The Quadrangle Times March 2020 Newsletter of The Quadrangle Residents Association Written and Produced by The Quadrangle Residents
LOVELIEST OF TREES . . .
In A.E. Housman’s iconic poem, a Shropshire Lad regrets that he has only fifty years left “to look at things in bloom…[and] see the cherry hung with snow.” Unfortunately, most of us here don’t have that much time ahead of us. To make matters worse, we were recently reminded of life’s impermanence when the dozen trees that formed the beloved allée along the fire road were rudely cut down and chopped into untidy heaps of wood chips.
How can this be?
Despite Housman’s vision, it turns out that the lifespan of an ornamental cherry tree is between twenty and thirty years. Indeed, those of us who walk regularly along the allée (which extends from the pond up to the Building Three parking lot) had noticed that each successive storm left newly broken limbs strewn on the ground and splintered, truncated branches with fewer and fewer leaves. Then one day the landscapers who maintain our grounds whipped out their chainsaws and, in a single day, cut down all our beloved cherry trees. This was not a surprise—at least, not to the Landscape Committee, who gave their (however reluctant) consent. But like our pets, these trees had grown old and feeble long before we were ready to give them up. Residents and visitors came out to survey the devastation and pay their respects. John King, being both enterprising and forward thinking, rescued some wood from the chipper in the hope that, once cured, it could be used for residents’ future woodworking projects.
But now there is light at the end of the allée. First came the twelve young replacement trees that were stacked alongside the glen, their roots bundled in burlap. Then, when conditions were right, the landscapers planted them between the remains of their predecessors. Finally, the old stumps were ground into mulch—which, in turn, will be used to replenish the soil and help other plants thrive.
Because the flip side of having a short lifespan is that cherry trees grow fast and mature early, we can hope that within our stay here we will once again be able to see “the cherry…hung with bloom along the bough.” In the meantime, we can take delight in all the other lovely trees that grace our walks—watching them grow and change with the seasons and the years. In a single day, they cut down all the cherry trees. In a single day, they cut down all the cherry trees.
RESIDENT WEBSITE GOES PRIVATE
The Quadrangle’s resident website, QRAcentral.org, is now private. In other words, only residents can log onto the site. This means that all information on the website is accessible to residents only. Instructions for how to access the website have been emailed to those residents for whom the committee has addresses. The website currently contains the calendar of events, descriptions of the committees and activities, and other information of interest to residents.
In the future more material will be available, including current and past issues of the Quadrangle Times, and the Residents Directory.
QRAcentral does not replace any of the sources of information that currently exist (Ch 78, bulletin boards, the QT, and so forth). It merely offers residents another way to access this information. For example, you can now conveniently pull activities directly from the QRAcentral calendar into an electronic calendar, thus saving time and helping ensure that you don’t miss out on any programs or special events. EVENTS IN MARCH 2020
THURSDAY NIGHT LECTURES Thursdays, 7:30 p.m., Auditorium Mar. 5: Janny Scott: “The Beneficiary: Fortune, Misfortune, and the Story of my Father.” Mar. 19: Robert D. Hicks, PhD: “Spit Spreads Death: The Influenza Pandemic of 1918–19 in Philadelphia.” MUSIC Saturdays, 7:30 p.m., Auditorium Mar. 7: Astral Concert: harp, French horn, & flute trio Mar. 21: Marcantonio Barone, Nancy Bean, & Lloyd Smith perform Beethoven. Happy Birthday, Ludwig! SECOND SATURDAY Saturday, Mar. 14, 7:30 p.m., Auditorium. The Alex Otey Trio performs popular American songs. OPERA IN THE AUDITORIUM Sunday, Mar. 22, 1:30 p.m., Auditorium. A rousing production of Rossini’s Barber of Seville. SCRIPT-IN-HAND PERFORMANCE Sunday, Mar. 8: 2:30 p.m., Auditorium Resident thespians perform Travels with My Aunt, a theatrical adaptation of a Graham Greene comic novel. SUNDAY TALK: “THE HOLOCAUST” Sunday, Mar. 15, 3:00 p.m., Auditorium. Pete Stern will share reflections about his experiences. VOLUNTEER INFORMATION SESSION Wednesday, Mar. 25, 1:00 p.m., Auditorium RSVP presents volunteer opportunities to help match residents’ interests and availability with local programs. ART EXHIBIT OPENS: “PREVIEW OF SPRING” Saturday, Mar. 28, 4:00–5:30 p.m., Gallery Q2, outside the Forest Grill and 2nd Floor Game Room. Chairs: Christine Brady and Joan Wallick. Enjoy refreshments at this Opening Event! READERS GROUP Tuesday, Mar. 10, 3:30 p.m., Auditorium. Lillian Sigal will present Alice in Wonderland. POETRY GROUP Tuesday, Mar. 24, 7:30 p.m., Auditorium. “Residents Choice” continues from January. GREAT CONVERSATIONS Alternate Thursdays, 10:30 a.m., Club Room. Mar. 5: “Puppy,” by Richard Ford. Mar. 19: “The Heifer,” by Melissa Hardy.
