the cotton club · the tokeneke club in darien, ct. the club enjoys a spectacular location right on...
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“Double, double toil and trouble
Fire burn, and cauldron bubble…” (Macbeth)
Gather „round with the Ghoulish Ghosts and Goblins of Greenwich
Wednesday, October 27th - 7:30 pm Church Parish House Library
Please bring snack, dessert or beverage to stir into the cauldron brew ! Costumes encouraged!!! BOO!!!
There is still time to let us know you are coming …..
With autumn comes falling leaves, brisk air and our Simply Sensational Seasonal and Sassy dance at
the Tokeneke Club in Darien, CT.
The Club enjoys a spectacular location right on the Sound. Guests can stroll from the comfortable
white-wicker cocktail area onto the beach. A band will provide music to swing by. Attire for men is
blazers or sports jackets (tie optional) and for ladies party attire. $59 for members; $64 for guests ($5
extra if postmarked after 9/25). This would be a wonderful opportunity for you to introduce your
friends to one of our premier socials. Formal invitations were sent to you via mail. Please rsvp using
the return card . Directions on page 4. Send check made out to Cotton Club to:
Doug Learman, 29 Whitney Glen, Westport, CT 06880 (203-226-3388)
Christ Church Greenwich254 East Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, CT 06830-4871 Phone: 203-869-6600
The Cotton Club is a fellowship of and for unmarried adults living in Fairfield, Westchester and surrounding counties, sponsored by Christ Church, Greenwich. Members are offered an opportunity to work and play together, to become better acquainted with each other and with themselves. To join, please download an application from our website. Annual Dues are $45.
OCTOBER 2010 www.cottonclubgreenwich.org
THE COTTON CLUB
Book Group For October, the selection is: The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Hardcover,464 pages). Buy cheap at Amazon or Costco, or reserve a library copy asap as it's in great demand. The novel is set in Jackson, Mississippi in 1962 during the early civil right's movement. It is a story of social awakening and describes the intertwined lives of several women on opposite sides of the racial divide. The historical background and setting as well as her characters are wonderfully developed so that the story is gripping, heartwarming and heartbreaking. The selection for November is The Great World Spin by Colum McCann. The plot of the book concerns a crowd that gathers to watch a man walk across a tight rope between the twin towers in New York City in 1974. The people in the crowd do not know each other, but are brought together by this event. The plot of the book then unwinds from the lives of these New Yorkers.(Ann Sexton) The Book Group meets on October 12 and November 4 at 7:30 pm at Ann Sexton‟s house, 57 Drum Hill Lane, Stamford, (203-968-8090). For more info call Chen Byers (914-834-5407) or Diane O‟Connor (203-323-8354).
Date: 10/29/2010 Time: 8:00 PM—10:00 PM Description: Everlasting Moments (2008-Sweden) Directed by Jan Troell. With Maria Heiskanen, Mikael Persbrandt. An unsophisticated woman wins a camera in a lottery and has her inner life transformed through her photography, providing a means for dealing with her alcoholic husband. It is 1911 in Malmo, Sweden. A film of startling humanism with exquisite images. 131 min. In Swedish and Finnish with English subtitles. Admission to the Friends Friday Films is free. Show time is 8 p.m. Doors open at 7:40 p.m. Location: Greenwich Main Library Meet in Cole Auditorium lobby at 7:45. Library Number: 203-622-7922
Coordinator: Andrea Anthony 914-564-2775
October Hikes
For more information, contact Steve Bailes, (203) 854-5508 [email protected] or Al Edly, (203) 323-9443 [email protected] or visit the website at http://www.thehikinggroup.com. Oct 3 Memorial Hike for Charlie Keane - Hammonasset State Park, Madison, CT 12:00 noon. Leaders: Dave Bautz & Winnie Suraci 860 664 4447 Drop-in at Leaders‟ House after hike. All welcome. Oct 10 The Palisades, GW Bridge, Englewood, NJ (C+) Meet: 11:45 A.M. Leader: Al Edly (203) 323-9443 Oct 17 (a) Mattatuck Trail, East Morris to Litchfield (B) Some brief steep sections, several nice ponds, beautiful woods. Meet at 10:30 a.m. at main parking area of White Memorial Foundation in Litchfield. Leader: Mike Carlo (203) 263-4547 Oct 17 (b) Fairfield Beach Walk, Fairfield CT (C) Meet: 12:30 pm at Jennings Beach, Fairfield Note Later starting time Leader: Bill Jackson (203) 259-6859 Oct 24 Squantz Pond New Fairfield, CT.. (B+) Meet 11:00 A.M. in Squantz Pond parking lot. Leader: Paul Sloane 203-847-3830 Oct 31 Westmoreland Sanctuary, Mt Kisco, NY ( B-) Meet: 11:00 A.M. Intersection of I-684, (exit 4) and Rt. 172, Leader: Al Edly (203) 323-9443
KING TUT Exhibit in NYC
Saturday, November 13 at 2:00 pm
Visit to NYC to view the KING TUT exhibit. Discovery Times Square Exposition Building 226 W 44th St. between 7th & 8th Avenue Cost: $39.50 (senior rate); $42.50 (non-senior). All payments must be received by October 13. Dinner after optional. Further details to be announced at Wed. Weekly Meeting, in email and on website. Stay tuned!! For info contact Loraine. Send check, payable to Cotton Club, to: Loraine Salerno (coordinator)
11 Tomahawk Lane, Greenwich, CT 06830 203-869-2515 (h); 203-249-6511 (c)
Dinner at the Diner Start the discussion early with your friends at the Glory Days Diner, 69 E. Putnam Ave., Greenwich at 5:30 pm on Wednesdays before Discussion Group.
