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Newsletter Archives Summarizing Subjects Presented and Discussed in 2013
Note: Only those events with different, defined subjects each session are listed.
Group Date Description
ART EXPLORATION 02/25/13
A video presentation on the life and work of Italian painter,
Caravaggio, followed by discussion.
03/25/13
Art Exploration Group will meet in the library to continue the
BBC series “The Power of Art.” Featured artist this month:
Rembrandt.
04/22/13
For all who have an interest in art, this group offers an
opportunity to view study and discuss the works of artists through
the ages and around the world. This month we continue with the
BBC series “The Power of Art.”
05/20/13
Dr. Robert Lemon will give a talk which will tie together the work
of Caravaggio, Rembrant, and Turner. We'll view slides of their
paintings to highlight the painters' similarities and differences.
09/23/13
- We begin the fall season with a very special program. Susan
Rosoff, art historian, teacher of undergraduate and graduate
courses at UCF, and former Curator of Education at the Orlando
Museum of Art, will speak on the topic of “Strategies for Looking
at Paintings.”
11/25/13
“Art That Makes You Think: (Re)discover the Cornell Fine Arts
Museum” - Did you know that the Cornell is the only museum in
our area to have an encyclopedia art collection? In one visit, one
can admire an ancient Roman sarcophagus, paintings from the
Italian Renaissance, South-Western pottery, and works from the
21st century - all for free.
BOOK DISCUSSION -
EVENING CLASSICS 03/04/13
Join this newly formed group of enthusiastic readers to select,
read, and discuss books from the Great Books of the Western
World list. Our March selection is The Meditations by Marcus
Aurelius, the last emperor of Rome.
04/08/13
Join this newly formed group of enthusiastic readers to select,
read, and discuss books from the Great Book series. In April, we
will discuss The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli.
05/06/13Please join us as we set our reading list for the spring.
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07/08/13
The July book is Advancement of Learning by Francis Bacon.
Bacon's 1605 argument in favor of natural philosophy and
inductive reasoning is still vigorous, relevant, and congent today.
08/05/13
Join this group of enthusiastic readers to select, read, and discuss
works from the Great Books series. The August book is The Great
Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The supreme achievement of Fitzgerald’s
career, The Great Gatsby is widely considered to be a literary classic and
a contender for the title Great American Novel.
09/09/13
The September book is Animal Farm by George Orwell. It is a
classic tale of humanity awash in totalitarianism.
BOOK DISCUSSION—FICTION 01/10/13
To be read and discussed: The Columbus Affair (2012) by Steve
Berry. This is the story of a wrongly disgraced, world-famous
reporter who is at the end of his rope when he discovers that his
daughter has been kidnapped and he must help the kidnappers or
she will be killed.
02/14/13
To be read and discussed: The Tiger’s Wife (2011) by Tea Obreht.
This story, which takes place in a Balkan country mending from
war, deals with a young woman doctor who, in searching for clues
for the reasons behind her grandfather’s mysterious death,
discovers the legend of the tiger’s wife.
04/11/13
To be read and discussed: The Story of Lucy Gault (2003) by
William Trevor. Set in Ireland in the early 1920s, this novel
recounts the tale of a nine-year-old girl, Lucy, whose wealthy
Protestant Anglo-Irish landowning family is driven from its rural
Irish home by terrorist activity
05/09/13To be read and discussed: Interpreter of Maladies (1999) by
Jhumpa Lahiri, winner of the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
06/13/13
To be read and discussed: Out Stealing Horses (2005) by Per
Petterson. Originally published in Norwegian in 2003, this novel
deals with the reflections of a 71-year-old man, living in self-
imposed exile in a primitive cabin on the eastern edge of Norway,
on fateful events when he was a teenager in 1948 and on his
father’s wartime activities during WW II.
07/11/13
To be read and discussed: The Buddha in the Attic (2011) by Julie
Otsuka. The story of a group of young women brought over from
Japan to San Francisco as picture brides nearly a century ago.
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08/08/13
To be read and discussed: The Silence and the Roar (2004) by the
Syrian author Nihad Sirees. Describes a day in the life of a banned
author in a repressive Middle Eastern society led by an autocrat
who demands constant adulation.
09/12/13
To be read and discussed: The Calligrapher’s Daughter (2009)
by Eugenia Kim. This novel, spanning thirty years during the
early twentieth century, tells of a young woman growing up in
Korea who experiences the violent end of the Korean dynastic
monarchy and the Japanese occupation before and during World
War II.
10/10/13
To be read and discussed: Gilead (2004) by Marilynne Robinson.
This novel is told in the voice of Rev. John Ames, a 77-year-old
preacher in a small Iowa town in 1956, and is in the form of a
letter to his young son to be read when he is grown.
11/14/13
To be read and discussed: Anil’s Ghost (2001) by Michael
Ondaatje. This novel, which takes place in Sri Lanka, concerns a
young forensic anthropologist, born in Sri Lanka but educated in
England and America, who is sent by an international human
rights group to discover the source of the organized campaigns of
murder engulfing that island nation.
BOOK DISCUSSION—NONFICTION 01/28/13
Catherine the Great by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert
Massie (2011) 609 p. A masterpiece of narrative biography, this
superbly told extraordinary story of an obscure young German
princess who traveled to Russia at fourteen and rose to become
one of the most remarkable, powerful, and captivating women in
history.
02/25/13
Julius Caesar by Philip Freeman (2009) 416 p. More than two
thousand years after his death, Julius Caesar remains one of the
great figures of history.
03/25/13
The Liar’s Club by Mary Karr (1995), 352 p. Karr’s comic
childhood in an east Texas oil town brings us darkly hilarious
characters: a hard-drinking daddy, a sister who can talk down the
sheriff at age twelve, and an oft-married mother whose
accumulated secrets threaten to destroy them all.
04/22/13
The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and
Fairer Health Ca re by T.R. Reid (2009). This New York Times
bestselling author visits France, Britain, Germany, Japan, and
beyond to provide a revelatory tour of successful, affordable
universal health care systems.
