The Joy of Personal Writing – Fall Semester
Monday, November 12 (started Sept. 17)
6:30 – 8:30 PM
Women's Group
Tuesday, November 13
6:00 - 8:00 PM
Room 514
Drawing Class
Tuesday, November 13 - Last class
6:00 - 8:00 PM
Room 507
Lost Weekends: Alcoholism in the Movies
Tuesday, November 13
7:00-9:30 PM
Ceremonial Hall - 4th floor
The Country Girl - Bing Crosby's astonishing 1954 role as an alcoholic actor trying for a last comeback, based on Clifford Odets' play. For more
ECRDG: Ethical Culture Reading Discussion Group
Wednesday, November 14
3:00 - 5:00 PM
Room 507
Orhan Pamuk, Snow.
List for the season
Bowne House Historical Society
Thursday November 15
6:00 - 9:00 PM
Social Hall, lower level
Presents - The Flushing Remonstrance 1657: Struggle For Religious Tolerance in Colonial Flushing
Professor Evan Haefeli, Columbia University reveals the importance of the Flushing Remonstrance, setting it within the context for and against religious toleration in Europe and America.
Admission: $10 ($5 for students and seniors). No cost for Society members. Reservations: RSVP include size of group to Donna Cartelli, Executive Director at 718-359-0528, or email her at dcartelli@bownehouse.org.
This event is co-sponsored with New York Society for Ethical Culture.
For more about the Flushing Remonstrance go to www.bownehouse.org.
For additional anniversary events go to www.flushingremonstrance.info.
The Joy of Personal Writing – Fall Semester
Thursday, November 15 (started Sept. 20)
7:00 – 9:00 PM
Sunday Meeting, November 18
Early Sunday Morning - 10:00 a.m. - Ceremonial Hall - 4th Floor
Singing Practice - Led by Patricia Bruder Debrovner and Jerry Ranck.
Early Sunday Morning - 10:00 a.m. - Room 408
Poetry Readings - spend a peaceful hour reading and listening to poems we love. Cheryl Gross presides.
Sunday School - Ethics for Children - 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Rooms 507 & 508
Unity in Diversity: Exploring Ethics Through the Cultures of the World
Sunday Meeting - 11:15 a.m. - Auditorium
"What's Science Got to Do With It?"
Dr. Massimo Pigliucci, Professor, of Evolutionary Biology and Philosophy at Stony Brook University
Tony Hilemen Presides
Afternoon Activities - 1:45 p.m. - Ceremonial Hall - 4th Floor
Community Meeting.
Video of today's event: November 18, 2007
Pigliucci - Science
The Joy of Personal Writing – Fall Semester
Monday, November 19 (last class)
6:30 – 8:30 PM
Lost Weekends: Alcoholism in the Movies
Tuesday, November 20
7:00-9:30 PM
Ceremonial Hall - 4th floor
Days Of Wine and Roses - PR exec and drunk (Jack Lemmon) plunges his wife (Lee Remick in her finest role) into alcoholism with him. Blake Edwards directs this 1962 classic from J.P. Miller's script with unflinching realism. For more
Socrates Café
Wednesday, November 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.
Great Books: Great Conversations I
Wednesday, November 21
7:30 - 9:00 PM
Room 507
Carl Jung, The Stages of Life. List for the season
