tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45622779317657074712011-07-28T23:12:40.376-07:00About the activities and doings of the BOOKS AND BRUNCH classes at Queensborough Community College, Bayside, Queens, NYmaryt/theteachnoreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4562277931765707471.post-14677083787804957982010-10-24T07:31:00.000-07:002010-10-24T07:31:14.582-07:00<!--[if !mso]> <style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}</style> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:DoNotOptimizeForBrowser/> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--> <br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Books and Brunch</b></div><div class="MsoNormal">Sept 9^th, 2010</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>Reading List Fall 2010</b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: medium none;"><tbody><tr> <td style="border: 0.5pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 221.4pt;" valign="top" width="295"> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>Dates</b></div></td> <td style="border-color: windowtext windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-width: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0.5pt medium; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 221.4pt;" valign="top" width="295"> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>Titles</b></div></td> </tr><tr> <td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 221.4pt;" valign="top" width="295"> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Tues Sep 21</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Thurs Sep 23</div></td> <td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt medium; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 221.4pt;" valign="top" width="295"> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>The Virgin Suicides </b>Jeffrey Eugenides, 1993. </div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></td> </tr><tr> <td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 221.4pt;" valign="top" width="295"> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Thurs Oct 7</div></td> <td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt medium; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 221.4pt;" valign="top" width="295"> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>Film: The Virgin Suicides</b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></td> </tr><tr> <td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 221.4pt;" valign="top" width="295"> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Tues Oct 19</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Thurs Oct 21</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></td> <td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt medium; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 221.4pt;" valign="top" width="295"> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>A Spell of Winter </b>Helen Dunmore, 1995.</div></td> </tr><tr> <td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 221.4pt;" valign="top" width="295"> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Tues Nov 2</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Thurs Nov 4</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></td> <td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt medium; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 221.4pt;" valign="top" width="295"> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>A Prayer for Owen Meany </b>John Irving, 1989.</div></td> </tr><tr> <td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 221.4pt;" valign="top" width="295"> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Tues Nov 16</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Thurs Nov 18</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></td> <td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt medium; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 221.4pt;" valign="top" width="295"> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>A Prayer for Owen Meany, </b>cont.</div></td> </tr><tr> <td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 221.4pt;" valign="top" width="295"> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Tues Nov 30</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Thurs Dec 2</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></td> <td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt medium; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 221.4pt;" valign="top" width="295"> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>The Warden </b>Anthony Trollope, 1902.</div></td> </tr><tr> <td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 221.4pt;" valign="top" width="295"> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Tues Dec 14</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Thurs Dec 16</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></td> <td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt medium; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 221.4pt;" valign="top" width="295"> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>The Great Gatsby </b>F Scott Fitzgerald, 1925.</div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal">Additional resource material will be distributed if available.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4562277931765707471-1467708378780495798?l=booksandbrunchblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>maryt/theteachnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4562277931765707471.post-64502282888665416342010-09-26T19:44:00.000-07:002010-09-26T19:48:47.733-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UEGy-8c06F8/TKAE_tL0QeI/AAAAAAAAO1U/6kZw95AZJ6k/s1600/books&amp;brunchreadinglistfall2010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UEGy-8c06F8/TKAE_tL0QeI/AAAAAAAAO1U/6kZw95AZJ6k/s400/books&amp;brunchreadinglistfall2010.jpg" width="286" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Click on Reading List to enlarge the image.</b><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>The next meeting on October 7th will be held in LB14 at 2 o'clock. </b></div><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4562277931765707471-6450228288866541634?l=booksandbrunchblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>maryt/theteachnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4562277931765707471.post-44253928935397246192009-06-11T15:18:00.000-07:002009-06-12T09:41:48.888-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UEGy-8c06F8/SjKDdLmwL-I/AAAAAAAAJr4/tF2lS-JkNG0/s1600-h/bar3.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 20px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UEGy-8c06F8/SjKDdLmwL-I/AAAAAAAAJr4/tF2lS-JkNG0/s400/bar3.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346480244996976610" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Yesterday the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Books and Brunch classes</span> of Queensborough Community College held our<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">BOOK AND AUTHOR LUNCHEON</span><br /><br />Our guest speak was <a href="http://www.mariebrenner.com/content/index.asp">Marie Brenner</a>, author and Writer at Large for <em>Vanity Fair</em>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UEGy-8c06F8/SjJ8mS0x6rI/AAAAAAAAJrI/d7Cxdjkc9zM/s1600-h/marie_brenner_sitting.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 250px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UEGy-8c06F8/SjJ8mS0x6rI/AAAAAAAAJrI/d7Cxdjkc9zM/s400/marie_brenner_sitting.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346472704972286642" border="0" /></a><br /><br />She came to talk about her newest book, a memoir called <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/20/books/20kaku.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Apples and Oranges</span></a>, about the relationship between herself and her brother, Carl.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UEGy-8c06F8/SjJ_M2IjAbI/AAAAAAAAJrQ/obm9m_a-8ZY/s1600-h/applesandorangescover.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 126px; height: 190px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UEGy-8c06F8/SjJ_M2IjAbI/AAAAAAAAJrQ/obm9m_a-8ZY/s400/applesandorangescover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346475566308721074" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We all gathered at <span style="font-weight: bold;">Ben's Kosher Deli in Bay Terrace</span> in Bayside for a delicious luncheon of soup, overstuffed sandwiches and dessert. The women of the group are for the most part seniors who love literature and attend classes each semester (the book titles change each semester) to enjoy lively discussions of each book.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mary Tomaselli</span>, who has been teaching the classes for 12 years, hosted the luncheon as she has since the luncheons began.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UEGy-8c06F8/SjKCUFxCODI/AAAAAAAAJro/Kh3NVNnEj-s/s1600-h/maryprofile.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 128px; height: 105px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UEGy-8c06F8/SjKCUFxCODI/AAAAAAAAJro/Kh3NVNnEj-s/s400/maryprofile.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346478989299038258" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Brenner's talk went very well and a lively question and answer period followed. Jean Stern won the door prize which was a copy of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Brief-Wondrous-Life-Oscar-Wao/dp/1594489580"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao</span></a> by Junot Diaz.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UEGy-8c06F8/SjKBjMDHEgI/AAAAAAAAJrY/aPoy4GdT2-8/s1600-h/bookauthorlunch+003+copy.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 296px; height: 222px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UEGy-8c06F8/SjKBjMDHEgI/AAAAAAAAJrY/aPoy4GdT2-8/s400/bookauthorlunch+003+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346478149171876354" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UEGy-8c06F8/SjKBjY-6DNI/AAAAAAAAJrg/vPjkc5rsquo/s1600-h/bookauthorlunch+004+copy.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 270px; height: 221px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UEGy-8c06F8/SjKBjY-6DNI/AAAAAAAAJrg/vPjkc5rsquo/s400/bookauthorlunch+004+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346478152643906770" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Some of the ladies at the luncheon<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UEGy-8c06F8/SjKDdLmwL-I/AAAAAAAAJr4/tF2lS-JkNG0/s1600-h/bar3.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 20px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UEGy-8c06F8/SjKDdLmwL-I/AAAAAAAAJr4/tF2lS-JkNG0/s400/bar3.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346480244996976610" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/165/6889EBB1C13367831B8B1570A07AB033.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4562277931765707471-4425392893539724619?l=booksandbrunchblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>maryt/theteachnoreply@blogger.com2