Active Lifelong Learning
Lifelong Learning - Lifelong Doing - Lifelong Friends
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WELCOME TO CLUB NOTES - JANUARY 2021
Editor: Jill Aggersbury (jillmpj@comcast.net)
Purpose of club notes - highlight next months club programs.
Leaders - Email me with Information (in the body of the email) by the 15th of the month
put ESCOM NEWS in subject line. Attach photos as jpegs.
Include your name,phone and email. Email to jillmpj@comcast.net.
1 - General Announcements
2 - Hot off the Press
3 - Notes from Club Leaders
4 - Link to Clubs and ESCOM web site
GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
College of Marin Campuses closed until further notice.
EMAIL CLUB LEADER TO GET THE ZOOM LINK - CLICK ON THE LINK;
IT WILL TAKE YOU TO ZOOM - Questions - email/call Club Leader
WISHING YOU A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS 2021
CLUBS TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED - All clubs led by Ken Kapreilian
HOT OFF THE PRESS
Our ESCOM clubs are thriving.
Invite your friends, when they tell you how much they enjoyed it - invite them to become a member!
We thank everyone for helping to make this successful.
Scholarships available - https://marincommunityed.augusoft.net/
remember - reach out to those who live alone either virtually or by telephone.
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CLUB LEADER NOTES
BOOK CLUB FORUM - Zoom - all are welcome
4th Monday 1.00 pm to 3 pm
for more information
Contact Louise Kerr 415-883-2823 lrkerr210@gmail.com
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Book Banter Book Club IVC - Zoom
1 - 3 pm on the 2nd Wednesday of the month
January 11 2021 "Lisettes list" by Susan Vreeland presented by Diana Davis
FEBRUARY10TH 2021 Starting in February we will be reading biography, autobiography and semi-fictional biographies for all of 2021...list available in January...
for more meeting information and Zoom link contact
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"Who Done It?" Book Club - Zoom
ESCOM 3rd Wednesday of the month..from 1-3 PM
Jan. 20th 2021 is "Christine Falls" by Benjamin Black presented by Deborah Patrick
Feb 17 2021 annual book selection meeting -.bring at least 2 titles you'd like to read in 2021
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BOOK CLUB MARIN COUNTY - Zoom
4th Tuesdays 1.30-3pm
(P.S. While all meetings are scheduled to end at 3pm, the ending time is somewhat flexible)
Planned reading - always subject to change!
If anyone wishes to attend and purchase any of the selected books, they should feel free to contact Julio Burroughs to obtain the book(s) via Book Passage (to avoid shipping cost); of course,
if you prefer not to purchase, try Marin Library (they have curbside service) - if you are a member you also have access to Hoopla which has many audio books.
JAN 28: SHORT STORY, FLANNERY O'CONNOR:"EVERYTHING THAT RISES MUST CONVERGE"; POEM: ANNE SEXTON, "HER KIND"-ALL TO BE E-MAILED TO GRP.
FEB 23: GENESIS:JACOB AND ESAU (BIBLE); SHORT STORY, STEPHEN CRANE:"THE BLUE HOTEL"-ALL TO BE E-MAILED TO GRP.
MARCH 23: PLAY, MOLIERE "THE MISANTHROPE"-(DOVER THRIFT OR SIMILAR EDITION-TO BE ANNOUNCED)
APRIL. 27: 2 READINGS FROM GT. BKS FDN COLLECTION-"CITIZENS OF THE WORLD"-"RIVONIA TRIAL-2D COURT STATEMENT"/MANDELA (SELECTION); AND "MY FORBIDDEN FACE"/LATIFA(SELECTION)- ALL TO BE E-MAILED TO GRP.;
MAY 25: SHORT STORY, AMBROSE BIERCE:"THE EYES OF THE PANTHER"; 2 POEMS:GT. BKS FDN COLLECTION MODERN AMERICAN POETRY: H.D. [HILDA DOOLITTLE]:"THE HELMSMAN"; "LETHE"; TO BE E-MAILED TO GRP.
JUNE 22: SHAKESPEARE:"HAMLET" (EDITION TO BE ANNOUNCED).
As in the past, we welcome suggestions for future readings!
for more meeting information and Zoom link contact
Co-leaders: Norman Nayfach (415) 499-3173 or Julio Burroughs Julioburroughs@gmail.com (415) 927-1488
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The ESCOM Chess Club - Zoom
members now play on-line matches with fellow members via the
"Chess.com" website every Friday from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm.
Currently, five members are playing each week but the on-line format can accommodate additional players.
The ability levels of current players range from beginner/intermediate to intermediate but all levels are welcome.
If you want more information or have questions,
please email Bob at 'bob.phillips3 @ gmail.com', or phone him at 415-301-1906.
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CURRENT EVENTS AND ISSUES - Zoom
2nd and 4th Thursdays, 10am - noon
After more than twenty years we are still actively engaged in discussing current events.
Through participation, ESCOM club members experience teaching and learning opportunities.
We welcome new participants. We welcome topics of interest to you.
Come, join us. Sit in on one session, no obligation - you may like the experience. Many have! See you soon.
for more meeting information and Zoom link contact
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DIGITAL CAMERA CLUB
1st Monday’s Field Outings *Next One January 4, 2021 to
Dominican University*
3rd Monday’s Virtual Club Meeting 1-3:00 pm - Zoom
Our monthly camera club photo outings are currently scheduled outdoors with social distancing protocols.
