Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities

WOMEN OF WEYMOUTH (WOW) MEETING 

WHEN:  September 25, 2017.   9:30am – Coffee, 10am – Brief Business Meeting Followed by Speaker

WHO:   Current members of WOW and women interested in joining this amazing group of volunteers who are dedicated to preserving and enhancing Weymouth Center.

WHAT:  Each meeting starts with coffee/tea and social time followed by a brief meeting and an interesting presentation.  This month’s speakers:

• Long-time WOW member and our Archivist, Dottie Starling, who will be speaking about the History of Weymouth & the Boyd Family in a talk titled “Flowering From Our Past”.
• Our Executive Director, Robin Smith, will be speaking about current and future directions at Weymouth in a talk titled “Rooting for Our Future”.

Note: Women Of Weymouth meetings are usually scheduled for the 3rd Monday of each month from September to May. This Sept 25th meeting is a one-time change in that schedule as there was an opportunity for filming at Weymouth on Sept 18. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Sounds on the Grounds Concert

The Young Affiliates of Weymouth (YAW) is a group of young professionals in Moore County that support the centers’ membership, development and outreach programs. The Young Affiliates create events such as the popular “A Heritage Affair” Gala throughout the year to build awareness and interest in Weymouth.  Net proceeds YAW events support the Young Affiliates and Weymouth Center for the Arts and Humanities.

If you are a young professional with a desire to get to know other like-minded individuals who support this very worthy cause, then we invite you to join us!  JOIN NOW:  http://weymouthcenter.org/join/

Our Musicians Jam Session is a song circle of acoustics, percussions and vocals that is open to all area musicians.  Bring your instrument or your voice and your own beverages to Weymouth the last Tuesday of each month for a lively jam session with friends and neighbors.  Non-performers are always welcome to come and listen.

Thomas Sauer has performed at many of the leading international festivals including Marlboro, Music@Menlo, Chamber Music Northwest, El Paso Pro Musica, as well as Lake District Summer Music (England) and Festival des Consonances (France).  Appearing as the pianist on Broadway’s 33 Variations, he has also appeared in recital with Midori at the Philharmonie in Berlin and the Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels.  A member of the music faculty of Vassar College and the piano faculty of the Mannes College, Mr. Sauer is the founder and director of the Mannes Beethoven Institute.

WOMEN OF WEYMOUTH (WOW) MEETING 

WHEN:  Monday, October 16th, 9:30am – Coffee, 10am – Brief Business Meeting Followed by Speaker

WHO:   Current members of WOW and women interested in joining this amazing group of volunteers who are dedicated to preserving and enhancing Weymouth Center.

WHAT:  Each meeting starts with coffee/tea and social time followed by a brief meeting and an interesting presentation.  This meeting will educate us on “Equestrian Life in the Sandhills” with Diane McKay, Pilot contributor and author of Hoofbeats.

Our Book Club meets the third Tuesday of every month and we read works by North Carolina authors.  All are welcome.  Please come and bring a friend!

This month, we will discuss The Conjure Woman, by Charles W. Chestnutt.

Charles Waddell Chesnutt (June 20, 1858 – November 15, 1932) was an African American author, essayist, political activist and lawyer, best known for his novels and short stories exploring complex issues of racial and social identity in the post-Civil War South.

The Conjure Woman is the title of an 1899 collection of seven stories by Charles W. Chesnutt, an important African American writer from the post-Civil War South; it was his first book. The stories deal with the racial issues facing the South after the war, often through the comments of the character of Uncle Julius McAdoo, a freed slave who tells these stories to a white couple from the North, John and Annie.

BOOK LAUNCH:

Brinkley Boyd of Weymouth

Written by Annie Hallinan. Illustrated by Amy Preveza.

This evening’s proceeds to benefit repairs to the Carriage House roof, the future Weymouth Educational Center.

Sounds on the Grounds Concert

The Young Affiliates of Weymouth (YAW) is a group of young professionals in Moore County that support the centers’ membership, development and outreach programs. The Young Affiliates create events such as the popular “A Heritage Affair” Gala throughout the year to build awareness and interest in Weymouth.  Net proceeds YAW events support the Young Affiliates and Weymouth Center for the Arts and Humanities.

If you are a young professional with a desire to get to know other like-minded individuals who support this very worthy cause, then we invite you to join us!  JOIN NOW:  http://weymouthcenter.org/join/

Our Musicians Jam Session is a song circle of acoustics, percussions and vocals that is open to all area musicians.  Bring your instrument or your voice and your own beverages to Weymouth the last Tuesday of each month for a lively jam session with friends and neighbors.  Non-performers are always welcome to come and listen.