Arden Club Calendar The Highway, Arden, DE Mar 2016 Printed on 100% post-consumer fiber paper.

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1 Arden Club Calendar The Highway, Arden, DE Mar 2016 Printed on 100% post-consumer fiber paper. ARDENSINGERS GILD H.M.S. Pinafore Rehearsals for our spring 2016 show, Gilbert & Sullivan s H.M.S. Pinafore, have begun. Performances will be held April 22, 23, 29 & 30, 2016 at 8 pm and April 24 & 30 at 2 pm. Stage direction is by Sam Griffin, with music direction by Helene Furlong. Captain Corcoran has prospered as captain of the H.M.S. Pinafore and hopes to further improve the family's societal standing by making a marriage match for his daughter Josephine with Sir Joseph Porter, First Lord of the Admiralty. Josephine is conflicted, because she's fallen in love with a "common" sailor, Ralph Rackstraw, while Sir Joseph's attentions "nauseate" her. She finally sets her mind to elope with Ralph, after hearing Sir Joseph lecture the captain and crew that "a British sailor is any man's equal" (excepting his). Everything is sorted out in typical topsy-turvy G&S fashion, with the captain, Josephine, and Sir Joseph ending up with appropriate marriage partners. Issues of social class are the target of Gilbert's wit in this production, accompanied by some of Sullivan's most memorable music. For more information about the show, including a cast list and ticket information, please visit BRIDGE GILD We play in the Bratten Room of the Lower Gild Hall the first and third Thursdays of the month from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM. Our March dates are: March 3 and March 17. The cost is $1 for members and $2 for non-members. The Bridge Gild s dinner will be April 2, featuring grand slam steelhead trout, partnered with roasted asparagus, and herbed red potatoes. SEE YOU THERE

2 CONCERT GILD Robert Glasper Trio Robert Glasper is nominated for another Grammy this year, having won a few years back. Robert Glasper Trio is here at Arden Gild Hall as our first show as part of the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Touring Network. His recent show in Philly at World Cafe Live was sold out at over 500 people! Following the breakthrough commercial and critical success of his two Grammy-winning R&B-oriented Black Radio albums, Robert Glasper returns to his acoustic jazz roots with Covered (The Robert Glasper Trio recorded live at Capitol Studios). The album reunites Glasper with bassist Vicente Archer and drummer Damion Reid, re-forming the trio that created his first two Blue Notes releases, Canvas (2005) and In My Element (2007). Tickets are $30 for the general public and $25 for Arden Club members. Tickets for members are obtained by at concerts@ardenclub.org; non-members go to ardenconcerts.com or Between Books (Claymont) and Jupiter Records (Arden). Robyn Hitchcock Waiting List The Robyn Hitchcock March 18 concert is sold out, but we have been getting regular cancellations for this postponed by snow show. Contact us for a waiting list! concerts@ardenclub.org Alejandro Escovedo Songhoy Blues Friday April 15, PM with ill Fated Natives - $15 (members $12) Songhoy Blues is an amalgam of Desert Blues from the north of Mali (where fundamentalism has displaced nearly all musicians to the south for safety) and blues rock of the 70s. I think there is more than a little Black Keys in the sound, but their album was one of the best of It's very exciting to have them come to Arden in this WXPN Welcomes event sponsored in part by Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation. The ill Fated Natives are an exciting young rock band from Philly making their Delaware debut in Arden. Saturday May 28, PM - $25 (members $20) It is hard to believe that Alejandro's amazing concert in Arden was 9 years ago! We are very excited to welcome him back. We expect this seated concert to sell out, so contact us now or buy as soon as you can! Alejandro will appear in an acoustic / electric duo performance, his second musician will be on electric guitar and keyboards. Join us for this season closer on Memorial Day weekend! 2 THE ARDEN CLUB CALENDAR MAR 2016

