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LEONARD BERNSTEIN'S
CANDIDE Hosted by Mike Turner
WHAT:
Lunch followed by opera WHEN:
Saturday, January 28, 2012 Noon. WHERE:
329 Ward Street, Newton Center COST:
$5 to cover cost of lunch. Please indicate if you are vegetarian. RSVP:
Frank LaPiana (781)-324-2750 by January
18, 2012 Limited: to the first 10 members
TRANSPORTATION: Green- D Line (Riverside)
to Newton Centre Station, 18 minute walk to Ward St or car,
street parking WHAT WILL HAPPEN:
Lunch served at 12:30 pm followed by Candide- 116 minutes. Leonard Bernstein's
"comic" opera comes to dazzling new life
starring Patti LuPone, Kristin Chenoweth, Met Opera's Paul
Groves and Sir Thomas Allen, accompanied by the New York Philharmonic orchestra. This tune-filled work is as relevant
today as in 1756 Europe when Voltaire wrote the novel on which it is based. Bernstein set it to music in 1956 at a time
when America was experiencing a prevailing climate of ideological intolerance in a wave of anti-communist sentiment. "Candide"satirizes
self-satisfied celebrations of the status quo, inquisitorial attacks on the individual, phony moralist, brave new-world optimism,
and essential superiority. These were charges made by Voltaire against his own society. Bernstein's approach is
deft and light, but never loses sight of the basic issues amid its musical brilliance.
FEBRUARY- WILL YOU BE MY
VALENTINE? (Food,
Valentines, and Costumes) Hosted by Walter Jennings
WHAT:
Annual Prime Timers Valentine's Party WHEN:
Sat. February 11th, 6:00 - 10:00 PM WHERE: Walter
Jennings' home in West Newton, (see roster) COST:
$2.00 for your host at the door. (For paper products, beverages, and condiments.) RSVP: See roster for phone number, last date to
RSVP is Feb. 8th MAXIMUM GUESTS:
20 TRANSPORTATION: Plenty
of on-street parking available if you drive or take the Green line D-Train outbound to the Woodland
stop. His home is 3 miles from the T-Stop. Ask for a ride when you reserve a place for yourself. A car will be
sent for you. WHAT WILL HAPPEN:
When you call in, you will agree on a dish to bring and pass. The event is a POTLUCK DINNER.
You are also asked to bring a humorous/slightly risqué valentine to be placed, when you enter, in the "Malebox"
(it was so beautiful at the last party, someone wanted to take it home). That's a definite NO-NO. The Valentine
Police will be watching you. Valentines will be distributed after dinner. (If you don't bring one, you won't
get one.) The second requirement is for you to wear some (outerwear or underwear) article
of RED clothing. The Valentine Police will be inspecting you as you enter. More creative members come in full costume portraying
their favorite character from stage, screen or television. The object of the evening will be to "Wear Your
Heart On Your Sleeve" and have as much fun as possible. Start planning your "evening out" early. You wouldn't
want to miss this good time. The person who has the most fun will be awarded the annual "PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS"
award. Y'all come ya heah?
Hasty Pudding
Theatricals
Feb 16, 2012 By Dick Bourbeau
As of this writing we
have 15 tickets remaining to the Hasty Puddings Theatricals 164th annual production, entitled There Will Be Flood. We
will be attending the 8:00 PM performance on Thursday, 16 February 2012 at the New College Theatre, 12 Holyoke Street, Cambridge,
just outside of Harvard Square (closest T stop is Harvard Square on the Red Line). Tickets are $21.00 each
and we will once again be getting seats front and center, in rows 3-5 (another group got their request in before us).
About this Production: Please refer to the article on the front page of the January Prologue.
This event typically
sells out quickly, so get your reservations in early. Seating is assigned on a first come first served basis.
Please complete the attached Tear Sheet and send in your reservation by the postmark date of Tuesday, 7 February 2012.
This will be a most memorable evening that will have you laughing to the point of tears. And don't
be surprised if one of the undergrads just happens to end-up in your lap at some point during the evening. See you there!
February Monthly Meeting
- Board Election At the February Monthly Meeting Feb 18, the Boston Prime Timers will be electing five board members
as the two year terms of Dick Bourbeau, Edmond Moussally, Mitch Drucker, Joe McGrath and Dick Smith, (currently holding Jim
Buckley's vacated seat), expire. Dick Bourbeau, Edmond Moussally and Dick Smith have announced their intentions
to run again, while Mitch Drucker and Joe McGrath have decided to step down from the Board. See below for bio's
for some of the candidates. See the January Prologue for candidates already described. Please consider running for the Board yourself.
Please contact Steve Vorenberg, Ed Rapazzini, Coley Kelley or Carl Krause.
2012 Nominees
for the Boston
Prime Timers Board Dick Bourbeau Ed Mousally Dick
Smith Harry Fullerton
February Dinner @ Club Cafe
209 Columbus Ave. Boston,
MA Tuesday, February
21 Cocktails-6PM Dinner-7PM Cost: $25.00 inclusive of entrée,
coffee/tea, dessert, gratuity and Greek Salad or Clam Chowder.
Choices: (1) Stuffed Chicken Breast with side
(2) Roasted Pork with side (3) Lobster Macaroni and Cheese (4) Fillet of Sole with side Nearest
T Stop: Back Bay Station on the Orange Line or Arlington Street Station on the
Green Line.
March Monthly Meeting March 17
March Dinner @ Mt. Vernon Restaurant
14 Broadway Somerville, MA Tuesday,
March 20 Cocktails-6PM Dinner-7PM Cost: $35.25
per person includes salad, entree, potato and vegetable, dessert, coffee and gratuity. Choices: (1) Prime Rib Dinner (2) Broiled Salmon Rockefeller (3) Mount Vernon Chicken Saute.
Nearest T Stop: Sullivan Square on the Orange Line. Turn
left out of the station and walk down about two blocks. For those driving there is free parking
directly behind the restaurant. There is also on street meter parking. Parking meters are in effect until 8PM.
GEN SILENT WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21 at 7pm
at the Granoff Music Center
on
the Tufts University campus 20 Talbot Ave.
Medford, MA 02155 Join us for a very special community event. Mystic Valley Elder Services presents Gen Silent, an award-winning documentary about
lesbian, bisexual, gay, and transgender elders in Massachusetts and the very specific challenges they face. The film
will be followed by a panel discussion. Tickets are $7 through March 1 and $10 thereafter and may be purchased at www.mves.org or 781-324-7705. Group sales available. Seating is limited. Presented by Mystic Valley Elder Services
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