Men's Group
Wednesday, February 1
6:00 p.m. - Room 508
Great Books
Wednesday, February 1
7:30 p.m. - Social Hall
Melville, Billy Budd, Sailor and Smith, Wealth of Nations. List for the season
Thursday Writing Workshop
Thursday, February 2
7:00 p.m. - Room 508
Film Forum
Friday, February 3
7:00 - 10:00 p.m. (doors open at 6:30) - Room 514
The Little Fugitive (1955), an independent film directed and produced by Ruth Orkin and Morris Engel. Richard Bruno will lead a discussion after the movie. Doors open at 6:30 pm. Members: $3. Nonmembers: $4. Popcorn and beverages are included. Films for the season
Sunday Meeting, February 5
Early Sunday Morning - 10:00 a.m. - No program
Sunday Meeting - 11:15 a.m. - Concert Hall
"Artz, Rootz, and Rhythm: A Celebration of Art and Culture"
Harlem Arts Alliance
Introduction: Michael Bogdanffy-Kriegh, Society President
Pamela Salaam, Master of Ceremonies
Kick off Black History Month with a rich multi-ethnic cultural program featuring vocalists: Jan Forney, Letha, Claude Jay, Imani Scott, and Lee Olive Tucker. Poet M. Malcom King, the LonGar Ebony Ensemble, pianist Tevin Thomas, the Uptown Dance Academy, and the Impact Repertory Theatre. It promises to be an exciting and entertaining morning! Anyone who would like to volunteer to assist the artists during the performance should contact Andra Miller at 212-627-3944. We expect a full house for this event please make reservations for lunch by calling Suzy at 212-874-5210, ext. 113.
Sunday School - Ethics for Children - 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. - Adler Study
Generosity and Celebrations
Afternoon Activities - 2:00 p.m. - Ceremonial Hall - 4th Floor
Art & Inspiration: A Creative Dialogue - This is the "Artz" section of the Harlem Arts Alliance's Artz, Rootz & Rhythm program. A panel of visual artists - Gwendolyn Black, Aleathia Brown, Rhadames Ramirez, Ruben Sinha and Emmett Wigglesworth, moderated by Dr. Ademola Olugebefola - will discuss their displayed works and answer questions from the audience. The session will also honor four African-American artists: Hugh Bell, Inge Hardison, Faith Ringgold, and Norman Messiah, who are recipients of the HAA Golden Legacy Visual Arts Award for Outstanding Achievement. Some of the art will be available for purchase.
Monday Writing Workshop
Monday, February 6
6:30 p.m. - Room 508
ECRDG - Ethical Culture Reading Discussion Group
Wednesday , February 8
3:00 p.m. - Room 507
Gertrude Stein, Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas. List for the season
Brian Lehrer - February 8, 2006
(Audio File)"Were We Misled? - A Debate on Pre-War Intelligence"
Sen. Bob Graham, Chris Hitchens, David Corn and Ruth Wedgewood.
Listen!
Now available: the audio file of Brian Lehrer's lively presentation, Were We Misled? - A Debate on Pre-War Intelligence, with Bob Graham, Christopher Hitchens, David Corn, and Ruth Wedgwood. This event was recorded before a live audience on February 8th at the New York Society for Ethical Culture in New York City. Co-sponsored by the New York Society for Ethical Culture, WNYC Radio, and the Smith Family Foundation.
Anyone Can Sing (for both current and new students)
Thursdays, February 9 - March 23
6:00 - 7:00 p.m. - Room 514
Classes are taught by Phyllis Lynd, noted vocal teacher and coach. Members: $120 for seven weeks. Nonmembers: $150. To register, contact Suzy Frazer.
Thursday Writing Workshop
Thursday, February 9
7:00 p.m. - Room 508
Family Series on Nutrition: What Are Our Children Eating?
February 10 and February 17
6:30 - 8:00 p.m. - Room 507
Keep your New Year’s resolutions to make time for friends and family, as well as to get healthy! Join Diane L. Burstein, MS Ed, YKCF, YKT, for nutrition information.
During the first evening, parents will participate in a workshop on the current state of nutrition and simple ways for families to eat healthy, while children learn the basics of nutrition and try out some new foods.
The second evening will involve the whole family in cooking and experimentation. Younger children can take part in separate but related activities. Adults may attend alone.
Fees:
- Members: $40 per person for one evening, $70 for both; $60 per family (up to four people) for one evening, $100 for both.
- Nonmembers: $45 per person for one evening, $75 for both; $75 per family (up to four people) for one evening, $120 for both.
Sunday Meeting, February 12
Early Sunday Morning - 10:00 a.m. - Room 408
Colloquy, led by Larry Yates
Sunday Meeting - 11:15 a.m. - Concert Hall
"Darwin's Dangerous Idea - and the Even More Dangerous Reaction to it"
Tony Hileman, Senior Leader
Frank Prescod Presides
Sunday School - Ethics for Children - 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. - Adler Study
Generosity and Celebrations
Afternoon Activities - 1:30 p.m. - Ceremonial Hall - 4th Floor
"Unsung Heroes on the Road to Montgomery": - Abe Markman presides.
“Spies” - A true story of a freed slave woman: Mary Elizabeth Bowser, living in Philadelphia in the north, who returns to Virginia, in the South, during the Civil War risking her life to spy for the Union in the home of the President of the Confederacy. Researched and written by Valerie Leiman.
”Oral Histories Stories” - A black doctor who organized a boycott of a Georgia A&P; and his daughter, Charlotte, a teenager, who organized a sit-in and successfully desegregated a public park.
Monday Writing Workshop
Monday, February 13
6:30 p.m. - Room 508
Women's Group
Tuesday, February 14
6:00 p.m. - Room 507
Ethics and the Theater
Wednesday, February 15
7:00 p.m. - Room 514
In honor of Black History Month, Ethics and the Theater series will present Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years by Emily Mann. A play about two fascinating, strong, and entertaining women: 103-year-old Sadie and her 101-year-old sister, Bessie. The story of the Delany sisters is a narrative of the history of blacks and whites in America, slavery, reconstruction, the rise of Jim Crow, the two world wars, the Harlem Renaissance, and the Civil Rights Movement. The cast will include: Cheryl Gross as Sadie, and Barbara Fennell as Bessie. Jackie Pope will be the moderator. Call Suzy Frazer at 212-874-5210, ext. 113 to register. Members: $35 for series. Nonmembers: $50. Members: $10 for each session. Nonmembers: $15. To view Ethics and the Theater for the season.
