THE HAVILAND CLUB NEWSLETTER
March 4, 2019
Your weekly reason to be a Haviland Club Member:
Because how could we get through a winter like this without others to laugh with? Often?
We are accepting new members. If interested, please contact thehavilandclub@gmail.com or call 902-894-4421.
This Week’s Headlines (See Below For More Information )
- Thursday Coffee and Conversation—‘Talking Scams’ with Detective Constable Jason MacKinnon (Public)
- Friday $7 Pizza Party This Week, courtesy Brian T.—Bar Opens at 4, Draws at 6 PM
- Friday Night Live with Mike, Laurie and special guest Gypsy Jazz, March 15, 7 PM (Public)
- Irish Whisky Tasting Next Saturday (16th) (Public)
Thanks: To Trustee Roger MacDonald for buying pizza for everyone at last week’s Friday Happy Hour!
Thanks Also: to Laurent for his fascinating presentation at last week’s Coffee and Conversation on Canada-China relations.
Update: We’ve done a great job making a mess of the Library. It may take a week or more yet, but we hope soon it will all be painted. See article at bottom of the Newsletter for Laurent’s prescription for donating books.
Upcoming Events
This is a Newsletter to the Members of the Haviland Club.
All activities pertain to member-only activities unless otherwise indicated.
The Lowden House was built 150 years ago.
Wednesday Night Billiards, 7 PM
Snooker, anyone? Two great old tables in The Haviland Club downstairs. Billiards Fans, note above, Marie is having five pool cues retipped.
Thursday Coffee and Conversation With Detective Constable Jason MacKinnon, 10-11:30 AM
This Thursday, Haviland Club member, our guest is Detective Constable Jason MacKinnon, Charlottetown Police Services, who will talk about scams and fraud. Maybe he can tell us why the Club phone will ring four times during his presentation with nobody there!
Next week we welcome Ray Murphy, well-known pharmacist, philanthropist and member of the Order of Canada.
As always, if school’s are closed so is Coffee and Conversation—no way that could happen this late in the winter, could it? Oh yeah, right.
$7 Friday This Friday, Bar Opens at 4, Dinner following the Draws at 6
$7 Pizza Party! Member Brian T. has kindly offered to provide pizza at his cost this Friday, mix and match, with a choice of slices.
And then for next week,
March 15, the night of Friday Night Live with Mike Mooney and Laurie Brinklow with special guest Gypsy Jazz, generous Marie, who prepared a $7 Friday two weeks ago, is proposing to do it again, featuring Chicken Etoufee – a New Orleans Classic, chicken “smothered” in flavourful tomato sauce served over rice. Please remember to let us know if you plan to come so there’s enough for all.
Wednesday Craft Night, March 12, 7 PM.
Bring a project to work on – knitting, crocheting, sewing, etc. Sit and craft while having a chat with your friends. We laugh and learn from each other while having a glass of wine. All are welcome.
MUSIC: Friday Night Live at the Haviland! Friday March 15 at 7 PM (Public Event)
Friday Night Live at the Haviland returns Friday, March 15, 7-10 p.m. Mike Mooney and Laurie Brinklow host special guest Gypsy Jazz for an evening of music and, well,… you name it, we’ll try it in the Open Mic portion of the show! All you have to do is sign up at the door, but come early as it’s sure to fill up fast. Admission is $10, $8 for Haviland Club members, and free if you’re performing on the Open Stage. I
St. Patrick’s Day Irish Whisky Tasting, March 16, 7 PM (Public Event).
Start your St. Patrick’s Day celebration a day early at The Haviland Club Irish Whisky Tasting. Gary Ready will host; five Irish Whiskey’s will be presented and tasted; a suitable snack will be served; there’ll be trivia, and by the end of the evening most of us will know more than we do now about the distillation of Irish spirits and how they differ from the Scottish. There may be a few tickets left, so call now Tickets are $40 and available at the taproom bar, or by calling 902-894-4421.
The Haviland Club Book Club, Tuesday March 19, 7 PM
We’re reading and will discuss Hag Seed, by Margaret Atwood, which makes delightful use of Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Come join a fascinating conversation!
Cards:
| Monday | Public Bridge Over the Bridge Club ~ : 1 to 4 PM ℗ |
| Tuesday | Public Bridge Over the Bridge Club ~ 7 PM ℗ |
| Tuesday | Members’ 45 Club ~ 7 PM |
| Wednesday | Members’ 45 Club ~ 1 PM |
| Thursday | Public Bridge Happy Bidders Bridge Club (Social Duplicate) ~ 7 PM ℗ |
| Friday | Members’ Bridge ~ 1 PM |
| Saturday | Members’ 45 Club ~ 1 PM |
DAY CLUB Hours Bar Hours
Monday Closed Closed
Tuesday 11AM – 10 PM 4PM-10 PM
Wednesday 11AM – 10 PM 4PM-10 PM
Thursday 11AM – 10 PM 4PM-10 PM
Friday 11AM – 10 PM 4PM-10 PM
Saturday 7PM_10PM 7PM-10PM
Sunday Closed Closed
Library Upgrade The Club Library is being renewed with new books. In order to do so we will need donations of more recent titles. Books published in the last 20 years only or recently published. If you have books at home you no longer need or want, please consider donating them to the Haviland Club Library. The books should be clean, no marks or damage to them, no pages missing and no pages marked or written in. Books NOT suitable for this project are encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, school books, textbooks, magazines, periodicals, specialized legal or professional books. Any general books on various topics, fiction, biographies, etc are welcome. They can be soft cover or hard cover. If you have any questions please contact Laurent directly through his email address larrymuffin1@gmail.com or see him at the Club. Laurent is responsible for this project.
Come to the Haviland Club. The draw is the people!