Past Events (2002)
Our current calendar of events is on our home page and in our newsletter.
| When | What |
|---|---|
| Wednesday, December 18th | Our second social dinner of the month was at the Curtis House, 506 Main Street South, Woodbury  . |
| Monday, December 16th | Annual Meeting and Solstice Party |
| Saturday, December 14th | Humanist Conversations Following up on Taslima Nasrin's visit to New Haven in November, we discussed women's issues. |
| Monday, December 9th | We held a social dinner at Gabriele Ristorante Italiano, 326 Boston Post Rd, Orange . |
| Sunday, November 24th | November board meeting. All members are welcome. Please contact June Schafer to add any agenda items you'd like considered. |
| Wednesday, November 20th | Our second social dinner of the month was at the Curtis House, 506 Main Street South, Woodbury . |
| Monday, November 18th | Monthly Meeting Bob Rafford talked about Genealogy and Humanism. |
| Saturday, November 9th | Humanist Conversations We had a very interesting discussion on vegetarianism. |
| Monday, November 4th | We held a social dinner at Gabriele Ristorante Italiano, 326 Boston Post Rd, Orange . |
| Sunday, October 27th | October board meeting. |
| Saturday, October 26th | The Mystic-Noank humanist discussion group held an autumn picnic. |
| Wednesday, October 23rd | Our second social dinner of the month at the Curtis House moved to Wednesday night. |
| Monday, October 21st | The Monthly Meeting featured HAC president Manny Ratafia, with a long-delayed talk on Pharmaceutical Pricing. |
| Friday, October 11th | Humanist Conversations held a "suggest a book" session. |
| Monday, October 7th 7 PM |
We held a social dinner at Gabriele Ristorante Italiano. |
| Sunday, September 22nd | September board meeting. |
| Thursday, September 19th | Our second social dinner of the month, as usual was held at the Curtis House in Woodbury. |
| Monday, September 16th | Our Monthly Meeting featured a return visit by Ken Feder, professor of anthropology at CCSU, who talked about Mysterious Circles of Stone: Megalithic Monuments of Western Europe. |
| Friday, September 13th | The Humanist Conversations group held a follow-up discussion for Mickey Koth's talk on Women and Islam. |
| Monday, September 9th | We held a social dinner at Gabriele Ristorante Italiano in Orange. |
| Thursday, August 22nd | We held another social dinner at the Curtis House. |
| Monday, August 19th | Monthly Meeting Mickey Koth gave the second installment of her series Women and Islam, this time covering marriage, divorce, and polygamy. |
| Saturday, August 10th | Humanist Conversations We visited Bill & Kathy Lyons' home in Cornwall, Connecticut. |
| Monday, August 5th | We held a social dinner at Gabriele Ristorante Italiano in Orange. |
| Sunday, July 21st | July board meeting. |
| Thursday, July 18th | Our second social dinner of the month was held at the Curtis House. |
| Monday, July 15th | The monthly meeting featured David Schafer updating us about Current Trends in Humanism |
| Saturday, July 13th | The Mystic-Noank humanist discussion group considered estate taxes at the Mystic Noank Library. |
| Monday, July 8th | We held a social dinner at Gabriele Ristorante Italiano in Orange. |
| Saturday, July 6th | Humanist Conversations was another planning session with potluck refreshments instead of the usual pizza. We invited ourselves to the Lyons' home in Cornwall, and decided to avoid ordering pizza for future events in Hamden. |
| Thursday, June 20th | Our second social dinner of the month was at the Curtis House. Gerry Tichey described surviving his recent heart attack. |
| Saturday, June 15th | The Mystic-Noank humanist discussion group met at the Mystic Noank Library. |
| Sunday, June 9th | June board meeting. |
| Friday, June 7th | Humanist Conversations session on Communal Conflicts. |
| Monday, June 3rd | Another New Haven area social dinner at Gabriele Ristorante Italiano. |
| Saturday, June 1st | Annual Picnic at the Raffords' home in Middlebury |
| Sunday, May 26th | Monthly Meeting: our own Doug Peary presented Clarence Darrow, Humanist Hero. |
| Friday, May 10th | Humanist Conversations: Israel and Palestine.
There are some relevant articles in the May/June issue of the Humanist. |
| Thursday, May 9th | Our second social dinner of the month was at the Curtis House, 506 Main Street South, Woodbury . |
| Monday, May 6th | We held a small social dinner at Gabriele Ristorante Italiano |
| Sunday, May 5th | April/May board meeting. |
| Sunday, April 21st | Anniversary Meeting Tom Ferrick, Humanist chaplain at Harvard, talked about The Power of the Secular Ethic. |
| Saturday, April 20th | The Executive Director of the Council for Secular Humanism, Ed Buckner, debated John Rankin on the topic Does It Make Sense to Be an Atheist? The forum was held at: Covenant Presbyterian Church (The "Old Barn") 124 Old Farms Rd Simsbury CT 06070 |
| Thursday, April 18th | Social dinner at MisFitz Inn, 57 Oak Tree Rd, Southbury . |
| Saturday, April 13th | The Mystic-Noank humanist discussion group took a look at the ethics of taxation. |
| Monday, April 8th | Our social dinner meetings returned to Gabriele Ristorante Italiano, 326 Boston Post Rd, Orange |
| Friday, April 5th | Humanist Conversations This session was on cloning. Suggested reading included:
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| Sunday, March 24th | Our March board meeting was not quorate, so we sat around and talked instead. |
| Thursday, March 14th | Our social dinner at MisFitz Inn in Southbury featured Nash Boutros giving a reprise of his talk on The Brain and Belief. |
| Monday, March 11th | Held a week earlier than usual, our monthly meeting featured CCLU Executive Director Teresa Younger talking about Civil Liberties and the War on Terrorism. This replaced a panel discussion previously advertised. |
| Friday, March 8th | Humanist Conversations session on the collapse of Enron. |
| Sunday, March 3rd | February board meeting. |
| Sunday, February 24th | A Memorial Service for our program director, Nat Wolf was held at USNH, 700 Hartford Turnpike, Hamden. Doug Peary presided and music was provided by David Schafer and Mickey Koth. |
| Monday, February 18th | At our February Monthly Meeting, artist Nick Orsini gave us his thoughts on "Immortality," and proved that words are another medium in which he's a skilled worker. |
| Tuesday, February 12th | We had a small turn-out for our first Darwin's Day social dinner at MisFitz Inn, 57 Oak Tree Rd, Southbury. |
| Friday, February 8th | Humanist Conversations. The topic for this session wound up being Humanism. |
| Sunday, January 27th | January board meeting. |
| Monday, January 21st | Our Monthly Meeting featured Walter Wells on opera: "Girls will be Boys." |
| Thursday, January 17th | We held our first social dinner of the year at MisFitz Inn, 57 Oak Tree Rd, Southbury. The dining area now features two pool tables! |
| Friday, January 11th | Humanist Conversations considered energy and conservation. |
| Saturday, January 5th | The Mystic-Noank humanist discussion group considered affirmative action. |