Brandeis alumni, friends, and family are welcome to explore timely topics with Brandeis faculty, distinguished alumni speakers and experts in their field. Virtual programs via Zoom.
PLEASE CLICK ON THE REGISTRATION FORM BELOW, PRINT, FILL IT OUT WITH YOUR CHOICES, AND MAIL WITH YOUR CHECK MADE OUT TO BNC TO THE ADDRESS NOTED ON THE FORM.
THE STUDY GROUPS BELOW ARE OPEN TO CURRENT MEMBERS. NEW MEMBERS ARE ENTITLED TO ONE FREE STUDY GROUP (DOES NOT APPLY TO CANASTA).
COST IS $20 FOR ONE GROUP; $36 FOR TWO OR MORE GROUPS. NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE THROUGH THE YEAR EXCEPT FOR CANASTA.
ALL CHECKS MADE PAYABLE TO: BNC GREATER BOSTON
NOTE: THE BNC ONLINE CHAPTER IS SEPARATE. PLEASE CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW FOR INFORMATION AND THE PRICE TO JOIN.
Canasta Play and Instruction
Mondays 1:00 - 4:00 Feb 5 - June 24
Please join us on Monday afternoons from 1:00 - 4:00 for open play and instruction. We will place experienced players in groups and introduce new players to the rules and strategy of the game. Invite your friends to join us.
NEW LOCATION:
UMass Dining Hall on the Mt Ida campus,
100 Carlson Ave.,
Newton
$50 from Feb - June
Led by Leslie Pearlstein and Audree Dyson
3rd Wednesday each month, 11:00AM
Our name has changed but we are still reading a variety of mystery novels, enjoying tasty treats as we solve murders, analyze clues and uncover guilty parties. Come join us!! The first book will be Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story by John Berendt.
Led by Merle Carrus
Registrants will be notified of location prior to first meeting.
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4th Wednesday each month 10:30am
We will base our study on Contemporary Jewish Stories from Around the World, edited by Marsha Lee Berkman and Elaine Marcus Starkman. There are stories from all parts of the world, giving us an international perspective. The book can be ordered on Amazon. Each member takes a turn at choosing a story and leading the discussion.
We will begin meeting on Zoom, then decide whether to meet in person. Once registered, you will be notified of the first story to read.
Led by Audree Dyson
1st Tuesday each month - 10:30am
Limit 18.
Come join us for another season of great movies! They will be chosen from Netflix, Amazon
Prime, and On Demand, as well as movies currently in the theater. Discussions will remain on
Zoom. We will let you know the first movie in advance. Bring your own popcorn.
Led by: Marilyn Howard and Nancy Grodin
2nd Wednesday each month - 10:00 - 11:00am
Come join us for a chance to discuss the many issues of the day, whether local, national or
international. All topics are welcome and encouraged. Because of Covid, we had been
meeting on Zoom, but it would be nice to begin meeting in person again, if everyone agrees.
Led by: Abby Raelin
2nd Tuesday at 11 AM.
Meets at Sylvia Goodman's home in Newton.
Each month we will discuss a fiction story from the New Yorker. Come join the discussion even if you don't have a subscription! The New Yorker is available in your library and most stories can be found online as well. You will be notified of our first story a few weeks before the first meeting on November 7. Feel free to contact Sylvia with any questions.
Led by: Sylvia Goodman
Four Wednesdays at 10 AM: November 1, January 3, March 6, May 1
In his essay "Past is Prime" (NYT Sunday Book Review 6/20/2021) Jonathan Lee says "For literary novelists the past is pressing." Historical novels transport us to a time and place in the past where we see, through characters (some real people, some imagined), how people lived and thought and felt. In reading history we get to understand events. In reading historical novels we get to be moved by them. In this study group we will read four books. At our first session
(Nov. 1) we will discuss Kantika by Elizabeth Graver. Then, as a group, we will vote to choose the other three books from a researched list.
(Limit 12) Unless there are disrupting outside events we will meet in person. Rita will let us all know where.
Led by: Rita Stulin
Join BNC President Merle Carrus, P’12, for a monthly book discussion. Your one-time registration will sign you up for monthly book discussions beginning in September. After your registration, you will be sent a survey to select the next book for discussion. Reserve your spot today and you will be informed of time of this Zoom discussion.
PLEASE NOTE: THIS GROUP IS FROM THE BNC ONLINE CHAPTER.
Please CLICK ON THE REGISTRATION FORM BELOW, PRINT IT OUT, COMPLETE WITH YOUR CHOICES, AND MAIL YOUR CHECK MADE OUT TO BNC TO THE ADDRESS NOTED ON THE FORM.
Join us for a visit to the Art Complex Museum, located on 13 acres in the historic town of Duxbury. The museum serves as a regional art center and houses the collection of the Carl A. Weyerhaeuser family. Following an overview by the museum’s education coordinator we will take a self-guided tour of the exhibitions including ‘Cassatt and Beyond: Women Printmakers’ and juried entries from the National Association of Women Artists. The extensive grounds include a Japanese Tea Hut and outdoor sculpture installations.
Art Complex Museum, 189 Alden Street, Duxbury
Friday May 17th at 11:00 am
Cost: Members $18 Non-Members $25
Please join us for a guided tour of The Garden at Elm Bank in Wellesley. The 36 acre property features many different displays such as an English Garden, a Dahlia Garden, a Daylily Garden and a Goddess Garden. There is also an Education Building and a Botanic Greenhouse. It is a beautiful setting for a walk with paved and crushed stone paths. Free parking is available at the entrance.
Elm Bank
900 Washington Street, Wellesley.
Friday June 7 at 10:45 am
Sign up early to guarantee your spot.
Members $18 Non-members $25
Limited to 15 guests
Fund cards are available for all occasions.
Click the link below to order your cards.
The BNC Greater Boston Chapter is proud to participate in Brandeis' Global Services Initiative, bringing focus to tikkun olam, repairing the world. Our community service projects throughout the year will be recognized as acts of kindness toward Brandeis' Great Community Challenge of 75,000 acts. Each item we donate is counted toward this lofty goal. Look for other ways you can participate in upcoming emails throughout the year.
Calling all knitters and crocheters. Please continue to make shawls and lapghans to be donated to elder residents of Hebrew Senior Life in Roslindale, Newbridge on the Charles in Dedham and Orchard Cove in Canton. Save your creations for the fall collection.
Please store away any books you're willing to pass along to More Than Words, a non-profit social enterprise program that empowers troubled young adults to take charge of their lives by taking charge of a book-selling business. For more information on More Than Words click on the link.
Acceptable to Donate: gently-used hardcover books and paperbacks, any subject including foreign language; textbooks no older than 10 years (may be underlined); CDs and DVDs in original cases; records; video games.
Not Acceptable: textbooks older than 10 years, encyclopedias, magazine/journals, audio cassettes, VHS tapes.
Our next drive collection will be announced in the spring.
If you are performing tikkun olam (acts of kindness) that help us in our goal of 75,000, please click the link below and let us know. We're keeping count of every donation and community outreach project.
We're always looking for new, stimulating ideas to add to our schedule. If you have an idea for an activity or event please let us know!
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