3 GARDENERS GILD Backyard Gardening for Hummingbirds The Gardeners Gild will meet on Monday, March 21, 2016, at 7:30 PM in the Gild Hall. We are pleased to welcome as our speaker Ron Simpson. Ron will present a broad range of information about backyard gardening for hummingbirds, including basics about local native hummingbirds, creating and siting a hummingbird garden, seasonal maintenance in the hummingbird garden, and the best practices for hummingbird feeders. Ron is an Arden Club member and a New Castle County Master Gardener. He has a Bachelor s degree in Biology and a Master s degree in Environmental Science. He is a lifelong gardener and birdwatcher and has attended numerous workshops on hummingbirds via the Southeastern Arizona Bird Observatory. This event is being presented with support from the Nancy Ellen Banis Memorial Education Fund. We look forward to seeing you there! FOLK DANCERS GILD March 6: Sunday - Contra dancing. Mindy Dole s Birthday Party: Contra Live Wire (band): Ben Kennedy, piano; Josh Burdick, fiddle; Bill Quern, mando, melodeon, banjo, etc.; Sarah Gowan, guitar, concertina, feet; Greg Frock, caller. Contra dance lesson, 1:30; Contra dance, 2-5 PM. Fee: students $7, Arden club members $9, non-members $10. March 2: Wednesday - Jenny Brown leading. She says: Come out for some International, English, and some couple dancing! 7:30-9:30 PM, $4, $5. March 9: Wednesday - Sharon Kleban, Israeli dancing 7:30-9:30 PM, $4, $5. March 16: Wednesday - Bob Witt & Friends squares and folk, 7:30-9:30 PM, $4, $5. March 23: Wednesday - Jenny Brown leading. She says: Come out for some International, English, and some couple dancing! 7:30-9:30 PM, $4, $5. March 30: Wednesday - Sharon Kleban, Israeli dancing 7:30-9:30 PM, $4, $5. April 3: Sunday - Contra dancing, band TBD, caller TBD, Contra dance lesson, 1:30; Contra dance, 2-5 PM. Fee: students $7, Arden club members $9, non-members $10. Call or , or see website: Ardenclub.org Facebook: Arden Folk Dance Gild. MAR 2016 THE ARDEN CLUB CALENDAR 3

4 DINNER GILD Each week the specific menus will be on the Arden Club website under the Dinner Gild sub category. They will also be posted on The Arden Dinner Gild Facebook page and, of course, the recording for the telephone line or via Reservations must be made prior to 6:00 PM the Thursday before the dinner as the cooks must begin shopping! Please tell the reservationist (1) your name; (2) phone number; (3) who s coming (member, non-member, child); (4) if you would like the vegetarian alternative. Prices are members $11; non-members $13; children $6. Leftovers may be purchased for $6; containers are $1 each or you may bring your own. New Kitchen Training Session: March 6 th at 11:00; all 2016 chefs need to be educated about our new equipment as it is VERY DIFFERENT from previous years. What s For Dinner? February 27: Folk Gild s chicken curry with vermicelli pudding for dessert. March 5: Vincent, Kleban, Border dinner: Chicken in mole sauce, sofrito, brown rice, warm tortilla with honey butter, fresh salsa with tortilla chips, and mocha bread pudding with hot caramel sauce. The vegetarian option is stuffed roasted poblano peppers with vegetarian mole sauce. March 12: Grace Ressler will prepare a French cassoulet of white beans, duck legs, and pork (veggie version available), accompanied by a mixed green salad of pear and toasted pecans, crusty French bread with maître d hotel butter, and end with a whiskey hot fudge sundae with madeleines! March 19: Ardensingers will cook a fabulous meal of Cornish pasties (vegetarian pasties available), roasted cauliflower and carrots, rocket salad with beetroot and greens, cheese biscuits, and English butter tarts for dessert. March 26: NO DINNER OWING TO EASTER HOLIDAY April 2: The Bridge Gild will prepare Esther Schmerling s famous fish dish. SPECIAL EVENT: FIRST ANNUAL CULINARY CHALLENGE ON APRIL 9! Bring a guest, bottles of wine, and your taste buds to this limited seating, 5-course culinary event. The Dinner Gild is asking everyone and anyone who would like to participate as a chef, food runner, or judge to contact Edmond Bischoff at dinnergildchef@gmail.com. Chefs will compete for a prize. Cost for the event and other information as it develops will be posted on The Arden Dinner Gild Facebook page and on the Club website. 4 THE ARDEN CLUB CALENDAR MAR 2016

5 SHAKESPEARE GILD The Arden Shakespeare Gild s summer 2016 production, Troilus and Cressida, directed by Jim Ewald, will be presented in the Frank Stephens Memorial Theater on June 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, and 25. The backdrop of Troilus and Cressida takes place during the Trojan War but our version will be Star Wars-themed with the lighter side of Troy versus the darker side of the Greeks! For the better part of a decade the Greeks have been fighting the Trojans. For the princes of Troy, love and war will intertwine and change their lives forever. Paris and his lover Helen, for whom the war is being fought, care only about being with each other. Hector, Trojan General and Paris older brother dreams of distinguishing himself on the battlefield for the glory of Troy, while Troilus, the youngest brother, dreams only of the beautiful Cressida. With the help of Cressida s uncle Pandarus, Troilus and Cressida fall madly in love; however their love is short lived. Cressida s mother has defected to the Greeks and requests her daughter to be brought to her in exchange for a Trojan General. The two lovers swear undying love for each other and Troilus promises to visit Cressida in the Greek camp, despite the dangers of entering enemy territory. It is equally dangerous, however, for a woman alone and unprotected in an enemy s camp, and the path Cressida must chose threatens to tear their love apart. Will Hector s ambitious love of glory, Paris selfish love of Helen, and Troilus anguished love of Cressida be, as Helen herself unconsciously prophesizes, a love that will undo us all"? Rehearsals will be held on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday evenings, beginning on April 4. To volunteer in any capacity behind the scenes please contact Laura Wallace or Mary Catherine Kelley. Meetings Gild meetings are held on the first Wednesday of the month at 7:30 PM in the Bratten Room of the Gild Hall. All are welcome hither! MAR 2016 THE ARDEN CLUB CALENDAR 5

