General Meeting: June 26, 2012

General Meetings are a time to welcome visitors, hear guest speakers and discuss club business. All residents of Greater Winston-Salem are invited to join us. General Meetings are held at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 1416 Bolton Street (just off Silas Creek Parkway via the Bolton Street exit) at 10 a.m. on the fourth Tuesday of each month, except August and December.

SPEAKER:    Marcheta Keefer, Director of Marketing and

    Communications, Visit Winston-Salem 

The Shell Station, constructed in the late 1930s in the shape of a shell, serviced gas guzzlers for many years; Art-o-Mat Machines are retired cigarette vending machines that have been converted to dispense art.  This creative enterprise started in Winston-Salem and today there are many active machines throughout the world; George Black mastered the craft of handmade bricks and opened his own brickyard in the 1920s.  His craftsmanship can be seen at Salem College, Baptist Hospital, Old Salem and many homes.  What do Mr. Black, the Shell Station and the Art-O-Mat Machine have in common?  They are all to be found right here in Winston-Salem. 

Ms. Keefer holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Central Florida in Orlando.  She has been with the Center for a year and a half, but has over 27 years of experience in the tourism industry.  The Center, located at 200 Brookstown Avenue (next to the Historic Brookstown Inn), features brochures, travel guides and maps about Winston-Salem, the region and other vacation destinations around the state. 

 

Ms. Keefer will provide an overview of Visit Winston-Salem and the services it offers residents and visitors alike, and will also provide us with copies of the Visitor Guides, and the Center’s “hot off the press” Wine & Dine Guide.  Come to the meeting, hear Ms. Keefer and find out some other little known facts about Winston-Salem. 

Calendar of Events: June 2012

Please RSVP for all events. Non-members who wish to attend one of our events should contact Pat Titus, Membership Coordinator, for additional information on 336-771-4422 or PTitus@triad.rr.com.

BOOK CLUB – Monday, June 4                                                     
The book group will meet at 10 a.m. to discuss David McCullough’s The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris.

CRAFTS – Wednesday, June 6
The Craft Group will meet at 1 p.m. for a presentation on “Recording Family Stories.” 

NIGHT CARDS – Wednesday, June 6
Night cards will be held at 7 p.m. 

BOARD MEETING – Tuesday, June 12
The next Board meeting will be held at 10 a.m

BRIDGE – Thursday, June 14
Bridge group will meet at 12:30 p.m.

LUNCH BUNCH – Thursday, June 21
Lunch Bunch will meet at 11:30 a.m. 

DAY CARDS – Thursday, June 28
Day cards will be at 1 p.m. 

General Meeting: May 22, 2012, at 10 a.m.

General Meetings are a time to welcome visitors, hear guest speakers and discuss club business. All residents of Greater Winston-Salem are invited to join us. General Meetings are held at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 1416 Bolton Street (just off Silas Creek parkway via the Bolton Street exit) at 10 a.m. on the fourth Tuesday of each month, except August and December.

A Morning of Wine and Poetry with Joe Mills

Poetry and wine, these are a few of our favorite things... and when he spoke to our group a few years ago, Joe Mills became one of our favorite guests. He is an entertaining and informative source on wineries and wine growing in North Carolina (with his wife Danielle Tarmey, Joe has authored a second edition of his well received "A Guide to NC's Wineries"). Joe has traveled widely through our state's wine country and, in his book, provides wonderful stories and vignettes about these very individual and remarkable destinations.

Joe teaches at the North Carolina School of the Arts and has authored four books of original poetry. His latest work is "Sending Christmas Cards to Huck and Hamlet," which joins his earlier titles "Somewhere During the Spin Cycle," "Angels, Thieves, and Winemakers," and "Love and Other Collisions." Joe is also Poet In Residence at Salem College.

With a Ph.D. in Literature from the University of California, Davis, Joe has also published academic criticism of some very well known American personalities and essayists, including Ben Franklin, Mark Twain, George S. Schuyler, James Thurber, Woody Allen, and the Marx Brothers.

