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SPECIAL EVENTS:
IN THE ART GALLERY
Mondays 1 - 3 PM, and Sundays after the service.
Acclaimed Artists Featured at New UU Art Gallery
Watercolorist and printmaker Donna Brown displays her works at the UU Gallery in July.
Brown
has had a life-long love of art but wondered if she could make a living
at what she enjoyed. For that reason she took another route to express
her creativity: weaving, feeling the product would have a more
practical use. After a few years of that focus she missed the immediacy
of drawing so returned to her earlier medium. More recently Brown has
taken up printmaking.
She runs the White Barn Gallery just off
Highway 57 north of Baileys Harbor and also occasionally teaches at the
Peninsula Art School in Fish Creek.
The UU Gallery is located in the Fellowship at 10341 Hwy. 42, Ephraim just south of
the Green Gables Shops. Gallery hours are Mondays 1-3 P.M. and Sundays
following morning service. Please contact Julia Bresnahan at 839-2606 if you would like to display artwork at the UU Gallery.
EMERSON CULTURAL SERIES
The
Emerson Cultural Series is a collection of
events presented for the community during the Autumn, Winter and
Spring. All
Emerson events begin at 7:30 PM. Donation $10 adults - $5 students.
Receptions with light refreshments follow each performance. OTHER CULTURAL EVENTS
Tuesday, August 13 at 7:30 PM
The Birch Creek Ambassadors
The Ambassadors, Birch Creek’s premier jazz musicians, will will perform at UUFDC,
led by horn impresario Steve Fulton. This is the ninth year for
this popular event, which will be followed by a reception to meet the
students.
Tickets: $10 adults, $5 students Birch Creek Music Performance Center's
premier student jazz combo, The Ambassadors, led by horn instructor
Steve Fulton, perform in a cabaret setting, now in its seventh year for
this very successful event.
Midsummer's Music Festival uses the Fellowship for concerts several times each year.
The Fellowship's Steinway piano is a great asset during these performances.
CIRCLE SUPPERS
Members
and friends of UUFDC take turns hosting small dinner parties for six to
eight people. The purpose of the gatherings is to enjoy food and
conversation and to get to know each other in social settings. The
hosts prepare the main part of the meal and serve beverages, and the
guests bring an appetizer, salad, or dessert.
Just a reminder that we will not meet in July and August,
due to everyone's already busy schedules. We have had a very successful
year, with 45 individuals participating as guests or hosts.
It
has been a pleasure to organize these get-togethers over the past two
years and enable us to get better acquainted and strengthen our sense
of community. However, it is time for me to volunteer in a different
capacity, so I am looking for someone to take my place. It is not
a difficult job, but does require organizational skills and persistence.
Anyone interested in joining the Circle Suppers, please contact Carol Soper at 854-9653 or pcsoper69@charter.net for further details.
ADULT ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS...
are open to everyone, with details announced in the Calendar of Events in advance of each
presentation. Approved programs that are not generated by the Adult
Enrichment Committee will be directly promoted by the Committee at the
request of sponsoring group. The Committee is always open to program
suggestions from the membership. Wednesday, July 9, 2008, 1:00 - 2:30
Introduction to Sudoku: Beginner/Intermediate
Taught by new UUFDC member Ken Boyd
Learn why this game is so popular, why we do it and its value. Learn strategy, stimulate your brain and have fun. Wednesday, July 9, 2008, 1:00 - 2:30
in the UU Gathering Room. This class will be ongoing, depending upon
the interest of the group. Continuing days and times will be set-up
each time the class meets. Rabbi Jay Brickman plans to resume the weekly Bible studies this summer. Due
to construction at their Baileys Harbor home following a fire last
year, the date for the series is not known at this time. He anticipates
being able to commence this popular series at the end of July. Please
watch for news media announcements as to date and time. First Wednesday of each month
Book Group
The
UU Book Group meets on the first
Wednesday of each month at a different member’s home from 1 - 3 PM. Book Group members have the
opportunity to choose a book-of-the month and then host the
discussion at their home. The host is also responsible for
researching and presenting relative information to the group about the book and its
author as part of facilitating the discussion. If you
are
unable to host a session, you can still present a book by partnering
with a host for the evening.
Participants are responsible for
acquiring their own copy of the featured books which are to be read and
finished before each respective meeting. This is a lay-led group
that depends on members’ initiative
to make the discussion worthwhile, informative and interesting. The use
of Book Group Guides is optional.
July 2
Loving Frank (available in paperback)by Nancy Hogan
Loving
Frank is based on the real-life love affair architect Frank Lloyd
Wright had with Mamah (pronounced May-mah) Cheney. In 1903, her
husband, Edwin commissioned the already-famous Wright to design a house
for him and Mamah in Oak Park. By 1909, Wright would leave his first
wife, Catherine, and their six children to run off with Mamah. She left
behind her two children, plus her dead sister's daughter, whom she and
Edwin were raising. Though
it takes place a century ago, this historical novel is rich with
current topics; i.e., how does a woman preserve her own identity,
particularly if she is involved with a brilliant, powerful man? This
is Nancy Horan's "debut novel and is a perfect selection to jump-start
some satisfyingly heated arguments" in any book club. - USA today. Helene Dilulio will host this gathering at her home on Wednesday July 2 at 1 - 3 PM.
August 6
Divisidero (available in paperback)by Michael Ondaatje
From the celebrated author of The English Patient, comes another breathtaking, unforgettable story, this time about a family torn apart by an act of violence. Divisadero is a rich and rewarding read, one that Jhumpa Lahiri calls "Ondaatje's finest novel to date."
The
August meeting is at Myrna Cohn's home, 8092 East Oaks Drive, in
Baileys Harbor. Optional brown bag lunch at Noon, drinks will be
supplied; regular meeting from 1- 3 PM.
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