Past Events (2004)

Our current calendar of events is on our home page and in our newsletter.
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Wednesday, December 29th We had advertised a social dinner at Lisboa, but we had to postpone until January as the restaurant was closed for the whole week.
Saturday, December 25th We held a brunch at Shangri-Lee Chinese Restaurant, 965 South Main Street, Cheshire. Link to map of Shangri-Lee restaurant location
Monday, December 20th Annual Business Meeting, Elections, and Solstice Party

We started at 7:30 PM with coffee, conversation and a potluck dinner, followed at 8:00 PM by a brief business meeting and election of officers for 2005, and a solstice party featuring music from Wild Notes, singing, poetry, line dancing and a silent auction.
Monday, December 13th New Haven area social dinner at Pasta Fair, 262 Boston Post Rd, Orange Link to map of Pasta Fair restaurant location.
Sunday, November 21st November board meeting and standing committee meetings.
Wednesday, November 17th Our second social dinner of November was at the Pearl of Budapest in Fairfield. Link to map of Pearl of Budapest location
Monday, November 15th Our Monthly Meeting featured an orientation and discussion lead by Connecticut Network to Abolish the Death Penalty (CNADP) Executive Director, Robert Nave.
Saturday, November 13th
cover of 'The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature' by Steven Pinker Book discussion on The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature by Steven Pinker, at Ellen Snyder's home in Bethany.
Monday, November 8th New Haven area social dinner at Pasta Fair, 262 Boston Post Rd, Orange Link to map of Pasta Fair restaurant location.
Saturday, November 6th At Humanist Conversations we discussed the outcome of the election.
Wednesday, October 27th Danbury/Waterbury area social dinner at Bombay Restaurant in Danbury. Link to map of Bombay Restaurant location The restaurant's phone number is (203) 746-6425.
Monday, October 25th We showed the documentary film “Unconstitutional,” by Robert Greenwald.
Sunday, October 24th October board meeting and standing committee meetings.
Monday, October 18th New Haven area social dinner at Pasta Fair, 262 Boston Post Rd, Orange Link to map of Pasta Fair restaurant location. Call the restaurant at (203) 799-9601 if you need directions.
Monday, October 11th Our monthly meeting was a week earlier than usual and featured CCLU Legal Director Annette Lamoreaux with a talk about Civil Liberties and the Election.
Saturday, October 9th
cover of 'Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence' by Richard Wrangham and Dale Peterson Book discussion on Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence by Richard Wrangham and Dale Peterson, at Dr. Joseph and Miriam More's home in Cromwell.
Saturday, October 2nd Humanist Conversations - Vegetarian potluck and discussion of relationship between humanism, vegetarianism, environmentalism, and health.
Wednesday, September 29th Danbury/Waterbury area social dinner at the Curtis House in Woodbury.
Sunday, September 26th September board meeting and standing committee meetings.
Monday, September 20th Our Monthly Meeting featured CCSU professor Ken Feder with a talk entitled: How Archaeology Didn't Clear Up the Roswell UFO Incident and How it Should Have.
Monday, September 13th New Haven area social dinner at Pasta Fair, 262 Boston Post Rd, Orange Link to map of Pasta Fair restaurant location.
Saturday, August 28th Humanist Conversations resumed for the fall with a "bring-a-book" session.
Wednesday, August 25th Danbury/Waterbury area social dinner at Lisboa Restaurant, 19 Lafayette Street, Waterbury. Link to map of Lisboa restaurant location.
Sunday, August 22nd August board meeting and standing committee meetings.
Monday, August 16th Our August monthly meeting featured a "democracy workshop" hosted by David Schafer.
Monday, August 9th New Haven area social dinner at Pasta Fair, 262 Boston Post Rd, Orange Link to map of Pasta Fair restaurant location.
Saturday, July 31st
cover of 'The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times And Ideas Of The Great Economic Thinkers' by Robert L. Heilbroner Second and final book discussion on The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times And Ideas Of The Great Economic Thinkers by Robert L. Heilbroner, at the Roberts' home in Southbury. covering chapters 6 and up, excluding the last chapter.
Wednesday, July 28th Southbury/Woodbury social dinner at the Curtis House, 506 Main Street South, Woodbury Link to map of the Curtis House location.
Sunday, July 25th July board meeting and standing committee meetings.
Monday, July 19th Our monthly meeting featured member Virginia Clark's presentation on her research into Freethinkers in England. David Schafer reported on HUUmanism at the UUA’s General Assembly.
Friday, July 16th Group Trip and Movie Night: Re-Release of Monty Python’s Life of Brian at Real Art Ways, 56 Arbor Street, West Hartford Link to map of Real Art Ways location.
Monday, July 12th New Haven area social dinner at Pasta Fair, 262 Boston Post Rd, Orange Link to map of Pasta Fair restaurant location.
