.

IT staff that will now be working from home need to be closely monitoring company IT spaces and server rooms to ensure business continuity for 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. With less people going into offices or other commercial sites people may not notice issues, such as leaks or air conditioning unit failure, that could cause damage to IT equipment.

Real-time monitoring systems to make sure that IT equipment are running efficiently are essential. A broad range of server room monitoring hardware, software and services are available to provide businesses with the systems that they require to monitor server-rooms. The parameters include temperature, humidity/dewpoint, fluid, airflow, smoke, power, intrusion and also monitoring of third-party devices.

If you are concerned about power surges or blackouts make sure you have the correct Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) system to provide seamless transition between mains power failure and a battery backup. Meanwhile, intelligent power distribution units can distribute and manage electricity supply to servers and networking devices and provide a central unit to control and distribute electricity across a server room.

The real-time and power monitoring solutions provided by Schneider Electric and its APC brand, are comprehensive and bring together all the data collected at the touch of button. If environmental or power issues are detected alerts are created which can be routed both to desktop and mobile devices. This allows IT or facilities teams to be able to fix many of the common power and environmental issues remotely thus keeping these employees safer. If IT staff are not able to monitor these issues you can use an external specialist to remotely monitor and maintain your system.

Ecl-ips, an NSI Gold-approved CCTV and access control specialist, that partners with Avigilon, Paxton and APC/Schneider, is among the companies that can support its customers remotely and, if necessary, on site with essential maintenance and support. Additionally, the firm is providing remote real-time monitoring services, using NetBotz and Schneider Electrics Data Center Expert, which are key to the healthy running of IT systems.

Meeting the immediate security and monitoring challenge is important to ensure business continuity and may well strengthen your infrastructure so you are more able to deal with risks and challenges in these areas in the future.

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With more and more homeowners wanting to grow their own vegetables and tend their own gardens, it may lead you to wonder whether installing a greenhouse on your property would hurt or help your property value. Before you build, here's what you need to know about having a greenhouse at your home.

A greenhouse is an enclosed glass structure primarily used for gardening that can either be free-standing or attached to a home. Greenhouses extend the growing season and allow gardeners to grow plants that would otherwise not grow well in their climate as well as increase the production of any outdoor gardens.

But there are secondary uses as well, especially if the greenhouse is attached to your home. It can expand your functional living space, with many homeowners choosing to use it as a living or dining room. It can also passively heat your home during the day during the winter and can create a more humid environment that can be beneficial in arid climates or for those who suffer from respiratory issues.

One potential negative to having a greenhouse on your property is the upkeep required to keep the structure from falling into disrepair. Just like with a pool or roof in need of maintenance, some buyers may not be interested in fixing this big-ticket item themselves or may offer a significant amount below your asking price to compensate for the added expense.

Greenhouses can also require a lot of energy to keep warm in the winter, which is an added cost some homebuyers may not find worthwhile. Additionally, in contrast to the welcomed warmth in the winter months, if a greenhouse is not well built with proper ventilation, it can also provide unwanted heat in your home during the summer months.

A number of studies have determined that well-designed landscaping can increase the value of a home. One study in particular conducted by Virginia Cooperative Extension stated that home values were found to increase between 6% and 11% with a sophisticated landscape design. However, little data has been gathered to identify whether a greenhouse specifically adds value to a home. For this reason, it's unclear whether a greenhouse would add monetary value to your home when it comes time to sell, but it can still add value to your home while you live there.

Adding a well-designed greenhouse to your property could possibly increase the value of your home, but it could also narrow the interested pool of buyers, as some may not want the added maintenance and expense. Some buyers, however, may see value in having a well-built, well-maintained greenhouse, and this could be seen as a unique selling feature, especially if the potential buyer also enjoys gardening or sees the attached greenhouse as a bright and cheery sunroom.

There's no guarantee that a greenhouse will add value to your home when it comes time to sell, but if it enhances your enjoyment or use of the home while you live there, it may be a worthwhile investment.

