January 2023 Newsletter

Stimulation - Knowledge - Interaction - Fun

Happy New Year!

January Coffee Clash @ Havana

Is Medically Assisted Dying a Right To Enshrine

Or a Wrong To Forbid in Law?

Cookie Horner

and

Ellie Pancoe


Friday, January 13th, 9:00 a.m.


Join us for coffee, tea, buns, and muffins at Havana Restaurant in Bar Harbor.


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The discussion will also be available on Zoom.


Please let us know (by Wednesday, January 11th) if you cannot attend. We often have a waitlist and we do have to pay for reservations even if you do not show up. Thank you.

The next opera preview with Bob Gallon will be Saturday, January 14th. Bob will lead a discussion prior to the live broadcast of "Fedora" at the Grand in Ellsworth.


Saturday, January 14th
This talk is from 11:00 a.m. to noon, followed by a break for lunch. The live broadcast begins at 1:00 p.m. For more information click here.

The preview talks are free and no reservations are required. You do not have to attend the live broadcast to participate in the pre-event discussion, but tickets for the live broadcast can be purchased online or at the door.

Upcoming talks:


  • Falstaff on April 1st
  • Der Rosenkavalier on April 15th
  • Don Giovanni on May 20th
  • Die Zauberflote on June 3rd
Friday, January 27th at noon

Join us for soup, salad, sandwiches, and dessert at our January Food for Thought presentation at Birch Bay Village in Hulls Cove.


This presentation will also be offered on Zoom.


The Webb Telescope is a marvel and is bringing us pictures of our universe that we could have never dreamt of when we were young. Join Bob Gallon as he tells us more about the project and shows us some amazing pictures, maybe even pictures of the first stars after the Big Bang.


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Above: NASA's James Webb Space Telescope inspects the Heart of the Phantom Galaxy, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Webb_Inspects_the_Heart_of_the_Phantom_Galaxy.jpg


Please let us know (by Wednesday, January 25th) if you cannot attend. We often have a waitlist and we do have to pay for reservations even if you do not show up. Thank you.

Last month we received donations in honor of:


Rick Cohen

Bill Dohmen

The ASC Racial Justice Reading Group



Thank you for your thoughtfulness and thank you to all our donors

Reminder


Winter courses begin the week of January 9th (the Classical Music class starts today.)


Please check the website for information on class times and locations. If your class has a book, remember to pick it up at Sherman's bookstore in Bar Harbor.


As always, let me know if you have any questions.

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