MOVIES MARCH 2020
CINEMA AS ART Tuesday, Mar. 3, 7:30 Auditorium Bryn Mawr Film Institute’s Jacob Mazer presents Martin Ritt’s The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, based on John le Carré’s novel. Stars Richard Burton.
CURRENT MOVIES Mondays/Tuesdays, 7:45 p.m., Channel 99 Mar. 2/3: Pain and Glory, 2019 (112 min.) Spanish w/subtitles. A film director in physical decline reflects on the choices he has made in his life. Mar. 9/10: Ad Astra, 2019 (124 min.) Brad Pitt searches the solar system to find his father and unravel a mystery that threatens the survival of Earth. Mar. 16/17: High Life, 2019 (110 min.) A space-survivors movie about love and intimacy, suffused with anguished memories of a lost Earth. Mar. 23/24: Toy Story 4, 2019 (90 min.) Woody and the gang, together again, on a road trip that gets a little out of hand. Who could resist? Mar. 30/31: The Ground Beneath My Feet, 2019 (108 min.) German w/ subtitles. A metaphor-driven fable of sorrow and anger about the way we live now. CLASSIC CINEMA Fridays, 7:45 p.m., Channel 99 Mar. 6: Sunrise, 1927 (110 min.) Farmer plans to murder his wife. Hauntingly beautiful silent film. Mar. 13: The Last Detail, 1973 (105 min.) Comedy-drama. Sailors transport kleptomaniac to the brig. Mar. 20: The Rainmaker, 1956 (121 min.) Burt Lancaster cons desperate town & Katherine Hepburn. Mar. 27: Open City, 1945 (105 min.) Rossellini’s neo-realist portrayal of Italian Resistance. Subtitles.
SATURDAY FILM FESTIVAL 1st and 3rd Saturdays, 2:00 p.m., Auditorium Mar. 7: Argo. Thriller based on a true story. Ben Affleck rescues Americans from Iranian captivity. Mar. 21: Little Miss Sunshine. Comedy-drama about the exploitative child beauty pageant industry. MARCH 2020 TRIPS COMMITTEE NEWS
Check for seats for the March 5 trip to the American Swedish Historical Museum. Lunch at L’angolo Restaurant.
Sign up this month for the trip to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts on Thursday, March 19, for a special exhibition, Awakened in You: The Collection of Dr. Constance E. Clayton. Works by 76 African American artists, several by PAFA alumni, on display in the Landmark Building. Lunch on-site.
Sign up THIS month for a trip to the Wayne Art Center on Wednesday, April 1, for Art Quilt Elements 2020, the 14th International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Fine Art Quilts. Lunch to follow at Turning Point Restaurant.
Do not miss the trip to the Barnes Foundation on Wednesday, April 22, for a special exhibition, Marie Cuttoli: The Modern Thread from Miro to Man Ray. Tapestries, with designs by Picasso, Braque, and others woven for the modern era.
Important Notice: New York On Your Own, on Wednesday, May 13. Cutoff date for reservations is April 24. Commercial bus, seats for family and friends. Sign-up begins March 6.