Don't miss this meeting!  You will enjoy an entertaining presentation from an expert in life's finer things and you just may be inspired to take your own road trip to sample some wine! Joe promises to read us some excerpts from the recently published "Sending Christmas Cards to Huck and Hamlet."

                          

Calendar of Events: May 2012

Please RSVP for all events. Non-members who wish to attend one of our events should contact Pat Titus, Membership Coordinator, for additional information on 336-771-4422 or PTitus@triad.rr.com.


NIGHT CARDS,  Wed., May 2 - Night cards will be held at 7 p.m.

BOOK CLUB, Monday, May 7 -  The book group will meet at 10 a.m. to discuss Erik Larsen’s book, In the Garden of Beasts.

BOARD MEETING, Tuesday, May 8 - The next Board meeting will be held at 10 a.m.

CRAFTS - The Craft Group will not meet in May.  

BRIDGE, Thursday, May 10 - Bridge group will meet at 12:30 p.m. 

WINE GROUP, Saturday, May 12 - The Wine Group will meet at 7:30 p.m.  to celebrate Cinco (or, rather, “Doce”) de Mayo Sangria Night. 

LUNCH BUNCH,  Thursday, May 17 - Lunch Bunch will meet at 11:30 a.m. 

DAY CARDS, Thursday, May 24 - Day cards will be at 1 p.m. 

General Meeting: April 24, 2012, at 10 a.m.

Speakers: Libby Bagby and Lucky

Did you know that North Carolina has a state dog? We didn't! (And if you did know, do you know what the breed is? We didn't either. Answer at the end*.)

On April 27, prepare for a fun and touching story of how retired teacher Libby Bagby, originally from Hickory, discovered and adopted Lucky--and how this dog changed her life. Since becoming Lucky's owner, Libby has made it her mission to be an ambassador for the breed throughout North Carolina and beyond. Libby travels extensively with Lucky to schools and community functions to spread the word about this remarkable dog and its heritage in our State. She writes articles about the breed to educate others about its history, which she discovered through interviewing owners in other states as well as NC, and researching everything she could find on the subject.  As a result, she has written and self-published a children's book, "Lucky's Plott." And in 2009, she wrote and self-published a nonfiction book and a teaching guide. Libby travels with a collection of memorabilia that includes the skull of a boar--which the breed likes to hunt--and a horn, which was used to call the dogs back from a hunt. Libby says that the dogs originally belonged to North Carolina's pioneers, the rugged folk of the mountains who survived on their instincts, hunted for food, and depended on a breed seen as the "Daniel Boone of the dog world." 

                         

*Plott Hound, a little-known breed of hunting dog! You'll love him.

Libby’s Web Site:  http://www.luckysplott.com/index.html

Calendar of Events - April 2012

Please RSVP for all events. Non-members who wish to attend one of our events should contact Pat Titus, Membership Coordinator, for additional information on 336-771-4422 or PTitus@triad.rr.com.

NIGHT CARDS – Wed., April 4

Night cards will meet at 7 p.m.

BOOK CLUB – Monday, April 9                                                      

The book group will meet at 10 a.m. to discuss Robin Oliveira's historical novel My Name is Mary Sutter.

BOARD MEETING – Tuesday, April 10
The Board will meet at 10 a.m.


CRAFTS – Wednesday, April 11
The Craft Group will meet at 1 p.m. Bring a project to work on during the session.  Quilting questions will also be discussed or demonstrated.

BRIDGE – Thursday, April 12
Bridge Group will meet at 12:30 p.m. Reservations are required.


DINNER GROUP – Saturday, April 21
Dinner Group will meet at 6 p.m. Reservations are required.


LUNCH BUNCH – Thursday, April 19
Lunch Bunch will meet at 11:30 a.m.   Reservations are required.


DAY CARDS – Thursday, April 26
Day cards will meet at 1 p.m.