Arden Club Calendar The Highway, Arden, DE MAR 2018 Printed on 100% post-consumer fiber paper.

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1 Arden Club Calendar The Highway, Arden, DE MAR 2018 Printed on 100% post-consumer fiber paper. SHAKESPEARE GILD Young Actors Workshop 2018 YOUNG ACTORS WORKSHOP 2018 WAS A GREAT SUCCESS! The Production on February 11, 2018, was a huge success with all in attendance enjoying the fruits of the young actors labor! The scenes presented included: Classic Lit 101 directed by Alan Harbaugh, featuring scenes from Romeo and Juliet. The young actors were Grace Gaskell, Colin Consavage, Rachel Knearl- Wearne, and Alana Harbaugh. Much Ado about Nothing Act 3, scene 1 directed by Jessica Jordon and featuring Sophia Eppler, Abigail Gruswitz, Annie Warrington, Maile Gutsche, Katie Bryant, and Ava White. The Courtship Scenes from Richard III directed by Henry Moncure. The wonderful young actors included Celia Hoffman, Caitlyn McKeown, Noa Junk, Jacob Politis, and Lev Junk. Three Little Witchs, or Who You Calling the Scottish Play (MacBeth Act IV, S. 1) directed by Erin Lee and Ken Wilson, and starring Riley Consavage, Julian Eppler, Bess Curley, Nick Curley, Charlotte Curley, and Evan Shank. Romeo & Juliet (Act 1, Scene 1) directed by Lee Jordon, featuring Sarah Brick, Chris Curley, Isabelle Palmer, Mateo Raia, and Stefan Raia. The Omen, directed by Mary Catherine Kelley featuring various roles performed by Ohana Yoder and Eva Junk. Auditions for Twelfth Night Auditions for The Arden Shakespeare Gild production of Twelfth Night, directed by Mary Catherine Kelley will be held at the Gild Hall on March 12th and 13th with call-backs on March 15. Optional 1-2 minute monologues will be heard at 7PM, cold readings begin at 7:30. For more information, call Mary Catherine at Performances will be the 2 nd, 3 rd, and 4 th weekends in June 2018! WRITERS GILD Come join the Arden Family of Writers and Poets on the second Tuesday of every month for a two-hour mini retreat. Our casual and inclusive family is open to anyone looking to be inspired by the power of words. Our small-group format encourages dialogue and sharing without criticism. We do not critique work; instead, we use our stories and poems (or stories and poems by authors we love) to launch discussions about life and our common humanity. You don't have to be a writer to join our family, just be willing to listen respectfully and to respond in positive and affirming ways to those who choose to share. We meet at the Arden Gild Hall on the second Tuesday of every month at 7:00 PM. Hope to see you soon!

2 CONCERT GILD Homey Awards Ceremony and Concert Sunday, March 4 th, 7 PM $10 (members $8) Gable Music, WSTW Hometown Heroes and Arden Concert Gild present. We couldn't be more excited to have the event on a Sunday this year (for all of our artists that have told us how difficult it is to attend on a Friday or Saturday night), and to be at the Gild Hall this year!! The venue is also about half the size of the Queen, so don't hesitate to get your tickets immediately! The lineup Michele Lynn, WaveRadio, Richard Raw, Universal Funk Order and June Divided. Also, the five Song of the Year nominees will be invited to perform their nominated songs WXPN Welcomes Marah with Phil Young and his band opening - New CD just released! Saturday, March 10 th, 8PM Get Tickets - $20 (Members $17) MARAH BE PLAYING THE ENTIRE "IF YOU DIDN'T LAUGH YOU'D CRY" ALBUM and SONGS FROM THE 2005 TOUR with the original IYDLYC LINEUP. Marah is probably the best rock band in America that nobody knows - STEPHEN KING Marah is an American Rock'n'Roll band that formed in the early 1990s and is closely associated with the cities of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Brooklyn, New York. The band is known for its intense live performances, classic rock production style, and association with authors Nick Hornby and Sarah Vowell and musicians Bruce Springsteen and Steve Earle. Twisted Pine Saturday, April 7 th, 8 PM $15 (members $12) Twisted Pine's all-original debut album showcases a new force in Americana: four versatile players and singers writing and improvising across forms in bluegrass, folk, funk, jam, and vintage radio pop. With festively unpredictable live shows, Twisted Pine follows Americana masters Nickel Creek and Punch Brothers on a genre-bending, limitless trajectory. 2 THE ARDEN CLUB CALENDAR MAR 2018