05/20/13Living to Tell the Tale by Gabriel Marquez the Colombian-born
Novelist.
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06/24/13
Lost in Shangri-La : A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the
Most Incredible Rescue Mission of WWII, by Mitchell Zukoff.
(2011) 448 pgs.
09/23/13
At Home, A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson (2010)
452 pgs. The award-winning author of A Short History of Nearly
Everything explores the ways in which homes reflect history,
from a bathroom’s revelations about medicine and hygiene to a
kitchen’s exposure of the stories of trade and nutrition.
10/28/13
Quiet: the power of introverts in a world that can’t stop talking
by Susan Cain (2012), 333 pgs. Passionately argued, impressively
researched, and filled with indelible stories of real people, Quiet
shows how dramatically we undervalue introverts, and how much
we lose in doing so.
11/25/13
Uncommon Carriers by John McPhee (2006) 248 pgs. - Both the
NY Times and the Christian Science Monitor’s “ Best Books of
2006.” Uncommon Carriers is a classic work by McPhee. It is the
sketchbook of his journeys from Atlanta to Tacoma; he goes up
the Illinois River on a “towboat” pushing a triple string of barges,
the overall vessel being “a good deal longer than the Titanic.”
BOOK REVIEW 01/03/13
Join us for Club member Barbara Buchele’s review of Catherine
the Great by Richard Massie. The author gives us a well-
researched and accessible biography of one of the most
remarkable and powerful of Russian monarchs whose progressive
ideas opened the door to the west and exposed her barbaric
country to western civilization.
01/17/13
Join us for Club member Judy Beck’s timely review of Isaac’s
Storm , author Erik Larson’s look at the history-making hurricane
that hit Galveston in 1900. Given Monster Storm Sandy that
created such destruction on the east coast in October 2012, this
timely review begs the question, how much more prepared are we
for these gigantic catastrophes today than we were back then?
02/07/13
Join us for Club member Linda Macdonald’s review of A History
of the World in 100 Objects by Neil MacGregor. The author is a
well-known curator and art critic, who sits on the Board of the
National Gallery and is presently the director of the British
Museum. He has taken a BBC Radio project that consisted of a
hundred 15-minute episodes based on objects from the museum’s
collection and adapted it into this fascinating and entertaining
book that is appreciated by those who love art, and those who love
history, or both.
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02/21/13
Author Terry Griffin will review his action-packed novel,
Collateral Damage . The novel is set in Longboat Key and the
author’s love of place as well as the novel’s spellbinding plot line
result in a mystery thriller that’s not to be missed.
03/07/13
Join us for Club member Richard Cohen’s review of Grand
Pursuit, The Story of Economic Genius by Sylvia Nasar, the
widely acclaimed author of A Beautiful Mind . Nasar, in Grand
Pursuit , writes a sweeping history of the evolution of modern
economics as seen through the lens of the discipline’s most
famous scholars and theorists.
03/21/13
Join us for Club member Jack Schott’s review of A First Rate
Madness by noted psychiatrist and expert on mood disorders, Dr.
S. Nassir Ghaemi. The author examines the link between
leadership and mental illness by first describing specific
psychiatric diagnoses, followed by examples of historical leaders,
including Lincoln, JFK, Gandhi, FDR, and Hitler, who exhibited
symptoms that fit these diagnoses.
04/04/13
Club member Florence Bacas Snow will review Joseph Anton: A
Memoir by Salman Rushdie. On February 14, 1989, Salman
Rushdie, former President of American PEN and Booker Prize-
winning novelist, was “sentenced to death” by the Ayatollah
Khomeini. His crime was writing a novel, The Satanic Verses ,
that was accused of being “against Islam, the Prophet, and the
Quran.”
04/18/13
Club member Tom Polgar will review My Beloved World by
Sonia Sotomayor. Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor gives a
personal and emotional account of her life in New York in a
broken home, coping with juvenile diabetes and a failed marriage,
and also of personal success as a honor student, a lawyer, a
Federal Appeals Court Judge, and ultimately an appointment as
Justice of the Supreme Court.
05/16/13
Join us for the last installment of Linda Dunlap and Martha
Williamson’s Tolstoy series, The Trouble with Tolstoy?
09/19/13
Join us for Jeff Ashton’s review of Imperfect Justice: Prosecuting
Casey Anthony , the riveting behind-the-scene’s account of the
murder case that kept the country mesmerized for months in 2011.
Ashton, as author of the book and prosecuting attorney on the
case, brings a unique perspective to the tragic death of three-year-
old Caylee Anthony.
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10/03/13
Intact: A First-Hand Account of the D-Day Invasion from a
Fifth Rangers Company Commander is the story of Major
General John C. Raaen Jr.'s experiences during the D-Day
landings. Join us for this rare opportujity to hear a war hero relate
his own experiences during World War II.
10/17/13
Join us for Club member Joe Rizzo’s review of Claude Debussy
by Paul Roberts. This recent Debussy biography documents the
revolutionary 20th Century composer who, with flair and style,
transformed much of later classical music.
11/07/13
Join us for author Kenneth Murray’s review of his book, The
Second Creation , a science fiction novel that portrays a classic
confrontation between good and evil.
11/21/13
Join us for author Stuart Omans’ review of his book, Ol’ Man on
a Mountain . The book, a funny and entertaining memoir,
chronicles the adventures of Stu, a college professor and creator
of the Orlando Shakespeare Festival, and his artist wife Jan, both
Jewish city dwellers from Chicago, and their hilarious anecdotes
at adjusting to life among the mountain folk of North Carolina.
CINEMA ESSENTIALS 01/15/13
Rashomon (1951) - A riveting psychological thriller that
investigates the nature of truth and the meaning of justice.
