Y's Men News -- Sunday, May 11, 2025 | | |
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- Y's Men Travel Group Meets Monday, May 12
- Tickets Available for Sale for July 29 Performance by Chicago
- T&E Announces Outings
- Volunteers Needed for Summer Coffee Brigade
- Mindfulness Group Meets by Zoom Tuesday
- Y's Men Classical Music Society Meets May 13
- Life Talk Group to Discuss "Solitude"
- Jazz Lunch at VFW This Wednesday
- Concert Pianists Wow the Y's Men at Sunday Concert
- Barnum Museum Executive Director Addresses Progress
- Delamar CEO Updates Y's Men on Westport Delamar Inn
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Travel Group Meets Tomorrow at 9:00 am
The Y’s Men Travel Group will meet from 9:00 to 10:30 am on Monday, May 12 in Room 203 at the Saugatuck Congregational Church.
As is its usual custom, meetings start by members talking about their recent travel experiences.
As previously announced, Allen Swerdlowe will be leading the next meeting and it will be another session of group member photo presentations. Thank you Allen!
The topic of the meeting and the photos submitted:
EXTREME TRAVEL — we will recount trips taken for reasons other than holiday or pleasure — road trips, work and/or academic trips, journeys to the unknown, finding your past in the present, and other challenging voyages
If you would like to augment your journey with images, please contact Allen via email at aswerdlowe@mac.com or text at 212-431-1089.
Spouses/partners/significant others are welcome to join us too!
For information about the Y’s Men Travel Group, or to be added to the group’s email distribution list, please contact Art Mann, mannart03@gmail.com
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Tickets on Sale for Chicago, Tuesday Evening, July 29 At the Hartford Healthcare Amphitheater
We are holding tickets in sections 206 and 207 at a price of $99.00 plus a small credit card fee. They will be made available after the purchase deadline of Sunday, May 18. Use the link below to purchase up to four tickets by credit card and receive a confirmation of your purchase. Ignore any reference to tickets being sent to you. To pay by check, please make it out to Y's Men of Westport/Weston and send it to Y's Men of Westport/Weston, P.O. Box 167, Westport, CT 06880-0167. We must receive payment by May 18.
Seats are assigned on a first come-first served basis and will be available to you in hard ticket form or, if you wish, at Will Call the night of the show. You will get an e-mail about ticket delivery shortly after May 18.
If you want more than four tickets to the show, you will be advised of availability immediately after the purchase deadline of May 18.
Click the link below to buy tickets. You must select the number of tickets before clicking on "buy tickets."
https://www.ysmenwestportweston.org/event/2025-chicago-concert-july-29/
Please send an e-mail with any questions to dickkalt@gmail.com
Thanks, and looking forward to a great evening.
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Monday, May 12
NYC Walk Around (Not Through) Central Park – Part 1
Spouses, Significant Others & Guests Welcome!
https://conta.cc/3XXOMQB
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Friday, May 16
Nature Walk & Bird Watching
Event is restricted to Y’s Men members, spouses or significant others
https://conta.cc/4lIP5J3
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Tuesday, May 20
Historical Walking Tour Brooklyn Heights/Brooklyn Bridge
Dim Sum Lunch in Chinatown
Spouses, Significant Others & Guests Welcome!
https://conta.cc/3YQwyRb
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Tuesday, June 10
Copps Island Oystering
This event is for Y’s Men Members only
https://conta.cc/4lQttKY
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Tuesday-Wednesday, June 17-18
WOODS HOLE – NEW BEDFORD – FALL RIVER
Spouses, Significant Others, and Guests Welcome!
https://conta.cc/3G9ibBa
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Tuesday, July 8
Seaport Association’s Famous Tuesday Night Clambake at Sheffield Island
https://conta.cc/3RBIXoo
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Friday, October 17
Essex Fall Foliage Excursion & Luncheon
This event is only open to Y’s Men members
& spouses/significant others
https://conta.cc/4iGa0Kg
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Wanted: Y’s Men Volunteers to Serve on the
Summer Coffee/Donut/Bagels Committee
Throughout the summer and starting June 5, the Y’s Men meet every Thursday at 9:00 am to share fellowship, coffee/donuts/bagels at the Sherwood Island State Park Pavilion.
You do not have to know how to brew coffee, make donuts or boil bagels. We just need guys to pick up the coffee or donuts or bagels and clean up the area.
If you are free to help out please contact Baxter Urist at burist@optonline.net
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Mindfulness Group Monthly Zoom Meeting Tomorrow
The Y's Men Mindfulness Group monthly Zoom meeting will be held tomorrow (May 12) from 7:30 to 8:30 pm.
In-person meetings are the first Thursday of every month from 1:00 to 2:00 pm at the Westport Center for Senior Activities.
