GENERAL MEETING: Tuesday, June 28, 2016, at 10AM

General Meetings are a time to welcome visitors, hear guest speakers and discuss club business. We invite women who are new or established residents of Greater Winston-Salem to visit us.

General Meetings are held at 10AM on the fourth Tuesday of each month (except August and December) at  Trinity Presbyterian Church, 1416 Bolton Street, Winston-Salem NC 27103, just off Silas Creek Parkway, via the Bolton Street exit.

June Program:  Bookmarks! The Annual Festival of Books and Authors — and So Much More!
Speaker:  Ginger Hendricks, MFA, Executive Director of Bookmarks

     Many of us know about Bookmarks’ Annual Festival of Books and Authors. We have volunteered at several venues of this highly successful event, which attracted 12,500 participants last September. The N&N Book Club also sponsored a table at Bookmark’s Moveable Feast, a January event at which book lovers sit eight to a table and welcome a new author every ten minutes.
     Those events are only part of the organization’s literary contribution to the Triad. Want to learn more? Don’t miss our June 28 General Meeting, where Ginger Hendricks, Executive Director of Bookmarks, will broaden our awareness of other programs designed to celebrate literary arts and to connect readers and writers.

     Ms. Hendricks will share insights about the Authors in Schools Program, through which Bookmarks works with area teachers to incorporate authors and their books into the curriculum. In recent years, featured authors have included Isabel Allende, Lemony Snicket, Tavis Smiley, and Gregory Maguire. We will hear about the Summer Reading Program, targeting students from kindergarten through high school, as well as Bookmarks’ plans to launch an independent bookstore.
     Ginger Hendricks was named Executive Director of Bookmarks in January 2010. She graduated from Salem College and holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from Vermont College. Her fiction and nonfiction have been published in local and national journals. Before coming to Bookmarks, she served as Director of the Center for Women Writers at Salem College, Coordinator of Cultural Events at Salem College, and Assistant to the Dean of Cultural and Special Programs at Elon University.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS:  June 2016

Please RSVP for all events.  Non-members who wish to attend one of our events should contact our Membership Coordinator, Jean Isaac, at 336-608-6360 or wsnandn@aol.com for additional information.

EVENING CARDS:  Wednesday, 06/01, at 7PM.

SOCIAL: Saturday, 06/04, at 4:30PM

BOOK CLUB:  Monday, 06/06, at 10AM: The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls, by Anton DiSclafani.

TRAVEL TALK:  Thursday, 06/09, at 7PM — Topic is Italy

DAY TRIP GALS:  Friday, 06/10, at 11AM.

BOARD MEETING:  Tuesday, 06/14, at 10AM.

LUNCH BUNCH:  Thursday, 06/16, at 11:30AM.

BIRD WALK:  Wednesday, 06/22, at 9AM

DAY CARDS:  Thursday, 06/23, at 1PM.

GENERAL MEETING:  Tuesday, May 24, 2016, at 10AM

General Meetings are a time to welcome visitors, hear guest speakers and discuss club business. We invite women who are new or established residents of Greater Winston-Salem to visit us.

General Meetings are held at 10AM on the fourth Tuesday of each month* at:  Trinity Presbyterian Church, 1416 Bolton Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27103, just off Silas Creek Parkway, via the Bolton Street exit.

May Program:  Back to School – without the Exams! 
Speaker:   Wanda Duncan

Have you ever dreamed of going back to school, but without the pressures of term papers, exams, and final grades? Our May speaker, whose original January presentation had to be postponed because of winter weather, will introduce us to an opportunity to pursue fascinating subjects with dynamic instructors and mature, intellectually engaged fellow students with none of those old pressures. Join us on May 24 to hear Wanda Duncan, Assistant Director of Lifelong Learning at Wake Forest University, describe the relatively new program of personal enrichment courses offered by the university.   

Created by the Liberal Studies Program of the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences at Wake Forest, in conjunction with the Arts Council of Winston-Salem & Forsyth County, the program features some of the university’s favorite professors.  Although many cities offer university-based lifelong learning programs, this collaboration between the University and the Arts Council provides a unique approach that sets Winston-Salem apart. 

Classes explore a range of topics of global and personal relevance, tapping subjects as diverse as religion, history, law, music, and psychology.  In addition to regular courses, participants are invited to a member reception featuring a special presentation.   