Rashomon is widely considered one of the greatest films ever
made. Four people give different accounts of a man’s murder and
the rape of his wife, which director Akira Kurosawa presents with
striking imagery and an ingenious use of flashbacks. This eloquent
masterwork and international sensation revolutionized film
language and introduced Japanese cinema—and a commanding
new star by the name of Toshiro Mifune—to the Western world.
Best Foreign Film, Academy Award 1952.
02/19/13
Yojimbo is a 1961 Japanese dark comedy film. Directed by the
legendary Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshiro Mifune. In a
terror-stricken village of corruption, drifting samurai Sanjuro
turns a range war between two evil clans to his own advantage. He
survives on his wits and his ability to outrun his own bad luck.
This film, inspired by the American Western genre, presents an
entertaining tale with humor and much visual excitement.
Members and guests invited.
04/02/13
German Director Series: Florian von Donnersmarck - The Lives of
Others is a critically acclaimed, Oscar-winning movie (2006) as
Best Foreign Film. Before the collapse of the Berlin Wall, East
German population was closely monitored by the State Secret
Police (Stasi) and only a few citizens above suspicion were
permitted to lead private lives.
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05/07/13
Good Bye, Lenin (2003) is a German tragicomedy film with a
subtle and delicately delivered humor. The main premise, that a
son must pretend that the Berlin Wall is still up so that his mother,
fresh out of a nine-month coma, isn’t shocked into a relapse, is
one that had to be deftly handled, and deftly handled it is.
09/10/13
There are some directors, but not many, who can legitimately be
said to have inspired their own genre of movie; Manhattan moves
gracefully between comedy, romance, and drama. Manhattan is a
film of many distinctions: its glorious all-Gershwin score, its
breathtaking and sumptuous black-and-white wide-screen
photography, its witty screenplay that marked a new level of
Woody Allen’s maturity.
10/01/13
Annie Hall , a 1977 film, is thought to contain more intellectual
wit and cultural references than any other movie ever to win the
Oscar for Best Picture. It marked the beginning of Woody Allen
as an important director.
11/05/13
The Shop Around the Corner (1940) is an American Romantic
Comedy Film, produced and beautifully directed by Ernst
Lubitsch, and starring James Stewart in a terrific performance and
Margaret Sullavan with her legendary acting skills
CLASSICAL MUSIC 01/16/13
“From Two Sticks to One” - Florida Lakes Symphony Orchestra
Maestro Michael Garasi will present an informative program with
audiovisuals on the art of conducting a large symphony orchestra.
Garasi celebrates his seventh season as the orchestra’s Music
Director/Conductor and his first as Principal Conductor of the
newly formed New Score Chamber Orchestra, which performs
music of living composers.
02/20/13
For both diehard classical music lovers and newcomers, Pianist
Tom Conyers provides melodic music like you’ve never heard
before, enhanced by his rare gift for improvisation.
03/20/13
Pianist Karl Richter, a talented composer and musician, has
widely performed his original compositions and a broad repertoire
of music for more than thirty years. His program will include light
classical and Broadway music, including movements from
Dvorack’s 9th Symphony , Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake , as well as
Debussy’s “Clair de Lune".
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04/17/13
Orlando Brass Quintet, featuring two trumpets, French horn,
trombone, and tuba, will perform music of Gershwin, Gabrielli,
and other classical selections, as well as Leonard Bernstein’s
West Side Story music—including “Maria,” “Tonight,” and
“America.”
05/15/13
Works of Mendelssohn, Mozart, and Schubert—legendary
prodigies who died young—will be performed by world-renowned
violinist Mati Braun and pianist Holly Small.
06/19/13
Noted pianist and Steinway artist Michael Rickman will perform
works by Chopin and Debussy. Receiving critical acclaim on three
continents, Stetson music professor Dr. Rickman has performed at
top cultural centers around the world.
08/21/13
Hear Orlando Philharmonic clarinetist Patrick Graham, Moscow-
born pianist Polina Gubnitskaia, and Central Florida soprano
Danielle Kristen Smith perform works of Mozart, Schuert,
Berlioz, Messiaen, and Mendelssohn. Patrick has performed solo
and chamber recitals throughout the United States and Canada.
09/18/13
Arnold Breman, a retired impresario who last September
performed for us a marvelous Classical Music Laughter in the
Wings program, returns with his Laughter with the Classical
Giants of Jazz .
10/16/13
36-year New York Philharmonic violinist Mati Braun and
acclaimed Steinway artist Dr. Gary Wolf return to perform works
of Mozart, Brahams, and Grieg.
11/20/13
Renowned harpist Jan Jennings, a noted performer and teacher of
classical and other genres of music, returns with her amazing
ability to take multiple requests and immediately turn them into a
medley.
DINNER PROGRAM 01/18/13
Popular hits from favorite Broadway Musicals performed by
soprano Natalie Cordone, baritone Shawn Kilgore, pianist Bill
Kent, bass player Rick Richolson, and percussionist Barry Smith.
01/25/13
Come experience an American Jazz and Blues Retrospect
performed by Sergei Kossenko, with blues and jazz singer Joliene
Felice. Music will include I Got Rhythm , written by George
Gershwin for solo Piano in 1930,and Take Five , popularized by
Dave Brubeck's hit performance.
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03/15/13
The girls with the bouncing curls and the boys with the
whirling feet are back to entertain us. Ramrod straight in the
mode of traditional Irish dance, these colorful students of Tir
na Greine School of Irish Dance surely seem as magical as
the “little people” of Irish lore.
03/22/13 We will enjoy Jaaqueline Jones, first lady of jazz and blues.
04/05/13
Join us to enjoy a dinner program enlivened by a variety of
music with renowned harpist Jan Jennings, a performer and
teacher of both classical and popular music with an extensive
repertoire that includes more than nine hours of music from
memory in many genres—including pop, country, jazz, show
tunes, movie themes, swing, rock, and classical.
