Weekly
Monday Quarterback luncheons – a 20-20 hindsight of the previous weeks’ editorials and news topics – arranged by Alina Macneal and hosted by a rotation of members 12:30pm-1:45pm.
Thursday Roundtable lunch: guest speakers present a wide range of topics, followed by discussion: 12:30pm-1:45pm. (every other week)
Past Recorded Events:
Recent events are listed below. To view other event recordings, beginning with October 2020, scroll down to Current Events, click on a month and scroll down to the event of interest.
May 20 – Speaker is Cordelia Biddle, author and adjunct professor of English at Drexel’s Pennoni Honors College. Her topic—Biddle, Jackson, and a Nation in Turmoil: The Infamous Bank War. Play Event
May 27 – Speaker is Paul Rozin, emeritus professor of psychology at Penn. His topic—French versus American Eating: Why Are the French So Thin? Play Event
June 10 – Speaker is David Espey. His topic—The Peace Corps: Sixty Years, Countless Stories Play Event
June 17 – Speaker is Helen Drutt, known as a connoisseur, devotee, and doyenne of Craft on being A Passionate Observer. Play Event
July 8 – Speaker is David Laibson. His topic—Present Bias, Self-regulation, and Paternalism: A Behavioral Economist Peers into the Retirement Savings Gap. Play Event
July 15 – Speaker is Madeline Miller: Her topic—Circe’s Side: A Tale for the 21st Century. Play Event
July 29 – Speaker is Kathryn Ott Lovell, Commissioner of Philadelphia Parks & Recreation. Her topic—Reimagining the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Play Event
Sept 30 – Speaker is Nathan Raab, author, historian, and rare documents dealer. His topic—The Hunt for History. He will tell the fascinating story of how he learned to tell the difference between real and forged documents, and of astonishing finds that were nearly lost to history. Play Event
Oct 7 – Speaker is George McNeely, architectural historian. His subject—Cultural Heritage in Times of Conflict. Play Event
Oct 14 – Speaker is Christopher Baxter, executive director of Spotlight PA. His topic—A New Path Forward in News. Play Event
Monthly
Club dinners: Dinners generally are held on the first Thursday and third Friday of the month: Cocktails at 5:30pm, speaker at 6:15pm, dinner at 7pm.
Annually
January: Annual Business Meeting of the general membership followed by the J. William White Dinner with toasts to Dr. White, our founder, as well as to first president S. Weir Mitchell and to Benjamin Franklin (on an evening closest to Benjamin Franklin’s birthday, January 17th).
Summer: Picnic usually at the home of an Innmate.
December: Holiday Lunch, featuring Fish House Punch, beginning at 11:30am.