>>>TRIP SIGN-UP REMINDER<<<
When signing up for a trip, follow the directions at the bottom of the trip poster. • If there is a fee for the trip, Concierge MUST HAVE YOUR CHECK with your name and the name of the trip to reserve your seat. • For trips with no fee, use the registration form on the shelf below the posters.
************************************************************************** SCHEDULED TRIPS Thursday, March 5 – Swedish Museum Thursday, March 19 – Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Lunch on-site Wednesday, April 1 – Wayne Art Center Wednesday, April 22 – The Barnes Foundation *************************************************************************** --TripsChair. LIBRARY NEWS
This month we offer some features of our Library beyond the shelves of books. . .
The Card Catalog A visitor stepped into the Library recently and remarked, “A card catalog! How charming!” Apparently card catalogs carry with them a hint of the obsolete in this computerized world. But, despite the “Patron Search” option available on the computer, we still keep our card catalog up to date with each acquisition, thanks to our Library volunteers. They enter new additions to the Library on the computer, while at the same time printing two, and occasionally three, cards. Try browsing through the catalog some day; a world awaits you! Magazines A resident recently wrote that the magazines are not up to date. While we pay for the newspaper subscriptions (Philadelphia Inquirer, New York Times, and Wall Street Journal), all of our magazines are donated by residents. One result is that we have a wonderful variety of periodicals, for which we are most grateful. Another result is that we have no control over when they arrive in the Library. We hope to receive them in a timely fashion. The Ongoing Book Sale Residents often donate books that we already have in the Library or that do not fit our collection. These books usually go into our storage area for the regular book sale. Sometimes, when a book is current and/or popular, we place it on the Ongoing Book Sale Cart. During the week, the cart stands against the wall to your right as you enter the Library. On weekends we often move it into the hall, so that staff, family, and friends are also able to purchase books. Our prices are the same as at the regular book sale: $3.00 for hardbacks and $2.00 for paperbacks. You can put the cash into the locked box, or you may fill out an IOU and within a week put the cash in a signed envelope into the box. “Who’s Who” at The Quadrangle? If you recently met a resident and you want to find more about him/her, come to the Library. In the last carrel on the left, you will find biographies of current residents in large three-ring notebooks. Louise Stillman, Chair of the Biographies/Photos Committee, keeps the notebooks up to date. Library Committee Co-Chairs GOOD NEWS ABOUT PENNSYLVANIA ELECTIONS! The 2020 Pennsylvania Primary Election will be held on Tuesday, April 28, and polls will be open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. Recent changes to Pennsylvania’s election code extend deadlines and allow anyone to request a mail-in ballot. You do not need to provide a reason or excuse if you want to use a mail-in ballot. If you are not yet registered to vote at your current address or if you need an application for an absentee or mail-in ballot, please contact Ruth Gottlieb at 610-649-3608. You can also update your address, change your party affiliation, or request an absentee or mail-in ballot online at votespa.com or by calling the Election Board at 610-891-4673. (Note: If you don’t submit the absentee ballot you requested, you can still vote in person, but you will have to cast a “provisional” ballot which will go to the county for review.) In this election, registered Democrats and Republicans can select nominees from their respective parties to represent them in the November general election. In this primary election, voters will cast ballots for president of the United States and representative to the U.S. Congress, as well as Pennsylvania state attorney general, treasurer, auditor general, senator, and representative. Also on the ballot will be delegates to the presidential national convention. Important Deadlines for the 2020 Primary:
April 13: • Register to vote • Change/update address • Change party affiliation
April 21: • Apply for a mail-in ballot • Apply for an absentee ballot
April 28: • Vote in person at the CREC • Board of Elections receives voted mail-in and absentee ballots
REGISTER and VOTE!
SURVIVING THE HOLOCAUST
On Sunday, March 15, at 3:00 p.m. in the Auditorium, a Quadrangle resident will tell about his early life caught up in the Holocaust and will share his subsequent reflections. All are welcome. SCRIPT-IN-HAND TO PRESENT TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT
After a year’s hiatus, Script-in-Hand, the Quadrangle’s resident theatrical company, is back onstage with a performance of Travels with My Aunt. Based on a Graham Greene comic novel and adapted for the stage by Giles Havergal, Travels chronicles the gradual transformation of a 55-year-old retired bank manager after being taken in hand by his mysterious and eccentric Aunt Augusta.