04/26/13
Accompanied by computer magis, you will hear world-
renoowned sols violinist Ayako Yonetani perform
Beethhoven's Violin Concerto. This technological feat is
made possible by Dr. Kimi Sugaya, who provides computer-
generated orchestra music.
05/27/13
Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein, icons of American
musical theater, will be spotlighted during our May dinner
program as Central Florida theatrical professionals bring the
musical genius of the 1940s and 1950s Broadway stage to
our Park Avenue dining room.
06/29/13
"You’re a Grand Ol’ Flag" An evening of Americana and
patriotic music celebrating, in advance, the 237th anniversary
of the signing of our
Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776.
08/24/13 Mireya and Miriachi Charros of Mexico.
09/27/13
OCTOBERFEST CELEBRATION - Dan Witucki, who will
entertain us on this festive occasion, is known throughout
the country as one of the finest concertina players and is
recognized in the Concertina Hall of Fame.
10/18/13
ITALIAN NIGHT - FLORIDA OPERA COMPANY A trio
of outstanding performers from the Florida Opera Company
will celebrate Italian music.
10/26/13
HALLOWEEN COSTUME PARTY Join your fellow Club
members in costume for our always-popular Halloween
Party, with dancing to the music of Bob Glendon's Trio.
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11/08/13
BUBBLY NIGHT IN VIENNA You are invited to join us
when our supremely talented Club member, the renowned
violinist Mati Braun and Holly Small, pianist, will dazzle
you with their performance of classical pieces reminiscent of
old Vienna.
DOCUMENTARY CINEMA 01/28/13
Queen of Versailles follows how the recent economic downturn
affected the lives of multibillionaire David Siegel, his wife Jackie,
and their family, all while building the largest home in America
(in Orlando).
02/19/13
For those who were unable to attend the January presentation,
there will be a special showing of Queen of Versailles . The film
follows how the recent economic downturn affected the lives of
multibillionaire David Siegel, his wife Jackie, and their family, all
while building the largest home in America (in Orlando).
02/25/13
That’s Entertainment , the original, theatrical documentary about
Hollywood’s (mostly MGM’s) development and success in
motion picture entertainment.
03/25/13
Winged Migration is a 2003, academy award-winning
documentary featuring the incredible world of migrating birds.
Unconventional photography was used to make close-up scenes of
birds in flight and often in danger.
04/22/13
Kon-Tiki - It was the raft used by Norwegian explorer and writer
Thor Heyerdahl in his 1947 expedition across the Pacific Ocean
from South America to the Polynesian islands. The film Kon-Tiki
earned the Academy Award for a documentary film.
09/23/13
Two short films of Pare Lorentz: The Plow That Broke the Plains
(1936) and The River (1938). These two works by Lorentz won
artistic awards but also political criticism. Uncontrollable floods
of the Mississippi and the dust storms of the Great Plains are the
subjects
10/28/13
Kon-Tiki (2013) - This recent dramatic film shows the adventure
and how the 1950 Oscar-winning documentary was conceived,
planned, and filmed by researchers who happened to be amateur
filmmakers.
11/25/13
Bolero is a 1973 Academy Award-winning short film showing the
preparation and performance of Ravel’s classical work, The
Bolero .
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FILM NIGHT 01/17/13
Chinatown (1974) is a film based on William Mulholland’s
greatest story: the construction of the Owen Valley Aqueduct,
which provided Los Angeles with a steady source of drinking
water and controversy. Gripping mystery excels in virtually every
aspect, with outstanding performances from Jack Nicholson as the
detective, Faye Dunaway as the flawed heroine, and John Huston
as the arch villain. Directed by Roman Polanski, it received the
1974 Academy Award as Best Original Screenplay and ten Oscar
nominations.
02/21/13
Four Weddings and a Funeral Is an acclaimed 1994 British
comedy, centering on the romance between a charming
Englishman (Hugh Grant) and a beautiful American woman
(Andie McDowell), who seem to always run into each other at
weddings.
03/21/13
Twelve Angry Men is a 1957 American film directed by Sidney
Lumet. It is a gripping and penetrating examination of a jury of
twelve “angry men” who are uncomfortably brought together and
entrusted with the power to send an uneducated teenaged boy to
the electric chair for killing his father. With Lee J. Cobb, E. G.
Marshall, Jack Klugman, Jack Warden, and Henry Fonda. Brown-
bag dinner.
04/18/13
In The Last Picture Show , film critic-turned director Peter
Bogdanovich’s 1971 film, pays homage to Hollywood’s classical
age as it chronicles generational rites of passage in a fictional one-
horse Texas town. Hailed as one of the Best Films by a young
director since Citizen Kane, it was nominated for eight Academy
Awards.
05/16/13
Charade (1963), is a deliciously dark comedy thriller in which
Audrey Hepburn plays a young woman in Paris, whose husband is
murdered. Cary Grant comes to her aid.
07/18/13
Cinema Paradiso was shot in Director Giuseppe Tomatore's
hometown in Sicily. The film intertwines sentimentality with
comedy and nostalgia with pragmatism.
08/06/13
The Leopard (II Gattopardo). A 1963 film based on the
masterpiece novel by an eccentric Sicilian aristocrat, Giuseppe di
Lampedusa. He chronicles the changes in Sicilian life and society
during Garibaldi’s invasion of Sicily, the end of feudalism, and
the unification of Italy (Risorgimento). It has been called “the
Italian Gone With the Wind .”
09/19/13
In Fargo , the wildly inventive Coen brothers concoct a fiendishly
clever kidnap caper that is simultaneously a comedy of errors, a
Midwestern satire, a suspense thriller, and a tale of criminal
misfortune.
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10/10/13
On the Waterfront , (1954) is an American drama about union
violence and corruption among longshoremen.
11/14/13
The Shawshank Redemption is a 1994 film about a banker
accused of a double murder in the 1940s. Based on a novel by
Stephen King, it stars Tim Robbins in one of his best
performances, as a convict sent to Shawshank prison where he
meets another prisoner, brilliantly played by Morgan Freeman.
