CALENDAR
Events are being planned for club year 2021-2022
and will occur In-Person at
Larchmont Avenue Church (LAC),
unless otherwise specified due to Covid19.
Attendees should be fully vaccinated and wear a mask.
Members are expected to attend all business
meetings on the monthly "Club Day,"
the third Friday of the month.
Non-members are welcome to come to the
various informative and artistic
programs presented after the meetings.
2021-2022
December 3, Friday 11:30
Federation Holiday Conference
Le Fontane Italian Ristorante, Katonah, NY
Luncheon, WCC representative and scholarship winner will be present.
December 10, Friday
Book & Author Program
All Welcome
Orienta Beach Club, Mamaroneck
11:30 Reception, 12:15 Luncheon
Cost: $60 per person. Reservations must be made by December 1st
Make check payable to: The Woman's Club of Larchmont, Inc. and send to: Sue Ellen Commender, 2 Dante St., Larchmont, NY 10538
Include name, address, phone & seating request names.
The authors of two new nonfiction works and a memoir will have the spotlight at the always popular annual event.
Paulina Bren will talk about The Barbizon: the Hotel That Set Women Free. The women-only 1927 residence hotel on 63rd Street lived on until 2005. Bren's extensive research uncovers its rich history and famous tenants. Strict rules of conduct were enforced and initially no men were allowed above the first floor.
Joshua Jelly-Schapiro rolls the curtains back on the varied names of NYC's components. Names of New York: Discovering the City's Past, Present and Future Through its Place Names is an enlightening journey through the names of streets and parks, boroughs and bridges, playgrounds and neighborhoods.
Qian Julie Wang is already a NYT best seller and a Today Show Pick by the Jenna Book Club. Beautiful Country is the moving story of an undocumented child living in poverty in the richest country in the world. Publishers Weekly says "Consider this remarkable memoir a new classic."
Copies of each book will be available for personally autographed holiday gift books.
Attendees must be fully vaccinated. Vaccination records will be checked. Masks required except when seated for lunch.
Valerie O'Keeffe, Chairperson.