Markyour calendars February 21, 1:00p.m. Tour of “The Dancer” Portland Art Museum, advance payment required March20, 12:30 p.m. Potluck Lunch Housing Options As We Age—panel discussion by four RAPS members LaRay Barna, Vic Dahl, Prue Douglas, Sally Jacobsen Room 333, Smith Memorial Student Union April 17, noon President’s Luncheon University Place, Columbia Falls Ballroom May 15, 1:00 p.m. Ice Cream Social Michael Munk, “Portland’s Radical Past” Location TBA February program: Special exhibit at Portland Art Museum Europe for Israel following the Holocaust. On the stoop of their shared home Dalia and Bashir began a rare friendship, forged in the aftermath of war and tested over the next thirty-five years in ways that neither could imagine on that summer day in 1967. Sandy Tolan brings the Israeli-Palestinian conflict down to its most human level, suggesting that even amid the bleakest political realities there exist stories of hope and reconciliation. For March, we will readLoving Frank by Nancy Horan. We read The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig, which is the last of a trilogy of novels set in Montana. It was a heartwarming fiction story that took place in the early 1900s. It rekindled memories of many of us who met to discuss it at Prue Douglas’s residence. We hope to see you at Maxine’s in February. —Mary Brannan Club reports . . . continued from page 5 RAPSBridge Group The Raps Bridge Group meets regularly at 1:00 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month. For the past few months we have been the appreciative guests of one of our members at her home at Willamette View. We rotate tables and change partners during the afternoon. With the help of occasional guest players, often from Willamette View, our attendance has been 16 players—enough for four tables of bridge. Our next meeting will be at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 12, also at Willamette View. If you have questions about the group, please call me at 503292-0838 or e-mail colinkeld@gmail.com. If you would like to play, please contact me as soon as you can and no later than Friday, Feb. 8. —Colin Dunkeld RAPS members and guests will enjoy a guided tour of “The Dancer,” a special exhibit at the Portland Art Museum on Thursday, Feb. 21, 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. This is an exclusive exhibit focusing on the image of the dancer in the work of three 19th century French artists: Edgar Degas, Jean-Louis Forain, and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. The exhibit presents 110 works of art, including paintings, pastels, drawings, prints, and sculptures from collections in Europe and the United States. The art museum Web site notes, “These remarkable works illustrate the differences in social classes between patrons and performers, and among the dancers . . . (and) evoke a sense of being a spectator of one of the favorite forms of diversion in turn-of-the-century France.” Please meet your fellow RAPS members at 12:50 p.m. at the side entrance, on the north side of the art museum near the gift shop. Admission for museum members is free plus $2 for a docent. The cost for non-museum members is $8 plus $2 for the docent. Checks should be made payable to PSU Foundation and mailed by Feb. 7 to the RAPS Office, Simon Benson House, P.O. Box 751, Portland, OR 97207. If you have questions, please call the RAPS office, 503-725-3447. RAPSseeks nominees for awards Nominate a colleague for a RAPS award who deserves to be recognized for achievements made after retirement. Nominees should be exemplary in three of four areas: service to the community; service to the university; professional/career achievements; service to RAPS. Please see the announcement that was enclosed with this issue of The RAPS Sheet.
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