PROGRAMME
AUTUMN 2005
Evening events will start at 8 pm on the FOURTH
WEDNESDAY of each month
(MOSTLY !),
and will be held in the
UNITED ARTS CLUB
3 Upper FitzWilliam Street
Dublin 2.
(very near Baggot
Street)
The United Arts Club is right beside Baggot Street, and a five-minute walk from Leeson Street or Mount Street, so it is well served by buses. Parking is abundant and free (after 7.00 p.m., which is ideal for our meetings at 8.00 p.m.).
The season starts off with an afternoon
event:
Sunday 4th September
Our Annual Barbecue
Time 3.00pm.
Venue: 5 Claremont Road,Sandymount, Dublin 4 (beside Sandymount Green)
Norman & Anita O’Galligan have kindly permitted the use of their garden for this enjoyable event.
The society will provide charcoal and some cooking stoves, but additional barbecue cookers are welcome. Contact Hon. Secretary if you intend to bring a cooker.
Members are welcome to bring friends. Members will bring own food and drinks.
We will be inviting many guests, including the members of the Chinese Students and Scholars association, who are mostly post-graduate students, so this could again provide an enjoyable chance to meet some of our Chinese visitors.
September
Wednesday 28th
Shanghai of Old
A talk and visual presentation by Denis Mullen and John Stafford
Yu Garden
Shanghai is the most vibrant
and dynamic city in China.
This talk will deal with the
early history of the city, from
its opening up to
the west in the 1850's.
Denis knows the city well, and has many photographs. John will talk about
his connection to Shanghai
through his
father, who was a
prominent member of the
business community there in
the 1920's.
October
Wednesday 26th
Acupuncture: China’s
Traditional Medicine
A talk by David Earle
Acupuncture has been
around since the Bronze age, and
many people from the west
are amazed at its methods and successes.
Tonight we will learn
about the cultural, traditional
and historical aspects
of this branch of Chinese
medicine.
November
Wednesday 23rd
A Chinese Miscellany
with emphasis on
Storytelling
This is an audience participation evening.
Members and friends are invited to contribute their own
short (5-10 minutes) item of Chinese interest:
anecdote, experience, story, poem…..
Variety and interest are guaranteed.
December
Wednesday 7th
(NOTE
SPECIAL DECEMBER DAY)
Chinese Quiz and Social
Our annual test of knowledge, on matters
(mostly) Chinese.
This is a table team test and a great social and fun
event, topped off with our traditional tea/coffee and mince
pies.
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