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Elgin Great Books
September 2011 - August 2012
Chair - Rachel Bloomberg

Discussion Schedule
SEPTEMBER 12, 2011	Excerpts From an Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding	David Hume
OCTOBER 10, 2011	The Tempest	WilliamShakespeare
NOVEMBER 14, 2011	A Defense of Poetry	Percy Bysshe Shelley
DECEMBER 12, 2011	Selected Poems	Wislawa Szymorska
JANUARY 9, 2012	Interpreter of Maladies	Jhumpa Lahiri
FEBRUARY 13, 2012	The Prince	Niccolo Machiavelii
MARCH 12, 2012	Introduction to the Second Sex	Simone de Beauvoir
APRIL 9, 2012	The Man Who Would Be King	Rudyard Kipling
MAY 14, 2012	My Antonia	Willa Cather
JUNE 11, 2012	An Interest in Life	Grace Paley
JULY 9, 2012	The Garden of Forking Paths	Jorge Luis Borges
AUGUST 13, 2012	Jane Eyre	Charlotte Bronte

(*, **, @, #, ##, indicates source of reading selection)

SOURCES

Current Literature
7:00 p.m. at home of hostess. Please call 847-741-4925 for more information.

Date	Book
Sept.29, 2011	EX LIBRIS By: Ann Fadiman
Oct.26, 2011	Life List, Biography of a Birding Person
Nov. 16, 2011	Deer Hunting with Jesus By: Joe Bageant
Dec. 21, 2011	Major Pittigrew’s Last Stand By: Helen Simonsen
Jan.25, 2012	The Glass Room By: Susan Vreeland
Feb. 22, 2012	Unaccustomed Earth By: Jhumpa Lahirir
March 28, 2012	Cleopatra: A Life By: Stacy Schiff
April 25, 2012	Warmth of Other Suns By: Isabel Wilkerson
May 23, 2012	BOOK SELECIONS
June 27, 2012	The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks By: Rebecca Skloot
July 25, 2012	Clara & Mr. Tiffany By: Susan Vreeland

Morning Book Group
Second Thursday of the Month at 10:00 a.m. 20011-2012. Please call (847) 426-7207 for more information.

Date	Book
August 11, 2011	The Postmistress, Sarah Blake
September 8, 2011	The Man from Beijing, Henning Mankell
October 13, 2011	The Paris Wife, Paula McLain
November 10, 2011	Sarah’s Key, Tatiana de Rosnay
December 8, 2011	The Forgotten Garden, Kate Morton
January 12, 2012	The Dressmaker of Khair Khana, Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
February 9, 2012	The Glass Room, Simon Mawer
March 8, 2012	Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, Amy Chua
April 12, 2012	Unbroken, Laura Hillenbrand
May 17, 2012 (third Thursday)	11 a.m. potluck Book selections for coming year
June 14, 2012	The Mysterio The Mysterious Private Thompson, Laura Gansler
July 12, 2012	Claude and Camille, Stephanie Cowell

Evening Crafters
4th Tuesday - 7:30 p.m. Co-Chairs - Liz Engman, Jelayne Ewers

Date	Project	Hostess/Leader
Sept 19, 2011	Lavender Heart Sachet	Liz Engman
Oct 17, 2011	Penny Coasters (Rug)	Jelayne Ewers
Nov 21, 2011	Choice of Moravian Paper Stars or Ginger Frosty Oranments	Linda Rusenovich

Jan 16, 2012	Crochet Flower Pillow	Liz Engman
Feb 20, 2012	Crochet Flower Pillow (Continued)	Linda Rusenovich
Mar 19, 2012	Shabby Chic Owls	Liz Engman
Apr 16, 2012	Planning	Jelayne Ewers
May 21, 2012	Painted Bird House	Linda Rusenovich
June 18, 2012	Candlewick Pillow	Liz Engman
July 16, 2011	Candlewick Pillow (Continued)	JeLayne Ewers
August 20, 2012	Feather Tree Stitchery	Linda Rusenovich

Out And About Group
Special activities as scheduled. All are welcome to join. Please call (847) 695-9024 for more information.

Date	Location
August 3	Branch Picnic Lord’s Park East picnic area. The members of the 20’s & 30’s Book Group will be our guests. Bring a dish to pass. Dessert will be provided.
August 26	ACE Arts and Crafts Show Evanston, IL (Northwestern) We will meet at the home of Rachel Campbell at 9:00 a.m. and carpool to the show. Please notify Rachel if you plan to attend.
September 1	Art Buffs African and American Indian Art A gallery walk in a newly renovated area. If you would like to join us, send $22 check to Peg Caughlin by August 17. We take the train to Chicago. Meet at the National Street Station at 8:30 a.m. Board the 2nd or 3rd car from the front. The tour begins at 10:45 a.m. Lunch will be on your own. Return to Elgin when you choose. There will be similar presentations on the first Thursday of Oct and Nov. Details will follow.
October 20	A Long Grove Shopping Trip. Meet at 9:00 a.m at Rachel’s and carpool to Long Grove for shopping, lunch and other activities.
December 2 (Saturday)	A trip to the Merchandise Mart One of A Kind Art Show Further details coming
January, 31. 2012	Pinstripes at the Arboretum Shopping Center. Join us for Bocce Ball and/or Bowling to be followed by lunch. More details coming. .