For additional information on the Mindfulness Group and to participate in the Zoom call, contact Harvey Luft at harveyluft@gmail.com or Paul Epstein at epsteinmb@aol.com.
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Y's Men Classical Music Society Meets This Tuesday, May 13
Maestro Michael Tilson Thomas's comments and analysis of Beethoven's Symphony No. 3, Eroica, will be the subject of the Y's Men Classical Music Society meeting on Tuesday, May 13. The meeting will be held at the Westport Center for Senior Activities from 2:45 to 4:15 pm.
Reservations are required. Please reserve a seat by contacting Ed Bloch at edbloch71@gmail.com.
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Y's Men Life Talk Group to Discuss "Solitude" This Tuesday
The Y’s Men Life Talk Group will meet from 2:00 to 3:30 pm this Tuesday, May 13, in Room 109-110 at the Saugatuck Congregational Church.
The topic will be Solitude. There's a difference between being alone and being lonely. You can be alone and quite content, even blissful. By the same token, you can feel lonely when you are in a crowd of people — or in a close relationship with someone.
How do you see it? Is solitude a welcome break, or something to be avoided? Join us on the May 13 to share your experience and listen to other, very ‘Y's' Men!
For information about the Y’s Men Life Talk Group, or to be added to the Group’s email distribution list, please contact Larry Ackerman at: larry@larryackerman.com.
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Y's Men Jazz Lunch at Noon This Wednesday, May 14,
At the Westport VFW
Jazz legends performing on the big screen plus biographical sketches of each artist will be featured at the Y's Men Jazz Lunch this Wednesday (May 14) at noon at the Westport VFW.
The program will begin with a Jose Feliciano Spanish guitar solo of "Malaguena," then Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson, Django Reinhardt, Gerry Mulligan, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Stan Getz, Cannonball Aderley, Dizzy Gillespie and Lionel Hampton..
Calises's will again be catering the lunch and there may be a significant reduction in the usual pay-there cost of $25.00.
If you plan to attend, please contact Jeff Hare at jeffahare@gmail.com, and mention the name of any guest.
| | Concert Pianists Wow the Classical Music Society in Concert | | |
Sporting the descriptive title, “Nocturnes and Serenades,” acclaimed concert pianists Dr. Liang-Fang Chang and Dr. Uriel Tsachor (above) performed to an enthusiastic audience of more than 140 eager Y’s Men, their families and other eager Westporters late last month in the Sanctuary of the Saugatuck Congregational Church.
The concert, jointly sponsored by the Y’s Men and the church, featured a world premier and a collection of pieces selected by the performers, combining older classical pieces, some with more contemporary arrangements.
A wine and cheese reception followed the concert. The link to a video of the concert is below.
| | Barnum Museum Executive Director Addresses Progress | |
Kathleen Maher
At a Thursday meeting on May 1, Y’s Men listened to Kathleen Maher, Executive Director of the Barnum Museum in Bridgeport, give a highly informative talk on the museum's famous founder, and progress that has been made since it was severely damaged by a tornado in 2010.
Born in 1810, Barnum was not only a founder of the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus, but a mayor of Bridgeport, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives, philanthropist, and author. He died and was buried in Bridgeport in 1891.
The Barnum Museum he funded was completed in 1893. After its near destruction in 2010, Kathleen led the restoration effort which has cost $17 million, is on track, but still five years and $22 million short of the estimated completion budget and date. Her future plan envisions a new museum that integrates history, the arts, science, and technology.
| | Delamar CEO Updates Y's Men on Westport Delamar Inn | | |
Charles Mallory
"The Conrad Hilton of Fairfield County" said the former Westport Inn on Post Road East will have a soft opening as Westport Delamar within a month.
Charles Mallory, CEO of Greenwich Hospitality Group, told last Thursday's Y’s Men meeting that the renovated hotel will rent rooms and serve breakfast shortly, add a restaurant during the summer, and be fully open for business in the fall. Rooms will include a three-bedroom suite.
Mallory’s group, a collection of boutique hotels almost all in Connecticut, already operates in Westport as the latest manager of Le Plage restaurant at the Inn at Long Shore and a partner in the complete renovation of the Inn. Partner Michael Ryan, a former Wall Street executive, also attended the Thursday meeting.
“The building was in horrific shape,” Mallory said, “being held together by Band-Aids and glue. All the mechanical and structural systems needed repair or replacement.” Renovations have continued all winter, especially on the ballroom, and no timetable was given on completion during his talk.
Mallory’s group owns and operates Delamar-branded hotels in Southport, Stamford, Greenwich and West Hartford. In February, Delamar Mystic opened on the water. The only hotel outside the state is in Traverse City, Michigan.
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