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Previous PBK Events
September: Essex River Cruise The Sunday morning cruise took participating members down the Essex River past the salt marshes and to the estuary. Close up views of the resident wildlife inspired both naturelovers and photographers.
June: Boston Harbor and Light House Cruise. National Park rangers gave a narrated tour of the harbor with a stop at Little Brewster Island for a tour of the lighthouse there.
March: Spring Wine Tasting. The semi-annual scholarship fundraiser featured wines of South Africa.
September: Gropius House. Tour of Bauhous-style home designed by architect Walter Gropous.
August: Dinner Discussion. Over dinner members discussed reconciling economic development/recovery with the advancement of green energy.
June: Institute of Contemporary Art. PBK members met at the ICA for a social hour and a tour of the museum
May: Spring Concert featuring arrangements for cello and piano, at the Advaita Meditation Center
March: Spring Wine Tasting PBK member and wine expert Steve Coval, enlightened PBK members and guests on the fine nuances and subtleties of Argentinian fine wines.
January: Annual Meeting and Election of Officers. held at Legal Sea Foods.
November: Dinner Discussion at Cafe Jaffa. Topic: "Causes and consequences of the decline of liberal arts studies in higher education."
October: Annual fall wine tasting highlighting wines from various regions of Spain. All proceeds benefit the PBK Boston Scholarship Fund.
October: An evening of poetry Author Jill Breckenridge read from her book The Gravity of Flesh at the Parish Cambridge Unitarian Universalist Church.
September: Brunch with 2009 Scholarship Recipients.
August: National Heritage Museum Visit Members toured "The Way we Worked" exhibit followed by dinner at a member's home.
May: Annual Meeting and Brunch
After enjoying brunch at the Cottonwood Cafe, members voted for the 2009-2010 board and discussed budgeting and plans for the upcoming year.
May: Historical Walking Tour of Cambridge
PBK member, Donna LaRue, followed her March lecture on Literacy, Education and Written Works in Colonial New England with a tour of important colonial education sites in the current Harvard Square area.
April: Annual Guest Lecture
Keynote speaker Sophie Freud, professor emeritus of social work at Simmons College, engaged the audience with poignant stories of her life and family, including grandfather, Sigmund Freud.
Her memoir Living in the Shadow of the Freud Family portrays her individuality, vitality and unique perspectives on the adventure that is her life.
March: LaRue Lecture
Education, Literacy and Written Works in Colonial New England
February: Tour of Boston Athenaeum
November: Annual Wine Tasting
Local wine expert and PBK member, Steve Coval, introduced members and their guests to the subtleties and nuances of variety of fine wines.
October: Movie/Discussion Night - "Man on Wire"
August: Dinner and discussion at Z Square Cafe
Members gathered to discuss various aspects and consequences of modern advances in communication technology.
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