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January 2008 Programs & Events

Genesee Reading Series

Hosted by: Wanda Schubmehl
Featuring: Gary Lehman & Ed Scutt
Tuesday January 8 7:30 pm
In the Verb Café at W&B
$3W&B members, $6 general public

Now in its 23rd year, the Genesee Reading Series presents writers from the greater Genesee Valley region reading in the Verb Cafe. Learn more about our featured authors.

Senior Reading Group

Tuesday January 8 2:00 pm- 4:00p.m.
In the Verb Café at W&B
Free and open to the public

Share your writing with other seniors in a comfortable, supportive atmosphere at W&B.

The Bertrand Russell Society

Hosted by: Dr. David White
Thursday, January 10, at 7:00 pm
In the Verb Café at W&B
Admission: Free to W&B Members; $3/General Public

This ongoing lecture series promises to enlighten and entertain. Monthly meetings are open to everyone, not just members of the Bertrand Russell Society.

During the late 1920s and early 30s, Bertrand Russell, then a world-famous philosopher, did a series of three books for Horace Liveright, the New York publishing house which had invented the Modern Library and was well known for publishing controversial authors. Russell's books and the U.S. lecture tours he took at the same time were all great successes. Some of his ideas for reform of self, marriage, education and society are taken for granted today, others have been rejected, but the study of Russell's popular advocacy between the wars provides us with a unique portrait of what the American mind was seeing and thinking about during what came to be called the Jazz Age..

Bill Drumright on Bertrand Russell in two world wars.

Bertrand Russell was radicalized by Britain's plunge into the First
World War and went to prison for his opposition to the war. For the next 20
years one of his main concerns was preventing a new world war, but he came
to believe that a Nazi victory would be a greater evil than war itself.
Bill Drumright teaches history, including a course on World War One, at
Monroe Community College. He is a regular attender of the Greater Rochester
Russell Set. This is his first presentation.

David White
Dr. White teaches philosophy at St. John Fisher College, is president of the New York State Philosophers Association, and is a founder of the Greater Rochester Russell Set.

For further information, call 415-5925 or e-mail: tmadigan@rochester.rr.com

Open History Reading Group

Hosted by: Steve Huff
Thursday, January 17, at 7:00 pm
In the Verb Café at W&B
Free to W&B members, $3 general public

Join us for meetings of an open history-reading group. In these gatherings we choose historical topics rather than specific books, and then you choose a book on the subject that most interests you. The discussions are convivial, exciting, and informative.

Creative Approaches to Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits: A Training for Teachers and Book Discussion Leaders.

Saturday, January 19
10-11:30am
Writers & Books
740 University Avenue
Rochester

Join W&B’s Director of Youth Education and Outreach, Wendy Low, and “If All of Rochester Read the Same Book…” Coordinator, Karen vanMeenen, for a presentation and discussion of various approaches to leading book discussions of Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits. This session will revolve around analyzing the writer’s craft; character development, choices and change; social, family, religious, and cultural issues raised within the text; the use of creative writing and personal writing assignments to explore issues of craft and theme; and other pertinent information. This training is geared toward anyone interested in a deeper understanding of the book, especially teachers looking for insight and creative approaches to the learning process and others leading discussions of the book for youth or adults.

Free, but pre-registration required: call 473-2590, x104 or email karenv@wab.org by January 17 at 5pm.

25 & Under

Hosted by Sally Bittner Bonn
Tuesday january 22 at 7:00 pm
In the Verb Café at W&B
Free toW&B members and students/ $3 general public

Twenty-five years ago W&B first opened its doors. To celebrate this milestone anniversary we present a new monthly reading series featuring writers who are 25 and younger. Join us as we discover a new generation of writers for the next quarter century.

Wide Open Mic

Hosted by: Norm Davis
Monday January 28 7:30 pm
In the Verb Café at W&B
Free to W&B members, $3 general public

W&B is proud to sponsor Rochester's largest running open mike, hosted by Norm Davis, poet and editor of HazMat Review. Known for its eclectic mix. Wide Open Mike welcomes poets, performers, and writers of all kinds.

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