FLORIDA WRITERS ASSOCIATION 01/02/13
"Capitalize on Your Writing Strategies for Recognition and
Making Money" - Many people weant to write and be known for
their work, but only a small percentage of those succeed. Bob
Lucas, a published author of more than thirty books will share his
thoughts and experiences about getting published and creating
residual income streams.
02/06/13 Blogging and Social Media Tools to Build Your Book
03/06/13
“Point of View: Head-hopping Is So Passe” - According to
author/newspaper editor Susan Bryant, “You can’t play God.
There are limits in fiction writing, believe it or not” (with regard
to Point of View).
04/03/13
“Let’s Talk About the Movies” - Jennie Jarvis, script analyst and
former development assistant, has designed a workshop to take
away some of the mysteries of the film industry in order to help
your epic idea get turned into a movie. You will learn the
difference between film and novel writing in the correct format
for writing for film.
05/01/13
Larry Leech, author, ghostwriter, editor, and speaker will show
you how to develop effective query letters and present your book
topic to editors and agents.
06/05/13
Ben Hale, author and speaker, will show you how to develop
Kindle books to publish on Amazon.
07/10/13
“Use the Dr. Seuss/List Method to Build a Full Story” - A. J.
Robinson, author, speaker, and Regional Director for the FWA
will show us a simiple yet effective tool to help in building a
book.
08/07/13
“How Writing Movies Made Me a Better Novelist” - Jennie
Jarvis, a YA novelist, will demonstrate the key elements in writing
books that she learned as a film writer.
09/04/13“A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words (or Dollars?)” The
importance of illustrations and graphics will be discussed.
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10/02/13
“Perfecting Your Pitch”- Saritza Hernandez, a traditional and
ebook literary agent, will show you how to improve your "pitch".
11/06/13 “Tips from the Pros on Media Coverage for Authors”
FOREIGN AFFAIRS 01/24/13
How did the 2008 global recession contribute to the development
of the euro crisis? The health of the euro affects and is affected by
the state of the global economy. How can European Union leaders
prevent the collapse of the common currency?
02/28/13
Egypt by Bruce Rutherford. The popular revolution that ousted
President Hosni Mubarak in 2011 ushered in the promise of
radical change. Two years later, what is the state of Egyptian
democracy? How will the military and the civilian government
balance power?
03/28/13NATO by Mark Webber - How has NATO’s agenda evolved since
its inception during the cold war?
04/25/13
Myanmar and Southeast Asia by Barbara Crossette - The West
has welcomed unprecedented democratic reforms made by
Myanmar’s government. What challenges must Myanmar
(formerly Burma) overcome before it can fully join the
international community? What role can it play in Southeast Asia?
05/23/13
“Myanmar and Southeast Asia.” The West has welcomed
unprecedented democratic reforms made by Myanmar’s
government. What challenges must Myanmar overcome before it
can fully join the international community?
06/27/13
Chapter 6 of the Foreign Decisions syllabus: Iran by John
Limbert. Suspicion and a troubled history have blighted U.S.-
Iranian relations for three decades. How can the United States and
Iran move forward?
09/26/13
The 7th chapter of our syllabus, China in Africa - by David Shinn.
What interests govern China’s engagement in Africa? Should
China’s growing emphasis on political ties and natural resource
extraction inform U.S. relations with African nations?
10/24/13
The eighth chapter of the 2013 syllabus, titled “Threat
Assessment” by Gregory Treverton. How can the United States
address the challenges of a weak economy, homegrown terrorism,
and nuclear proliferation?
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HEALTH AND WELLNESS 01/08/13
Club member Dr. Perry Dworkin will speak on “Cancer: the
Dreaded Disease.” How does it start? Where does it go? Who
does it involve? What can we do about it? Chair: Dr. Perry
Dworkin
02/12/13“You Won’t Exercise, So Try These Habits to Maintain a Safe
and Relatively Pain-Free Lifestyle.” Chair: Dr. Perry Dworkin
03/12/13Dr. Al Turri, Hearing Specialist, will be discussing what you need
to know about a hearing aid, what you need to buy, what you
don’t need to buy, and what the appropriate cost should be.
04/11/13“Stretching As Exercise and Improved Mobility” - Tips on
moving safely sitting, standing, and walking.
05/09/13“Galen” - How did one man dominate medical thinking for five
hundred years?
09/12/13
“The Heart, Its Anatomy and Function as a Basis for
Understanding the Common Diseases Including Cardiovascular
Disease and Stroke” presented by Club member and Chair, Dr.
Perry Dworkin.
10/10/13
The October Health and Wellness lecture will be given by Tim
Millard of the Winter Park Emergency and Fire Rescue Service.
His topic is Cardiac Resuscitation. He has lectured to the
University Club members for the last three years.
11/14/13 As we age, our documents don’t, laws change, and so do opinions.
Therefore it is borderline imperative to periodically reexamine
those documents in the light of our current position. To that end I
have asked Randy Bryan, of Hoyt and Bryan, LLC to speak with
us regarding eldercare law and estate planning.
HISTORY 01/07/13
“American Political Sexual Scandals, from General Washington
to General Petraeus” by Robert Smither, Ph.D. The presentation
focuses on Americans’ changing attitudes toward political sexual
scandals from the time of the American Revolution to the present.
Dr. Robert Smither is Professor of Psychology and Dean of Arts
and Sciences at Rollins College in Winter Park.
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01/21/13
“The Search for the Historical Jesus” by Robert Barry Levis,
Ph.D. Since the mid-nineteenth century, biblical scholars and
historians have attempted to reconstruct the life of Jesus as an
historical figure in first-century Palestine as opposed to the
religious figure of the Christian tradition. They examined the
historical texts and evidence from archeology and anthropology to
draw what they believed was a more accurate portrait of the man
from Galilee than had been the conventional portrayal.
