DEMYSTIFY THE EMERGENCY ROOM VISIT
At this Friday Salon, learn more about what to expect when you go to the Emergency Room. Why is the wait so long? Should I have gone to Urgent Care? Learn from emergency room physician, Dr. Katherine Aulis about what goes on while one waits up to 12 hours for care.
Friday at 4 pm, September 12, $25
A FEW OF OUR FAVORITE THINGS
For this fun Friday Salon, We hill host: An adult “Show and Tell” – present, tell/show us one of your own can’t live without – favorite recipes, wonderful item from your favorite store or website, best podcast, fun card/board games – you name it. Come prepared to share or just sit and take it all in. Promises to be informative and lots of fun to learn something helpful. We practiced at a Board meeting and let me tell you, I love my new solar powered little night lights! I never have to remember to turn them on/off! dg
Friday at 4 pm, September 19, $25
WHAT MAKES HER DO IT?
At the age of 61 years, 21 days, Marcia Cleveland, beloved WE member and past board member, became the Oldest Person to complete the Oceans Seven Series, as well as having the longest time span for the Series: July 29, 1994, to May 20, 2025 – 30 Years, 9 months, 23 days (11,253 Days). Most recently she and her daughter became the first Mother-Daughter to swim the Strait. Come join the conversation when Marcia shares the nitty gritty of what it took to navigate to this title.
Friday at 4 pm, September 26, $25
DRIVING FORCES: 100+ YEARS OF WOMEN INFLUENCING, BUYING, DESIGNING AND DRIVING AUTOMOBILES
At this Friday Salon, learn the history of women and automobiles is nothing less than fascinating! From the very start, women have been influencing, buying, designing, driving and racing automobiles. Come listen to learn as Barbara Barrett tells of the female automotive pioneers to the first female CEO at General Motors among several other notables.
Friday at 4 pm, October 3, $25
THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS AND THE POWER OF FEAR
In 1692, a group of teenage girls began having bizarre fits and claimed that witches in the community were persecuting them. By the end of the year, twenty women and men had been executed for witchcraft. Accusations spiraled out of control, legal safeguards went out the window and fear gained the upper hand. Join Joyce Haworth as she lays out the true story of one of the strangest and most painful episodes in American history.
Friday at 4 pm, October 10, $25
A LEGACY OF DAYS: TEN FUN WAYS TO TELL YOUR STORY TO THE NEXT GENERATION
We each were part of someone’s future generation, and we will be someone’s descendant. Don’t be the one no one knows anything about! How do you want to be remembered? Come learn to share your story with the next generation without writing a book! There are other ways to tell your story and ten of them are in Letitia Suk’s new book: “A Legacy of Days: Ten Fun Ways to Tell Your Story to the Next Generation.”
Friday at 4 pm, October 17. $25
THE POWER OF COMMUNITY
This Friday Salon, join this talk with Sarah Petrin, author of Bring Rain: Helping Humanity in Crisis, by Zoom. She will focus on recognizing our spheres of influence and using our voice to realize the changes you want to see in your community and in the world. She also addresses how to use your time and resources to make an everyday difference in the lives of people around you. Drawing on examples in her book from responding to Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana to the Ebola Crisis in Sierra Leone, Sarah will share how ordinary acts of courage can lead to systemic change.
Friday at 4 pm CT by Zoom, October 24. $25
Mary Magdalene: A Leader for the First and Twenty-First Centuries
Mary Magdalene is quite relevant today. Who is this Mary? Where did she live? What did she do? Was she a disciple of Jesus? What new information about the early Christians can be gleaned from looking at the textual references now available? Join Dr. Shirley Paulson, scholar of Early Christian texts for this unique opportunity to learn from her extensive studies.
Friday at 4 pm, November 7. $25