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Upcoming Events
In the event of inclement
weather, call ahead to see if the meeting had to be rescheduled.
Informal Current Events
Discussion Group
Every Sunday at 9:30 a.m. before the Sunday Platform.
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Non-Violent
Communication Practice Group
We invite all who are interested in Nonviolent Communication to
join this study group based on the book, Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg.
We generally meet on the 2nd and 3rd Sunday afternoons after the
Platform meetings. Call Margo Woods at (781)646-6059 for
more information.
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Newcomers Meetings
Come to an introduction to the history and principles of the
Ethical Culture movement.
Dates to be Determined
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Nature Walks
Nature walks are
generally on the first Saturday of every month during our
regular season. Contact Doris Berger at (617)277-1839 for more
information.
Saturday, October 15 at 10:30 A.M.
Great Meadows Wildlife Refuge in Concord
Saturday, November 5 at 10:30 A.M.
Chestnut Hill Reservoir in Brookline
Sunday, January 1 at 1:00 P.M.
Annual New Year's Day hike in the Blue Hills in Milton at 1 p.m. led by
Park Rangers. Call Ed Locke at (781)828-3978 for details.
Saturday, April 7 at 10:30 A.M.
Location to be determined.
Saturday, May 5 at 10:30 A.M.
Location to be determined.
Saturday, June 2 at 10:30 A.M.
Location to be determined.
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Book Discussions
The Book Discussion
Group meets the second Saturday of the month at 7:30 P.M. in
Brookline during our regular season. Call Mildred Siegel
at (617)739-9050 for more information.
November 12
Notes on the State of America by Ronald Peden
December 10
TBD
January 14
TBD
February 11
TBD
March 10
TBD
April 14
TBD
May 12
TBD
Special Book Discussion Event
Reading Richard Russo
ESB Supports the Boston Book Festival
by Andrea Perrault
This year, the Ethical Society of Boston’s Program committee is
promoting a new and different activity to engage members in a
larger, community-wide effort to read and discuss current
fiction. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Russo is part of
the Boston Book Festival‘s "One City, One Story" effort. Russo’s
short story "The Whore’s Child" will be widely distributed and
promoted throughout the Boston area, and a discussion about it
with the author will be featured at the festival on October
15th.
ESB will promote and distribute copies of the story, encouraging
members and friends to read it and attend the BBF session. We
may also choose a time before or after a Sunday program to host
our own discussion about the story. Below is a passage about the
themes of Russo’s work that highlight its connection to issues
we care about at ESB.
"Richard Russo is one of American literature’s foremost
chroniclers of small-town life, making him a contemporary
heir to the likes of Sinclair Lewis and Sherwood Anderson.
His novels are set in fading industrial towns throughout the
northeastern United States, and the towns are delineated so
precisely that they almost become characters in their own
right. Russo pays keen attention to the socioeconomic
divisions that structure small-town life, the invisible but
palpable lines that determine where people live, work,
study, eat, drink. One of his recurring themes is the way
that the decline of the factory town, as it succumbs to the
brutal realities of globalization, affects the lives of its
citizens who would otherwise be resistant to change. Though
the settings and themes of his novels change — academic life
in rural Pennsylvania in Straight Man, a tannery that
poisons the local river in Bridge of Sighs — Russo has said,
'Really, what I am writing about in all of these is, class
and work.'"
For a fuller description of Russo’s work, use this link:
http://www.bookbrowse.com/biographies/index.cfm?author_number=618
For more information about the Boston Book Festival, go to
http://www.bostonbookfest.org
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Potluck Suppers
Potlucks are generally the third Saturday of the month during
our regular season. Call Sheila Brownstein at (617)332-9880
for more information.
Saturday, October 22
at 6:30 P.M. in Cambridge.
Saturday, November 19
at 6:30 P.M. in TBD.
Saturday, January 21
at 6:30 P.M. in TBD.
Saturday, February 18
at 6:30 P.M. in TBD.
Saturday, March 17
at 1:00 P.M. in TBD.
Saturday, April 21
at 6:30 P.M. in TBD.
Saturday, May 19
at 6:30 P.M. Location TBD.
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Movie Sunday
The Movie Group
generally goes out on the fourth Sunday of every month during
our regular season. Call Marline Miller
at (617)244-1471 for more information.
September 25
October 30 (note change due
to our not meeting on October 23)
November 27
January 29
We will see "The Artist"
February 26
March 25
April 22
May 27
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Board of Trustees Meetings
Board of Trustees
meetings are open to all members of the Society. Call
Brian King at (781)581-6104 for more information.
Tuesday, September 6
at 12:30 P.M. at 56 Brattle St.
Sunday, October 2
at 12:30 P.M. at 56 Brattle St.
Sunday, November 6
at 12:30 P.M. at 56 Brattle St.
Sunday, December 4
at 12:30 P.M. at 56 Brattle St.
Sunday, January 8
at 12:30 P.M. at 56 Brattle St.
Sunday, February 5 at 7:00 P.M. in Newton.
Sunday, March 4 at 12:30 P.M. at 56 Brattle St.
Sunday, April 1 at 12:30 P.M. at 56 Brattle St.
Sunday, May 6 at 12:30 P.M. at 56 Brattle St.
Sunday, June 3 at 12:30 P.M. at 56 Brattle St.
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Semi-Annual Members Meetings
Sunday, October 16 at 12:30 P.M.
after the Platform meeting at 56 Brattle St.
Sunday, June 3 at 12:30 P.M.
after the Platform meeting at 56 Brattle St.
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Other
Organzations
Humanist Mindfulness Group
The Humanist Mindfulness Group is sponsored by the Harvard
Humanist Chaplaincy. They meet at 3:00 P.M. on Sundays, but only
on weeks when the chaplaincy has a full program scheduled, so
check the events calendar at
HarvardHumanist.org
or email rick.heller@yahoo.com.
All are welcome to attend.
The Humanist Center is at:
12 Eliot Street
3rd floor
Cambridge, MA
(Harvard Square next to Charlie’s Kitchen)
Building Support for the Arts - An
Innovative Project
Submitted by Andrea Perrault
The Cambridge Center for Adult Education - in collaboration with
the Cambridge Arts Council, the Somerville Arts Council,
Cambridge Local First, and Somerville Local First - is running a
pilot program called Community Supported Art (CSArt). This local
project is inspired by a community supported art program created
by mnartists.org and Springboard for the Arts in Minnesota - and
is partially funded by an Adams Arts Program grant from the
Massachusetts Cultural Council.
The first round of CSArt in 2011 sold out in a week. We are
planning to offer a second round in 2012 with nine new local
artists. CSArt shares cost $300. No more than 50 shares will be
sold in each round, to keep the line of art special.
Shareholders receive three works of art at three "harvest
parties" (nine artworks total) - at a fantastic value - from
emerging and mid-career artists; develop relationships with
local artists; discover new artists; meet their fellow
shareholders; and explore a variety of disciplines. CSArt
features unique art, not commercial, massproduced articles.
That's what makes it special! See
http://www.ccae.org/CSArt2011/shares for more info.
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