Gourmet Dining at Zody’s
Join us at Zody‟s 19th Hole Restaurant at the E. Gaynor Brennan Golf Course, 451 Stillwater Rd., Stamford. The next dates will be Mondays: October 11 and 25. Enjoy a 10% discount for CC members on several menu items. The group meets at the restaurant at 6:30 pm. Coordinator: Jay Kane:
203-661-9478 (directions on pg. 4) Cotton Club at the Movies - Sunday Afternoon (We will alternate theatres in Stamford, Norwalk, and Pleasantville, NY.)
Sunday, October 10 at 3:55 pm At Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville, NY, a non-profit cultural and arts center dedicated to presenting the best of independent, documentary, and world cinema. Parking is easy (at Pleasantville RR Station) and there is a nice pub (MacArthur‟s) we can walk to across the street for a bite to eat afterwards to discuss the movie. Movies are $11 on weekends. Coordinator: Andrea Anthony 914-564-2775(directions p.4
“Presumed Guilty” “A rare - and chilling - glimpse of Mexico’s
dysfunctional legal system.” (Wall St. Journal)
Series: Crisis, Culture and Human Rights It was like something out of Kafka: Mexico City resident Tono Zuñiga was arrested, told he had committed a murder he knew nothing about, and sentenced to 20 years in jail. An indictment of the system—yes. But this film is much, much more. It‟s one of the most riveting courtroom dramas you‟ll find, as we watch the peculiar intimacy of Mexican retrials, where the convicted and the accuser face off in a ritualistic exchange of great, quiet intensity. Roberto Hernández. 2008. 87 minutes NR. Mexico, Spanish with subtitles.
Wednesday Discussion Group at 7:30 in Christ Church Library October 6: **FIRST WEDNESDAY SOCIAL** Light refreshments will be provided during the
social hour Games will round off the evening October 13: Guest Cal Burnes will speak on Winston Churchill. He has spoken on this subject at Riverside Yacht Club, Retired Men's Assoc. in Darien, and in Greenwich where his presentation was taped and replayed on TV. A Yale graduate, Cal is a retired banker. Coordinator: Jay Kane October 20: “Dear Abby” fun. Chat and chuckle about social issues. October 27: Halloween Party at Church Please bring a snack or beverage to share.
Our “spirited” Wine Tasting Event at Mr. Butler‟s Greenwich home on 9/18. With Sommelier par excellence. ...a very fine and rare evening, indeed.
Directions to Christ Church Greenwich: From I-95 take exit 4 (Indian Field Rd.). Turn left off the ramp if you were heading northbound (from NY), or turn right if you were
heading southbound (from New Haven). Follow Indian Field Rd. to Route 1 (Post Rd. or East Putnam Ave.). Turn left at the traffic
light and continue for about 1.5 miles (3 traffic lights) to Christ Church on your left. We meet in the library of The Parish House
(which is the center building to the right of the church as you face it) every Wednesday at 7:30 pm except for occasional holidays.
Directions for Events: To Zody’s 19th Hole Restaurant, Stamford, CT: I-95 to Exit 6, West Avenue. Take West Avenue to Stillwater Avenue, about 0.6
miles. Turn left at rotary onto Stillwater Ave. At traffic light turn left onto Stillwater Road. The restaurant is on your right at the E.
Gaynor Brennan Golf Course.
To Tokeneke Club, Darien, CT:
Coming from the North: Take I-95 South to Exit 11. At the end of the ramp, take a left onto the Boston Post Rd. (Rt 1). Take you
first left to get onto I-95 North. Follow the directions below.
Coming from the South: Take I-95 North to Exit 12 (Tokeneke Road). At the end of the ramp, take a right onto Tokeneke Road. Go
about ¾ mile and turn right onto Five Mile River Road, right before a Gas Station. After 300 yards the road will fork, bear right onto
Old Farm Road. After another 300 yards, Old Farm veers right, but you will continue straight through two stone pillars on to Searles
Rd. Continue for ½ mile until the road turns right and you go over a stone bridge with water on both sides. Take an immediate left
directly after the bridge onto Tokeneke Beach Drive. The Club is at the end of this road, at the intersection of Butlers Island Road.
Jacob Burns Film Center Theatre, Pleasantville, NY (364 Manville Rd. 914-747-5555). From Christ Church it is about
25 minutes; 18 miles. Take I95 South. At Exit 21 take I-287 W. toward White Plains/Tappan Zee.
Merge onto I-287/Cross Westchester Expy. Take Exit 3 toward Sprain Pkwy/NYC/Taconic Pkwy. (STAY LEFT).
Merge onto Sprain Brook NORTH (TO TACONIC PKWY).
Merge onto Saw Mill Pkwy North toward Brewster. Take Grant Street exit at light. Go straight across Manville Rd./NY
117 to park in Railroad Station.
A more scenic route is the back roads past Westchester Airport. (King St. to Route 120, left on Bear Ridge Rd. etc.)
* Note: quotes and clipart are from various Internet websites
Cotton Club Board Members:
Doug Learman, Vice President; Events 203-226-3388 [email protected]
Bill Codeanne, Treasurer 203-255-1215 [email protected]
Andrea Anthony, Chair: Website & Newsletter 914-564-2775 [email protected]
Diane Caldwell, Chair: Membership 203-869-0535 [email protected]
Marion Nolan, Recording Secretary 203-637-4220 [email protected]
Christ Church Greenwich
254 East Putnam Avenue
Greenwich, CT 06830-4871
www.CottonClubGreenwich.org
(Address Correction Requested)