Saturday, July 3rd Humanist Conversations celebrated Independence Day and Thomas Jefferson. The July 5, 2004, issue of Time's cover story, "The Radical Mind of Thomas Jefferson," and a short videotaped excerpt (copyright 2000) on Jefferson from PBS and Kunhardt Productions, "Executive Vision: The American President," from "Episode Five: The American Way" were used as background material for the discussion.
Wednesday, June 30th Southbury/Woodbury social dinner at the Curtis House, 506 Main Street South, Woodbury Link to map of the Curtis House location.
Sunday, June 20th Annual picnic at the Raffords' home in Middlebury
Saturday, June 19th
cover of 'The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times And Ideas Of The Great Economic Thinkers' by Robert L. Heilbroner Book discussion on The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times And Ideas Of The Great Economic Thinkers by Robert L. Heilbroner, at Dr. Joseph and Miriam More's home in Cromwell. Please read chapters 1 to 5 of the book before attending. We'll read the rest for a future meeting.
Monday, June 14th New Haven area social dinner at Pasta Fair, 262 Boston Post Rd, Orange Link to map of Pasta Fair restaurant location. There was also a presentation on the Humanist Institute as enrollment for class 13 was due to close soon.
Thursday, May 27th A special meeting featuring Eugene Kogan, a member of the United Nations Association of the USA and the National Council for International Visitors — The Case for Multilateralism
Wednesday, May 26th Southbury/Woodbury social dinner at the Curtis House.
Monday, May 17th Our monthly meeting featured M. Terry Sullivan, RN, MSW, MSN, CMC talking about — Independence and Aging: It’s All About Being Informed.
Sunday, May 9th May board meeting and standing committee meetings.
Monday, May 3rd New Haven area social dinner at Pasta Fair, 262 Boston Post Rd, Orange Link to map of Pasta Fair restaurant location.
Sunday, May 2nd Our 15th anniversary meeting with guest speaker Humanist Pioneer and president of the Humanist Association of Massachusetts, Joe Gerstein: Cultural Cycles and Humanism.
Wednesday, April 28th Southbury/Woodbury social dinner at the Curtis House, 506 Main Street South, Woodbury Link to map of the Curtis House location.
Sunday, April 25th April board meeting and standing committee meetings.
Saturday, April 24th Humanist Conversations Between Iraq and a Hard Place. The latest on US neoconserative plans for an American-dominated planet.
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Monday, April 19th At our monthly meeting Doug Peary presented the latest in his series of talks: Corliss Lamont, Humanist Hero.
Saturday, April 10th
Monday, April 5th New Haven area social dinner at Pasta Fair, 262 Boston Post Rd, Orange Link to map of Pasta Fair restaurant location.
Saturday, March 27th Humanist Conversations on The God Gene - What are its implications and what can we do about it? Concluded that religiosity is part nature/part nurture.
Wednesday, March 24th The monthly Southbury/Woodbury social dinner at the Curtis House, 506 Main Street South, Woodbury.
Sunday, March 21st March board meeting and standing committee meetings.
Monday, March 15th Monthly Meeting featured David Schafer, Manny Ratafia, and Bonnie Cohen talking on The Passion and Passion Plays from Ancient Times to Mel Gibson and Beyond
Monday, March 1st We held a New Haven area social dinner at Pasta Fair, 262 Boston Post Rd, Orange.
Sunday, February 29th David Schafer spoke for the Humanist Association of Massachusetts in Hall A of Harvard's Science Center, Oxford Street, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. His topic was "Let's Re-think Humanism, Imaginatively."
Saturday, February 28th Humanist Conversations on The Background of the Civil Rights Movement. Many recollections of racist America before the 1960s.
Wednesday, February 25th Our Southbury/Woodbury social dinner at the Curtis House, 506 Main Street South, Woodbury featured discussion of recent stem cell research, and the new Mel Gibson movie.
Sunday, February 22nd February board meeting and standing committee meetings.
Monday, February 16th Our Monthly Meeting featured round-table discussion chaired by Nick Orsini on Humanism and the Arts.
Monday, February 9th We held another New Haven area social dinner at Pasta Fair, 262 Boston Post Rd, Orange.
Saturday, January 31st Humanist Conversations on Patriot Act II

While the press was covering the capture of  Saddam Hussein, Congress was quietly passing parts of the controversial Patriot Act II as riders to other bills. What's been passed?
Wednesday, January 28th Our Southbury/Woodbury social dinner at the Curtis House, 506 Main Street South, Woodbury was cancelled due to snow.
Sunday, January 25th January board meeting.
Monday, January 19th Our Monthly Meeting featured Walter Wells giving another multimedia presentation on the multi-talented (actor, singer, college athlete, lawyer, and political activist) Paul Robeson.
Monday, January 12th Our New Haven area social dinner moved to Pasta Fair, 262 Boston Post Rd, Orange. We were surprised to find they have a dinner special on Monday nights.
Saturday, January 3rd A Humanist Conversations on planning for the new year.

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