Archived TSO Calendar (2019)
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Special Interest Clubs: Book, Constitution, Memoir, Movie and Politics Book Club meetings.
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January, 2019
Friday, January 4
• 10:00 to 11:30 a.m., Room 1122: Politics Book Club; On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder. Come to the meeting, even if you don’t have time to read the book. Host Richard Young will provide an outline of the book’s argument.
• 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Room 1129: Memoir Club
Friday, January 11
• 9:30 to 11 a.m., Room 1122: Constitution Club
Wednesday, January 16
• 3:30 to 5 p.m., Room 1120: TSO Council Meeting
Friday, January 18
• 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., Room 1129: Events Committee Meeting
• 10:30 a.m. to Noon, Room 1122: Curriculum Committee Meeting
• 1:00 to 2:30 p.m., Room 1120: Book Club; Station 11 by Emily St. John Mandel
Friday, January 25
• Spring quarter registration for TELOS classes begins (on or shortly after this date).
• 9:30 to 11 a.m., Room 1122: Constitution Club
• 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Room 1129: Strategic Planning Committee Meeting
• 1:00 to 2:30 p.m., Room 1128: Movie Club; We will discuss the following: The Favourite, continuing discussion; Mary Poppins Returns; Mary, Queen of Scots; Vice On the Basis of Sex; Cold War; If Beale Street Could Talk; Stan and Ollie. All will be discusssed, but you do not have to see all of them to participate. Steve recommended we see wherever we can Border and The Guilty. Another recommendation was to see Willem Defoe in Van Gogh.
February, 2019
Friday, February 1
• 10:00 to 11:30 a.m., Room 1122: Politics Book Club; Beautiful Country Burn Again by Ben Fountain. Everyone who has read this book raves about it. Come to the meeting, even if you don’t have time to read the book. Host Richard Young will provide an outline of the book’s argument.
• 10:30 to 12:30 a.m., Room 1129: Memoir Club
Friday, February 8
• 9:30 to 11 a.m., Room 1122: Constitution Club
Friday, February 15
• 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., Room 1129: Events Committee Meeting
• 10:30 a.m. to Noon, Room 1122: Curriculum Committee Meeting
• 1:00 to 2:30 p.m., Room 1120: Book Club; The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi. Please make a note to read this book that had been scheduled for October.
Wednesday, February 20
• 3:30 to 5 p.m., Room 1120: TSO Council Meeting
Friday, February 22
• 9:30 to 11 a.m., Room 1122: Constitution Club
• 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Room 1129: Strategic Planning Committee Meeting
• 1:00 to 2:30 p.m., Room 1128: Movie Club
March, 2019
Friday, March 1
• 10:00 to 11:30 a.m., Room 1122: Politics Book Club
• 10:30 to 12:30 a.m., Room 1129: Memoir Club
Wednesday, March 6
• 10:00 a.m. to noon, Room 1125: Free Event – AARP Fraud Watch
Thursday, March 7
• 10:00 a.m. to noon, Room 2102: Free Event – King County Library’s Digital Services
Friday, March 8
• 9:30 to 11 a.m., Room 1122: Constitution Club
Thursday, March 14
• 10:00 a.m. to noon, Room 1125: Free Event – Seattle Art Museum
Friday, March 15
• 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., Room 1129: Events Committee Meeting
• 10:30 a.m. to Noon, Room 1122: Curriculum Committee Meeting
• 1:00 to 2:30 p.m., Room 1120: Book Club; Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef by Gabrielle Hamilton
Tuesday, March 19
• 10:00 a.m. to noon, Room 1125: Free Event – Lying, Secrecy and Politics
Wednesday, March 20
• 10:00 a.m. to noon, Room 1125: Free Event – Become a Zero Waste Hero!
• 3:30 to 5 p.m., Room 1120: TSO Council Meeting
Thursday, March 21
• 10:00 a.m. to noon, Room 1125: Free Event – East Link Light Rail
Friday, March 22
• 9:30 to 11 a.m., Room 1122: Constitution Club
• 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Room 1129: Strategic Planning Committee Meeting
• 1:00 to 2:30 p.m., Room 1128: Movie Club; We chose the following for discussion as new movies – but – please keep in mind that we discuss movies (and media) so please don’t feel you must see these to participate: How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World; Greta; Gloria Bell; The Aftermath
Five Feet Apart; Hummingbird Project; Greyhound.
