Autumn Term 2010

Study Groups

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MONTHLY MEETNGS

These take place at Glebe Halll, Stanmore.  
Tea/coffee biscuits are served from 10.30am and the meetings start at 11am with a report from the Chairman on latest branch news.  Then follows a talk from an invited guest on a subject of general interest with questions from the floor,  
The meetings fInish by 12.15pm

Meetings are held on the third Monday of the month during term time.  
Details are available in the Newsletters sent out before the beginning of each term
and in the information bulletins available from time to time.

Art
(Painting for Fun)

Friday

10.00 - 12.00

Hampstead Garden Suburb

For dates see diary in Newsletter or contact Norma Levenstein

020-8238 2413

Course leader: Helena Gross

A friendly fun class to suit all abilities including absolute beginners. Working in a media of your choice with the opportunity to experiment in painting and drawing

using different techniques and materials

Art

Tues

9.30 - 12.00

Kenton

NW London U3A Studio

Please phone

Karen Nash
020 8907 2094

 Val Saunders

020 8423 5134

Course leaders: Karen Nash and Val Saunders

Beginners to quite advanced welcome to this group.

A structured course which gives participants

a range of experience in techniques and materials

Book Club

First Wednesday of Month

2.15 - 4.15

Private House in Edgware

Winifred White

020 8954 6566

Lose Berger

020 8958 2234

Course leader: Margaret Wignall

The aim will be to find books that offer a good read and excite responses that we can discuss, sharing views and reactions with each other.

Bridge for Improvers

Wednesday

11.15 - 12.30

Stanmore

Course leader: Dr Albert Manning

For those with some playing experience,

improve standard of bidding and play

Chair Based Exercises

Thursday

2.30 - 3.30

Private House in Edgware

Sylvia Budd

020 8958 8488

Course leader: Sylvia Budd

Suitable for everyone, include warm-up, stretching and strengthening and relaxation.  
Wear comfortable clothes and flat shoes

Chess

Tuesday

11.00 -12.30

Held in a private house. For details contact

John Friedman

020-8205 1598

Course leader: John Friedman

Playing, with some instruction on strategies

Classical Music

Tuesday

11.15  -  12.30

Stanmore

Course leaders:

Frances Blumenfeld and Jason Gilmont

This course will alternate between orchestral music and opera.  The appreciation of opera will include extracts

from a recorded repertoire, as well as complete operas.
Comments and discussion welcome

Current Affairs (1)

Tuesday

2.15-3.30pm

Stanmore

Course leader: Dr Albert Manning

This is an opportunity to air, share and broaden views by discussing issues of the day as they appear in the media

Current Affairs (2)

Monday

2.00 - 3.15pm

Held in a private house.

For details of venue contact

Peggy Gershon

020-8458 2611

Course leader: Peggy Gershon

We will discuss current events which will be set  

in consultation with members of the group

Embroidery

Monday

2.00-4.00

Alternate weeks

Starting

September 13

Held in a private house.

in Kenton

For details

Contact Sara

0208908 0582

Course leader: Sara Maier

Introduction to traditional stitches and techniques

Hebrew for Beginners

Thursday

3.00 - 4.15pm

Held in a private house.

For details  of venue contact

Berta

020-8958 5037

Course leader: Berta Feder

For those with little or no knowledge of Hebrew

this is a first step to familiarity with the language

Jazz

Monday

10.30 - 11.45

Second and fourth Mondays of the month

For details,  

phone Cyril on

020-8958 5867

Course leader: Cyril Scott

Excerpts of well-known jazz pieces from

the earliest days up to the present.  

Jewish History

Monday

11.15 - 12.30

Held in a private house. For details of venue contact Sidney

020-8958 8488

Course leader: Dr Sidney Budd

Over a period in excess of 3000 years Jews have  

lived in countries all over the world.

The history of the Jewish people is totally tied up

with the political and religious history

of the lands in which they were living

Kalooki

Tuesday

3.45 - 5.30

Stanmore

Course leader: Berta Feder

A pleasant social occasion for beginners and

those with some experience of the game

Medicine Today

Wednesday

9.45 - 11.00

Stanmore

Course leader: Dr Albert Manning

Questions, answers and discussion

on any appropriate and current medical topics.  

