MECHANICS'  INSTITUTE  CALENDAR
JULY / AUGUST 2008

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JULY
01 TU Lecture by IM John Donaldson, 5:15 - 6:25 pm  CH
Summer Tuesday Night Marathon, 6:30 - 10:30 pm  CH  
Railway Journeys to Our National Parks, Morgan Lawrence   E
02 W Weekly Library Tour  LT   
06 SU Chess for Women taught by Ewelina Krubnik  CH
08 TU Computer Basics for Pen-and-Pencil People, Part 1  LC
Lecture by IM John Donaldson, 5:15 - 6:25 pm  CH
Summer Tuesday Night Marathon, 6:30 - 10:30 pm  CH  
09 W Computer Basics for Pen-and-Pencil People, Part 2  LC
Weekly Library Tour  
LT   
10 TH Computer Basics for Pen-and-Pencil People, Part 3  LC
Saarinen's Quest : a Memoir, Richard Knight & Pierluigi Serraino  E
11 F My Fair Lady  (1964)  CI   
12 SA Mechanics' Institute Scholastic Championship, 10:00 - 4:00 pm
Funded by a gift in memory of Martin Wiskermann   CH
13 SU Chess for Women taught by Ewelina Krubnik  CH
14 M
- 18 F
INTERMEDIATE CHESS CAMP, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm  CH  
14 M Brown Bag Mystery Readers' Book Group : Bastille Day selection
Murder in the Bastille, Cara Black  
LB 
15 TU Fiction (You Wish You Had Read) Book Group:
Henderson, the Rain King
, Saul Bellow  
LB     
Lecture by IM John Donaldson, 5:15 - 6:25 pm  CH
Summer Tuesday Night Marathon, 6:30 - 10:30 pm  CH  
Post Bastille Day Celebration, 6:00 pm  E
16 W E-mail : Do the Write Thing   LC
Weekly Library Tour  
LT   
17 TH Word for Word Theater Company, 7:00 pm  E
19 SA 8th Annual Charles Bagby Memorial
G/45 10:00 am - 8:00 pm  CH
20 SU Chess for Women taught by Ewelina Krubnik  CH
21 M
- 25 F
ADVANCED CHESS CAMP, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm  CH  
21 M Republic of the Imagination - Play Reading and Discussion Salon, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm : The Greeks, the Duality of Comedy and Tragedy: Oedipus the King, Sophocles   S
23 W Weekly Library Tour  LT   
Proust Society Book Group  
LB    
24 TH To Your Health @ The Library   LC
Argentinian Tango : the Dance in Depth, with Luis Castro and Claudio Mendoza   E
25 F The Smiling Lieutenant  (1931)  CI 
27 SU Chess for Women taught by Ewelina Krubnik  CH
28 M Republic of the Imagination - Play Reading and Discussion Salon, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm : The Greeks, the Duality of Comedy and Tragedy: Birds, Aristophanes  S
29 TU Newspapers Online : ProQuest Electronic Database  LC
30 W Weekly Library Tour  LT    
31 TH Appropriate : the Houses of Joseph Esherick, Mark Treib   E
 
AUGUST
02 SA Scholastic Quads, 10:00 am - 3:30 pm  CH
03 SU Chess for Women taught by Ewelina Krubnik  CH
04 M Republic of the Imagination - Play Reading and Discussion Salon, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm : The Greeks, the Duality of Comedy and Tragedy: Medea, Euripides   S
05 TU Lecture by IM John Donaldson, 5:15 - 6:25 pm  CH
Irving Chernev Memorial
Summer Tuesday Night Marathon, 6:30 - 10:30 pm  CH
06 W Weekly Library Tour  LT   
07 TH Book Reviews and Literary Criticism at Your Finger Tips  LC
08 F The King & I (1956)  CI   
09 SA 8th Annual Vladimir Pafnutieff Memorial
G/45  10:00 am - 8:00 pm  CH
10 SU Chess for Women taught by Ewelina Krubnik  CH
11 M Brown Bag Mystery Readers' Book Group
A Back Room in Somer's Town, John Malcolm  
LB   
Republic of the Imagination - Play Reading and Discussion Salon, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm : The Greeks, the Duality of Comedy and Tragedy: Lysistrata, Aristophanes   S
12 TU Lecture by IM John Donaldson, 5:15 - 6:25 pm  CH
Irving Chernev Memorial
Summer Tuesday Night Marathon, 6:30 - 10:30 pm  CH
13 W Weekly Library Tour  LT   
14 TH Do-It-Yourself Investing : Using the Library's Financial Newsletters  LC
16 SA Bernardo Smith Amateur Champtionship,
10:00 am - 8:00 pm  CH
17 SU Bernardo Smith Amateur Champtionship,
10:00 am - 8:00 pm  CH
Chess for Women taught by Ewelina Krubnik  CH
18 M Republic of the Imagination - Play Reading and Discussion Salon, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm : The Greeks, the Duality of Comedy and Tragedy: Oedipus at Colonus, Sophocles   S
19 TU SALUTE TO WILLIAM SAROYAN
Celebrating the Saroyan Centennial, 12:00 noon - 7:00 pm

Lecture by IM John Donaldson, 5:15 - 6:25 pm  CH
Irving Chernev Memorial
Summer Tuesday Night Marathon, 6:30 - 10:30 pm  CH
20 W Weekly Library Tour  LT   
22 F Effective Internet Searching : Google and More  LC
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle 
CI 
24 SU Chess for Women taught by Ewelina Krubnik  CH
25 M Republic of the Imagination - Play Reading and Discussion Salon, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm : The Greeks, the Duality of Comedy and Tragedy: Frogs, Aristophanes   S
26 TU Newspapers Online : ProQuest Electronic Database   LC
Lecture by IM John Donaldson, 5:15 - 6:25 pm  CH
Irving Chernev Memorial
Summer Tuesday Night Marathon, 6:30 - 10:30 pm  CH
27 W Weekly Library Tour  LT    
Revised: June 24, 2008