Friday, May 29, noon to 3 PM
Fun and Games and a Fabulous Lunch
Salads, desserts, drinks
Bridge, Scrabble, (better) UpWords*,…!
Kingston Library Community Room, 55 Franklin Street, Kingston
$10 per person for scholarships
Sponsored by AAUW Education Fund
Bring your friends and family.
Reservations are due ASAP; please call Dolores today (845-246-4507).
*The fun game that really stacks up!
Here’s your chance to meet our 2015 scholarship recipients! The women chosen for this year’s scholarships from the branch are:
– Jennifer Setterlund (Clintondale)
– Margaret Ruzzi (High Falls)
Both women are pursuing careers in nursing. Congratulations, Jennifer and Margaret!
Thursday, May 7
7 PM: Awards Ceremony in Quimby Theater
Reception in Vanderlyn Dining Hall follows
RSVP by Monday, May 4: 845-687-5293
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Join us for an informative talk on opera and popular music
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The Kingston Library (55 Franklin Street), welcomes Warren Boroson, a music teacher at Bard and Marist, to give a presentation titled Should Opera Singers Sing Popular Songs? on Saturday, April 25, at 2 PM.
Some opera singers call it “slumming” to sing the fetching songs of Gershwin, Berlin, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, and so forth. In fact, there was a famous fight between the Met’s director, Rudolf Bing, and one of his singers, Helen Traubel, over whether she should also sing in nightclubs. Cecilia Bartoli, the great mezzo, still refuses to sing popular songs.
In this program, Boroson will review the pros and cons of such a practice. He’ll also announce who’s winning the fight, those who favor crossover or those against it, and he’ll play recordings of opera singers going “slumming.”
April 14, 2015, is recognized nationally as Equal Pay Day – the symbolic day in 2015 when women’s salaries catch up to men’s earnings from 2014. That’s right – it takes women an extra three months to earn what men earned in all of 2014! The wage gap remains largely stagnant and discrimination in the workplace remains.
But there is something we can do about it. We must educate the public – and more importantly, let our legislators know that we are demanding action! This year, we have been working closely with our city and county governments to raise awareness about unequal pay.
That’s why we have designated the week of April 13 as the Equal Pay Week of Action . Click on the links below to go straight to the action.
Wednesday, April 8: Submit your Letter to the Editor (LTE)
Monday, April 13: Start Tweeting about Equal Pay Day
Un-equal pay is not okay. Pass the #NYEqualPayBill. #EqualPayNow http://bit.ly/1N41AMj @AAUWNY @PowHerNY
Women have been looking 4 pay equity since 1950s. NY women could buy 1.2 years of groceries if wage gap was closed #NYEqualPayBill @AAUWNY
We’ve been waiting 4 equal pay for a long time. NY women could afford 8 more months rent if #NYEqualPayBill was passed. #EqualPayDay @AAUWNY
It’s #EqualPayDay- wage gap 4 Latinas is 54% & 64% for African-Am women. Tell Congress we need #EqualPayNow. http://bit.ly/1CaMOsP @AAUWNY
If NY women had #EqualPayNow, we could buy 2,201 gallons of gasoline. Pass the #NYEqualPayBill and #PFA. @AAUW @AAUWNY @PowHerNY
It’s #EqualPayDay! Remind Congress that #PFA would mean $800K more in retirement savings for NY women. #EqualPayNow @AAUW @AAUWNY
Tuesday, April 14: Equal Pay Day
Participate in a local Equal Pay Day Event in your area, and don’t forget to wear RED because thanks to the wage gap, women are still in the RED financially!
Wednesday, April 15: Keep Sharing!
Thursday, April 16, and Friday, April 17: Say Thank You!
Thank you for your support! Sincerely, AAUW-NYS
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Send in your questions or comments for the panel and follow along with the discussion using the hashtag #addwomen on Twitter.
A panel of experts from the industry and academia, moderated by leading gender-in-science researcher Londa Schiebinger, will discuss the report’s findings and what they mean for anyone who cares about tapping the innovative solutions that half our population offers.
Our panel will include:
• Robin Bienfait, Executive Vice President and Chief Enterprise Innovation Officer, Samsung
• Aprille Ericsson, Ph.D., SBIR/STTR Program Manager, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
• Elizabeth Gunn, Vice President of Service Delivery and Assurance – West, AT&T
• Jessica Lindl, Executive Director, GlassLab
• Scott McGregor, President and Chief Executive Officer, Broadcom
On Sunday, February 22 at 2 PM at Irene Miller’s, Warren Boroson, who leads music-appreciation classes at Bard and Marist, will present a program of famous opera stars singing songs by George Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, and Richard Rodgers.
Warren says, “many wonderful singers have been willing to go “slumming”, singing popular songs, and we’ll hear some of the best sing some of the best.”
The singers include Luciano Pavarotti, Renata Tebaldi, Jussi Bjoerling, Lauritz Melchior, Kiri Te Kanawe, Rosa Ponselle, Lily Pons, Samuel Ramey, and Renee Fleming.
Warren will also review the blazing controversy, which pitted the Met’s Rudolf Bing against singers Lauritz Melchior and Helen Traubel. (“Nobody,” confessed Bing, “knowns the Traubel I’ve seen.”)
Irene’s address: 634 Pennsylvania Avenue, Palenville, NY 12463
For more information and to RSVP, call 518-678-3516 or email imiller65@hvc.rr.com
AAUW Kingston, SSIP Kingston, & SSIP 209
Holiday Party
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
3:30 to 5:30 PM
Set up at 3 PM, clean up at 5:30 PM
Kingston Library Community Room, 55 Franklin Street, Kingston
Musical entertainment by Suzanne Zimbler, opera enthusiast and singer,
and Ann Osmond, singing a lovely selection of cabaret songs,
accompanied on the keyboard by Dennis Yerry. All are well-known
throughout the Hudson Valley for their cabaret performances.
Bring finger food and desserts to nibble.
Coffee & tea provided.
White Elephant Gift Exchange
Bring a wrapped gift — something inexpensive, beautiful, terrible or humorous. It can be a used item from home — something that was given to you that you could not use, a duplicate item or something not to your liking. Do not go out and buy something new but have fun wrapping your gift.
Keep in mind, the goal of a white elephant gift exchange is usually to entertain rather than to gain.
Contact: Ruth Bean (ruthdbean@gmail.com, 845-255-5752)
Due to inclement weather, the 12/9 branch meeting and holiday party at the Kingston Library is cancelled. There is no snow date. Stay safe and warm. Happy Holidays!
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Light refreshments will be served. For more information, please see the flyer posted below. This program is free and open to the public but to reserve your space, please call (845) 454-0595 and ask for Samantha.
Join us in the Story Hour Room of the Kingston Library tomorrow, November 22, at 1:00 pm for our monthly branch meeting!
This month we are very excited to host Kimberly Hayes Pollard, AAUW National’s Northeast Regional Field Representative. Kim is here to answer all of your questions about AAUW, recruiting, organizing, and available resources.
Light refreshments will be served!
