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UPCOMING MEETING INFORMATION

 

WHEN WILL WE BE MEETING, WHO WILL BE FACILITATING, AND WHAT BOOK WILL WE BE READING?

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Note: Meetings are held the first Tuesday of each month from 5:00-6:30 PM unless otherwise noted.

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• January 6, 2026: Kim S.

• December 2, 2025: Amanda S.

• November 4, 2025: Maureen C.

• October 7, 2025: Kim M.

• September 2, 2025: Kate C.

• August 5, 2025: Linda E.

• July 1, 2025: Christy A.

• June 3, 2025: Sharon S.

• May 6, 2025: Nancy P.

• April 1, 2025: Pam R.

• March 4, 2025: Grace D-M.

• February 4, 2025: Kim S., The Book of Speculation by Erika Swyler

• January 7, 2025: Amanda S., The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

• December 3, 2024: Maureen C., The Unmaking of June Farrow: A Novel by Adrienne Young

• November 5, 2024: Kim M., The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins

• October 1, 2024: CANCELLED

• September 3, 2024: Kate C., At Seventy by May Sarton

• August 6, 2024: Linda E., Dinners with Ruth by Nina Totenberg

• July 9: Stori W., Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

• June 4, 2024: Christy A., Little Monsters by Adrienne Brodeur

• May 7, 2024: Sharon S., A Good Neighborhood by Therese Anne Fowler

• April 16, 2024: Pam R., White Oleander by Janet Fitch

• March 5, 2024: Nancy P., West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge

• February 13, 2024: Amanda S., The Measure by Nikki Erlick

• January 2, 2024: Maureen C., Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan

• December 5, 2023: Kim S., The Magician's Lie by Greer Macallister

• November 7, 2023: Anita S., Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah

• October 3, 2023: Kate C., Hill Women by Cassie Chambers

• September 5, 2023: Stori W., This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone

• August 1, 2023: Christy A., Take What You Need by Idra Novey

• July 11, 2023: Nancy P., Clock Dance by Anne Tyler

• June 6, 2023: Sharon S,, Lab Girl by Hope Jahren 

• May 2, 2023: Linda E., Somewhere Off the Coast of Maine by Ann Hood

• April 4, 2023: Pam R., Flat Broke with Two Goats by Jennifer McGaha

• March 7, 2023: Jeannie H., In Five Years by Rebecca Serle

• February 7, 2023: Kate C., The Last House on the Street by Diane Chamberlain

• January 3, 2023: Anita S., Faithful by Alice Hoffman

• December 6, 2022: No Meeting

• November 1, 2022: Kim S., The Last Flight by Julie Clark

• October 4, 2022: Stori W., The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman

• September 6, 2022: Christy A., Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney

• August 2, 2022: Nancy P., Anything Is Possible: A Novel by Elizabeth Strout

• July 5, 2022: Sharon S., When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill

• June 7, 2022: Linda E., The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek: A Novel by Kim Michele Richardson 

• May 3, 2022: Pam R., The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

• October 14, 2019: Amanda S.

• September 9, 2019: Katya H., The Brilliant History of Color in Art by Victoria Finlay

• August 12, 2019: Christy A.

• July 8, 2019: Pam R., Joyful: The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Happiness by Ingrid Fetell Lee

• June 10, 2019: Pat C., Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher

• May 13, 2019: Kathleen F., 12 Secrets of Highly Creative Women by Gail McMeekin

• April 8, 2019: Amanda S., Wild Embers by Nikita Gill 

• March 11, 2019: Katya H., The Last Painting of Sara De Vos by Dominic Smith

• February 11, 2019: Christy A., Faces Places (documentary; trailer)

• January 14, 2019: Pat C., Georgia O’Keeffe: A Life by Roxana Robinson

• December 10, 2018: Canceled

• November 12, 2018: Amy T., I Hope I Screw This Up: How Falling In Love with Your Fears Can Change the World by Kyle Cease

• October 8, 2018: Pam R., Just Kids by Patti Smith

• September 10, 2018: Joyce S., The War of Art by Steven Pressfield

• August 13, 2018: Pat C, Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking by David Bayles and Ted Orland

• July 9, 2018: Carol M., Daily Rituals by Mason Currey

• June 11, 2018: Carla P., The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds 

• May 14, 2018: Pam R., Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert

• April 9, 2018: Christy A., The Woman Upstairs by Claire Messud

• March 5, 2018: Amy T., Wired to Create: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Creative Mind by Scott Barry Kaufman and‎ Carolyn Gregoire

• February 12, 2018: Pam R., Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You about Being Creative by Austin Kleon

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BOOK AND MOVIE RECOMMENDATIONS

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BOOKS

• 11 novels about female artists

• An Illustrated Life: Drawing Inspiration from the Private Sketchbooks of Artists, Illustrators, and Designers by Danny Gregory

• Inside the Artist's Studio by Joe Fig

• Joyful: The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Happiness by Ingrid Fetell Lee 

• The Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St. Clair

• The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It For Life by Twyla Tharp

• Unstuck: 52 Ways to Get (and Keep) Creativity Flowing At Home, At Work, & In Your Studio by Noah Scalin

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MOVIES

• Packed in a Trunk: The Lost Art of Edith Lake Wilkinson (available on Netflix)—Many decades after artist Edith Lake Wilkinson was institutionalized and never heard from again, her great-niece sets out to understand why.

• Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski (available on Netflix)—Artists in LA discover the work of forgotten Polish sculptor Stanislav Szukalski, a mad genius whose true story unfolds chapter by astounding chapter.

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