02/04/13
Joan of Arc: “I Hear Voices” - Club member John Snow will tell
us the story of Joan of Arc, who led the army of France to victory,
was tried as a heretic, condemned, and burned at the stake. She
claimed everything she did was at the direction of her “voices.”
This talk will outline her life and will suggest the answer to the
key question: Was she insane?
03/04/13
“What Really Happened at Ellis Island” will be presented by
Gladys Friedman Paulin, Certified GenealogistSM. Gladys will
show how immigrants were inspected, provided meals, treated for
medical problems, and admitted to the Land of Promise.
03/18/13
“General Washington, the Continental Congress and the
Newburgh Conspiracy” will be presented by UCF Professor of
History, Tom D. Greenhaw. If General Washington had only to
deal with His Majesty’s troops, the General would have had a
much easier time; unfortunately, he had in many ways a much
bigger distraction.
04/01/13
“The Story of How Percussion Was Added to the Orchestra” -
Jeffrey M. Moore is Professor of Music (Percussion) and Chair of
the UCF Music Department. Mr. Moore is an internationally
recognized percussion expert, lecturer, and soloist. Join us for an
informative and fascinating lecture that will include musical and
video examples about the origins of the most common orchestral
percussion instruments (timpani, snare drum, bass drum, cymbals,
tambourine, triangle, and xylophone) and their early use in
Western Art symphonic music.
04/15/13
“Great Rivalries in the World of Music” - We are privileged once
again to have Dr. James Drake, recently retired President Emeritus
of Brevard Community College and author of many books, share
with us his knowledge of the world of music. He will delight us
with stories about great rivalries among well-known musicians,
singers, and instrumentalists, from the friendly to the not-so-
friendly.
05/06/13
“The Emperor and the Arabs: Who was Frederick II?” will be
presented by Dr. Jerry Schiffhorst, Professor Emeritus at UCF,
who specializes in Medieval and Renaissance studies.
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05/20/13
“Peter the Great,” presented by Dr. Joel Rubin, a Club member,
who began the study of Russian History in the mid-1950s with a
particular interest in the Romanov’s Dynasty. He holds a master’s
degree and a Ph.D. in American Literature and a master’s degree
in Russian Literature.
06/03/13
“Pope John XXIII, Peacemaker for the World” - In his brief five-
year pontificate, Pope John XIII (1881-1963) forged surprising
relationships with many leaders previously considered opponents
of the Vatican (including Khrushchev), which helped the Pope
play a role in resolving the Cuban Missile Crisis. Speaker Lynn
Schiffhorst has lectured for more than twenty years in the
International Road Scholar (formerly Elderhostel) program and
has also been a UCF instructor in English and Humanities.
06/17/13
“Jewish Resistance During the Holocaust” presented by Holly
Mandelkern, a University Club member, who first studied the
resistance on a teachers’ trip to Poland and Israel in 1991. She has
since lectured each year at the Teacher’s Institute at the Holocaust
Resource Center in Maitland.
07/15/13
“Another Opening, Another Show”-- Broadway’s Greatest
Musicals 1868-1970—Retired Impresario and Club Member
Arnold Breman takes his audience on a historical tour of
American Musical Theater.
08/05/13
“Ayn Rand: Paragon or Pariah?” - Retired psychotherapist and
Club librarian Martha Williamson analyzes Rand’s controversial
life and philosophy. During our recent financial recession Rand’s
name resurfaced in politics.
08/19/13
“The Bible as Politics” - Ken Hanson, Associate professor in the
University of Central Florida Judaic Studies Program, will give a
fresh and unique look at the intersection of the Bible with political
theory. It probes the extent to which America’s founders looked to
Holy Writ in attempting to avoid the pitfalls in which budding
republics invariably fall prey.
09/16/13
“Lyndon Johnson and the Use and Abuse of Power” will be
presented by Attorney James C. Houser. He will talk about the
Johnson years in the White House, his desperate need for power,
and but for Viet Nam, he could have been one of the greatest
presidents.
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10/07/13
Cleopatra has gone down in history for all the wrong reasons.
Using Stacy Schiff’s masterly book based on classical sources,
Club member Dot Cline will recreate the queen and separate fact
from fiction.
10/21/13
“Agincourt” will be presented by ex-marine, Viet Nam vet, Coast
Guard vet, and much enjoyed previous History group speaker,
Walter Jensen.
11/04/13
“The 1958 Hungarian Revolution—A Personal View” - Dr. Paul
Vilmos, after surviving Nazi deportation in his native Hungary,
escaped the horrific death camps and lived through the tumultuous
Hungarian Revolution.
11/18/13
“The Dark Forest” (Murder and Mayhem in Florida’s National
Forest) will be presented by Joel Dick, Club member, Club
President Emeritus, and former District Attorney in both Georgia
and Florida.
HUMANITIES 02/12/13
It’s time we discussed the preexisting conditions that women have
been subjected to. It’s time to pay attention. We’ve come a long
way but if the Supreme Court has its way we may be back to
where we were. You’d be surprised at what things we have
survived! This will be an open discussion.
04/09/13
Was the Supreme Court supreme when it decided Roe vs.
Wade —or are twenty-six states supreme when they say you
cannot get an abortion at all? Hear the views on April 9.
05/14/13Dr. Maurice O’Sullivan, Professor of English at Rollins College,
will tell us all about when the French were in Florida.
06/18/13
If we survived the end of the world back in December—because it
didn’t happen—then what’s happening with our world right now?
Have we gone to hell and just don’t know it?
08/13/13“Suicides, Posttraumatic Stress, and Other Calamities” - What you
can and cannot do in such a crisis. A psychologist’s view.
09/10/13
Pulitzer Prize winner John Bersia, director of the Global
Perspectives Office and professor at UCF, is frequently on PBS as
an authority on World Affairs. With today’s world affairs in
chaos, he will be able to address the problems.