20's and 30's BOOK CLUB

Men and women in their 20's and 30's are invited to discuss books and meet new people on the fourth Monday of every month at the Gail Borden Library. For more information call 847-490-4288.

Date	Book
August 22, 2011	To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee
September 26, 2011	Atonement By: Ian McEwan
October 24, 2011	Rebecca By: Daphne DuMaurier
November 28, 2011	The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks By Rebecca Skloot
T.B.A.	The Wind in the Willows By: Kenneth Grahame

Reel Women/Real Women

Movie and Discussion Club - Meeting the 4th Tuesday from 6:00 – 9:00 PM at the Gail Borden Public Library, Community Room. Contact Janelle at 847-404-3482 for more information.

There will be a guided discussion after the viewing of each movie. We may eat during/and or after the movie – brown bag or purchase from LaTazza Cafe, at the library.

Date	Movie	Description
August 23, 2011	Whales of August (1987)	Starring Lillian Gish and Bette Davis, With Ann Sothern and Vincent Price This quiet and charming film revolves around five unusual elderly characters, two of whom are sisters who may be spending their last summer in the family cottage on an island off the coast of Maine.
September 28, 2011	Pans’ Labyrinth (2006)	For Hispanic Heritage month comes the widely acclaimed film by Mexican director Guillermo del Toro that applies the familiar theme of a young girl who escapes grim reality by losing herself in a fantasy world to fascist Spain in the 1940’s.
October 25, 2011	Soul Surfer (2011)	Starring Anna Sophia Robb, Helen Hunt and Dennis Quaid. A bio-pic based on the 2004 memoir of Bethany Hamilton, a 13-year-old girl who lived to surf and was competing for a national title when a white shark took her arm off at the shoulder, reveals what enabled her to overcome this tragedy and go on to eventually become a professional surfer. Absolutely stunning is the surfing photography, and over before one is aware of what happened is the shark attack.
November 22, 2011	Black Swan (2010)	Starring Natalie Portman in the role that won her the Best Actress Oscar in 2011. A psychological thriller takes a terrifying journey through the psyche of a young ballerina whose starring role as the duplicitous swan queen turns out to be a part for which she becomes frighteningly perfect
December 2011	No Film
Jan. 24, 2012	The Help (2011)	Starring Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Octavia Spenser. Three very different women in Mississippi in the 1960s build an unlikely friendship around a secret writing project that breaks societal rules and puts them all at risk.
Feb. 28, 2012:	Down in the Delta (1998)	Directed by Maya Angelou Starring Alfre Woodard, Al Freeman Jr. With Mary Alice, Esther Rolle, Wesley Snipes. That all healing must begin with self-respect, close-knit family ties and an appreciation of personal history is the "message" behind this film, which opens in Chicago, where a three-generational family is falling apart, despite the best efforts of its matriarch who, in a last-ditch attempt to save them, sends her daughter and two grandchildren to relatives in the Mississippi Delta for the summer.

Memoir Writing Group
Memoir Group is designed to encourage participants to explore their past and find their personal voice as a writer. By sharing diverse experiences and turning them into short memoir pieces, group members will hone their writing skills while forming new friendships. We will begin by sharing stories as oral history to get to know one another before we move into writing. Writers of all levels are encouraged to attend.

Evening Memoir Group First Meeting October 4th 7:00 PM
This group will meet the 1st Tuesday of every month at 7:00 pm at the Gail Borden Library in Community Room C. This group is co-sponsored by AAUW and the Library. Members of the community are invited to attend. For more information call 847-695-6719.

AAUW Afternoon Memoir Group Meets monthly on Tuesdays at 1:00 pm.
Contact 847-695-1316 for more information. Hostess: Add: Date: Hostess:

Date	Hostess
August 23, 2011	Robin Migalla
September 20, 2011	Maylo Hranac
October 18, 2011	Barb Chase
November 15, 2011	Medina Gross
January 10, 2012	Patti Harkin
February 21, 2012	Mabel Rice

Current Movies Discussion Group 2011-12
This group will view movies at their own convenience and then will get together for dinner at 4:30 PM , the first Wednesday of the month, at the Colonial Restaurant on McLean Blvd. in Elgin to discuss the movie. There will be a leader to facilitate discussion. For questions, contact 847-742-3205 or 847-695-9024.

Date	Movie
January 4, 2012	The Descendants
February 1, 2012	War Horse

Theatre News
August 28, we will be attending the Sunday matinee performance of The Importance of Being Earnest. Our pot-luck lunch will be at the home of Carol Cowles at 12:30. She will provide appetizers, wine, and soft drinks. Each ticket costs $12.50, our discounted price. (Normally$15.00) Reservations please by August 25th – Contact 847-695-6719,

Creative Arts Expression for Human Growth and Awareness
Each month, a different hands-on activity will be offered using drama, art, music, movement, and literature as a springboard. For more information contact: 847-695-6719

Bridge 13th year
The AAUW Bridge program has successfully completed its 12th year. There is a $10 fee per person. This program is a fundraiser for the general funds of the branch. Both members and friends are eligible for this activity.

We currently have three groups:

Evening Singles - meet once a month at a specified time
Afternoon Singles - meet once a month at a specified time
Couples - times for each table are flexible

We are always looking for new players, as well as people who would like to substitute. If you enjoy playing fairly relaxed bridge, please call 847-695-7265.