Before meeting his aunt for the first time at his mother’s funeral, Henry Pulling, a lonely, diffident bachelor, has only one interest in life: raising dahlias. Then his seventy-five-year-old red-haired aunt leads him on a whirlwind odyssey through Paris, Italy, Yugoslavia, Istanbul, Argentina, and ultimately Paraguay— regaling him with her memories of a wild life and introducing him to con artists, drug dealers, fortune tellers, policemen, war criminals, and smugglers.
Written for a fringe festival, Havergal’s play originally featured four men in 24 different roles, including an Irish wolfhound. The Script-in-Hand production—in which performers remain seated and read from scripts, as in radio plays—features eleven actors for all these roles.To recreate the constant stream of people and places that Henry encounters on his travels, two residents have put together a slideshow and sound effects table, reprising the special effects work they did two years ago for our production of It’s A Wonderful Life.
Directed by two residents, Travels will be performed on Sunday, March 8, at 2:30 p.m. in the Auditorium.
MORE BEETHOVEN!
Join us on Saturday, March 21, at 7:30 p.m. in the Auditorium, when Marcantonio Barone, piano; Nancy Bean, violin; and Lloyd Smith, cello perform more Beethoven — part of our continuing contribution to the International Celebration of the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth. They will present his wonderful Trio in C Minor, yet another of Beethoven’s Violin Sonatas. You won’t want to miss this great event! — Artistic Advisor, Saturday Night Programs Committee SPRING ALERT!
The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just the body, but the soul. — Alfred Austin Come Join the Community Garden This Spring! NO IDEAS? Last year’s crops included corn, tomatoes, carrots, herbs, beans, strawberries, watermelons, cantaloupe, zucchini, salad greens, squash, and cucumbers, and even more. A few gardeners grew some annual cutting flowers, too.
NO EQUIPMENT? We have tomato stakes and trellises. We have every kind of gardening tool you can imagine, so don’t worry if you gave away all yours when you downsized.
NO RESOURCES? We have abundant advice from current and former members. And a collection of seed and plant catalogues is available in the Library.
WHERE’S THE GARDEN? The Garden is conveniently situated just beyond Building 3 by the Golf Course. It is totally enclosed with wire fencing to keep out those pesky varmints. Stop by at your convenience to take a look at this ideal garden setting.
WANT A PLOT? Choice 200-square-foot plots are available now for only $10, which includes an option to have your plot plowed in early spring. A sign-up sheet is posted on the main bulletin board near the Dining Room entrance.
— Garden Committee\ HELP PRESERVE OUR LANDSCAPE
Vines attacking bushes and trees still threaten The Quadrangle. For some years, some residents took it upon themselves to cut whatever vines troubled them. Two years ago, management and the Landscape Committee authorized a formal group of residents to eradicate vines.
“The Vine Warriors” have kept the vines at bay inside the fire road. But annual maintenance is required. That work is, with reasonable caution, neither particularly strenuous nor hazardous. And the liberation of entangled victims is such a pleasing reward. Almost anyone without serious limitations can enjoy it, and tools and guidance are provided. (Although vine removal outside the fire road is also ongoing, that work is more physically challenging.)
From late March to October, we work within the fire road in optional one- hour group sessions. New participants are needed as current warriors retire. If you can help, contact one of the Vine Warriors. Please come to this year’s informational meeting 4-5pm Wednesday, March 11, in the Conference Room. We’re peaceful, friendly folk.
— for theVine Warriors Below, left, an intrepid Vine Warrior wrestling an enemy into submission; right, two Warriors after a successful session. IN HELPING OTHERS, VOLUNTEERS FIND FULFILLMENT
Sometimes it involves reading to young children—either in person or via computer or smartphone. Sometimes a homebound senior needs a bit of help. It could instead be an 8th grader who thrives with a mentor’s encouragement, or a college-bound veteran seeking to brush up on his math skills.