Ms. Duncan will have complete information on upcoming programs and registration procedures at the meeting.  Meanwhile, you can learn more about the program at the website, http://lifelongwake.wfu.edu, or on Facebook; search for “Lifelong Learning at Wake Forest University.” 

Due to the wide appeal of this topic, members are encouraged to bring guests to this meeting. Spouses, family members and friends are welcome.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS:  May 2016

Please RSVP for all events.  Non-members who wish to attend one of our events should contact our Membership Coordinator, Jean Isaac, at 336-608-6360 or wsnandn@aol.com for additional information.

BOOK CLUB:  Monday, 04/04, at 10AM: The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein.

EVENING CARDS:  Wednesday, 05/04, at 7PM.

BOARD MEETING:  Tuesday, 05/10, at 10AM.

BRIDGE CLUB:  Thursday, 05/12, at 1PM.

DAY TRIP GALS:  Friday, 05/13, at 10AM.

WINE GROUP:  Saturday, 05/14, at 7PM.

COMMUNITY SERVICE:  Tuesday, 05/17, at 10AM. 

LUNCH BUNCH:  Thursday, 05/19, at 11:30AM.

COMMUNITY SERVICE:  Thursday, 05/19, 2-5PM.

DAY CARDS:  Thursday, 05/26, at 1PM.

* General Meetings are held each month except August and December.

GENERAL MEETING:  Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at 10:00 am

General Meetings are a time to welcome visitors, hear guest speakers and discuss club business. We invite women who are new or established residents of Greater Winston-Salem to visit us. 

General Meetings are held at 10:00 am on the fourth Tuesday of each month* at:  Trinity Presbyterian Church, 1416 Bolton Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27103, just off Silas Creek Parkway, via the Bolton Street exit. 

April Program:  Forsyth Audubon
Speaker:   Wendy “Big Bird” Hawkins  

You are invited to attend a bird talk given by Wendy Hawkins. She looks forward to enlightening everyone on the many activities, conservation projects and volunteer opportunities available through Forsyth Audubon, such as: Wood Thrush, Brown-headed Nuthatch, Bird-Friendly Communities, Bird-Friendly Yards, Lights Out, Education Team, and NC Ambassador, a climate change awareness and bird advocacy program. She will share her passion for birds, with time for questions.

Wendy is Education Team chair and Lights Out coordinator for Forsyth Audubon. She is originally from California, where she spent 10 years in the early childhood profession. In 2008, she and her family moved to the rural town of Eutawville, SC, to live a slower-paced life and be closer to her husband’s family. They moved to Winston-Salem in 2013 to allow their son to attend UNCSA.

Wendy enjoys studying birds and any information bird-related. Already a member of the National Audubon Society, she became an active member in the local Forsyth County chapter when she met Kim Brand, who works for NC Audubon and is an active leader in Forsyth Audubon. Wendy recently became a NC Audubon Ambassador, led her first official Audubon bird walk this winter, and regularly contacts government officials to request their support of bird-friendly legislation.

Forsyth Audubon is a local chapter of the National Audubon Society, a non-profit organization that focuses on wildlife conservation with an emphasis on birds. Audubon Society of Forsyth County was chartered in the early 1970s and has been making a positive impact on the local community. Partnering with Habitat for Humanity, they have been helping birds via education, their support of a multitude of conservation projects, advocating related legislation, and informing the public by leading bird walks and birding trips.

Due to the wide appeal of this topic, members are encouraged to bring guests
to this meeting.  Spouses, family members and friends are welcome.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS:  April 2016

Please RSVP for all events.  Non-members who wish to attend one of our events, or for additional information, please contact our Membership Coordinator, Jean Isaac, at 336-608-6360 or wsnandn@aol.com.

BOOK CLUB:  Monday, 04/04 at 10:00 am: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry, by Gabrielle Zevin.

EVENING CARDS:  Wednesday, 04/06 at 7:00 pm

DINNER OUT:  Friday, 04/08 at 6:30 pm

BOARD MEETING:  Tuesday, 04/12 at 10:00 am

BRIDGE CLUB:  Thursday, 04/14 at 1:00 pm

LUNCH BUNCH:  Thursday, 04/21 at 11:30 am          

DAY TRIP GALS:  Friday, 04/22 at 10:00 am

DAY CARDS:  Thursday, 04/28 at 1:00 pm

* General Meetings are held each month except August and December.