Tuesday, March 26
• 10:00 a.m. to noon, Room 1125: Free Event – A New Perspective on Retirement
Wednesday, March 27
• 10:00 a.m. to noon, Room 1125: Free Event – How To Rent Out Your Spare Room
Thursday, March 28
• 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Room 1125: Event (with fee) – AARP Driver Safety
April, 2019
Tuesday, April 2
• 10:00 a.m. to noon, Room 1125: Free Event – Lying, Secrecy and Politics
Friday, April 5
• 10:00 to 11:30 a.m., Room 1120: Politics Book Club
• 10:30 to 12:30 a.m., Room 1129: Memoir Club
Friday, April 12
• 9:30 to 11 a.m., Room 1120: Constitution Club
Friday, April 19
• 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., Room 1129: Events Committee Meeting
• 10:30 a.m. to Noon, Room 1124: Curriculum Committee Meeting
• 1:00 to 2:30 p.m., Room 1124: Book Club; Hagseed by Margaret Atwood
Wednesday, April 24
• 3:30 to 5 p.m., Room 1120: TSO Council Meeting
Friday, April 26
• 9:30 to 11 a.m., Room 1120: Constitution Club
• 1:00 to 2:30 p.m., Room 1128: Movie Club; Go see any/all/none on your own time and come to talk. Suggestions: Gloria Bell; The Aftermath; The Hummingbird Project; Hotel Mumbai; The Chaperone; The Best off Enemies. Netflix suggestions: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind; The Separation; The Guilty. The Uptown Theater is playing: Everybody Knows; Never Look Away. Prime Video has Leave No Trace. Watch for which service gets Capernaum. An older animated movie from 2001 was recommended, Waking Life, directed by Richard Linkletter.
May, 2019
Friday, May 3
• 10:00 to 11:30 a.m., Room 1120: Politics Book Club; We were 8 years in Power: An American Tragedy by Ta-Nehisi Coates
• 10:30 to 12:30 a.m., Room 1129: Memoir Club Cancelled
Friday, May 10
• 9:30 to 11 a.m., Room 1120: Constitution Club
Friday, May 17
• 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., Room 1129: Events Committee Meeting
• 10:30 a.m. to Noon, Room 1124: Curriculum Committee Meeting
• 1:00 to 2:30 p.m., Room 1124: Book Club; The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer
Wednesday, May 22
• 3:30 to 5 p.m., Room 1120: TSO Council Meeting
Friday, May 24
• 9:30 to 11 a.m., Room 1120: Constitution Club
• 1:00 to 2:30 p.m., Room 1128: Movie Club; We love to talk movies and media. Go see any/all/none on your own time and come to talk. Movies to consider: Tolkien; The Intruder; Long Shot; Meeting Gorbachev; Stockholm; The Sun is Also a Star.
June, 2019
Tuesday, June 4
• 10:00 a.m. to Noon, Room 1125: Free Event – iPhone (only) Tips & Tricks
Wednesday, June 5
• 10:00 a.m. to Noon, Room 1125: Free Event – iPhone (only) Photos
• 1:00 to 2 p.m., Room 1125: Free Event – TELOS Readers Theater: All in the Timing by David Ives
• 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., Room 1125: Free Event – TELOS Readers Theater: All in the Timing by David Ives
Thursday, June 6
• 10:00 a.m. to Noon, Room 1125: Free Event – The Artwork of Miha Sarani
Friday, June 7
• 10:00 to 11:30 a.m., Room 1120: Politics Book Club; We will discuss a radical feminist polemic, Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women’s Anger by Rebecca Traister
• 10:30 to 12:30 a.m., Room 1129: Memoir Club
Tuesday, June 11
• 10:00 a.m. to Noon, Room 1125: Free Event – iPhone (only) Advanced Basics
Wednesday, June 12
• 10:00 a.m. to Noon, Room 1125: Free Event – The American Opioid Crisis
Thursday, June 13
• 10:00 a.m. to Noon, Room 1125: Free Event – iPhone (only) Photos
Friday, June 14
• 9:30 to 11 a.m., Room 1120: Constitution Club
Tuesday, June 18
• 10:00 a.m. to Noon, Room 1125: Free Event – The Great War in Washington State
Wednesday, June 19
• 10:00 a.m. to Noon, Room 1125: Free Event – Protest on Trial: The Seattle 7 Conspiracy
Thursday, June 20
• 10:00 a.m. to Noon, Room 1125: Free Event – A New Perspective on Retirement
Friday, June 21
• 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., Room 1129: Events Committee Meeting
• 10:30 a.m. to Noon, Room 1124: Curriculum Committee Meeting
• 1:00 to 2:30 p.m., Room 1124: Book Club; Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
Monday, June 24
• 10:00 a.m. to Noon, Room 1125: Free Event – The Artwork of Miha Sarani Part II
Tuesday, June 25
• 10:00 a.m. to Noon, Room 1125: Free Event – Black People in the 19th Century
Wednesday, June 26
• 10:00 a.m. to Noon, Room 1100: Free Event – Climate Change – We Can’t Give In – Why?