In these situations and many others, RSVP volunteers provide assistance that is meaningful not only to the recipients, but also to the volunteers themselves.
In addition to Protégé mentoring, RSVP, a tri-county premier provider of volunteer opportunities, links volunteers to dozens of programs that serve people of all ages. For example, one volunteer with RSVP’s Help on Call program assists several blind people with paperwork and grocery shopping. A retired customer service trainer helps seniors and people with disabilities apply for Medicare through the Apprise program. And RSVP’s Volunteer Executive Consultants use their business skills to assist nonprofits in marketing, fundraising, planning and other activities.
How to Find Opportunities RSVP will be hosting a special information session for Quadrangle residents in the Auditorium at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, March 25. Jacqui Baxter, RSVP’s Director of Programs, and a Quadrangle resident and RSVP board member, will be present to provide information, answer your questions, and help you identify volunteer opportunities that match your specific interests and availability. Some of these opportunities are at locations throughout the area, while others can be done from your home.
For more information, contact RSVP (610-832-1040, or RSVPMC.org). BRIEF NOTES ABOUT COMING EVENTS See the bulletin boards for further information. Great Conversations • On Thursday, March 5, Great Conversations will discuss the short story “Puppy,” by Richard Ford. • On Thursday, March 19, the group will discuss the short story “The Heifer,” by Melissa Hardy. • Both stories are found in the book Best American Short Stories of 2002, edited by Sue Miller. The group meets at 10:30 in the Club Room.
Saturday Film Festival •On Saturday, March 7, the Saturday Film Festival will show Argo, starring Ben Affleck, a thriller based on a true story of how a group of Americans were saved from Iranian captivity by means of an elaborate hoax. •On Saturday, March 21, the Film Festival will show Little Miss Sunshine, a comedy-drama about the exploitative child beauty pageant industry. • Saturday Film Festival movies are shown at 2:00 p.m. in the Auditorium.
Poetry Program On Tuesday, March 24, at 7:30 p.m. in the Auditorium, the Poetry Committee will have a special program—a continuation of the “Residents’ Choice” program in January. There were too many poems for all of them to be presented that evening, and those who could not read their favorites will present them at our March program. If there is additional time, committee members will read their own favorites.
Readers Group On Tuesday, March 10, a residentwill present Alice in Wonderland as part of the series “Revisiting Books We Read When We Were Young.” Readers Group meets at 3:30 p.m. in the Auditorium and is open to all residents and their guests. Sunday Afternoon at the Opera • Mark your calendar now for Teatro Real Madrid’s rousing production of Rossini’s Barber of Seville, starring the charismatic Juan Diego Flores, on Sunday, March 22, at 1:30 p.m. in the Auditorium. • Our committee also has a wonderful spring season planned for you. It includes Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, filmed at the Teatro alla Scala, as well as Donizetti’s dramatic portrayal of the struggle between Queen Elizabeth and Mary Stuart in Maria Stuarda, a Metropolitan Opera production. • If you have opera DVDs to donate, or if you are interested in joining our small but effective committee, contact the Chair. Cinema as Art On Tuesday, March 3, at 7:30 p.m. in the Auditorium, we present The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965), directed by Martin Ritt. British Intelligence Agent Alec Leamas (Richard Burton) is at his breaking point, worn down by booze and the stress of undercover work. Before retiring from the field, he agrees to undertake a final operation behind the Iron Curtain, but soon realizes that he is only a pawn in a larger scheme. Nothing is what it seems in the twisting Cold War intrigue. The film was adapted from the novel by John le Carré and will be presented by Jacob Mazer of the BMFI.
THURSDAY NIGHT LECTURES THE BENEFICIARY: FORTUNE, MISFORTUNE, AND THE STORY OF MY FATHER By Janny Scott, Journalist and Author Thursday, March 5, 7:30 in the Auditorium
Janny Scott will discuss her new book, The Beneficiary: Fortune, Misfortune, and the Story of my Father, a family memoir that spans three generations in her father’s Main Line family, the Montgomerys and the Scotts, and the period from the first Gilded Age to the present. Described by the historian Geoffrey C. Ward as “compulsively readable…a rare combination of wit, empathy, candor, and shrewd sleuthing,” The Beneficiary is one of The New York Times’ “100 Notable Books of 2019” and one of NPR’s “Favorite Books of 2019.”
