Interest Groups
We offer a variety of monthly activities for our members. The groups listed below are constantly updated in our monthly newsletter, The Triad. Members can contact coordinators by consulting their Directory or The Triad.
Anyone Who Has Read the Book 2011-2012
Email the coordinators for more information.
3rd Friday of the month, 10 a.m., at Orinda Books
Please mark your calendar and meet some very nice people who all have interesting viewpoints to share about these books!
| September 16 | The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks | by Rebecca Skloot |
| October 21 | Shanghai Girls | by Lisa See |
| November 18 | The Thousand Autumns of Jacob Dezoet | by David Mitchell |
| December 16 | Innocents Abroad | by Mark Twain |
| January 20 | Shadow of the Silk Road | by Colin Thubron |
| February 17 | The Warmth of Other Suns; The Epic Story of America's Great Migration |
by Isabel Wilkerson |
| March 16 | Let the Great World Spin | by Colum McCann |
| April 20 | Atlantic | by Simon Winchester |
| May 18 - 10:30 a.m. | Luncheon and Book Selection | |
Best Sellers/Critics' Choice Book Group
Email the coordinator for more information.
Are you interested is reading ten or eleven best selling books during the coming year for a total cost of $20? In the Best Sellers/Critics' Choice Book Group, we buy several copies of recent fiction and non-fiction books in September and circulate them through a neighborhood reading group of ten or eleven members. You read one book each month from October through July or August, then pass it on at the beginning of the next month. Your last selection of the year is yours to keep. We meet once during August to discuss the past year's selections and to choose books for the next year.
Bridge
Times and coordinators:
1. 1st Tuesday - 12 noon. Email the coordinator for more information.
2. 1st Thursday - 12 noon. Email the coordinator for more information.
3. 2nd Tuesday - 12 noon. Email the coordinator for more information.
4. 3rd Thursday - 12 noon. Email the coordinator for more information.
5. 4th Tuesday - 12 noon. Email the coordinator for more information.
The bridge groups always rely on an up-to-date substitute list. If you are interested in becoming a sub or would like to start a new group, please contact a coordinator listed above.
Daytime Movie Group
Email the coordinator for more information.
2nd Friday of the month, afternoons
We meet at local theaters and share our ideas and impressions following the show at a nearby cafe. Members take turns organizing the day's outing.
Golf
Email the coordinator for more information.
Interested members get together for occasional play at local public courses. All handicap levels invited for fun, exercise, and good friendship.
Great Decisions
Email the coordinator for more information.
Wednesdays 2/1 - 3/28, 10 - 11:30 a.m. at TerzettoCuisine, 1419 Moraga Way, Moraga, CA
Developed by the Foreign Policy Association in 1954, this is the longest-standing and largest grassroots world affairs educational program of its kind. It brings people together to discover, discuss, and decide their opinions on foreign policy issues and is designed to encourage debate and discussion of important global issues of our time. Materials are provided--at a cost $20-25/person--that contain articles on current world concerns that will be the discussion topics for this year. Topics for 2012 are Middle East Realignment, Promoting Democracy, Mexico, Cybersecurity, Exit from Afghanistan & Iraq, State of the Oceans, Indonesia, and Energy Geopolitics.
The first meeting will be to organize leaders for the discussions and review last year's Opinion Ballots. The briefing books are here and available. To order books on your own, visit www.greatdecisions.org.
Green Thumb Ladies
Email the coordinators for more information.
Green Thumb Ladies visit public and private gardens and nurseries, hear lectures, see demonstrations, and frequently enjoy lunch. This organized but fun-loving group is non-competitive and open to all. Each month has a different organizer and hence there are various meeting times and days.
International Travel
Email the coordinator for more information.
1st Saturday of the month, 6:30-10:00 p.m., at members' homes
Members, spouses, and friends meet at members' homes for an international travel talk from a chosen trip or destination. The attendees contribute appropriate appetizers and/or wine.
Let's Go to the Movies
Email the coordinators for more information.
3rd Friday of the month, 6:30 p.m., at members' homes
Members and their spouses or friends see the movie for the month at their convenience and then meet in members' homes for a potluck dinner and discussion of the film. Those attending will choose the next month's movie. There are currently three groups.
Memoirs and Musings
Email the coordinator for more information.
3rd Wednesday of the month, 1 - 3 p.m. (no December meeting), except for March, which will be 3/14
The meeting site will be in the newsletter, the Triad.
Everyone has a story! Whether you have already begun your memoirs or are just thinking about doing it someday, this might be the opportunity for you. Whether you are a novice or an experienced writer, all levels of ability are welcome. This is a class with no teacher; we are all students, and we will learn from sharing and discussing our memoirs and musings in a supportive, friendly group.
Tennis
Email the coordinator for more information.
Monday and Thursday mornings, 8:15 - 10:00 a.m.
At Saint Mary's College, courts #10-12
Drop-in tennis for intermediate players (3.0 rating or higher).
Wise Women
Email the coordinator for more information.
4th Wednesday of the month, 1 p.m.
Life is a journey without a map. In Wise Women we come together to share the questions of life, share our joys, and find better understanding of ourselves and each other.