3 ARDENSINGERS GILD Spring 2018 Production Gilbert & Sullivan s Patience April and May 4-5, 2018 at the Gild Hall May 12, 2018 at the Smyrna Opera House Stage Director: David Leavitt Music Director: Helene Furlong Ticket prices are $17 Adult, $14 Senior, $5 Child/Student in advance, and $20 Adult, $17 Senior, $7 Child/Student at the door. To print out a ticket order form or to purchase tickets online, visit our website, Also, we welcome assistance with the production (e.g. costumes, set painting & construction, stage make-up, directing parking, props, etc.). If you are interested in getting involved with the production, need assistance with ticket ordering, would like to be added to our mailing list, or have any questions, contact us at ardensingers@gmail.com or call John Trexler at (484) Fall 2018 Production Robin Hood and the Singing Nun A panto by Stuart Ardern Nov. 10, 17 & 18, 2018 at 8pm / Nov. 11 & 18, 2018 at 2pm at the Arden Gild Hall Stage Director: Ken Mammarella Music Director: Helene Furlong The Ardensingers are really looking forward to presenting this raucous musical pantomime featuring heroic outlaws, wicked sheriffs, usurping princes, and a running parody of a well-known musical. Come out and cheer our heroes and hiss at the villains! The show is appropriate for all ages, with humor ranging from the slapstick to subtle adult humor. To current and prospective Ardensingers: This show requires a large, diverse cast, including motivated young actors. There is a lot of dialogue relative to music, and the music is generally simpler than for our G&S shows. A read-through is planned for Weds. May 16 th at 7:30pm in the Lower Hall. Auditions will be on Tues. and Weds. June 19 and 20 from 7 10pm. Additional information, including links to the libretto and to audition selections, is available from our Auditions Page. Rehearsals will be Sunday afternoons from 2 4:30pm and Tuesday evenings from 7 10pm, starting after Labor Day. (We d try to release young actors from Tuesday rehearsals by 9pm.) To express interest in participating, or to be added to our auditions mailing list, us at ardensingers@gmail.com or call John Trexler at (484) DRUM CIRCLE The Arden Drum Circle, open to all, is held the third Sunday of each month, from 1:00-3:00 PM. In cold or wet weather, we meet downstairs in the Gild Hall. When the weather warms, we will play outside the Gild Hall, often of the Shady Grove Stage. Bring your drums and/or percussion things and join in, or just come and enjoy the session! We are part of the Concert Gild of the Arden Club. To be added to our list, please send a message to ardendrumcircle@yahoo.com. MAR 2018 THE ARDEN CLUB CALENDAR 3

4 DINNER GILD Each week menus are posted on the Arden Club website, the Arden Dinner Gild Facebook page, and Ardenistas. Remember your reservation (call or send an to must be made prior to 6:00 PM the Thursday before the dinner, as the cooks must begin shopping. It is most important that you tell the reservationist (1) your name; (2) who s coming (member, non-member, child), (4) if you would like the vegetarian alternative, and (5) if you know in advance if you will be taking your dinner with you. Leftovers are sold for $6, take-out containers for $1 each. Our prices remain: members $11; non-members $13; children $6. What s for Dinner? March 3: Scholar s Gild Filipino Chicken Adobo, rice, green salad and dessert. Veggie option will be available. March 10: Craft Shop Museum Twice crisped baked crabcakes with baked red potato spears, zesty carrot medallions, and a napa cabbage salad with apple-blueberry crisp for dessert. March 17: The Jacob sisters Salad, Corned beef with potatoes, carrots and cabbage, soda bread and a dessert to be determined. March 24: Ardensingers: Flatbreads with greens and lemon-roasted chicken (veg. option available) Spring salad in Parmesan cups, Herbed lima beans, Italian rolls with rosemary and cracked black pepper, Jam flatbread with ice cream and golden syrup for dessert. No dinner March 31 st, due to Easter holiday April 7: Library Gild mushroom soup, chicken marsala, mixed vegetables, rice, salad, ice cream/ chex dessert. Please contact Laura Wallace at wallarden2004@gmail.com if you and a group of friends are interested in preparing a Saturday night dinner. GARDNERS GILD Gardeners Gild Meeting, Monday March 19, 2018 The Gardeners Gild will meet on Monday, March 19, 2018, at 7:30 p.m. in the Lower Gild Hall. Gerry Konzelmann has volunteered to take over as the new head of the Gardeners Gild; a position known as Gildmaster. At the March 19 th meeting we will open the floor to nominations for Gildmaster, and then proceed with the election. Following the election, on the brink of Spring, we will spend some time reviewing our past gardening successes and challenges, and we will share our ideas and gardening plans for the New Year. Please bring your favorite seed catalogs, your extra special seeds, your favorite and most indispensable gardening tool, your special preserved garden produce or other inspiring gardening -related item. We will take turns sharing experiences and ideas so that we may learn more about gardening, and about our community. We will also discuss future plans. This may include plans for speakers at Gardeners Gild meetings, garden travel, projects, local nature walks and more. We would welcome suggestions about the kinds of plans that would suit the interests of Arden Club members today, and which would encourage new membership and participation in the Gardeners Gild. For questions please call Maura Lynch, at THE ARDEN CLUB CALENDAR MAR 2018