Music at Lunchtime

Wednesday

12.45 - 2.00

Stanmore

Course leaders: Frances Blumenfeld, Jason Gilmont,  

Alan Orchover and Cyril Scott

The group will be able to enjoy classical music covering a wide variety of tastes including orchestral, chamber and vocal music. Some sessions include DVD presentation

Opera on Screen

Monday  

2.00 - 3.30

Second and Fourth Mondays of Month

Held in a private house.

in Edgware

Details contact

Jose Berger

020 8958 2234

Course leaders:  

Frances Blumenfeld and Jason Gilmont

Watch opera on screen, hear commentary from

Group leaders, and join in general discussion

Photography

Monday

10.00 - 11.15

Held in a private house.

For details

phone Don on

020-8346 8889

Course leader: Don Lawson

To explore ways of making photography less of a mystery  

and to improve quality of pictures.

Playreading (1)

Tuesday

12.45 - 2.00

Stanmore

Course leader: Rose Sherman

We will read plays for our own enjoyment,  

and where appropriate discuss them.

Some sessions include DVD presentation

Playreading (2)

Thursday

2.30 - 3.45pm

Held in a private house.

For details

phone Valerie on   

020-8954 8958.
 

Course leader: Norma Sheridan

We will read plays for our own enjoyment

and where appropriate discuss them

Scrabble

Wednesday

2.15 - 4.15

Second and fourth Wednesdays of month.

Held in a private house.

For details

phone Valerie on   

020-8954 8958.
 

Course leader: Sheila Levitt

A pleasant social occasion for beginners  

and the more experienced.

Searching for Answers

Thursday

10.00 - 11.15

Held in a private house

For details

phone Don on

020-8346 8889

Course leader: Don Lawson

We will examine different methods used by researchers  

in both "hard" sciences and humanities.

This course will provide an opportunity

for lively debate and intellectual stimulation.

Silk Painting

Monday

2.30 - 4.00

Held in a private house. For details contact

Trudy

020-8952 0606

Course leader: Trudy Raphael

An introduction to the silk painting technique

in a small informal group

The Poetry Experience

Thursday

2.30 - 3.45

Alternate

Thursdays

Held in a private house.

Details contact

Jose Berger

020 8958 2234

Course leader: Mary Hanscomb

Poetry purely for pleasure.  

We shall practise reading aloud, share favourite poems

and perhaps write our own 

Why?

Thursday

2.30 - 4.00

Four Sessions
October 14, 28

November 4, 18

Held in a private house. For details contact

Jack White

020-8202 2075

Course leader: Jack White

We live in a world bombarded by advertising and apparently genuine advice whose real purpose is to persuade you that you need some­thing. The purpose of this course is to provide you with realistic information Each topic is the subject of a major TV docu­mentary which we will see and then discuss.

Yiddish Conversation

Tuesday

9.45 - 11.00

Stanmore

Course leader: Vita Glass

Enjoy Yiddish conversation, and Yiddish story  

reading by the Group Leader.

All levels of Yiddish accommodate

Where group
is held

Hampstead Garden Suburb

Kenton

 Stanmore

 Members Homes

DIARY

SEPTEMBER - DECEMBER 2010

SEPTEMBER

Monday 13  

Tuesday 14

VVednes 15   

Thursday 16

Monday 20  

Tuesday 21  

Wednes 22  

Thursday 23   

Monday 27

Tuesday 28  

Wednes 29

Thursday 30  

Photography,Jazz,CurrentAffairs,Jewish History, Opera on Screen, Silk Painting, Embroidery

Art Studio, Yiddish, Classical Music, Chess, Current Affairs, Kalooki, Playreading

Medicine, Bridge, LunchtimeMusic, Scrabble,

Searching for Answers, Playreading, Hebrew  

Photography, Current Affairs, Silk Painting, Jewish History

Art Studio, Yiddish, Classical Music, Chess, Current Affairs, Kalooki, Playreading

