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 the evening’s program beginning at 6 PM. Supper 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
June 27 - Poetry Night. Bring a poem to read and a dish to share. Shanfelter-Freeman house. Limited to 20. Call 215 275-6473 or email rgfrim@gmail.com for reservation and location.
Brain/Food: Film, Where the Tracks End
Film, Where the Tracks End (Mexico, 2023). A Mexican family, who lives in a railway car, travel across the country as the father works in the repair and construction of…
Brain/Food: TIME Magazine Covers and AI
July 18 – Tim O’Brien, TIME Magazine Covers and AI Tim O’Brien will share stories of his work in the past tumultuous decade and his thoughts about generative AI and…
Brain/Food: Lift, A Journey from Homelessness to the Ballet Stage
Thursday, July 25 . BrainFood. 7 PM . Film/ Discussion. Documentary, Lift, A Journey from Homelessness to the Ballet Stage (2022). Steven Melendez, the artistic director of the New York…
Brain/Food: Climate Change and the Ocean
Aug. 1 - Climate Change and the Ocean, lecture by oceanographer, Jack Barth Jack Barth, an oceanographer at Oregon State University and summer visitor to Eagles Mere, will discuss what…
Brain/Food: Film, Charm City Kings (2020)
Aug. 8 - Film, Charm City Kings (2020). Mouse, 14-year-old boy, is fascinated by the street bike culture in Baltimore, Maryland. He desperately wants to join the Midnight Clique, a…
Brain/Food: Documentary, My Name is Pauli Murray (2020)
Aug 13 - Documentary, My Name is Pauli Murray (2020). Fifteen years before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus, Pauli Murray was arrested for doing…
Brain/Food: Film, The Quiet Girl (2022)
Aug. 22 – Film, The Quiet Girl (Ireland 2022 PG-13). Set in 1981, a withdrawn nine-year-old girl raised by impoverished parents among many other siblings. She is sent to spend…
Brain/Food: Film, Hold Me Tight
Aug. 29 – Film, Hold Me Tight (France 2021) The central character, Clarisse, is on the run from her family for reasons that are not immediately clear. The film alternates…