Author Shirley Brooks-Jones to Speak at First BWC Event Co-Sponsored by the Bexley Public Library – March 6, 2012
Shirley Brooks-Jones will be the featured speaker at the first co-sponsored program that BWC has done with the Bexley Public Library on March 6, 2012.
Shirley, a Dublin, Ohio resident, happened to be on a flight back to the United States on September 11, 2001 and the plane was diverted to Gander International Airport in Newfoundland. The tiny town of Lewisporte took in nearly 800 of the stranded passengers, refusing to accept any payment. On the flight back to the U.S., Shirley came up with the idea of coming up with a scholarship fund for the children of Lewisporte. This was the beginning of the “Lewisporte Story”. The fact that Shirley’s focus is on scholarships dovetails nicely with what BWC does with our House & Garden Tour proceeds, Scholarships!
The program includes a short general business meeting at 6:30pm where we will vote on the slate of officers for 2012-13 along with a proposed constitutional change. Shirley is scheduled to speak at 7:00pm.
BWC Members & Guests Half Price Tickets for Shadowbox Live Production of ‘Rent’ – March 11
Shadowbox Live is offering members of the Bexley Women’s Club and their guests half price tickets to their production of the hit Broadway musical, Rent, on Sunday, March 11.
The show begins at 7 p.m. Cost of the tickets will be $15 each after the discount. Doors open at 5:45 p.m. Your ticket price covers the cost of admission. Shadowbox Live also offers a full-service bar and bistro-style menu. Food and drink are additional.
Rent is a rock musical with music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson based on Giacomo Puccini’s opera La Bohème. It tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York’s Lower East Side in the thriving days of Bohemian Alphabet City, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS.
In order to attend, please RSVP to Mary Acree by Friday, March 2.
