June 25 Erica Morrison, Comprehensive Home Care June 18 Ingrid Askew June 11 Jessica Dautruche, EveryWomen's Center/Center for Women and Community at UMass (rescheduled) June 4 Amherst Club Annual Meeting May 28 Northwestern District Attorney David Sullivan May 21 Jeremy Barker-Plotkin, Simple Gift Farm May 14 Robert Steele discussing his book 'The Curse: Big time gambling's seduction of a small New England town' May 7 Fred Venne, Beneski Museum of Natural History, Amherst College April 30 - No meeting (fifth Tuesday) April 23 Carlie Tartakov & Jacquelyn Crooks-Smith "Black in the Valley" April 16 Love Notes Grant Awards April 9 Julie Johnson on the 50th Anniversary of the Hitchcock Center's environmental education program April 2 Paul Jahnige, Greenways and Trails Program and the rehabilitation of the rail trail March 26 Jerry Koch Gonzales on "United for a Fair Economy" March 19 Jessica Dautruche, EveryWomen's Center/Center for Women and Community at UMass March 12 Steve Strimer, Levellers Press on local publishing March 5 Stephanie Ciccarello, Sustainability Coordinator for the Town of Amherst February 26 Amherst Winery February 19 Senator Stanley Rosenberg February 12 Love Notes Wrap Up February 5 UMass Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy January 29 Susan Waite, Amherst Refuse & Recycling January 22 Gladys Anderson, Family therapist January 15 Gail Lansky on Amherst Cinema's See, Hear, Feel Film program January 8 League of Women Voters of Amherst - Follow the Money. December 25 and January 1 Happy Holidays -- no meeting December 18 Peggy & Murray Swartz, authors of "The Dance Claimed Me: a biography of Pearl Primus" December 11 Amherst Brewing Co. John G., the Brewmaster December 4 Alex Krogh-Grabbe, Business Improvement District Exec. Director November 27 Leslie Salsbury on "expanding one's culinary palate" November 20 Lisa Cyr, Mental Health services November 13 Epi Bodhi, International work on safe water and sanitation November 6 John Musante, Town Manager, Is the Town better off than four years ago? October 30 Fifth Tuesday, no meeting October 23 Sharon Sharry, Director of Jones Library, on 21st century libraries October 16 Richard Evans, Making sense of medical marijuana October 9 Stephanie O'Keeffe, Select Board, on the Safe Neighborhoods initiative October 2 John Gerber, Professor of Plant, Soil and Insect Science, UMass September 25 Jonathan Lash, President, Hampshire College September 18 Fatemeh Giahi, Valley Nutritional Counseling September 11 Love Notes discussion September 4 Summer Reading recommendations August 28 Summer recess - no meeting August 21 Todd Ford, Hampshire Council of Governments August 14 Summer recess - no meeting August 7 Marci Lowi, DMV The veterinary profession in 2012 July 31 Stacey Lennard, Youth Action Coalition July 24 Cheryl Zoll, Amherst Survival Center July 17 Nigar Khan on Pakistan July 10 Phil Shaver, Amherst History Museum July 3 no meeting today June 19 Marla Miller, biographer of Betsy Ross June 12 Nick Seamon, Black Sheep Deli, talking about The Taste of Amherst June 5 Marty Dobrow, sports writer May 29 Fifth Tuesday, therefore no meeting May 22 Annual Meeting May 15 Sam Rush, New Century Theater summer season May 8 UMass football coach Charlie Molnar May 1 Jonathan Lash, president of Hampshire College (postponed to Sept. 25) April 24 Caroline Martin, Amherst College President April 17 Mick Kitteridge, Kringle Candle April 10 Martha Ackmann, author of Curveball, the remarkable story of Toni Stone April 3 Recipients of Love Notes grants March 27 Hilary Price, Rhymes with Orange cartoonist March 20 Robyn Brown and/or Robert Reeve, The Lord Jeffrey Inn March 13 Irish Cultural Center, Elms College March 6 Robert Nakosteen, UMass Isenberg School of Management, Finance Feb. 28: Claire Higgins director of Franklin Community Action Commission Feb. 21: Love Notes Feb. 14: Nancy Fletcher, Antique Valentines Feb. 7: Reza and Jennifer Shafii, TigerPress Printing Jan. 31 Fifth Tuesday, therefore no meeting Jan. 24 John Sacerdote/Sudro Brown, Amherst Railway Society Train Show Jan. 17 Whitney Battle-Baptiste, UMass anthropology professor and historical archaeologist Jan. 10 Jen and Reza Shafie from Tiger Press, "Printing Business Today" Jan. 3 Sherry Wilson, Master Gardener .................................................................................................................................................................................... 2011 Dec. 27, 2011 Best Ever "Worst" gift exchange Dec. 20 Carol Johnson, Amherst Cinema Dec. 13 State Geologist Steve Mabee, "Landslide Along the Route 2 Corridor: Effect of Irene on Western Massachusetts" Dec. 6 Charles Mann, Author of best-selling books 1491 and 1493 Nov. 29 Fifth Tuesday, therefore no meeting Nov. 22 Terry
Rooney, artist, chair Public Arts Commission, organizing Nov. 15 Rolf Nelson, chef of the Lumberyard Restaurant Nov. 8 Paul Kozub, creator of V1 vodka Nov. 1 (snowed out) Oct. 25 - John
Ebbetts, development director UMass Fine Arts Center, former Oct. 18 - Love Notes Meeting Oct. 11 - Zeke Hecker, Pioneer Valley Symphony and Chorus, retired teacher of music and composer --Sept. 27: Epi Bodhi, retired health director, African water project Sept. 20: Jay Levy, social worker, specializing in homeless, has written book on his experiences Sept. 13: Bob Romer, African American Civil War Veterans in West Cemetery Sept. 6: Erika Zekos, president of Amherst Education Foundation -plans for the year and future August 30 Fifth Tuesday, therefore no meeting August 23 Book review: Sara Berger, Harrison Gregg, Bonnie Isman and Jim Wald will share their favorites. August 16 Summer recess (no meeting) August
9 Paul Bacon will lead off the discussion of personal experiences of
tornadoes and disaster. Members are invited to share their experiences. August 2 Summer recess (no meeting) July
26 Kyla Hastie, US Fish and Wildlife Service
July 12 Cynthia Allen, Franklin County Beekeeper Assoc. president July 5 Sara Berquist, Amherst Farmers Market -- |
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