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Golden Age of Friendship Dinner
Thursday, Jan. 26 at The Westin Sarasota | Benefiting Senior Friendship Centers
The Senior Friendship Centers paid tribute to its past 50 years of operation while looking ahead to the years to come with its Golden Age of Friendship dinner on Jan. 26.
Hundreds filled the Westin Sarasota ballroom event, which benefits the organization’s many enrichment and connection services for older adults.
Guests heard thanks from President and CEO Erin McLeod, past Chair Patricia Courtois and Board Chair Michael Juceam before Kathy Silverberg led the invocation.
Former President and CEO Bob Carter joined McLeod in looking at Senior Friendship Centers’ past and future before honorary Chairs Bob and Patricia Gussin were recognized.
The night continued with an anniversary auction, a paddle raise and eventually music and dancing.
— HARRY SAYER
People Of Thebook
2021-22 Author Lecture Series
October 12, 2021 – May 3, 2022
21 Authors • 20 Events
Wednesday, February 15 at 7pm at Temple Emanu-El
10 “in-person” events (also available on Zoom) and 10 Zoom-only events
Shaunna J. Edwards & Alyson Richman
The Thread Collectors
Shaunna J. Edwards has a bachelor’s in literature from Harvard College and a J.D. from NYU School of Law. A former corporate lawyer, she now works in diversity, equity and inclusion. Alyson Richman is a writer best known for The Lost Wife, a tale of a husband and wife who are separated in a concentration camp during World War II and reunited 60 years later at their grandchildren’s wedding. Her novels have received both national and international acclaim.
In 1863 New Orleans, a Black woman named Stella embroiders intricate maps on repurposed cloth to help enslaved men flee and join the Union Army. Meanwhile, in New York City, a Jewish woman stitches a quilt for her husband, who is stationed in Louisiana with the Union Army. Their paths converge in New Orleans, where an unexpected encounter leads them to discover that even the most delicate threads have the capacity to save us. The novel is loosely inspired by the authors’ family histories.
Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the door
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