Kingston AAUW Calendar
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Tues. Sept. 8, 3 pm, Board Meeting, Kingston Library
Sunday, Sept. 13, 5pm Potluck and a Film. Land of Plenty. ViVi Hlavsa's home.
Tues. Sept. 15, Daytime Book Discussion, 1 pm, Kingston Library.
Tues. September 22, Note special date and time: Branch meeting, Tour Vassar's Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center. Car pool leaving from Kingston 12 noon from Ames Plaza. Fri. Sept. 25 New York Cityand the New York PhilharmonicFri-Mon, Oct 3-5 Toronto and Niagra-on-the-LakeSat. Oct. 10 noon. Note special date and time:
Myths and Realities of Hospice. Luncheon Branch mtg. at Deisings. Tues. Oct. 27 NY Botanical GardensThurs. Dec. 17 NYC and the Metropolitan Museum
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2009-2010 Kingston Branch Officers
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VP, Programming - ViVi Hlavsa and Beverly Sloane
VP Membership - Suki Kerr & Jean Semilof
Treasurer - Doris Licht
Recording Secretary - Susan Holland
Corresponding Secretary - Joan Reis
Committees
Bus Trips - ViVi Hlavsa and Pat Whalan
Communications - Ruth Wahtera
Directory - Sheila Beall
Diversity - Arlene Bruck
Educational Foundation - Doris Goldberg & Irwin Rosenthal
Historian - Bernie Carpino
Hospitality - Pat Stedge and Ginger Yaple
International - Vacant
Legal Advocacy Fund - Dolores LaChance
Publicity - Carole Leib
Public Policy - Irene Miller
Telephone Tree - Virginia Kohli
See your directory for phone numbers and email addresses.
Click here for links to leadership profiles.
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Kingston AAUW Branch Communication Committee
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Ruth Bean
Doris Goldberg
ViVi Hlavsa
Susan Holland
Doris Licht
Irwin Rosenthal
Ruth Wahtera, Editor
If you have something you would like posted on either the Kingston AAUW or the Unofficial Passions site, e-mail the information to a committee member.
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It seems that summer never really ends until Labor Day passes, so even though we're a week into the month, I'm just beginning to think about fall.
In this issue you'll read about some changes, like more Saturday meetings so more people can come, meet a few of our new members, and learn about some of the upcoming events.
Let's enjoy fall together,
The editor
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Welcome Our New and Returning Members
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 Tony and Charlotte Vallake have a son who was a talented high school athlete. He and his teams won awards and honors. However, their daughters, Tony told us at the membership tea, were equally as talented, and it bothered him that the girl's teams were ignored -- no awards, no annual dinner, no recognition.
That's when Tony became a feminist. (My term, not his.) It was more than 30 years ago, Title IX was still a young, relatively untested law. Tony organized Red Hook's first awards dinner for the girls' teams. The coaches announced the awards and the fathers presented them with carnations, starting a town tradition that continues to this day. That dinner became the first step in ensuring that girls in Red Hook had the same opportunities as boys to play, compete, and learn team work.
This is just one of the many stories about why we care about equity for women and girls that we shared at the membership brunch, August 29th. Thanks to the leadership of Jean Semilof and Suki Kerr, ViVi Hlavsa's hospitality, and the excellent food organized by Ginger Yaple and Pat Stedge, we have nine new members, two lapsed members who have renewed, and a few more in the works. And now, Tony's one of our handful of male AAUW members. Welcome Tony and Charlotte and our other new and returning members: Catheryn Berger, Rosemary Cyr, Denise Gardner, Joyce Greenberg, Jill Hyer, Lydia Mellos, Val Wells, Judith Gustafson, and Andrea Newman-Winston. We look forward to getting to know you.
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Join us for a private viewing
September 22nd at the Loeb Art Center
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Drawn by New-York: Six Centuries of Watercolors and Drawings at the New York Historical Society
Carpooling available. We'll meet in the parking lot behind the former Ames in the Hannaford Plaza at noon. The New-York Historical Society holds one of the nation's earliest assembled public drawings collections and includes a special concentration of works that reflect New York's scenery, settlement, and citizens. The exhibition of 81 works features one of the first known views of Niagra Falls. The exhibition also includes work by artists like Thomas Cole, Charles Dana Gibson, Oscar Bluemner, John Singer Sargent, Eve Ascheim, and many others. We have 1 PM
reservations at Shadows for lunch and the branch meeting. (Lunch prices range from $8 to $30 - Dutch treat). Look forward to seeing you to carpool at noon, or in Poughkeepsie at Shadows at 1pm, or the Vassar College Loeb Art Center at 3pm. Beverly Sloane, Co-V.P. for Programs
Directions to Shadows: From the Mid-Hudson
Bridge, take the first exit on the Right - Route 9 South. Exit Route 9
at the Columbia Street / Rinaldi Boulevard Exit. Follow the signs to
Rinaldi Boulevard. Shadows will be on your left.
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Book Discussion Group
The Amazing Adventures of
Kavalier and Clay
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
A young Jewish youth escapes Nazi ruled Czechoslovakia to New York City.
He
is looking to make big money, fast, so that he can bring his family to
freedom. His cousin, Brooklyn's own Sammy Clay, is looking for a
collaborator to create the heroes, stories, and art for the latest
novelty to hit the American dreamscape: the comic book. Out of their
fantasies, fears, and dreams, Joe and Sammy weave the legend of that
unforgettable champion the Escapist.
September 15, 2009
Kingston Library Community Room, 1:00 pm
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News and Celebrations
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Don't miss the Philharmonic Trip: On Friday, September 25th, we'll be traveling to NYC for a morning (11 am) performance of Brahms' Violin Concerto with Frank Peter Zimmerman as Violinist, Arnold Schoenberg's Pell�as and M�lisande, Alan Gilbert, Conducting. Lunch on your own. Back in Kingston by 4:30.
Make your reservations now. The price goes up $10, from $78 to $88, after September 13th. See all details here.
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AAUW Kingston's "Helping Hands" program will make it easy for members to help one another, make new friends and acquaintances, and have a good time sharing our talents and interests.
Look for details in the October issue of our Newsletter.
******** Important Date Change: The October meeting will be a Saturday luncheon at Deisings on October 10th at noon. Kristin Swanson from Hospice, Inc. will speak on Hospice Myths and Realities. She will also talk about Hospice, Inc's use of music and its role as a national training center for interns in music therapy. More details will follow. ********
On our website:
Bookmark our branch website and our Unofficial Passions blog.
Reminder:
AAUW members get a 5% discount when ordering books from Barnes &
Noble on-line. Often there's a discount coupon for an additional amount
-- for example, from July 23-28, there's a discount coupon code for
20%. Just use this link. ******** Deadline for October newsletter submissions:
September 20th.
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