THE HAVILAND CLUB NEWSLETTER
April 3, 2019 

Your weekly reason to be a Haviland Club Member: 

To support one of the Charlottetown’s finest historical properties—and have enrich your life doing it!

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—With Pat Murray, 10 AM
• Friday Social This Week—Bar Opens at 4, Draws at 6 PM

House Update
A house inspection has been completed on Lowden House. The Inspection highlighted the need for repairs to the roof, outside deck, chimneys, outside foundation and trim. A meeting with the Executive will be held on Monday August 8th to review the Inspection Report and discuss next steps to address the issues outlined in the report.

This is a Newsletter to the Members of the Haviland Club.
All activities pertain to member-only activities unless otherwise indicated.

Upcoming Events

Wednesday Night Billiards, 7 PM (Members)
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 Pat Murray, 10-11:30 AM (Public Event)

This Thursday, April 4th:  our guest is Pat Murray. Pat was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis six years ago; but with an exercise program she has gained much mobility and is a qualified aquafit  instructor. Pat will talk about “Moving On” ; finding a different way  to move; eg “the importance of a can of beans and dancing”!!!

Next week, April 11th:  our guest will be Her Honour the The Honourable Antoinette Perry, Lieutenant Governor. President Tim, his wife Jo and Coffee Chair Bert will greet the Lieutenant Governor on arrival. We’re told that the event is to be informal, that it is not necessary for men to wear ties and jackets.

Friday Social This Friday, Bar Opens at 4, Draws at 6 (Members and Guests)
Friday social this week for your weekly reconnection with friends. Bar opens at 4, draws at 6.

Saturday, April 6: Easter Seals Campaign Bridge Fundraiser, 12 Noon
Sandwiches and sweets will be served at noon, followed at 1 p.m. by Open Pairs Bridge (guaranteed partner). Minimum $10/person (tax receipt with donation of $20 or more). All proceeds to Easter Seals. For more information, contact carolreid012@gmail.com. See event flyer on this site under Events, or at www.bridgewebs.com/happybidders

Sunday, April 7: Vegan PEI Spring Brunch Fundraiser, 11-1
Vegan fans: for more information go to Veg PEI on Facebook.

THE HAVILAND CLUB NEWSLETTER
March 19, 2019 

This is a Newsletter to the Members of the Haviland Club.
All activities pertain to member-only activities unless otherwise indicated.
We are accepting new members. If interested, please contact thehavilandclub@gmail.com or call 902-894-4421.

Your weekly reason to be a Haviland Club Member:
Where else can you know to go to surround yourself with beauty, to find conversation or peace, whichever you seek?

This Week’s Headlines (See Below For More Information )

The Haviland Club Book Club meeting is postponed until next week (March 26)

Thursday Coffee and Conversation—With Carolyn Drake, The Guardian Night Editor (Public)

Friday Social This Week—Bar Opens at 4, Draws at 6 PM

 Thanks, Marie:  Thank you, Marie for last Friday’s fabulous Chicken Etouffe!

 Thanks Also:  To host Gary, presenters Tom, Bruce Laurent and Rick, and to organizer Mark, for the sold out and very successful Irish Whiskey Tasting Saturday evening!

 Friday Night Live is done for now, Congratulations Laurie and Mike: Congratulations to Mike and Laurie for three great, sold out shows.

 Membership Update:  Welcome to all the new members and applicants who have are  joining the Haviland Club. The Club now has 164 members!

 Library Update:  Painting took more time than anticipated due to many unforeseen problems with the walls. Thank you to Patricia Craig for being on top of all those issues as painter no1, and for doing the thorough, careful job our beautiful house deserves. Given the age of the walls we can no longer put nails or screws into them. A new approach is being actively investigated now. Please note that the Library portion of the room will re-open by 10 April when the paint is well dried off and not sticky wet. The House Committee thanks everyone for their patience.
Books are coming in and thank you again to all who donate. All the books are in an Electronic Catalogue, if you wish to have a copy via your personal email, Laurent can sent it to you. We will continue to add to the E-Catalogue in this manner. This will give us a professional library look.