Thursday, June 27
• 10:00 a.m. to Noon, Room 1125: Free Event – Age Stronger
Friday, June 28
• 9:30 to 11 a.m., Room 1120: Constitution Club
• 1:00 to 2:30 p.m., Redmond Library (meeting room reserved): Movie Club; We love to talk movies and media. Go see any/all/none on your own time and come to talk. Suggestions:John Wick: Parabellum; Booksmart; Late Night; Rocketman.
July, 2019
Friday, July 5
• 10:00 to 11:30 a.m., Room 1120: Politics Book Club Cancelled
• 10:00 to 11:30 a.m., Room 1129: Memoir Club
Friday, July 12
• 9:30 to 11 a.m., Room 1120: Constitution Club
Friday, July 19
• 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., Room 1129: Events Committee Meeting
• 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., Room 1120: Curriculum Committee Meeting
• 10:00 to 11:30 a.m., Room 1122: Book Club; The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan
Wednesday, July 24
• 3:30 to 5 p.m., Room 1120: TSO Council Meeting
Friday, July 26
• 9:30 to 11 a.m., Room 1120: Constitution Club
• 1:00 to 2:30 p.m., Off-site: Movie Club; We love to talk movies and media. Go see any/all/none on your own time and come to talk.
August, 2019
Friday, August 2
• 10:00 to 11:30 a.m., Room 1120: Politics Book Club
• 10:00 to 11:30 a.m., Room 1129: Memoir Club
Friday, August 9
• 9:30 to 11 a.m., Room 1120: Constitution Club
Friday, August 16
• 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., Room 1129: Events Committee Meeting
• 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., Room 1120: Curriculum Committee Meeting
• 10:00 to 11:30 a.m., Room 1122: Book Club; The Stories of Your Life by Ted Chiang
Friday, August 23
• 9:30 to 11 a.m., Room 1120: Constitution Club
• 1:00 to 2:30 p.m., Off-site: Movie Club, Redmond Library meeting room; Recommend to see: Last Black Man in San Francisco; Once Upon a Time in Hollywood; Lion King; Them That Follow; Art of Racing in the Rain; Where’d You Go Bernadette?
Tuesday, August 27
• 10:00 a.m. to Noon, Room 1125: Free Event – Your King County Library’s Digital Services
Wednesday, August 28
• 10:00 a.m. to Noon, Room 1125: Free Event – Shake, Rattle, and Roll: The Geology of Earthquakes
• 1:30 to 3 p.m., Room 1120: TSO Council Meeting
Thursday, August 29
• 10:00 a.m. to Noon, Room 1125: Free Event – Book-It Theatre: Transforming great literature into great theatre
September, 2019
Tuesday, September 3
• 10:00 a.m. to Noon, Room 1125: Free Event – Bullying
Wednesday, September 4
• 10:00 a.m. to Noon, Room 1125: Free Event – Overcoming the Overwhelming of Stuff
Thursday, September 5
• 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Room 1125: Free Event – 2019 ASCE Infrastructure report card for Washington
Friday, September 6
• 10:00 to 11:30 a.m., Room 1120: Politics Book Club
• 10:30 to 12:30 p.m., Room 1129: Memoir Club
Tuesday, September 10
• 10:00 a.m. to Noon, Room 1125: Free Event – Stories/Music Bushwick Club
Wednesday, September 11
• 11:00 a.m. to Noon, Bellevue Arts Museum, 510 Bellevue Way NE: Free Event – Bellevue Arts Museum Tour
Friday, September 13
• 9:30 to 11 a.m., Room 1120: Constitution Club
Friday, September 20
• 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., Room 1129: Events Committee Meeting
• 10:30 a.m. to Noon, Room 1120: Curriculum Committee Meeting
• 1:00 to 2:30 p.m., Room 1122: Book Club; Selection of 2019-20 books.
Wednesday, September 25
• 3:30 to 5 p.m., Room 1120: TSO Council Meeting
Friday, September 27
• 9:30 to 11 a.m., Room 1120: Constitution Club
• 1:00 to 2:30 p.m., Room 1128: Movie Club; We love to talk movies and media. Go see any/all/none on your own time and come to talk. Recommend to see: Hobbs & Shaw; Angel Has Fallen; Ad Astra; The Goldfinch; Official Secrets; Ready or Not; Spy Behind the Plate; Downton Abby; On Netflix: American Factory; On Prime: The Tunnel; On Acorn: My Life is Murder.
October, 2019
Friday, October 4
• 10:00 to 11:30 a.m., Room 1120: Politics Book Club
• 10:30 to 12:30 p.m., Room 1129: Memoir Club
Friday, October 11
• 9:30 to 11 a.m., Room 1120: Constitution Club
Friday, October 18
• 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., Room 1129: Events Committee Meeting
• 10:30 a.m. to Noon, Room 1120: Curriculum Committee Meeting
• 1:00 to 2:30 p.m., Room 1124: Book Club: Bruno, Chief of Police, by Martin Walker.
