Fwd: Highlights of the Christmas Markets

Forwarding more lovely pictures from Cara!

 

Tracy

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From: Cara Clark <caraclark@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 12:24 PM
Subject: Highlights of the Christmas Markets

Here are some highlights of some Christmas Markets:
 

Koblenz Christmas Market
 

Koblenz Germany Christmas Market
 

Trier Germany Christmas Market
 

Trier Germany Christmas Market
 

Prague Christmas Market
 

Prague Christmas Market
 
We miss you all and wish you happy holiday

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Fwd: Highlights from a Street Performer's Festival

More Wonderful Photos from Cara.

 

Thanks for sharing these Cara!

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From: Cara Clark <caraclark@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 5:27 AM
Subject: Highlights from a Street Performer's Festival

Here are highlights from my favorite fest this year: The Street Performer's Festival:
 

Don't try this at home
 

Matt giving a hand
 

This is a bit creepy
 

Hey that's no lady
 

Nothing you haven't seen on the streets of NY

 
 

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Fwd: Highlights of Octoberfest

Hi All,  More Picts from Cara to share!

 

Tracy

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From: Cara Clark <caraclark@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 12:52 PM
Subject: Highlights of Octoberfest

Here are some highlights of Octoberfest:
 

Crazy rides
 
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Hugh beer tents
 

Girls in dirndls
 

Boys in lederhosen
 

Big glasses of Beer
 

Man singing and dancing on
table wearing funny hat...
 
It must be Octoberfest!
 
Add bonus:
 

Beautiful Castle and landscape

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Re: Highlights from South Africa

Thanks Cara, These are great! I'll pass them along to the rest of the book club.

 

Tracy

On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 8:13 AM, Cara Clark <caraclark@hotmail.com> wrote:

Here are some Highlights from South Africa:
 

We were lucky to see so many
animals including elephants, zebras,
impalas, giraffes, wart hogs, hippos,
alligators, baboons, monkeys, lions,
buffalos...etc
 

The beaches were beautiful and we
saw whales, dolphins, and seals
 

and penguins too.
 

The country side was very green and
colorful
 

and Cape town was hopping late into
the night.
 

All and all South Africa had many nice
surprises.

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September and October Book Picks

Hi All, Just an update:

As discussed during the last meeting we will be reading:

September 29 book: Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick 7:00 PM room 221

The Mayflower, is an account of the voyage of the Mayflower and the settlement of Plymouth Colony. From the Mayflower's arduous Atlantic crossing to the eruption of King Philip's War between colonists and natives decades later, Philbrick reveals in this electrifying history of the Pilgrims a fifty-five-year epic, at once tragic and heroic, that still resonates with us today.

October 28 book: When She Was White by Judith Stone 7:00 PM room 221

When I Was White is the story of a black woman born to white parents during the years of official racism in South Africa. Sandra Laing was officially registered and raised as a white child. In 1966, when Sandra was ten, the police removed her from school and she was reclassified as 'colored.'

The movies will be:

September 15 movie: Plymouth Adventure 6:30 Second Floor Lobby
The story of the voyage of the "Mayflower" in its historic voyage across the Atlantic to the New World. The cast list includes Spenser Tracy, Gene Tierney, and Lloyd Bridges among those who made the 96-day storm-filled crossing.

October 13 movie:Catch a Fire 6:30 Second Floor Lobby
A political thriller: the real-life story of a South African hero's journey to freedom. In the country's turbulent and divided times in the 1980s, Patrick Chamusso is an oil refinery foreman and soccer coach who is apolitical - until he and his wife Precious are jailed. Patrick is stunned into action against the country's oppressive reigning system, even as police Colonel Nic Vos further insinuates himself into the Chamussos' lives

Schedule for Film and Book Club – 2008

Jan 14 - 6:30 – 8:30 PM
All the World’s a Stage Film Club
Zulu Dawn - 2nd East Lobby

Jan 28 - 7:00 – 8:30 PM
All the World’s a Stage Book Club
Out of Africa - Room 221

Feb 11 - 6:30 – 8:30 PM
2nd East Lobby
All the World’s a Stage Film Club
Mrs. Brown

Feb 25 - 7:00 – 8:30 PM
All the World’s a Stage Book Club
Four Queens - Popular Library Division

