Schedule of Meetings

2024-2025 Season

861st Meeting     September

862nd Meeting     October

863rd Meeting     November

864th Meeting     January

867th Meeting     February 24   Si Fisk, House of Seven Gables, Salem

“The Genius of the Northern Continental Army”

2023-2024 Season

854th Meeting     September

855th Meeting     October

856th Meeting     November

857th Meeting     January

858th Meeting     February

859th Meeting     March

860th Meeting     April

2022-2023 Season

847th Meeting     September 26     Dave Roper

848th Meeting     October 24     Ken Harris

849th Meeting     November 28     Morris Schopf

850th Meeting     January 23     Bill Barlow

851st Meeting     February 27     Richard Griffin

852nd Meeting     March 27     Tim Jenkins

853rd Meeting     April 24     Charles Thorland

2021-2022 Season

839th Meeting     September 27     J. D. Scrimgeour

“COV in Translation”

840th Meeting     October 25     Rafael Crespo

“Separate But Unequal: The Oldest Colony in the World”

841st Meeting     November 30     Chairman’s Holiday Tea

842nd Meeting     December 27     John Carr

“Would We Really Care If There Was a Murder on the 4:50 Train to Altoona?”

843rd Meeting     January 24     Ed Nilsson

“Castles in the Sand: Exploring Eighth Century Castles in Jordan”

844th Meeting     February 29     Dean Lahikainen

“Toppling Statues: Reflections on the Loss of Boston’s Emancipation Memorial”

845th Meeting     March 26     Charles L. Newhall

“Cosmopolitan Curiosity”

846th Meeting     April 25     Michael D. Maginn

“Don’t Make Waves: Exploring Change”

2020-2021 Season

2019-2020 Season

828th Meeting    September 23      Si Fisk, St. Andrew’s Church, Marblehead

            “Communicating Backward: What The Failures Of Humble Documents Can Teach Us About The Larger Nature Of Communication”

829th Meeting    October 28          David Roper, St. Andrew’s Church, Marblehead

            “ ‘I been there before,’ but I Ain’t No Mark Twain. A Cub Pilot Looks Back at his Life on the Mississippi River.”

830th Meeting    November 25        David Hart, The Salem Athenaeum

               “The Tide Goes In, The Tide Goes Out”

Chairman’s Tea    December           Cleveland & Barnard Rooms, First Church in Salem, UU

831st Meeting    January 27           David Bitterman, The Salem Athenaeum

               “Melville’s Brick Whale”

832nd Meeting     February 24

833rd Meeting       March 23

834th Meeting       April 27

835th Meeting       May                       May Dinner

2018-2019 Season

820st Meeting    September 24      Craig McLanahan, St. Andrew’s Church, Marblehead

821th Meeting    October 22          Paul Lessard, The Salem Athenaeum

822st Meeting    November 26        Richard Griffin, The Salem Athenaeum

Chairman’s Tea    December           Home of Charles Thorland

823rd Meeting    January 28           Morris Schopf, The Salem Athenaeum

824th Meeting     February 25        Charles Thorland, The Salem Athenaeum

825th Meeting       March 25            Peter Eschauzier, First Church in Salem, UU, Salem

826th Meeting       April

827th Meeting       May                       May Dinner, Manchester Yacht Club

2017-2018 Season

813th Meeting    September           Gary Stirgwolt, The Salem Athenaeum

814th Meeting    October 23         Forbes Dewey, The First Church in Salem, UU

815th Meeting     November 27     Donald Gilligan, The First Church in Salem, UU

Chairman’s Tea    December        Home of Charles Thorland

816th Meeting      January 29        Morris Schopf, The Salem Athenaeum

817th Meeting      February 26      Stephen Clark, The Salem Athenaeum

818th Meeting       March 26           Charles L. Newhall, The Pickering House, Salem

819th Meeting       April 23              Donald Macauley, Home of Don Macauley

2016-2017 Season

806th Meeting       September 26          Ed Nilssen, St. Michael’s Church, Marblehead

807th Meeting        October 24               Ken Harris, The Salem Athenaeum

808th Meeting        November 28          Jim Kearney, The Salem Athenaeum

Chairman’s Tea      December 1             The First Church in Salem, UU

809th Meeting         January 23                J.D. Scrimgeour, The Salem Athenaeum

810th Meeting         February 27              Lou Sirianni, The Pickering House

811th Meeting          March 27                  Mike Maginn, The Salem Athenaeum

812th Meeting          April 24                    Bud Page, Eastern Yacht Club, Marblehead

813th Meeting          May 4                         May Dinner at the Eastern Yacht Club, Marblehead,   David Godine, guest speaker

2015-2016 Season

799th Meeting        September 28     Annual Meeting & David Roper, The Salem Athenaeum

800th Meeting        October 26         TBA

801st Meeting          November 25       John Carr, The Salem Athenaeum

Chairman’s Tea       December 11      First Church in Salem, Unitarian Universalist

802nd Meeting       January 25          David Bittermann, St. Michael’s Church, Marblehead

803rd Meeting       February 22         David O. Decker, The Salem Athenaeum

804th Meeting       March 28             David Gephart, Gephart House on Broad Street

805th Meeting       April 25                Darrow Lebovici, The Salem Athenaeum

May Dinner            May                        Turner’s Restaurant, Salem

2014-2015 Season

792nd Meeting     September 22nd   “Who are these Sicilians, anyway?” at The Salem Athenaeum  David Hart

793rd Meeting     October 27     “The Art of Everything” at The Salem Museum at Salem Old Town Hall    Ken Harris

794th Meeting      November 24th     “Theyz a Lion Loose fum a Zoo” at the First Church in Salem, UU       Paul Lessard

Chairman’s Tea at the First Church in Salem, UU    December 12th

795th Meeting     January 26th “Falling Asleep on Rembrandt” at the Pickering House, Salem    Tim Jenkins

796th Meeting     February 23rd   “The End of an Empire” at the First Church in Salem, UU     Peter Eschauzier

March 23rd     Darrow Lebovici  (CANCELLED on account of Snow)

797th Meeting     April 27th      “Most Agreeable:  Salem’s 18th Century Country Estates and Gardens” at the Andrew Stafford House     Dean Lahikainen

798th Meeting   May 15th     May Dinner at Turner’s Seafood on Church St., Salem

2013-2014 Season

784th Meeting     September 23rd   The Salem Athenaeum  J.D. Scrimgeour

785th Meeting     October 28th   St. Michael’s Church, Marblehead  Ed Nilsson

786th Meeting    November 25th   Benjamin Carpenter House  Sandy Dickson

Chairman’s Tea   December 13th  Benjamin Carpenter House

787th Meeting    January 27th  First Church in Salem  Jeffrey Barz-Snell

788th Meeting    February 24th  “Reading Rumi at Mutual Oil” at Griffin Home on Beckford Street  Richard Griffin

789th Meeting    March 31st The Salem Athenaeum  Michael Maginn

790th Meeting    April 28th Macauley Home on Circle Street   Don Macaulay

791st Meeting    May Dinner         The Hawthorne Hotel, Salem