Janny Scott, who grew up on the family estate of Ardrossan in Villanova, began her journalism career while an undergraduate at Harvard, writing regularly for the Crimson. After graduation she was a journalist on the staff of a number of newspapers from Boston to San Diego and Los Angeles before joining The New York Times, where she remained for 14 years as a reporter. She is the author of A Singular Story: The Untold Story of Barack Obama, published in 2011. It was a New York Times bestseller. Copies of The Beneficiary, her second book, will be available for purchase at the lecture. SPIT SPREADS DEATH: THE INFLUENZA PANDEMIC OF 1918–19 IN PHILADELPHIA By Robert D. Hicks, PhD Thursday, March 19, 7:30 in the Auditorium
What happens when disease strikes a city of two million people, sickening half a million and killing more than 12,000 in just six weeks? During fall, 1918, in the last months of World War I, Philadelphia hosted the largest parade in its history to raise funds for the war chest. Within days, influenza casualties overwhelmed hospitals and paralyzed the city. Taken from a public health campaign in 1918, the presentation title warns against the transmission of the virus that killed more people globally than both world wars combined. In this illustrated presentation, Robert D. Hicks, PhD, former Director of the Mütter Museum, discusses the pandemic as a social catastrophe. He shares highlights of the museum’s most ambitious exhibition to date, Spit Spreads Death: The Influenza Pandemic of 1918-19 in Philadelphia, now open.
Robert D. Hicks is Senior Consulting Scholar and William Maul Measey Chair for the History of Medicine of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia. For over a decade he served as director of the Mütter Museum and Historical Medical Library at the College. He holds a doctorate in history from the University of Exeter, United Kingdom, and degrees in anthropology and archaeology from the University of Arizona. His most recent book, Civil War Medicine: A Surgeon’s Experience, appeared in 2019 by Indiana University Press.
The Second Saturday Committee Presents for their third engagement THE ALEX OTEY TRIO
performing works from the
GREAT AMERICAN SONG BOOK
including works of Rodgers and Hart, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Cole Porter, and others. The Trio Features: Alex Otey on Piano and Vocal, Chris Clark on Bass, Kevin Kuchinsky on Drums Pianist-singer-songwriter-trumpeter Alex and his trio perform regularly at various central New Jersey venues. But YOU can HEAR THEM HERE! Saturday, March 14, 2020 At 7:30 – In the Auditorium BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP
Many residents have expressed interest in attending a support group to help with the grief and other problems that arise after losing a partner or other close relationship—unfortunately, an all-too-common experience for people our age. To meet this need, our Clinic Director has made arrangements with Abramson Senior Care to have our residents attend a professionally facilitated bereavement support group at Bryn Mawr Hospital. The group meets on the second Tuesday of every month, and there is no charge to attend. The next meeting will take place on Tuesday, March 10th, from 1 to 2 p.m. Transportation will be available; call the Concierge.
To make arrangements before attending for the first time, you need to contact Ms. Katie Reilly, the Social Worker in charge, at 484-756-8706. (However, if you have difficulty reaching Ms. Reilly directly, you can instead call 484-756-8700 during regular business hours.) Afterward, it would also be a good idea to notify our clinic director that you are attending the group. — the Health Advisory Committee
BEING MORTAL AND WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT
On Sunday, February 23, a panel of specialists from Main Line Health HomeCare & Hospice held a Symposium inspired by Atul Gawande’s book Being Mortal. They presented information about palliative care (what it is, as well as potential benefits and outcomes); hospice services and costs (covered fully by Medicare); and legal measures (including advance directives, POLST, and DNR). All four specialists—physician, nurse, social worker, and chaplain—emphasized the importance of asking, and periodically re- asking ourselves the question: “What matters most to me?” Those answers can guide us in specific discussions with our healthcare teams and loved one about our individual goals and priorities. (If you’re looking for a way to broach the subject, you can take them a copy of this article or, better yet, Gwande’s book.)