11/11/13
If people could tell who we are by the colors we wear, we
wouldn’t believe it. But Trig Johnson, UCF Professor of Art and
Philosophy, can tell a lot about the colors we like and don’t like. It
would be fun to know how people see you, and this is a great
opportunity
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INVESTMENT DISCUSSION 11/19/13
An informal discussion of ideas and strategies for investing. We
welcome novices and experts, and encourage people to come to
share experiences or just to listen.
LECTURE SERIES 04/16/13
Barbara Klein, Shakespeare Scholar, will explain the play Titus
Andronicus , which is appearing at the Shakespeare Theater
during April
05/21/13A special presentation by Dr. Barbara Jenkins, superintendent of
Orange County Public Schools.
06/18/13
Guest speaker Bill Kahn will speak on the characteristics of
“Scams, Frauds, and Cons” along with how to identify and avoid
them.
10/15/13
Guest lecturer Thomas McAllister of Indianapolis will present his
talk “Avoid Sabotaging Yourself When Investing.”
11/11/13
“Water and Land Legacy” talk given by Pat Grierson, Orange
County Volunteer Coordinator for Florida Water and Land
Legacy Campaign. State funds allocated to protecting and
restoring conservation and restoration efforts will run dry unless
voters pass the Water and Land Legacy Amendment.
11/19/13
Guest lecturer Dr. Jonathan Matusitz, Associate Professor of
Communication at UCF, will present his talk, “The Islamic Threat
to America,” which is local, academic, and political because Islam
is not just a religion but a political system and global movement.
LUNCH AND LEARN
01/11/13 Steve Gillette and Cincy Mangsen present the very best in
contemporary and traditional folk music.
05/17/13
Our season debut of the Lunch & Learn program kicks off with an
international music maker, a dynamic and riveting multimedia
presentation, and a subject matter so groovy, upbeat, and svelte
that its very creation soothed the anxieties of a troubled nation.
Jazz and Swing: American Phenomenon will be brought to
UCWP members and guests by Jeff Rupert, a multitalented
musician, UCF Professor and Director of Jazz Studies, musical
entrepreneur, and a man Mel Torme called “dynamic,” whose
own jazz CD is currently #7 on the Jazz Week charts.
07/28/13
Join us for our premier Sunday Luncheon Concert, when the
dynamic and versatile Myaka String Quartet, which specializes in
classical as well as popular repertory, will perform a program of
beautiful pieces from their popular music repertory.
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09/20/13
Join us at our second Lunch and Learn program when we present
Professor Emeritius Richard Tucker of the University of Central
Florida, who will discuss "Brain Wellness: Effect of Aging".
10/11/13
Judaism and Christianity: What's the Difference? Kenneth L.
Hanson, associate professor in the University of Central Florida
Judaic Studies Program and a favorite lecturer at the University
Club, will return at our third Lunch & Learn program to present a
talk on the difference between two of the world’s largest religions.
11/15/13
Egypt: a New Face in the Middle East--Join us when David
Dumke, Director of the Prince Mohammed Bin Fahd
Program for Strategic Research and Studies at the University
of Central Florida will present his view of the continuing
crisis in Egypt, the country that inspired the 2011 “Arab
Spring.”
OPERA APPRECIATION 01/03/13
Enjoy two of the three one-act Puccini operas: II Trittico , II
Tabarro , and Gianni Schicchi . Tragedy and comedy are provided
in one night.
04/04/13
Renee Fleming, Thomas Hampson, and the Metropolitan Opera
Company are featured in this recent production of Thaïs by Jules
Massenet.
05/02/13
Bellini’s La Sonnambula features two of today’s hottest stars of
opera. Natelie Dessay and Juan Diego Florez in this recent
production by the Metropolitan Opera.
06/06/13
The Pearl Fishers (Les pêcheurs de perles ) by Georges Bizet. Set
in ancient times on the island of Ceylon, the opera is a story of
how the brotherly friendship of two men is threatened by their
love of the same woman.
07/11/13
La Boheme by Puccini. Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazon star
in this most popular of romantic operas in the 2008 production.
08/01/13
Don Quichotte by Jules Massenet is this month’s opera. It is
based on the familiar story by Miguel de Cervantes with the
characters Don Quixote, Sancho Panza, and Dulcinea, featuring
Jose Van Dam in the title role.
09/05/13
The Battle of Legnano, by Verdi. Verdi wrote this most patriotic
opera during the turbulent events of the 1848 revolution.
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10/03/13
Our Verdi festival continues with the exciting La Forza Del
Destino (The Force of Destiny ). Donna Leonora, on the verge of
eloping with her lover, is party to the accidental shooting of her
father—and so the drama begins.
11/07/13
Oberto - Oberto seeks vengeance for the mistreatment of his
daughter in Verdi’s first opera. It was such an immediate success,
he went on to become Italy’s premier composer. This rarely
performed work of love, betrayal, and vengeance showed the
opera world what to expect from Verdi.
PHILOSOPHICAL DISCUSSION 01/22/13
“Why Evil Exists” - By popular request we will continue to view
and discuss the Great Courses DVD lectures of Charles
Mathewes, Professor of Religious Studies at the University of
Virginia. Today’s lectures focus on Self-Deception in Evil -
Scholasticism as conceived by Anselm of Lyon and Thomas
Aquinas; and Dante - Hell and the Abandonment of Hope .
01/29/13
“Why Evil Exists”- We continue with the Great Courses DVD
lecture series featuring award-winning Professor Charles
Mathewes, an expert in theology and the philosophy of religion at
the University of Virginia. We will view and discuss Professor
Mathewes’ lectures on the thinking of Martin Luther and Jean
Calvin in The Reformation - The Power of Evil Within; and
Thomas Hobbes on Evil as a Social Construct .
02/05/13
“Why Evil Exists” - By popular demand we will continue to view
and discuss the Great Courses DVD lectures of Charles
Mathewes, Professor of Religious Studies at the University of
Virginia. Today’s lectures focus on Self-Deception in Evil -
Scholasticism as conceived by Anselm of Lyon and Thomas
Aquinas; and Dante—Hell and the Abandonment of Hope .
