Sunday Meeting, March 18
Early Sunday Morning - 10:00 a.m.
Poetry Reading: A peaceful hour reading the poems you love. Come to read or just to listen. Cheryl Gross presides. Room 408
Singing Practice: Practice the songs sung on Sunday mornings and get some tips to improve your singing technique. Pat Debrovner and Jerry Ranck preside. Ceremonial Hall, 4th floor
Sunday School - Ethics for Children - 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Rooms 507 & 508
Generosity and Celebrations
Sunday Meeting - 11:15 a.m. - Concert Hall
"August Wilson"
Stephen McKinley Henderson
Tony Hileman Presides
Afternoon Activities - 1:45 p.m. - Ceremonial Hall, 4th Floor
Because of the march, the afternoon program is canceled.
The Joy of Personal Writing
Monday, March 19
6:30 - 8:30 PM
Drawing Class
Tuesdays, starting March 20
6:00 - 7:45 PM
Room 507
Drawing classes at the New York Society for Ethical Culture are designed to enable participants to express themselves individually. Drawing with pencil, charcoal, and pastels will be practiced. Study of line, form, and composition will be on-going. No previous drawing experience is required. Artists at all levels are encouraged to ‘embark on a new adventure.’
A profession artist and teacher who has exhibited her paintings and drawings throughout the tri-state area, will teach the eight-week sessions.
Call Gloria Chandler, Administration Office at 212-874-5210, ext. 117, to register. Members: $75. Nonmembers: $125.
Socrates Café
Wednesday, March 21
6:00 - 8:00 PM
Room 508
Join Ken Gans for a stimulating philosophical discussion on humanism and basic philosophical questions. If you are interested, contact Ken Gans at 212-787-7000 ext. 1039. No charge and no reservations needed.
Society/Nation Institute and the Public Concern Foundation
Wednesday, March 21
7:00 - 10:00 PM
Concert Hall
An audio file of this event is available: listen | download
Their private contractors operate in Iraq, Afghanistan and within the United States. Most people have never heard of Blackwater USA, but that is about to change.
Join Jeremy Scahill, author of Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army (Nation Books), and Nation Columnist Naomi Klein, as they discuss the radical privatization of war and how it threatens American democracy. Moderated by Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now!
A book signing of Blackwater will follow the event. There will be a suggested donation of $10 at the door.
Co-sponsored by the New York Society for Ethical Culture.
Privatization of War
Society/Nation Institute and the Public Concern Foundation
Event of March 21, 2007
Jeremy Scahill, author of Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army
Nation Columnist Naomi Klein
Moderated by Amy Goodman
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Great Books: Great Conversations I
Wednesday, March 21
7:30 - 9:00 PM
Room 507
Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America (selection). List for the season
The Joy of Personal Writing
Thursday, March 22
7:00 - 9:00 PM
Audio of Ethics on the Air: March 23, 2007
WBAI - Chuman - Ethnicity
Sunday Meeting, March 25
No Early Sunday Morning program today
Sunday School - Ethics for Children - 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Rooms 507 & 508
Generosity and Celebrations
Sunday Meeting - 11:30 a.m. - Concert Hall
"A Life Story"
Fritz Williams, Leader, Baltimore Ethical Society
Joseph Marvel Presides
Afternoon Activities - 1:45 p.m. - Social Hall
Community Meeting
Video of today's event: March 25, 2007
Fritz Williams - A Life Story
Voices for Peace
Monday, March 26
8:00 - 9:30 PM
Concert Hall
Featuring world premier of "Voices of Power and Protest" by internationally acclaimed composer, Thea Musgrave. A panel discussion on art and politics will follow this critically timed event, marking the losses of war. Admission: free.
Drawing Class
Tuesday, March 27
6:00 - 7:45 PM
Room 507
Ethics and the Theater
Wednesday, March 28
7:00 - 9:00 PM
Ceremonial Hall, 4th floor
A Delicate Balance, Edward Albee’s great play. This play won the Pulitzer Prize, as well as the Tony Award. It brings to life the attempts of an older couple to maintain the uneasy peace of their life together when their married daughter and lifelong friends all try to move into their home at the same time!
Cast includes Carole and Jerry Chamlin, Pat Debrovner, Penelope Ghartey John Lovelady, and Linda Moody. Director will be Elaine Berman, and Patricia Cohen will lead a discussion on the ethical issues of the play. Members $5. Nonmember $10.
