Brain/Food
All are welcome to Brain/Food, where discussions of fiction, poetry and films and lectures will take place on Thursday evenings at 7 PM at the DeWire Center unless noted otherwise. Click on event titles to see full program details.
Brain/Food events are free, but we hope you will show your support by becoming a member or making a donation.
There will be a Potluck supper preceding each evening’s program beginning at 6 PM. Potluck attendees are asked to bring a dish to share. Beverages will be provided.
For additional information, please call Betsy Beaugard, 570 525-3381.
Click on each event title for full program details.
Brain/Food: Poetry Night
Freeman / Shanfelter home. Bring a poem to read and a dish to share. Limited to 20. Call 215 275-6473 or email rgfrim@gmail.com to reserve a spot and more details.
Brain/Food: Coaches Forum
This program focuses on sports and the folks who coach. Our summer population features real talent in this area.- Tim Bezbatchenko, Frank Comfort, Barry Hopkins, Pete Swinick, Zoe Siswick, and Patrick Lacon will be participating. The coaches panel will talk about how they go about training, competing, winning and even losing in their respective sports:…
Brain/Food: Page to Stage – Sylvia
PAGE TO STAGE: Inside looks (& laughs) at a SYLVIA play rehearsal Meet the four actors in this summer's comic play, SYLVIA, watch them perform a scene, and enjoy a Q&A with the actors and Eagles Mere's own theatre artists Harriet Power (director), Molly Maginnis (costume designer), & Emily Schuman (stage manager). David Ingram and…
Brain/Food: How “Going Native” Can Change Your Yard & Your Life
Presentation by Laurie Taylor-Mitchell. In her talk based on personal experiences, Laurie will focus on the environmental and aesthetic benefits brought about by transforming a suburban yard into an area filled with native trees, shrubs, and perennials where deer are a continuous problem. Progressing through the seasons, she will show how areas replanted with native…
Brain/Food: The Teachers’ Lounge
The Teachers' Lounge (German, 2023) When an idealistic new teacher’s student is suspected of thefts, she decides to get to the bottom of the matter. By mediating between parents, colleagues, and students, she starts a worsening chain of events and is confronted with the structures of the school system and prejudices. She almost is broken…
Brain/Food: Boys to Fame with Sam Katz & Ray Didinger
Sam Katz & Ray Didinger will be on hand to show Sam’s film, Boys to Fame, and discuss Ray’s extraordinary friendship with Eagles wide receiver Tommy McDonald. Boys to Fame is the story of brotherly love between a kid and his childhood football hero. Sports journalist Ray Didinger met Eagles wide receiver Tommy McDonald in…
Brain/Food: Dog Day Afternoon
Dog Day Afternoon (US. 1975) A 50-year-old film! This crime drama is based on a Life magazine article which chronicled the 1972 robbery and hostage situation at a bank in Brooklyn on a hot, boring August day. The leader, with his amateur crew, tried to rob a bank to pay for his lover's gender-reassignment surgery.…
Brain/Food: DelanoCelli Productions
Since 2015, Laura Delano and Bob Celli have produced five short films. They have been fortunate to enjoy great collaborations with talented casts, crews and production teams. Watch their first film, Figs for Italio (2015) and latest film, Because I Love You (2024), which Bob wrote, acted in, and directed. Following each film, the audience…
Brain/Food: City Island
City Island (US, 2009) Vince Rizzo (played by Andy Garcia) is a prison guard who wants to quit his job to become an actor. But first, he needs to make up for lost time with Tony, his long-lost son, who is an inmate where he works. He suggests that the ex-convict move in with his…