02/26/13
“Ancient Egypt: The Great Sphinx of Giza” - What is the origin of
the 4500-year-old statue at the foot of Egypt’s Great Pyramids and
how does it relate to Egypt’s political history and religious
philosophy?
03/05/13
Let’s have a further look at the Criminal Justice System. Any
improvement necessary? Is there really anything wrong with
vengeance?
03/26/13
"Why Evil Exists” - We continue to review and discuss the Great
Courses DVD lecture series about the nature of evil, which
features award-winning Professor Charles Mathewes, expert in
theology and the philosophy of religion at the University of
Virginia.
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04/02/13
“Goodbye to All That” - Aiming for a better year! What is the
greatest need we can address? You have a unique perspective
shaped by your life experiences, your own personality, and your
intellect. Let’s get your ideas out on the table and work out their
various aspects.
04/30/13
“The Idea of Magic in Egyptian Hieroglyphs and Texts”—We
will view and discuss a History Channel Classic DVD about
ancient Egypt that describes the origin and nature of hieroglyphs
and written text within the religious and cultural life of this
ancient civilization.
05/07/13
By multiple requests, our topic for May is Health Care. There is a
great deal of misinformation going around. Our members can
bring their views to the table for discussion and analysis by all
attendees.
05/28/13
We will review and discuss University of Virginia Professor
Charles Mathewes’ concluding lecture on evil from his Great
Course DVD series on this subject: The Unnaming of Evil and
Where Can Hope Be Found?
06/04/13
What does it mean to be free? Can you be really free if you cannot
secede from an oppressive government? Whom do you trust to
make the rules for you?
06/25/13
“Great Philosophical Debates: Free Will and Determinism” - Are
the decisions we make that govern our actions based on our free
will or are our choices really determined by factors that are part of
our larger world?
07/02/13
Let’s have a further look at the Criminal Justice System. Any
improvement necessary? Is there really anything wrong with
vengeance?
07/23/13
“Great Philosophical Debates: Free Will and Determinism.” We
will continue to view and discuss the Great Course DVD lectures
on this subject as presented by award winning Professor Shaun
Nichols, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Arizona.
08/06/13
Just Thinking: As government “does more,” it grows ever larger,
ever more costly, more intrusive, more inefficient, and less
responsive to those who pay the bills. Is there any obstacle to the
unending growth of government?
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08/27/13
The Wisdom of History - In his Great Course DVD under this
title, J. Rufus Fears, Professor of Classics at the University of
Oklahoma, explores questions about our ability to use lessons of
history for making decisions in the present and to plan for the
future.
09/03/13
Just Thinking: Who gets to define justice when it is you or your
loved one who is abducted and held captive for ten years?
09/24/13 The Wisdom of History”- Continuing the discussion.
10/01/13 Just Thinking: Racial Profiling” - Grandmothers getting patted
down (some would say felt up) in airport security.
11/05/13
- “Just Thinking: Entitlements - Getting Your Fair Share?” -
When government is ever expanding the sense of entitlement, and
when the money has to come from somewhere, the inevitable
result is conflict between the haves and the have-nots.
11/26/13
The Wisdom of History” - In his Great Course DVD under this
title, J. Rufus Fears, Professor of Classics at the University of
Oklahoma, explores questions about our ability to use lessons of
history for making decisions in the present and to plan for the
future. We will view and discuss another of his lectures that
define and attempt to answer historical questions relative to our
world today: “Ancient Greece and the Middle East.”
SCIENCE & MORE 01/24/13
“What the Frack?” With world oil reserves declining and
consumption increasing, hydraulic frackturning has been touted as
a solution to the energy crisis. But opponents contend the process
is fraught with environmental and safety issue problems.
02/28/13Climate Change Update
04/25/13
“Science Shorts” - Chair Jeannie Schiff will briefly describe
interesting new research results in the scientific fields of human
development, science and society, archeology, evolution, life
sciences, and astronomy.
05/23/13
“The Tipping Points of Climate Change” - Dr. Joseph Siry,
Professor of Environmental Science and the History of Science
and Technology at Rollins College, will discuss the science
behind the climate-change tipping points that could forever alter
the earth’s climate.
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07/25/13
“A Different Kind of Smart: What Animals Know.” When
animals appear to be capable of logical action such as tool use or
counting tasks, we have a tendency to anthropomorphize their
reasoning abilities. But are animals really capable of human-like
thought processes?
09/26/13
“Did God Create the Universe?” The Science & More Group will
view the first episode of Morgan Freeman’s award-winning show
Through the Wormhole , in which he looks to science to illuminate
the question of whether the universe was created by a God or by
chance.
10/24/13
“Update: What We Can Do with Adult Stem Cells” - Guest
speaker Dr. Kiminobu Sugaya received rave reviews for his last
talk on the medical potential of stem cells.
SPECIAL EVENTS 02/03/13 Super Bowl at the Club -- pot luck party
05/04/13Kentucky Derby at the Club--fund raising dinner party
SPORTS TALK 03/03/13
“Orlando Solar Bears” - Bob Ohrablo of the Solar Bears will
present a jarring action-packed video with facts and faces of some
Solar Bears players. This is the first of a series of monthly sports
presentations to be provided at the club.
04/10/13
Jeff Hoblick who brought back football to Rollins College after 62
years off campus will relate how this, the third season, will play
out.
05/08/13
How not only to avoid sports injuries—but everyday injuries as
well—will be the topic addressed by Dr. Stephanie Duberke,
DPT, COMT, a Jewett Physical Therapist since 2006.
10/09/13
Jason Siegel, managing partner of the Orlando Solar Bears hockey
team, will provide an inside view in bringing one of the most
exciting sports happenings to Central Florida.
11/13/13
SOCCER - You will get a kick out of hearing how soccer is
coming to town in a big way. A new soccer stadium is on the
drawing board and a national franchise is just around the corner.