Mar 17 - 6:30 – 8:30 PM
All the World’s a Stage Film Club
Frida - 2nd East Lobby

Mar 24 - 7:00 – 8:30 PM
All the World’s a Stage Book Club
Assorted Frida Kahlo & Diego Rivera Biographies - Room 221

Apr 14 - 6:30 – 8:30 PM
All the World’s a Stage Film Club
Tsotsi - 2nd East Lobby

Apr 28 - 7:00 – 8:30 PM
All the World’s a Stage Book Club
Dark Star Safari - Room 221

May12 - 6:30 – 8:30 PM
All the World’s a Stage Film Club
Salaam Bombay! - 2nd East Lobby

May 19 - 7:00 – 8:30 PM
All the World’s a Stage Book Club
Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India by Edward Luce - Room 221

Movie: June 9, 6:30 PM – Chicago
Murderesses Velma Kelly (a chanteuse and tease who killed her husband and sister after finding them in bed together)and Roxie Hart (Who killed her boyfriend when she discovered he wasn't going to make her a star) find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows in 1920s Chicago.

Book: June 23, 7:00 PM
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Bringing Chicago circa 1893 to vivid life, Erik Larson's spellbinding bestseller intertwines the true tale of two men--the brilliant architect behind the legendary 1893 World's Fair, striving to secure America's place in the world; and the cunning serial killer who used the fair to lure his victims to their death. Combining meticulous research with nail-biting storytelling, Erik Larson has crafted a narrative with all the wonder of newly discovered history and the thrills of the best fiction.

Movie: July 14, 6:30 PM - Rasputin: The Mad Monk
The life of the legendary Russian villain Grigori Rasputin, an intense figure as the diabolical healer and mesmerist with a thirst for power. The film begins with the unapologetically crude and barbaric Rasputin expelled from his monastery for his hard-drinking hedonism and violent behavior, and before long he sets his sights on the bustling city of St. Petersburg.

Book: July 28, 7:00 PM - Assorted Biographies on Rasputin
Rasputin, a Russian mystic who is perceived as having influenced the later days of the Russian Czar Nicholas II, his wife the Tsaritsa Alexandra, and their only son the Tsarevich Alexei. Rasputin had often been called the "Mad Monk" while others considered him an "elder", a title usually reserved for monk-confessors), believing him to be a psychic and faith healer

Movie:
August 11, 6:30 PM - Shadow Magic
Ann Hu's Shadow Magic tells the story of an itinerant Englishman (Jared Harris) who's the first to bring motion pictures to China. His hand-cranked projector casts images that are a marvel to his mixed audience of peasants and royalty.

Book: August 25, 7:00 PM - Oracle Bones by Peter Hessler
In Oracle Bones, Peter Hessler explores the human side of China's transformation, viewing modern-day China and its growing links to the Western world through the lives of a handful of ordinary people. In a narrative that gracefully moves between the ancient and the present, the East and the West, Hessler captures the soul of a country that is undergoing a momentous change before our eyes.

Book Club: Meeting this last Monday

Hi All,

 

On Monday the group met and pick the books for June and July:

 

June: Devil in the White City

 

Book Description
Bringing Chicago circa 1893 to vivid life, Erik Larson's spellbinding bestseller intertwines the true tale of two men--the brilliant architect behind the legendary 1893 World's Fair, striving to secure America's place in the world; and the cunning serial killer who used the fair to lure his victims to their death. Combining meticulous research with nail-biting storytelling, Erik Larson has crafted a narrative with all the wonder of newly discovered history and the thrills of the best fiction.
 

 

July: Biography of Rasputin (I think we can get enough copies of "The Rasputin File", or if you want to read one of the other Biographies we have you can)

 

Now Oracle Bones was also of interest, and someone (I think Margaret) pointed out that the Olympics are in Beijing this year. The Olympics are in August, and we have not picked the book for August, is this something we want to pick at this time, or would you like to think about it.

Book Description

A century ago, outsiders saw China as a place where nothing ever changes. Today the country has become one of the most dynamic regions on earth. In Oracle Bones, Peter Hessler explores the human side of China's transformation, viewing modern-day China and its growing links to the Western world through the lives of a handful of ordinary people. In a narrative that gracefully moves between the ancient and the present, the East and the West, Hessler captures the soul of a country that is undergoing a momentous change before our eyes.

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