Note: All 2019-2020 Monthly Book Club selections are posted here (pdf).
Wednesday, October 23
• 3:30 to 5 p.m., Room 1120: TSO Council Meeting
Friday, October 25
• 9:30 to 11 a.m., Room 1120: Constitution Club
• 1:00 to 2:30 p.m., Room 1126: Movie Club. We love to talk movies and media. Go see any/all/none on your own time and come to talk. Recommend to see: Judy; The Great Alaskan Race; The Climbers; The Woman in the Window; Sometimes, Always, Never; Joker; The Addams Family; Malificent: Mistress of Evil; Zombie land: Double Tap; The Lighthouse
November, 2019
Friday, November 1
• 10:00 to 11:30 a.m., Room 1120: Politics Book Club: Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires behind the rise of the Radical Right, by Jane Mayer, Parts 2 and 3.
• 10:30 to 12:30 p.m., Room 1129: Memoir Club
Friday, November 8
• 9:30 to 11 a.m., Room 1120: Constitution Club
Thursday, November 14
• 10 a.m. to noon, Room 1125: Free seminar – Future Bellevue Development
Friday, November 15
• 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., Room 1129: Events Committee Meeting
• 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Room 1120: Curriculum Committee Meeting
• 1:00 to 2:30 p.m., Room 1124: Book Club: Basque History of the World by Mark Kurlanski.
Note: All 2019-2020 Monthly Book Club selections are posted here (pdf).
Tuesday, November 19
• 10 a.m. to noon, Room 1125: Free seminar – 1960’s Music
Wednesday, November 20
• 10 a.m. to noon, Room 1125: Free seminar – Repeat of Future Bellevue Development
• 3:30 to 5 p.m., Room 1120: TSO Council Meeting
Thursday, November 21
• 10 a.m. to noon, Room 1125: Free seminar – Puget Ice Lobe Glaciation
Friday, November 22
• 9:30 to 11 a.m., Room 1120: Constitution Club
• 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Room 1120: Climate Club
• 1:00 to 2:30 p.m., Room 1128: Movie Club. We love to talk movies and media. Go see any/all/none on your own time and come to talk. Recommend to see: Current War; The Irishman; Last Christmas; LeMans 66: Ford v Ferari; Harriet; Motherless Brooklyn; Inside Game; The Good Liar
Tuesday, November 26
• 10 a.m. to noon, Room 1125: Free seminar – House Insurance
December, 2019
Wednesday, December 4
• 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., TSO Bi-Annual Business Meeting and Holiday Party – East Shore Unitarian Church, 12700 SE 32nd Street, Bellevue, WA
Thursday, December 5
• 10 a.m. to noon, Room 1125: Free seminar – Enjoy Shakespeare – The World’s Greatest Drama Made Fun
Friday, December 6
• 10:00 to 11:30 a.m., Room 1120: Politics Book Club: Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World—And Why Things Are Better Than You Think, by Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, and Anna Rosling Rönnlund.
• 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Room 1129: Memoir Club
Tuesday, December 10
• 10 a.m. to noon, Room 1125: Free seminar – The Civil War in Washington Territory
Wednesday, December 11
• 10 a.m. to noon, Room 1125: Free seminar – Washington State Patrol presents: See Something, Say Something
Thursday, December 12
• 10 a.m. to noon, Room 1125: Free seminar – The Women’s Suffrage Movement in Washington State – “First they had it; then they didn’t”
• 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., Room 1125: Free seminar – Coming of the Robots
Friday, December 13
• 10 to 11:30 a.m., Bellevue Downtown Library, 1111 110th Ave NE: Constitution Club
Monday, December 16
• 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., Room 1120: Curriculum Committee Meeting
Tuesday, December 17
• 10 a.m. to noon, Room 1125: Free seminar – Evaluating Senior Living Options
Wednesday, December 18
• 10 a.m. to noon, Room 1125 : Free seminar – Create… On Your iPad
• 1 to 2:30 p.m., Room 1120: TSO Council Meeting
Friday, December 20
• 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., Room 1129: Events Committee Meeting
• 1:00 to 2:30 p.m., Room 1124: Book Club: Island of Sea Women by Lisa See.
Note: All 2019-2020 Monthly Book Club selections are posted here (pdf).
Friday, December 27
• 9:30 to 11 a.m., Room 1120: Constitution Club
• 1:00 to 3:00 p.m., Nick’s Italian Greek Restaurant, 2285 140th Ave. NE, Bellevue: Movie Club. We love to talk movies and media. Go see any/all/none on your own time and come to talk. Recommend to see: Knives Out; The Two Popes (Netflix); A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood; 1917; CATS; Underground; Honey Boy