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| Adventure | Berkeley Art Museum | Birding | Bon Appetit* | Book Discussion | | Drama* | French |

|German | Italian | Music | Photography | Sew & So | Spanish | Tennis | Walking |

| Writer's Workshop | New: The Omnivore's* |

*Sections that meet in the evening

SECTION CALENDAR

ADVENTURE offers a monthly bus or car-pool trip to stimulating points of interest in the Bay Area and surrounding counties, attracting a wide following from both returning members and newcomers. This section is open to husbands and guests to help fill a bus to meet expenses. Top

Third Wednesday, all day. Occasionally a trip is scheduled on a different day or week, not every place is open or available on the third Wednesday.

ADVENTURE SECTION PLANS

 FOR 2009-2010

Every third Wednesday except when our plans have to change

We will always try to go by bus, except that we need at least 30 people; otherwise we car pool.

February 17, 2010

              Marine Mammal Center in Marin

Light House or Heath Ceramics or Olampali Indian Reservation                         

               Car Pool 

March 22, 2010 on Monday

              Inter Campus Exchange at UC Santa Cruz

Section Club Event

              Bus

April 21, 2010

              Model Railroad Museum in Point Richmond Salute e Vita Restaurant

Rosie the Riverter Memorial

              Car Pool

May 19, 2010

              Oakland Aviation Museum – Doolittle Drive

              Lunch, C’Era Una Volta 1332 Park Street Alameda

              Car Pool

BERKELEY ART MUSEUM meets six times a year for guided tours of current and permanent exhibitions led by the staff of the Museum. One presentation is by the Pacific Film Archives.  Top

Second Friday, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

BIRDING section members enjoy visiting a variety of habitats from shoreline to hills, to observe birds as well as whatever else is of interest in nearby sites (many in East Bay Regional Parks).  Top

First Wednesday, 9:00 AM

*BON APPÉTIT, formerly Gourmet, welcomes couples and singles for dinner parties with a theme in groups of 6-10. Some all-member events are also planned. Come and meet others in the University community in a convivial social setting. Members rotate hosting and planning of dinners.
Weekend evenings decided by hosts. Top

Weekend evenings decided by hosts.

BOOK DISCUSSION members discuss a mutually agreed upon book. A volunteer, who also presents pertinent background information, leads the session. All members are encouraged to read the book in advance but this is not necessary for the enjoyment of the stimulating discussion. Top

• The Elegance of the Hedgehog by  Muriel Barbery.  Fiction by a French philosopher about the relationship of a precocious 12 year-old girl and the fifty-four old concierge of her fashionable Paris apartment building.
• Gertrude and Claudius by John Updike. Novel about the parents of Hamlet, written by Updike in 2000.
• The Hotel at the corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford. Historical fiction concerning Japanese in Seattle during World War II.
• Pictures at an Exhibition by Sara Houghteling.  Historical novel of Paris and fate of art collections looted in World War II, written by a local author who teaches at Marin Academy.
• Wesley the Owl  by Stacey O’Brian. Nonfiction about a Caltech researcher who agreed to stepparent a lab owl.

• The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman. Nonfiction account of a Warsaw Zoo in World War II, which served

First Friday, 1:00 PM

CHORUS  please see Music

Tuesdays 9:30 am - 11:30 am

*DRAMA welcomes all: actors, audiences, producers. We are especially looking for members to join our audience.  Plays are enjoyed in the homes of members, and the informal staging/reading is a lively mix of seriousness and spontaneity. Top

Fourth Monday, 8:00 PM during Sept., Oct., Jan., Feb., Mar., Apr.

FRENCH provides, for those who comprehend French and have an interest in French culture, a variety of interesting speakers and programs on many aspects of French life and culture, plus the opportunity for lively conversation. Top

First Tuesday, 1:30 PM

GERMAN gives us an opportunity to share programs about different aspects of contemporary life and cultural heritage in the German speaking courntries. Both German and English are spoken.  One member says that she always has a wonderful time with this friendly group. Top

Third Tuesday, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

ITALIAN meetings begin with a cultural program consisting of a lecture on different aspects of Italian life (art, literature, science, politics, etc.), followed by a lunch of mainly Italian cuisine. We all enjoy the warm friendship and congeniality characterizing our meetings.Top

Second Thursday, 11:00 AM

12/2/09 Chorus

MUSIC welcomes performers and appreciative listeners. The section provides opportunities for soloists as well as chamber groups. Concerts are held in members' homes, followed by tea.Top

First Thursday, 1:00 PM

The Music Section supports a lively chorus which rehearses Tuesdays 9:30 am - 11:30 am with director, Tina Harrington.

PHOTOGRAPHY includes a program of learning strategies and techniques to make a photographer proud of his/her creative accomplishments. The group hosts visits by local photographers, we also plan field trips to points of interest.  We have a show from September 1 to October 30, 2009 at the YWCA on Bancroft.  See below for more details.

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First Tuesday, 10:00 AM

October 2007 meeting with our mentor and photographer, Don Melandry.  Picture taken by

Marianne Haller with her new computer.

THE PHOTOGRAPHY ACTIVITY SECTION

INVITES ALL MEMBERS TO

SEW AND SO provides an opportunity to be creative in a social setting. Bring your project and let us mend, sew, embroider, knit, or crochet together. Top

Second Friday, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM .

SPANISH SPANISH meets monthly for dessert and coffee, sometimes lunch in a restaurant or a visit to a museum. Those who need practice speaking Spanish love getting together with the native speaking international members. Top

Fourth Thursday, 1:00 PM

TENNIS is open to all members of the Section Club. Channing Courts.  Top

Monday - Friday, 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

WALKING is a great way for newcomers and visitors to make new friends and enjoy the mid-week solitude of nearby parks, hillsides, shorelines and cityscapes. We meet to car-pool to the trail head. Bring lunch and water.Top

Second Wednesday, 9:00 AM

WRITERS' WORKSHOP meets in members' homes for a bag lunch and dessert. Members receive feedback on poems, novels, short stories, essays and memoirs from their colleagues.  Several subsections for those writing novels and memoirs, as well as those interested in self-publishing, have formed.  We celebrate when someone publishes.  Everyone has a narrative in her life! Top

First Monday, 12:30 PM

EXTRA!  EXTRA!  The Writers’ Workshop will self-publish a collection of its works:  poems, essays, short stories and excerpts from memoirs and novels.  Most members have contributed a piece of writing.  Now our volunteer editors and designers have to put it all together for the printer.  Phyllis Smith will provide illustrations.

              Our group is about to spawn a second sub-sub-group of non-fiction writers.  There is also a small faction that focuses on novel writing.  These groups meet once a month separately from our main troupe that has taken on four new members since the Fall Reception.  

NEW:*THE OMNIVORE'S SECTION members with spouses/partmers will enjoy dinner monthly, except December at The Faculty Club Kerr Dining Room.  We will meet starting September 9th.  Faculty Club membership is not required.  Please make a reservation (and request seating at the Section Club table) at (510) 540-5678, Ext. 0

A reminder will be sent to those on our list.  To all Section Club members, just email usectionclub@berkeley.edu to request to join this section and be included in the reminder list. There is a nominal charge if you want a snail mail reminder. Top

Second Wednesday, 6:00 PM  Early arrivals meet in the bar anytime after 5 pm.

DO YOU WANT TO FORM A NEW SECTION?

Any member of Section Club may start a new Section consistent with the purposes of Section Club by notifying the President, in writing, prior to the Annual Meeting, indicating the nature of the Section, including the signatures of four (4) additional persons who will be active members. Top

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