JANUARY 2009

Jan 6th Associates in the Arts Club Night, 6pm: An evening with Associate Debra Wise, artistic director of the Underground Railway Theater and the Catalyst Collaborative @MIT.

Jan 8th Club Night: Rosamond Purcell, 6pm.

Jan 9th Associates in the Arts Lunch (First Friday), arrive at noon.

Jan 9th 12th Night Festivities, 6pm.

Jan 12th Round Table in the Conservatory, 6pm.

Jan 13th The Birth of English, part 1; Old English, the Language of Beowulf (and Botolph);A talk by Thomas A. Carnicelli. Part 1 of a 5-part series. 6pm.

Jan 14th Art Opening 5:30-7:30pm, Joan Ryan & Rinia Matar.

Jan 19th Martin Luther King Day. Club House closed.

Jan 20th Clavicord Concert in the Hawthorne Room: Mark Kroll, 6pm.

Jan 21st John Wawrzonek's Roundtable in the Conservatory, 6pm.

Jan 23rd Friends of Steinway: Steven Finch and Nancy Armstrong. Piano begins at 6pm, with "cabaret" style seating, staying for dinner is optional. Fixed price menu is available for dinner after 7:30 pm.

Jan 26th New Member's Dinner, 6pm.

Jan 26th Book Group, 6 pm: The Nine by Jeffrey Toobin.

Jan 29th Club Night: Ruth Butler, "Hidden in the Shadow of the Master: the Model-Wives of Cézanne, Monet,& Rodin". 6pm.

FEBRUARY

Feb 5th Club Night:"The Birth of English" Part 2. Middle English in the Age of Chaucer by Sidney E. Burger. Hawthorne Room, 6pm.

Fed 6th First Friday Associate in the Arts Luncheon: come at noon, lunch served at 12:30.

Feb 10th Club Night: Salome Sandoval; Lute Evening, Renaissance English and Spanish music for lute and voice. Hawthorne Room, 6pm.

Feb 14th Saturday Club House open for Valentine's Day dinner. Reservations can be made for tables of 2 or more, time of reservations will be staggered between 5:30pm and 8pm.
A romantic evening where a true Italian Maestro and his guitar will serenade your sweetheart and yourself during dinner.

Feb 18th Club Night: Associates in the Arts, "Fanfare".

Feb 20th Art Collection Docent Night. Come and learn about the art and artists in our collection.

Feb 23rd Book Group, 6pm: The Cat by George Simenon.

Feb 27th Friends of Steinway 551781 with Erik Lindgren. Erik will play a potpourri of musical styles, including works by Eric Satie, Raymond Scott, and Erik's own settings of poetry by Ogden Nash.

MARCH

Mar 9th Round Table: Photographer and Associate in the Arts Parrish Dobson, 6pm.

Mar 11th Art Opening 5:30-7pm, Fritz Buhner.

Mar 13th Friends of Steinway: George Lopez, "Gershwin and the Guys"; an evening of original American classics for the piano, including "Rhapsody in Blue"!

Mar 16th Book Group, 6pm: The Great Escape by Kati Marton.

Mar 19th Club Night: The Birth of English series, Part II.i. Chaucer's Canterbury Tales; sung by Nancy Armstrong with Mark Kroll, piano; Alan Weiss, flute; and Diane Heffner, clarinet; 6pm.

Mar 26th Club Night: The Birth of English series, Part III. Renaissance English in the Age of Shakespeare by Francis Blessington, 6pm.

Mar 27th Closed for Private Party.