6 SCHOLARS GILD Tuesday, March 15 Lower Arden Gild Hall 7:30 PM First Ladies: From Ceremony to Substance Please join the Scholars Gild at 7:30 PM on Tuesday, March 15, when we will discuss the role of the First Ladies of the United States of America. Professor Katherine Sibley s talk will explore first ladies of the twentieth and twenty-first century, highlighting their stories through the life of an underrated first lady, Florence Kling Harding, whose term in office ( ) underlines many of the important transitions in the office that have occurred over the last 100 years and which are exemplified by the current first lady, Michelle Obama. These have included growing activism, significant political influence and counsel to the president, and cultivation of popular and celebrity culture to communicate their message and desired image to the American people. Katherine A. S. Sibley is professor and director of American Studies at Saint Joseph s University in Philadelphia, where she has taught history since receiving her Ph.D. at the University of California, Santa Barbara in Her newest book, A Companion to First Ladies (Wiley-Blackwell), should appear this May. She appeared on C-SPAN s First Ladies series to discuss Florence Harding in Her most recent publication was A Companion to Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover (Wiley-Blackwell 2014). Last year, she also contributed a chapter on World War II and the postwar era to the Globalyceum curriculum website ( She has published four monographs: First Lady Florence Kling Harding: Behind the Tragedy and Controversy (2009), Red Spies in America: Stolen Secrets and the Dawn of the Cold War (2004); The Cold War (1998) and Loans and Legitimacy: The Evolution of Soviet-American Relations, (1996). She edits a book series, the U.S. in International Perspective, with Paradigm Publishers, and serves on the editorial board of American Communist History, as well as on the Historical Advisory Committee to the Office of the Historian at the U.S. State Department. The Scholars Gild discussions are held at 7:30 PM on the third Tuesday of the month (except July and August) in the Lower Gild Hall. If you would like to receive notifications and reminders, contact the Scholars Gild via ArdenScholarsGild@gmail.com. Title your Scholars Gild Request and include your name, comments, and request in the body of the . 6 THE ARDEN CLUB CALENDAR MAR 2016

7 LIBRARY GILD Stop in to the Arden Library on Sunday from 2:30 to 4, Wednesday from 7:30 to 9, Thursday from 3:30 to 5, and Saturday after every regularly scheduled Dinner Gild dinner. We have books for every taste and every age group and a warm fire to keep you toasty while you browse. We are also looking for some volunteers, so if you think you might be interested in helping out in the library, please stop by. POETRY GILD The Poetry Gild meets on the second Tuesday of each month at 7 PM in the Library at Gild Hall. Bring your own spoken word poem or any writing of your choosing to share. MEMBERSHIP FORM Time to Renew? Check your mailing label on the back page. The end date of your Club membership is there. To renew, send in this form. Questions? Call Debbie Ricard, , or visit the Membership page of our website, To correct an address or ask about expiration dates, please call Pat and Linda Toman at Name(s) Address City State Zip Phone(s) To learn about the benefits of Clubhouse and higher levels of Pathways memberships, visit the Membership page of our website: Regular and Pathway Memberships Adult: 18-64, $20 Senior: 65 and over, $15 Junior, 3 17, $7 Household (all at one address): Maximum = $50. *Clubhouse Path level: 1 membership, $75 *Rocky Walk level: 1 or multiple memberships, $150 *The Glen level: 1 or multiple memberships, $300 *Indian Circle level: 1 or multiple memberships, $500 *Milky Way Path level: 1 or multiple memberships, $1,000 *Eligible for year-end drawing of valuable prizes I am enclosing $ Date of Application Make checks payable to The Arden Club, Inc. Mail this form and your check to The Arden Club, 2126 The Highway, Arden, DE MAR 2016 THE ARDEN CLUB CALENDAR 7

8 Drummers Circle The Arden Drummer s Circle, sponsored by the Concert Gild, meets every third Sunday of each month at 1 PM (generally running about 2 hours or so). Beginners and professionals alike are invited to join with us. We often play some common rhythms and then we improvise. Bring a drum or two, and/or percussion instruments. In fair weather, we meet outdoors of the Gild Hall, but in cold or rainy weather we move into the Lower Gild Hall. We also sometimes have one or two evening events during the year that often take the place of the monthly event. To join the list, send an to Ardendrumcircle@yahoo.com. People on this list will be notified by if times or dates change, or if another performance in the Upper Gild Hall prevents us from playing. Also see our Facebook site, Arden Drum Circle, for more information. Arden Club, Inc The Highway Arden, DE Non-Profit Rate US Postage Paid Permit #80 Wilmington, DE Address Service Requested