Photo Caption: is the Nov. 2nd Outing Group - Marin Art & Garden Center
Contact Harvey for details.
For future questions or interest in the club, Harvey can be reached at:
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FOOD GLORIOUS FOOD! Zoom
4th Tuesday of the month from 1-3 PM
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Jan. 26th is to read and discuss "Save me the Plums" by Ruth Reichle
Feb. 23rd - Maida Heatter's Cookbooks...lots in the library and cheap on ABE Books...
try a few recipes and tell us what you thought..
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GREAT COURSES GROUP - Zoom
Thursdays from 1:00 - 3:00 PM
We started a new 36-lecture series at the end of July -- Dutch Masters: The Age of Rembrandt.
This course explores Holland in the 17th century which was home to the most remarkable concentration of artistic talent and accomplishment in modern history. From this tiny land came the great masters Vermeer, Frans Hals, Jan Steen, Pieter de Hooch, and Rembrandt, as well as an abundant assembly of memorable artists. You can 'drop in' at any point of this series.
Our meetings are filled with lively discussions and are a lot of fun. Join us.
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HEALTH & NUTRITION CLUB - Zoom
2nd and 4th Friday 10am - 12pm
"Let food be your medicine" is our motto. Hippocrates is our guru.
Health and Nutrition Club focuses on food as medicine. We have had some remarkable results among our members as they slowly changed their diets, used foods therapeutically to heal entrenched, chronic diseases and lead active healthy lives.
Come join us, engage with our group of stalwart 40 to 94 year olds in our quest for the essence of a healthy life.
We have fun, we have community, and we have great health results. You can too!
Contact Sushama.gokhale@gmail.com 415-694-3502
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MORAL, ETHICAL, LEGAL ROUNDTABLE - Zoom
1st and 3rd Tuesday each month 10-12 noon
The Roundtable is a long running ESCOM Club for discussions, explorations, and
issues in our contemporary world.
Stimulating discussions among and between the attendees
and the facilitator are the primary mode of participation.
Join us with your ideas and opinions.
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OPERA AND BEYOND CLUB - Zoom
The Opera and Beyond Club is alive and well
Last Wednesday of the Month, 1.00 pm - 3pm
2nd Tuesday of the Month, 1:00 pm - 4pm - Full opera recording
* If you would like to suggest an opera or have access to any operas please contact Michael.
for more meeting information and Zoom link contact Michael Sachs Group leader
Mobile: 415-298-1939 MichahSachs@gmail.com
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Arlene Stark PHILOSOPHY OF MIND - Zoom
REDEFINING REALTY
1st-3rd Monday 10-12noon
The Great Minds of Western Philosophy club has been meeting for many years.
We watch and discuss DVDs on this subject from the Great Courses Company on the first and third Mondays of every month from 10:15 to 12:15 PM.
Dr. Steven Gimbel, Professor of Philosophy at Gettysburg College, describes the upcoming course this way:
“In the series of 36 lectures, we examine the ways in which scientific and technological advances in the 20th and 21st centuries have forced us to re-envision what we believe to be real.”
We continue our presentation and discussion of Redefining Reality,
The course is available on Kanopy, free through your local library.
If this kind of discussion is of interest to you, please feel free to join us. We are not necessarily professional philosophers but, rather, a compatible group of people who are interested in such questions as: Has our technology eliminated our humanity? Is there anything left of the way we thought reality was shaped?
for more meeting information and Zoom link contact: kevincolgate@hotmail.com or Jay Conner at greatferm@email.com
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SPANISH CLUB - ZOOM - NOTE TIME CHANGE
1-2.30 Friday
Roberta Schwarz/Lucy Wait
for more meeting information and Zoom link contact reschwarz@sbcglobal.net, mariawt47@gmail.com
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TRIVIA QUIZ - CALL ALL SMARY PANTS - ZOOM
4th Sunday of every month at 7.00 p.m.
Jan 24th, Feb 28th. Hope to see you at 7pm on 4th Sunday of every month
for another round of Bear with Me Trivia hosted by yours truly.
As always, you’ll get 4 rounds of 5 questions, many with multiple answers.
You’ll jot down your own answers and at the end of each round of questions I will randomly sort you into Zoom rooms where you will decide on a team name (funny, punny names encouraged) and confer with your teammates before presenting your group’s answers.
The winning team gets bragging rights for a whole month!!!
hosted by Janis Luft, longtime Mistress of Trivia for the Belvedere-Tiburon Library.
General knowledge questions.
Interactive team contest (teams assigned).
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TRAVEL FORUM via UTUBE
(you can view Utube any time at your leisure)
Hola to the ESCOM Travel Forum. We've recently added travel video #36 for you to view via YouTube:
That means - have a glass of wine - sit back and enjoy 36 armchair vacations!
There may even be more by now!
Use the hot link below to jump directly from this email. Happy Travels,
Linda Land and Van White lland8@verizon.net
You may also use this hot-link for instant access:
Happy Armchair Travels, Linda Land and Van White, Travel Forum Leaders
Minka Cottages and Matsumoto Castle Japan
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