The Bryn Mawr Club of New York City
February 2006 E-LetterBryn Mawr Club of New York City Events
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------ If you would like, please read A Million Little Pieces to add to the discussion over drinks. Even if you haven't read the book, come along and find out what other Mawrtyrs think of it!
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Connections Screening of Poumy, produced by Marian
Scheuer Sofaer, ’70, at MoMA Poumy: A Young Mother in the French Resistance. From the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival web site: “What turns a young French-Jewish mother into a fierce Resistance fighter? Andree "Poumy" Scheuer Moreuil would say she simply "knew how to do the right thing." This lyrical portrait of a disarmingly understated, eloquent 91-year-old revisits her extraordinary odyssey outrunning the Nazis and joining the French Resistance.” Please join Marian Scheuer Sofaer, ’70, the director and two of Poumy’s relatives for this special documentary showing at the Museum of Modern Art on Sunday, February 12, followed by a discussion with Marian, the director, Sam Ball, and including Michele Weil, a neonatologist, and Mathhieu Moreuil, a young lawyer who is Poumy's grandson.“Smart, funny
and a
reminder of the power of a single dedicated
person under pressure.”
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bryn Mawr Book Club The next book club meeting is Thursday,
February 9, to
discuss Father Joe: The Man who
Saved My Soul by Tony Hendra. From BarnesandNoble.com “Tony Hendra seems an unlikely author of a book on spiritual mentoring. A gifted satirist, he was an original editor of National Lampoon; the editor-in-chief of Spy magazine; performed frequently with Python-to-be John Cleese; and starred in This Is Spinal Tap. All those comedic credits, however, only make this story more personal and gripping. In 1955, Tony was a hormone-driven 14-year-old who had blundered into a relationship with a married Catholic woman. Caught in an illicit embrace, the teenage Hendra was whisked away for redemptive counseling by Father Joseph Warrilow, a gentle, wise Benedictine monk who believed that "the only sin is selfishness." Hendra's Father Joe is a tribute to the healing hand of this good man and, thus, a meditation on faith and friendship."
In March we will be discussing The
Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis (all seven books), date TBA,
and the selection for the April meeting is Appointment in Elizabeth Holloway, erobinsonh@aol.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From
Emily-Greta Tamborin, ’83: Wanted: A catsitter/housesitter for New York City Upper West Side one-bedroom apartment from March 18 to April 2 (dates somewhat flexible). Please contact: Emily at frenchemilyt@gmail.com or 212 580 6095. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE BMC OF NYC E-LETTER |