GENERAL MEETING:  Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at 10:00 am

General Meetings are a time to welcome visitors, hear guest speakers and discuss club business. We invite women who are new or established residents of Greater Winston-Salem to visit us.
General Meetings are held at 10:00 am on the fourth Tuesday of each month* at:  Trinity Presbyterian Church, 1416 Bolton Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27103, just off Silas Creek Parkway, via the Bolton Street exit.

March Program:  Feathering the Nests of People Transitioning…
Speakers:   Jan Barbee and Joanna Britt, Co-Founders of GreeNest 

Last fall, Newcomers & Neighbors of Winston-Salem donated $500 to greeNest, a unique program that provides home furnishings for people transitioning, from homelessness to sustainable housing. At our March meeting, sisters and co-founders, Jan Barbee and Joanna Britt, will tell us more about this local start-up that they began just under a year ago. greeNest will celebrate its first anniversary April 8.

“After bouncing from shelter to shelter and living on the streets, many homeless families are left with little of their previous lives intact,” the sisters explain. “When finally offered affordable housing, they are confronted with the starkness of an empty house. With few personal belongings, a house is just not a home,” they continue. “No family should have to lie down on a cold, hard floor.”

For a small fee, greeNest provides household furnishings to these individuals and families. Volunteers sort, clean, and organize furniture and household goods that have been donated by people in the community. They also stage a showroom from which participants make their selections. By paying a nominal fee, participants in the program become owners, and not merely recipients.

greeNest is a natural fit for Jan and Joanna, who recount growing up with a resourceful mother who found a use and re-use for everything. It is not surprising that finding a way to transform items that are no longer needed by some families into the beginnings of a new home for other families became their passion.

Learn more about how N&N contributed to the process of “feathering the nests” of some Winston-Salem residents who are making positive changes in their lives.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS:  March 2016

Please RSVP for all events.  Non-members who wish to attend one of our events, or for additional information, please contact our Membership Coordinator, Jean Isaac, at 336-608-6360 or wsnandn@aol.com.

EVENING CARDS:  Wednesday, 03/02 at 7:00 pm

TRAVEL TALK:  Thursday, 03/03 at 7:00 pm

MARCH SOCIAL:  Sunday, 03/06 at 3:00 pm - Music Concert - Back to Barry, Billy & the Beatles

BOOK CLUB:  Monday, 03/07 at 10:00 am The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton.

BOARD MEETING:  Tuesday, 03/08 at 10:00 am

BRIDGE CLUB:  Thursday, 03/10 at 1:00 pm

DAY TRIP GALS:  Friday, 03/11 at 10:00 am

LUNCH BUNCH:  Thursday, 03/17 at 11:30 am  Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!          

COMMUNITY SERVICE:  Tuesday & Wednesday, 03/22-23:  Habitat for Humanity

DAY CARDS:  Thursday, 03/24 at 1:00 pm

General Meetings are held each month except August and December.

GENERAL MEETING:  Tuesday, February 23, 2016 at 10:00 am

General Meetings are a time to welcome visitors, hear guest speakers and discuss club business. We invite women who are new or established residents of Greater Winston-Salem to visit us. 

General Meetings are held at 10:00 am on the fourth Tuesday of each month* at:  Trinity Presbyterian Church, 1416 Bolton Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27103, just off Silas Creek Parkway, via the Bolton Street exit. 

Topic: Piedmont Opera – A Little Night Music  Speaker:  Jamie Albritten  

Perhaps you're already an opera buff, or maybe you're just curious about our own Piedmont Opera. Please join us at our monthly meeting on Tuesday, February 23, and listen to Jamie Albritten tell us about the opera company and the upcoming March presentation of A Little Night Music.  Piedmont Opera, the second largest opera company in North Carolina, produces the highest quality productions by using international, national, regional and local professional singers and technicians. It currently attracts patrons from sixteen states and communities throughout the Piedmont, Upstate and Virginia. 

Jamie Albritten, the General Director and Artistic Director of Piedmont Opera, is a gifted teacher, conductor, and singer. He won several awards for teaching excellence during his prior tenure at University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA), where he was the Artistic Director of the A. J. Fletcher Opera Institute. Visiting artists often comment on his high artistic standards. This reputation allows the company to attract artists with nationally and internationally recognized careers. He has conducted all of the Piedmont Opera's productions since 2004.

Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music, set in turn of the century Sweden, will be performed at the Stevens Center on March 18, 20 and 22. Hopefully many of you will plan to attend, especially after hearing the engaging and charming Jamie Albritten tell us all about it.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS:  February 2016

Please RSVP for all events.  Non-members who wish to attend one of our events, or for additional information, please contact our Membership Coordinator, Jean Isaac, at 336-608-6360 or wsnandn@aol.com. 

BOOK CLUB:  Monday, February 1, at 10:00 am; Rodin’s Lover by Heather Webb 

EVENING CARDS:  Wednesday, February 3, at 7:00 pm

TRAVEL TALK:  Thursday, February 4, at 6:30 pm; topic is “Potluck” 

BOARD MEETING:  Tuesday, February 9, at 10:00 am 

BRIDGE CLUB:  Thursday, February 11, at 1:00 pm  

DAY TRIP GALS:  Friday, February 12, at 11:00 am

LUNCH BUNCH:  Thursday, February 18, at 11:30 am

WINE GROUP:  Saturday, February 20, at 7:30 pm

GENERAL MEETING:  Tuesday, February 23, at 10:00 am

DAY CARDS:  Thursday, February 25, at 1:00 pm

COMMUNITY SERVICE:  March 22-23, Habitat for Humanity

* General Meetings are held each month except August and December

GENERAL MEETING:  Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at 10 am

General Meetings are a time to welcome visitors, hear guest speakers and discuss club business. We invite women who are new or established residents of Greater Winston-Salem to visit us.
 
General Meetings are held at 10 am on the fourth Tuesday of each month* at:  Trinity Presbyterian Church, 1416 Bolton Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27103, just off Silas Creek Parkway, via the Bolton Street exit.
 
Topic: Back to School – Without the Exams!  Speaker:  Wanda Duncan  

Have you ever dreamed of going back to school, without the pressures of term papers, exams, and final grades?  Our January speaker will introduce us to an opportunity to pursue fascinating subjects with dynamic instructors and mature, intellectually engaged fellow students with none of those old pressures.  

Join us on January 26th to hear Wanda Duncan, Assistant Director of Lifelong Learning at Wake Forest University, describe the relatively new program of personal enrichment courses offered by the university. 
 
Created by the Liberal Studies Program of the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences at Wake Forest, in conjunction with the Arts Council of Winston-Salem & Forsyth County, the program features some of the university’s favorite professors.  Although many cities offer university-based lifelong learning programs, this collaboration between the University and the Arts Council provides a unique approach that sets Winston-Salem apart.
   
Classes explore a range of topics of global and personal relevance, tapping subjects as diverse as religion, history, law, music and psychology.  In addition to regular courses, participants are invited to a reception with a special presentation.  Last fall, for example, members heard Eric Wilson’s engaging presentation on Moby Dick: Why No One Wants to Read It, and Why Everyone Should.
 
Spring courses have not yet been announced, but Ms. Duncan will have complete information on upcoming programs and registration procedures at the meeting.  Meanwhile, you can learn more about the program on Facebook (search “Lifelong Learning at Wake Forest University”), or at the website, http://lifelongwake.wfu.edu.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS:  January 2016

Please RSVP for all events.  Non-members who wish to attend one of our events, or for additional information, please contact our Membership Coordinator, Jean Isaac, at 336-608-6360 or wsnandn@aol.com.
 
BOOK CLUB:  Monday, January 4, at 10 am; Gray Mountain by John Grisham
 
EVENING CARDS:  Wednesday, January 6, at 7 pm
 
DAY TRIP GALS:  Friday, January 8, at 10 am
 
DINNER OUT:  Saturday, January 9, at 6:30 pm
 
BOARD MEETING:  Tuesday, January 12, at 10 am
 
BRIDGE:  Thursday, January 14, at 1 pm 
 
TRAVEL TALK:  Thursday, January 14, at 7 pm; topic is Japan
 
LUNCH BUNCH:  Thursday, January 21, at 11:30 am
 
MOVABLE FEAST:  Sunday, January 24, at 3 pm
 
GENERAL MEETING:  Tuesday, January 26, at 10 am
 
DAY CARDS:  Thursday, January 28, at 1 pm
 
COMMUNITY SERVICE:  t/b/d
 
* General Meetings are held each month except August and December