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: Page to Stage
PAGE to STAGE. How does a play get written and how do actors, director, and designers bring those words to life? Meet THE FOREVER QUESTION playwright Jim Christy, actors Sophia Barrett & Jake Blouch will read a funny scene, and discover the ways director Harriet Power and the team create a production. Then come watch the…
Brain/Food: Rules of Civility
Discussion of Amor Towles’ first novel, Rules of Civility (2011). A 25-year-old ambitious woman, Katey Kontent, finds her way through New York City’s high society in 1938. She rises from the Wall Street secretarial pool through the upper echelons of society in search of a brighter future. When this book was initially published, it was…
Brain/Food: From Trenches to Transplants
"From Trenches to Transplants: Changing Lives with Plastic Surgery" shows the progress of plastic surgery in America from the trenches of World War I to today's hand and face transplants. Barry Noone will discuss the birth, the growth and the amazing triumphs of the past century in plastic surgery. His half century of learning, teaching…
Brain/Food: Invitation to the Dance
Invitation to the Dance. James Sutton, choreographer and NYU Professor of the Arts offers a lecture/performance on "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Dance (and Ballet) but Were Afraid to Ask." Jim has much to discuss as dance is a universal expression, a vital physical embodiment of human spirit.
Brain/Food: Moonstruck
The classic film, Moonstruck, 1987. Romantic comedy. Older Italian American widow (Cher) falls for her fiancé’s estranged and hot-tempered younger brother (Nicholas Cage). Cher won a Best Actress Oscar for her performance. Some sexually suggestive content. Discussion will be led by Mary Anne Grabarek.
Brain/Food: The Falls
A reading and discussion of The Falls, (1969), a short story by George Saunders. Two men walk along the river and face the same moral dilemma after seeing two girls in a canoe.
Discussion led by Rick Freeman.
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 railways. This prevents the family from settling in one place for a while and for the son to attend school. However, at the last stop,…
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 the artist. Tim is an award-winning illustrator, whose works have appeared numerous times on the cover of TIME magazine and many other periodicals, as well…
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 Theatre Ballet, will be present to discuss his part in this amazing story about ballet students recruited from NYC homeless shelters. Steven was one of…
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 he knows about climate change's effects on the ocean, including warming, ocean acidification, and decreasing levels of dissolved oxygen. He will share his research using…
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 group of Baltimore dirt-bike riders who rule the summertime streets. His mother disapproves of his interest in motorbikes as his older brother Stro died in…