Upcoming Events

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 Carolyn Drake, The Guardian Night Editor, 10-11:30 AM
This Thursday, March 21 our guest is Carolyn Drake, Night Editor for The Guardian newspaper. Join us and learn about the duties of a night editor—should be a fascinating conversation. Next week, March 28th, we will be visited by the remarkable Ray Murphy, Pharmacist, Member of the Order of Canada. We’re not going to mention that coffee and conversation is postponed if schools are closed. You know that, and it won’t be.

 Friday Social This Friday, Bar Opens at 4, Draws at 6
Friday social this week. We like our $7 Fridays, but we like the socials, too! Come celebrate the return of Spring—hopefully it will feel like it.

The Haviland Club Book Club is postponed until next week (Tuesday March 26,7 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!

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Come to the Haviland Club. The draw is the people!

THE HAVILAND CLUB NEWSLETTER
March 12, 2019 

Your weekly reason to be a Haviland Club Member: 

Discounted prices on event and meeting room rentals for members’ personal purposes.

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—Detective Constable Jason MacKinnon returns to talk Scams & Frauds
• $7 Friday This Week, courtesy Marie, with Bloody Caesar special to celebrate the Ides of March—Bar Opens at 4, Draws at 6 PM
• Friday Night Live with Mike, Laurie and special guests Gypsy Jazz plus Adam Hill, March 15, 7 PM
• Irish Whisky Tasting Saturday (16th) 7 PM—still a few tickets available!

Thanks:  To Brian ?. for arranging and funding last week’s Pizza Party. Thank you, Brian!

Thanks Also: to Pat and Bruce C, Mark and President Tim for the patching and painting so far in the library room.

Thanks Also: Laurent would like to thank all members who have been helpful and generous in donating books. This week he received 6 cases alone and is expecting more on the way: beautiful books and interesting titles, a renaissance for our Library.

This is a Newsletter to the Members of the Haviland Club.
All activities pertain to member-only activities unless otherwise indicated.

Upcoming Events

Wednesday Craft Night This Week (March 12), 7 PM. (Member)
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.

Wednesday Night Billiards, 7 PM (Member)
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 (Public)
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! (Order of Canada Member Ray Murphy was unable to attend this week.) 

As always, if school’s are closed so is Coffee and Conversation—but from what we here it’s supposed to be plus 7, so no worries?

$7 Friday This Friday, Bar Opens at 4, Dinner following the Draws at 6 Member
Friday is the Ides of March–and we all know what happened on 15 March 44 BC, some 2063 years ago at the Theatre of Pompey in Rome. In celebration, Marie will serve Poulet Etouffé—a New Orleans Classic, chicken “smothered” in flavourful tomato sauce served over rice—and Bloody Ceasars will be the drink of the day. Laurent, who proposed the idea of the drink, tells us the Bloody Caesar is Canada’s Official Cocktail, invented in 1962 (Hey, what about Moose Milk?) Feel free to show up in a toga, but no daggers, please.

 ALSO, please remember to let the Club know by Thursday noon if you plan to come so there’s enough for all.

Friday Night Live at the Haviland! This Friday 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—who are joined by bassist Adam Hill— 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. 

St. Patrick’s Day Irish Whiskey Tasting, This Saturday, 7 PM (Public Event)  A FEW TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE.
What do you know about Irish whiskey? Why it is considered by some to be smoother than scotch? How did it lose prominence to its Scottish cousin? Gary Ready will host; five Irish Whiskey’s will be presented and tasted; an innovative 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. 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!  Need to get up to speed, check  link  or review at Link.

Cards:

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!

THE HAVILAND CLUB NEWSLETTER
February 11, 2019

We are accepting new members. If interested, please contact
thehavilandclub@gmail.com or call 902-894-4421.

Your weekly reason to be a Haviland Club Member:
to enjoy being part of 150 years of Island history!

2 Haviland Street

This Week’s Headlines (See Below For More Information )

• Wednesday Craft Club Tomorrow Evening
• Thursday Coffee and Conversation with Ben Favro, Sobey’s Cheese Ambassador
• Friday Social This Friday, Bar Opens at 4, Draws at 6 PM
• This Friday: Friday Night Live at the Haviland Club hosted by Laurie and Mike, with Liam Corcoran 
• Next Friday, $7 Friday courtesy of Marie
• Drop Dead Gorgeous II, February 16 HAS BEEN POSTPONED (Sorry, explanation below)

This Newsletter outlines Member and Public activities The Haviland Club.

Thanks!  To Marie for the nachos and other great snacks last week!

