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The Multiracial Awareness Discussion Group [MADG] will discuss Reconstruction: Then and Now on:
Friday, February 14, 2020
10 AM – Noon
Auditorium
Even if you think you’ve already learned all about Reconstruction, come anyway. This is a topic in our history with significant parallels to the present day. All are welcome to join the conversation.
Questions? Contact Lois Schmidt or Joan Green. See the Resident Directory in MyErickson for contact information.
Jan. 4 – The Aftermath (2019)
Jan. 11 – The Lion King (2019)
Jan. 18 – Downton Abbey (2019)
Jan. 20 – Downton Abbey (2019)
Jan. 25 – Peanut Butter Falcon (2019)
Sofas, dressers, recliners, luggage, bookcases, dining sets, and so much more!
Saturday, January 25, 2020
11AM – 1 PM
Herbert’s Run T-Level
Public enter through Cross Creek Lobby
Cash, Check and Credit Card accepted forms of payment.
Jan. 21 – Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right
[New York: Doubleday, 2016] by Jane Mayer, reviewed by Lon Chesnutt.
REVIEWS & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL
Review by Alan Ehrenhalt [New York Times]
Index of 12 reviews of Dark Money [Book Mark]
Jane Mayer Discusses Her Book [BookTV, C-SPAN2] (video)
‘Hidden History’ Of Koch Brothers….[Fresh Air, NPR] (video)
Benefactors with Great Wealth [National Review]
Review [Society of Environmental Journalists]
A Must Read: Jane Mayer’s ‘Dark Money’ [Bill Moyers]
Nazi Oil, the Koch Brothers and a Rightwing Revolution [The Guardian]
Book excerpts [Google Books]
Who Owns the GOP? [Dissent Magazine]
Review [Washington Independent Review of Books]
Dark Money: Jane Mayer on How the Koch Bros… [Democracy Now]
A Conversation Between Hendrik Hertzberg and Jane Mayer [at Dartmouth Univ] (video)
The Arbutus Library will be closed on the third Monday of January and February 2020. The shuttle will run the third Tuesday of these months – January 21 and February 18, 2020. Pickup time remains the same at 10 AM, with return shuttle leaving at 11:30 AM.
Please call Dispatch at 410-737-8838, x8448 with any questions.
Dick Crebs
Dick Crebs
Bill May
Peggy Crebs
Peggy Crebs
Gloria Davis
Forest Dawes
Forest Dawes
Monday Bocce Ball League Spring Meeting
Tuesday, February 25, 2020
10 AM
Auditorium
Spring season runs from March 30 – June 15, 2020. New players are always welcome Call Tony Ellis for more information. Contact information can be found in the Resident Directory in MyErickson.
Congressional District 7 Candidates’ Forum
will be held on January 18, 2020 in the Erickson Conference Center from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM.
25 Candidates to Hold Mix and Mingle.
Sponsored by Charlestown Residents’ Council Legislative and Political Committee and the Charlestown Chapter of MaCCRA.
Enjoy dinner together! Bring your own meal!
Saturday, January 26
4:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Fountain Hill TV Room
in the Auditorium
Contact Emily Fowler at 410-737-8892 for more details.