5 GARDENERS GILD Arden Folk Dance Gild March 2018 March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29: Thursday Scottish/English Classes 7:30-9:30 PM $8/Lesson. Scottish SOCIAL Dance is Friday March 30 with live music by David Knight (fiddle) and Kathy Talvite (piano) Callers: Terry Harvey and Michael Wood, 8:00-10:30 PM, Tea after dance, Dancers $12, Students $7, Listeners $5. (Arden Club $10), Bring a finger food if you can. Stay tuned for Dance List. March 4 th : Contra Dance, Raise the Roof (band) with Robin Banerji calling. Dance lesson 1:30-2 PM Dance 2-5 PM. Members $9, others $10, Students $5, Kids 13 and under FREE. March 7 th : Wed. Bob Witt & Friends leading Folk dancing 7:30-9:30 PM. $4, $5. March 14 th : Wed. Israeli dance lead by Sharon Kleban, 7:30-9:30 PM $4, $5. March 21 st : Wed. Eric Mosley will be leading. Come out and join us on the dance floor for an awesome fusion of country, pop and soul, line and couples dance with lessons ranging from beginner to intermediate. 7:00-9:30 PM $4, $5 others. Come early for beginner lessons at 6:30. March 25 th : Sunday Arden In Motion Stretch! Move! Explore! Get rejuvenated as you are lead through stretching and informal dance/movement improvisation to live music featuring WOZ (band) and members of the Arden Drum Circle. Minimum donation: $5 adults, kids under 12 free with adult. March 28 th : Wed. Israeli dance lead by Marilyn Metter & Friends, 7:30-9:30 PM $4, $5 others. April 1 st : NO Contra Dance due to Easter holiday! May 6 th : SUNDAY Contra Dance with Kathy Talvite and Friends (band). For more information, call or Find us on Facebook: Arden Folk Dance, or our website: ArdenClub.org. 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. Bridge Gild meeting dates for March are March 1st and 15th. Our April dates are April 5th and 19th. The cost is $1 for members and $2 for non-members. SEE YOU THERE! MAR 2018 THE ARDEN CLUB CALENDAR 5