Medicine, Bridge, Lunchtime Music

Searching for Answers, Playreading

Photography, Jazz, Current Affairs, Jewish History, Opera on Screen, Silk Painting, Embroidery

Art Studio, Yiddish, Classical Music, Chess, Current Affairs, Kalooki, Playreading

Medicine, Bridge, Lunchtime Music, Scrabble,

Searching for Answers, Playreading

OCTOBER

Monday 4

Tuesday 5

Wednes 6

Thursday 7

Friday 8

Monday 11

Tuesday 12

Wednes 13

Thursday 14

Monday 18

Tuesday 19

Wednes 20

Thursday 21

Friday 22

Photography, Current Affairs, Silk Painting

ArtStudio, Yiddish, Classical Music, Chess, Current Affairs, Kalooki, Playreading

Medicine, Bndge, Lunchtime Music, Book Club

Searching for Answers, Play reading, Poetry Experience, Hebrew

Painting

Photography, Jazz, Current Affairs, Jewish History, Opera on Screen, Silk Painting, Embroidery

Art Studio, Yiddish, Classical Music, Chess, Current Affairs, Kalooki, Playreading

Medicine, Bridge, Lunchtime Music, Scrabble,

Searching for Answers, Playreading, Hebrew, WHY?, Chair Exercises

Photography, Current Affairs, Jewish History, Silk Painting

Art Studio, Yiddish, Classical Music, Chess, Current Affairs, Kalooki, Playreading

Medicine, Bridge, Lunchtime Music

Searching for Answers, Playreading, Hebrew, Poetry Experience, Chair Exercises

Painting

NOVEMBER

Monday 1

Tuesday 2

Wednes 3

Thursday 4

Friday 5

Monday 8

Tuesday 9

Wednes 10

Thursday 11

Monday 15

Tuesday 16

Wednes 17

Thursday 18

Friday 19

Monday 22

Tuesday 23

Wednes 24

Thursday 25

Friday 26

Monday 29

Tuesday 30

Photography, Current Affairs, Jewish History, Silk Painting, Embroidery

Art Studio, Yiddish, Classical Music, Chess, Current Affairs, Kalooki, Playreading

Medicine, Bridge, Lunchtime Music, Book Club

Searching for Answers, Playreading, Hebrew, Poetry Experience, Chair Exercises

Painting

Photography, Jazz, Current Affairs, Jewish History,Opera on Screen, Silk Painting

Art Studio, Yiddish, Classical Music, Chess, Current Affairs, Kalooki, Playreading,

Medicine, Bridge, Lunchtime Music, Scrabble

Searching for Answers, Playreading, Hebrew, Chair Exercises, WHY?

Photography, Current Affairs, Jewish History, Silk Painting, Embroidery

Art Studio, Yiddish, Classical Music, Chess, Current Affairs, Kalooki, Playreading

Medicine, Bridge, Lunchtime Music

Searching for Answers, Playreading, Hebrew, Poetry Experience, Chair Exercises

Painting

Photography, Jazz, Current Affairs, Jewish History, Opera on Screen, Silk Painting

Art Studio, Yiddish, Classical Music, Chess, Current Affairs, Kalooki, Playreading,

Medicine, Bridge, Lunchtime Music, Scrabble

Searching for Answers, Playreading, Hebrew, WHY?, Chair Exercises

Painting

Photography, Current Affairs, Jewish History, Silk Painting, Jazz, Opera on Screen, Embroidery

Art Studio, Yiddish, Classical Music, Chess, Current Affairs, Kalooki, Playreading

DECEMBER

Wednes 1

Thursday 2

Monday 6

Tuesday 7

Wednes 8

Thursday 9

Friday 10

Medicine, Bridge, Lunchtime Music, Book Club

Searching for Answers, Playreading, Hebrew, Poetry Experience, Chair Exercises

Photography, Current Affairs, Jewish History, Silk Painting

Art Studio, Yiddish, Classical Music, Chess, Current Affairs, Kalooki, Playreading,

Medicine, Bridge, Lunchtime Music, Scrabble

Searching for Answers, Playreading, Hebrew, Chair Exercises

Painting