After answering questions from residents, the panel announced that they will be returning to The Quadrangle on Thursday afternoon, April 16, to address such specific issues as “How to Make Sure Your Advance Directives are Honored,” “How to Get Your Children to Understand What You Want,” and “POLST and Other Important Paperwork.” THERESA LEE LENDS FIBBER A HAND
Fibber McGee’s neighbor across the corridor, a well-known artist, has made a generous offer to our thrift shop. She has arranged some particularly attractive items, each one priced for sale, in the bookcase adjacent to Fibber’s entrance (Apt. 3302). In addition, one of her own exquisite small paintings is for sale to benefit Fibber. It hangs in the Fibber alcove. When one sells, she’ll replace it with another.
Hwe work has been exhibited both locally and internationally. Last November, she had a highly successful show in Paris. Born in Nanking, China, she and her family fled to Taiwan to escape the Communist takeover. Her study of art began in Taiwan but later continued in America when she was awarded a scholarship at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. After raising a family, she founded a successful company devoted to designing needlepoint canvases. The family came to The Quadrangle to accommodate the disability of her husband, who was partially paralyzed in an accident. She continues to paint in her studio here.
The small works she’s offering to sell to help Fibber would add immeasurably to anyone’s surroundings. Or they could make wonderful gifts. In any case, we’re certainly grateful for the graciousness of her gesture.
OTHER FIBBER NEWS Fibber is having a FIVE DOLLARS A BAG SALE from March 1st to March 14th. So be sure to stop by in the next two weeks because once the sale ends, Fibber will be closed from March 15th through March 29th.
In addition to selling great stuff at great prices, Fibber also offers “FIBBER GARMENTS” for use in the Dining Room. These garments, identified with a Fibber label on the collar, can be borrowed from the cloakroom. Signs explaining the guidelines for their use are posted.
Fibber is open 24/7, so stop by any time.
You’re sure to find something you didn’t know you needed at Fibber! NEED TO DISPOSE OF ELECTRONICS? SALVATION IS ON THE WAY
Like most of us, you probably have some electronic products that have come to the end of their “useful life.” Maybe a computer you bought at the turn of the century that once served you well but no longer connects with your printer? Or a fax machine you never use? Or an old cellphone that you replaced with a smarter one?
What you may not know is this:
Electronic equipment can NOT be disposed of in regular trash or recycled in blue bins.
WHY NOT? Electronic waste (or e-waste) contains a plethora of toxic components (including mercury, lead, cadmium, barium, lithium, and polybrominated flame retardants) that can affect nearly every system in our bodies.
WHAT TO DO? The Environmental Action Group has arranged with the Salvation Army to come to The Quadrangle this spring to collect unwanted electronics for re-use, recycling, or safe disposal! Here’s what you need to do N OW.
WHEN: By March 7, send Myrna Marcus a list of any electronics you’d like to have collected. Include your name and contact information, and place the list in Mailbox 7304 or email it to [email protected] .
WHAT: The Salvation Army takes VCRs, CD players, and most electronic devices. They also accept FLAT screen TVs, but NOT those big old boxy television sets.
HOW: Once we know the exact pickup date and location, we will send you specific information about when, where, and how to get your equipment to the designated collection site.
With the cooperation and support of residents, we hope to have regular electronics disposal days at The Quadrangle—and create a more sustainable environment here and everywhere! — Environmental Action Group COME TO THE GIFT SHOP— WHERE SHOPPING’S A DREAM
I dreamed I was locked in our own Gift Shop! I tried on some clothes. I kept going nonstop! I wound around scarves with style and flair, Put on beautiful tops—all so lovely to wear!
Bedecked with bracelets from wrist to elbow, I felt like a star in some hit Broadway show! And I found, in addition to jewelry galore, Great cards for all reasons, all seasons…& more!
And when I awoke, to continue the theme, I ran to the Gift Shop, where shopping’s a dream, A dream—yet a dream that has really come true, Where you’ll find everything—and all of it new!