6 LIBRARY GILD Evening with the Author: Arden Library Series On Saturday March 3rd, at approximately 7 PM following the Arden Dinner Gild's weekly dinner, Arden author will read selections from and sign his newest book: Island Beach - a Sonnet in the Sands. Island Beach is a New Jersey state park formed from an undeveloped barrier island by the large Barnegat Bay Peninsula. This stunning barrier island state park borders the Atlantic Ocean and Barnegat Bay at the central Jersey Shore, displaying seasonal changes that continue to fascinate. All are welcome. This is not a fee event, but donations would be much appreciated. New books at the Arden Library Recommended for teens (YA) And, on Friday April 13 at 7:30 New York Times bestselling author will read selections and sign her newest publication. She revisits the characters from her beloved novels Love Walked In and Belong to Me in this captivating, beautifully written drama involving family, friendship, secrets, sacrifice, courage, and true love for fans of Jojo Moyes, Elin Hilderbrand, and Nancy Thayer. On the weekend of her wedding, Clare Hobbes meets an elderly woman named Edith Herron. During the course of a single conversation, Edith gives Clare the courage to do what she should have done months earlier: break off her engagement to her charming yet overly possessive fiancé. Three weeks later, Clare learns that Edith has died and has given her another gift. Nestled in crepe myrtle and hydrangea and perched at the marshy edge of a bay in a small seaside town in Delaware, Blue Sky House now belongs to Clare. Though the former guest house has been empty for years, Clare feels a deep connection to it. Five strong teen protagonists will guide YAs through the emotional minefields of young love and budding idealism. Kirkus Reviews starred (July 1, 2017) This incandescent portrait of suburbia and family, creativity, and consumerism burns bright. It s not for nothing that Ng (Everything I Never Told You, 2014) begins her second novel, about the events leading to the burning of the home of an outwardly perfect-seeming family in Shaker Heights, Ohio, circa 1997, with two epigraphs about the planned community itself attesting to its ability to provide its residents with protection forever against unwelcome change and a rather happy life in Utopia. But unwelcome change is precisely what disrupts the Richardson family s rather happy life, when Mia, a charismatic, somewhat mysterious artist, and her smart, shy 15-year-old daughter, Pearl, move to town and become tenants in a rental house Mrs. Richardson inherited from her parents. Mia and Pearl live a markedly different life from the Richardsons, an affluent couple and their four high school age children making art instead of money (apart from what little they need to get by); rooted in each other rather than a particular place (packing up what fits in their battered VW and moving on when the bug hits); and assembling a hodgepodge home from creatively repurposed, scavenged castoffs and love rather than gathering around them the symbols of a successful life in the American suburbs (a big house, a large family, gleaming appliances, chic clothes, many cars). What really sets Mia and Pearl apart and sets in motion the events leading to the little 6 THE ARDEN CLUB CALENDAR MAR 2018

7 LIBRARY GILD CONTINUED fires everywhere that will consume the Richardsons secure, stable world, however, is the way they hew to their own rules. In a place like Shaker Heights, a town built on plans and rules, and for a family like the Richardsons, who have structured their lives according to them, disdain for conformity acts as an accelerant, setting fire to the dormant sparks within them. The ultimate effect is cataclysmic. As in Everything I Never Told You, Ng conjures a sense of place and displacement and shows a remarkable ability to see and reveal a story from different perspectives. The characters she creates here are wonderfully appealing, and watching their paths connect like little trails of flame leading inexorably toward one another to create a big inferno is mesmerizing, casting into new light ideas about creativity and consumerism, parenthood and privilege. With her second novel, Ng further proves she s a sensitive, insightful writer with a striking ability to illuminate life in America. AND, if you are planning some travel don't forget to check out our paperback exchange. Take a book, for however long you want, then return it or another book. Our hours are: Sunday from 2:30 to 4, Wednesday from 7:30 to 9, Thursday from 3 to 4:30 and Saturday after every regularly scheduled Arden Club dinner. A painless way to contribute to the Club Anyone who uses "Amazon Smile" for purchases on-line, can mark the Arden Club as an organization to which Amazon will donate a small % for every purchase. The Club is a 501(c3) organization. Thank you! 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 2018 THE ARDEN CLUB CALENDAR 7

8 The Gift of Membership As you search for the perfect gift for friends and family, consider the gift of membership in The Arden Club. The Arden Club offers something of interest for almost everyone. Gilds include Ardensingers, Bridge Gild, Concert Gild, Dinner Gild, Folk and Contra Dancing Gild, Gardeners Gild, Library Gild, Writers Gild, Scholars Gild, Shakespeare Gild, and Arden Swim Club. Residency in the Ardens is not required for membership. A gift of membership in the Arden Club is a gift that has value all year. Club members are eligible for discounts at many gild events including dinners, concerts, theater performances, and more! Annual Membership Fees $20 for Adult Members, ages 18 through 64 $15 for Senior Members, age 65 and older $7 for Junior Members, ages 3 through 17 $50 for Household Membership, includes all adults and children residing at the same address Pathway Patron Memberships (Special support with benefit packages increasing with donation levels) $75/Clubhouse, $150/Rocky Walk, $300/The Glen $500/Indian Circle & $1000/Milky Way Find more information about the benefits of membership in the Arden Club brochure. Because the Arden Club is an IRS 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, membership dues and many other contributions to the Arden Club are tax deductible to the donor. Arden Club, Inc The Highway Arden, DE Non-Profit Rate US Postage Paid Permit #80 Wilmington, DE Address Service Requested