Before building, carefully weigh the advantages and disadvantages that come with having a greenhouse on your property. If you decide to move forward, consult an architect, landscape architect, or contractor to help you design and build a functional, attractive greenhouse for you and any future property owners.

You can build your own greenhouse to save on cost; just make sure it is well thought out and well-built and that all of the proper permits were pulled for the construction, if needed for your county or structure. This way you can reduce the chance of the greenhouse being viewed as a burden rather than a selling feature to later buyers.

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Landscape architect Ernest W. Bowditch, who was born on this date in 1850, has been overshadowed in his field by Frederick Law Olmsted and sons. But he was a key figure in establishing the profession in the 19th century and had a major impact on the design of estates, such as The Breakers and Chateau-sur-Mer.

In fact, he designed the landscape for The Breakers' predecessor on the same site, then owned by Peter Lorillard IV, as well as the grounds of adjacent estates Vinland and Wakehurst. As Jim Donahue, our Curator of Historic Landscapes and Horticulture, puts it: In laying out all three, he created a unified landscape along Ochre Points seaside. Combining private estates was an innovative approach that was scarcely repeated anywhere and not at all in Newport.

Today, the Preservation Society continues the major effort to rehabilitate Bowditchs landscape plan for the existing Breakers, including the Serpentine Path that was a key element of his vision.

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Along with physical classes, a majority of the countrys top architecture and design schools also outright canceled or postponed what remained of their planned spring semester event programming due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

A handful of schools, however, have opted to keep lectures, symposiums, and the like on their respective event calendars and will proceed with hosting them but in an online format. Below youll find a select handful of intriguing and enlightening lectures to close out the academic year with.

Most will be held on Zoom and, unless otherwise noted on their individual event pages, all are free and open to the public. Most require pre-registration.

For an even wider range of virtual goings-on in the architecture and design world, check out ANs Event pages.

The Bernard & Anne Spitzer School of Architecture, the City College of New York: Upcoming events held as part of the SCIAME Zoom Lecture Series include: The Rolex Conversations, a filmed discussion between David Adjaye, Niger-born architect Mariam Kamara, and the schools dean, Lesley Lokko (April 20), and a talk with Denise Hoffman Brandt, director of the Graduate Landscape Architecture Program at the Bernard & Anne Spitzer School of Architecture (April 23).

The Cooper Union:On April 28, The Cooper Union, via Zoom, will present New Investigations in Collective Form, a remote lecture by architect and urban designer Neeraj Bhatia.

Harvard Graduate School of Design: On the near horizon for Harvard GSDs Zoom-based virtual public lecture series: A talk with Jenny and Anda French of Boston-based architecture studio French 2D entitled Together Again (April 17); a live screening of Heinz Emigholzs Goff in the Desert (April 18);an Earth Day-tied discussion with Moreno Mateos, assistant professor of Landscape Architecture, on the long-term recovery of ecosystems degraded by human development (April 21); and Heritage and Debt: Art in Globalization,a lecture by David Joselit, professor of Art, Film, and Visual Studies at Harvard (April 23).

Massachusetts Institute of Technology:On April 30, MIT Architecture will host Informal to Formal, a conversation with Chris Leong of New York-based practice Leong Leong, as part of its now-virtual Spring Lecture Series.

UCLA Architecture and Urban Design:Rounding out AUDs 2019-2020 public event series are virtual lectures from Ignacio G. Galan, principal of [igg office for architecture] (April 29), architectural historian David Gissen (May 13), and Tei Carpenter, Founder of AgencyAgency (May 20).

The University of Pennsylvania Weitzman School of Design: On April 22, UPenns McHarg Center will host an online group conversation with the authors of A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal.

University of Virginia School of Architecture:On April 20, the UVA School of Architecture will hold, via Zoom, its annual Thomas Jefferson Medalists in Architecture Public Talk with this years recipients, Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi of New York-based multidisciplinary design practice Weiss/Manfredi.

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