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Join the Governance Committee!

from Janis Barquist, Director of Governance

January 12, 2022

Ladies of The Ebell! The Governance Committee is a standing committee that works on Ebell governance issues.  Last year we rewrote the Conflict of Interest policy.  This year we organized and ran the first annual orientation training session for the new Board members.  We have the second annual orientation training session for next year’s newly… Read more »

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Become an Ambassador for Social Service Committee

from Arden Teplow, Chair, Social Service Committee

January 12, 2022

The Social Service Committee (SSC) is a group of Ebell members who actively engage with Rest Cottage Association (RCA) grant recipients. We are a link to The Ebell for each of these well-deserving nonprofits who have been reviewed by the RCA grant committee and awarded grants due to their continuous work in improving the lives… Read more »

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Art Classes on Zoom with Meredyth’s Mom

from Phyllis Hansen, Director of Programs

January 12, 2022

Learn how to paint to echo the style of great artists with Maxine Cohn, mother of Meredyth Deighton and long-time art teacher.    For some time now a group of Ebell members has been meeting with Maxine on Zoom for “Art to the Max” lessons.  Usually, Maxine chooses an accessible artist and then talks the… Read more »

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Sheryl Lee Ralph Starring in ABC Mockumentary Sitcom “Abbott Elementary”

from Lizzie Blatt, Director of Publications

January 12, 2022

Sheryl Lee Ralph, who kicked off the 2021-22 Ebell season by performing her one-woman show for Ebell Opening Day in October 2021, and who is also an Ebell member, stars in a new ABC mockumentary sitcom, Abbott Elementary. The single-camera comedy created by Quinta Brunson follows a small group of teachers at a chronically underfunded… Read more »

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New Year Reading Resolutions? Support Ebell Program Speakers and Ebell Member Writers

from Phyllis Hansen, Director of Programs

January 12, 2022

Why not support our recent Ebell Program speakers who are also authors, or our Ebell club members who have written new books during this stay-at-home time? You’ll find some inspiring gifts on this list of books that run the gamut of titles for learning, for reading pleasure and for personal resolution-keeping! By Greg Dobbs Life… Read more »

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Book Chamber -January Book Choice: A Visit From the Goon Squad, by Jennifer Egan

from Constance Hornig, Book Chamber Chair

January 12, 2022

January is award-winning fiction.  Here’s a Pulitzer prize-winner: Jennifer Egan’s A Visit From the Goon Squad. Egan’s spellbinding interlocking narratives circle the lives of Bennie Salazar, an aging former punk rocker and record executive, and Sasha, the passionate, troubled young woman he employs. Although Bennie and Sasha never discover each other’s pasts, the reader does,… Read more »

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Events: Field Trip to SoFi Stadium

from Lizzie Blatt, Director of Publications

January 12, 2022

On Wednesday, December 15, Ebell members and their guests traveled to the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, home of the Los Angeles Chargers and Los Angeles Rams, for a fascinating tour and behind-the-scenes look around the amazing new state-of-the-art sports venue.  Guests were shown to the private viewing suites and were even let loose on the… Read more »

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Save the Date

from Phyllis Hansen, Director of Programs

January 12, 2022

Tuesday, January 18, 6.30 pm Write Club On Zoom Tuesday, January 18, 6.30 pm Book Chamber This month’s book choice: A Visit From the Goon Squad, by Jennifer Egan Monday, January 24, 4.00 pm Semi-Annual Business Meeting Find out what the Board has been doing. Via Zoom  

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President’s Message

from Patricia Lombard, 64th President of The Ebell of Los Angeles

December 2, 2021

It’s the holiday season and some of our favorite Ebell traditions are back! In the spirit of Thanksgiving, I want to express my deepest thanks to Karlene Taylor and her committee for organizing a fabulous Boutique with various lunch options for those who want to enjoy a holiday lunch experience that’s tailored — pun intended… Read more »

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Executive Director’s Message

from Stacy Brightman, Executive Director of The Ebell

December 2, 2021

“Music is liquid architecture; architecture is frozen music” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe When I first visited The Ebell years ago, I may have been in a particularly romantic frame of mind because my immediate thought was “my goodness, these spaces SING!” Walking through our campus one cannot help but be captivated by the mighty chorale… Read more »

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