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This study group is for people who already know how to play bridge. Join us if you would like to meet other ICL members who play and want to have more opportunities to play the game. We welcome those who have recently learned the game as well as intermediate and advanced players. We will be playing for FUN, not cutthroat! Hopefully we can all learn from one another.

NOTE: This is an ongoing study group, but new participants are always welcome.

Coordinator: Andrea Zietlow

The Thin Man was a series of six movies which were produced between 1934 and 1947. The movies starred William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles. The plot for these films centered around Nick and Nora's relationship as high society detectives. The films are full of laughs and mystery as Nick and Nora toast each other with champagne cocktails as they solve the latest "who done it"! The seventh class we will show two documentaries, one each on the lives of William Powell and Myrna Loy.

Coordinator: Bob Hartnett

Young Coco Chanel works as a seamstress by day, a cabaret entertainer by night. Then she meets a wealthy heir and becomes his lover and fashion consultant. Tired of the flowery hats, tight corsets, and yards of lace the defines women’s fashion, Coco uses her lover’s clothing as a starting point to distill an elegant and sophisticated line of women’s clothing that propels her to the top of Parisian haute couture.

Coordinators: Mike and Marilyn Glass

Discussion: Why did kidnapped children on the American Frontier choose to stay with their Native American kidnappers? They apparently became Indian in every way and rarely adjusted when returned to their birth families even if their stay with their capturers was less than a year. Is this an indictment of Western culture?

We will read “News of the World” by Paulette Jiles and 'The Captured” by Scott Zesch on our own before meeting for discussion on Thursday, April 4th at 1 pm.

Coordinator: Grace Limoncelli

What happens when we peel an onion? Most cry, and then enjoy it in many different ways. The same is true of your family tree. Every person and branch we add is like peeling another layer of an onion revealing more about our ancestries. The purpose of this study group is to introduce people to some basic tools and concepts to build a family tree. The first two sessions will cover Ancestry and Family Tree Maker. They will center upon the traditional resources with only a brief discussion of DNA. In the third session, attendees can ask questions, talk about their brick walls, and present their own family trees.

Coordinator: Merle Silverstein
Guest Speaker: Bob Silverstein