House Update:  Painting of the hall and lounge is all but finished—‘all but’ as painting was delayed on Monday when the painter was ill. We hope to see everything done and pictures back up very soon. Looks great, doesn’t it? Also, the roofs over the dormers have been resealed with proper flat roof roofing.

New Members?  Membership is up, the member board at the entry is nearly full, but new members are always welcome. New stories, backgrounds and talents make the Club a more interesting place. President Tim and Member Chair Ritchie invite members to send them suggestions for attracting new members. email  All suggestions are welcome.

Upcoming Events

Wednesday Craft Night, this week (Feb 12), 7 PM.
This year the craft club is getting together to craft on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month. 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.

Wednesday Night Billiards, 7 PM
Snooker, anyone? Two great old tables in The Haviland Club downstairs.

Wednesday Night is Lucy Maude Night for fourteen fortunate members
We drew names last Friday evening, as only fourteen members were able to participate in this remarkable value. Enjoy, folks!

Thursday Coffee and Conversation With Ben Favro, Sobeys Cheese Ambassador, 10-11:30 AM
This Thursday, Feb 14: Did you know that in Sobeys at Stratford there is a ‘cheese ambassador’? There is, and his name is Ben Favro. Ben will be our guest on Feb 14th, and will tell us about cheese, with samples. Next week: our guest will be Story Sheidow, Editor-in-Chief, “PEI Living”. Have you seen this magazine? (And please remember: if schools are closed because of weather, Coffee and Conversation is cancelled for that day.)

Friday Social This Friday, Bar Opens at 4, Draws at 6
Come join the crowd for this week’s fun Friday social. (Next Friday Marie is promising a $7 Friday! Chili Colorado served with Pico de Gallo, which Maries tells us is fresh salsa.) 

MUSIC: Friday Night Live at the Haviland! Friday February 15 at 7 PM (Public Event)
Friday Night Live at the Haviland returns this Friday, February 15, 7-10 p.m. Mike Mooney and Laurie Brinklow host special guest Liam Corcoran 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. In March (15th), Mike and Laurie’s guest will be, Gypsy Jazz.

See a video

 Drop Dead Gorgeous 2; February 16, 7 PM HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO A FUTURE DATE
Our friend Hank, aka Sergeant Sam Steele, is under the weather and won’t likely be out from under it until after Saturday. So, rather than carry on with a less than spectacular mystery, the Entertainment Committee decided to postpone until a future date. We’ll let you know, but it won’t be in the next few weeks, as this is a significant event to prepare for. Sorry to dash the hopes of Charlottetown’s best sleuths!

Tuesday February 19, The Haviland Club Book Club,7 PM
The Book Club is now reading Educated, by Tara Westover, according to Goodreads: “An unforgettable memoir about a young girl who, kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University.” And then, for March, the club will read Hag Seed, by Margaret Atwood, which makes delightful use of Shakespeare’s The Tempest. New voices always welcome—if you are a reader, please join us.

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.

Cards:

Club Summer Hours:

Come to the Haviland Club. The draw is the people!

Members Can:

1. Socialize—At “$7.00 Fridays”, Where You Can Enjoy A Meal, Meet New People, Linger at The Bar or Relax in the Comfortable Surroundings of a Historic Home. 

2. Enjoy—Live Music, Play, Poetry Readings, Wine and Scotch Tastings and Other Special Dinner Events and Parties. 

3. Pay—Your Membership Fees Through Convenient Monthly Payment Plan=$18:00 For Single, $22.00 For Couple. 

4. Save—A Loonie Every Time You Buy an Alcoholic Beverage at the Bar, or receive a discount to attend special events like “Live at The Haviland Club”. 

5. Join—A “Club Within A Club”, like the Book Club, Craft Club, Inspirational Writers Circle, Movie Night Club, Billiards and Dart Clubs, Members 45’s and Bridge, etc. 

6. Get 50% off– The Price of Booking a Room(s) for Personal Events like Weddings, Birthdays, Family Get-Togethers.

News travels fast on our little island, so tell your friends, your family, and others about the benefits of becoming a Haviland Club Member.

Remember…we are all Volunteers trying to create a nice, friendly, entertaining environment at “The Club”.

Tim Rose, the new Haviland Club President, responding to a question at the Haviland Club annual meeting on Nov. 14th.

See the link to the Executive Committee.