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Bridge Club

 

MEETS: Mondays, 1-3 p.m.

The Bridge Club is open to anyone that knows how to play bridge and wants to spend their Monday afternoons with a great group of people. Whether you have been playing a couple of years, or many years, you will have a great time with this fun group. Newcomers are welcome.

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Stop by for a game!

CCC Book Club

The CCC Book Club is friendly, informal and open to all. At club meetings, the group explored a wide variety of books and interests -- fiction and non-fiction, male and female authors, selections old and new. The reading list is determined list by a democratic process in which members of the club promote a book of their choosing for addition to the list.

At some meetings, a volunteer might lead the discussion, or the discussion might be more self-directed. Everyone is free to join in -- and members are not shy in expressing their thoughts, which we encourage! And since meeting is so fun, the group always meets.

MEETING TIMES

January 23Shark River by Randy Wayne White

February 27Elizabeth Street: A Novel Based on True Events by Laurie Fabiano    

March 26Outliers by Malcom Gladwell    

April 23Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks    

 May 28 Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck    

June 25 The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman    

July 23The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion    

August 27The Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland    

September 24The Last Brother by Nathacha Appanah
                             Translated by Geoffrey Strachan    

October 22Clouds from Both Sides: An Autobiography by Julie Tullis    

November 2684 Charing Cross Road by Helen Hanff  

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Click here or contact Kathy S. Smith (smithkat@tampabay.rr.com / (813) 416-8453)


Chess Club

 

MEETS: Saturdays, 9:30-11:30 a.m.

This club will incorporate all levels of play and experience for all ages and, depending on each person’s level of experience, they will learn the basics of play and be challenged to improve their skills. Participates will be prepared to play in periodic tournaments at the Center.

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Yossue Leyva Guada (ylguada8050@gmail.com


MAS Community Theatre

Schedule to be determined by individual show.

Named after the Center’s former artistic director, Mary Ann Scialdo, MAS Theatre will perform several shows a year.

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Nancy Stearns (nancy.stearns@carrollwoodcenter.org)


Tampa Bay Thinkers

 

Tampa Bay Thinkers is a philosophy group organized through Meetup.com. This group meets to have some "smart fun" once a month. Below is a list of tentative topics:

January 16 - Can Philosophy Make you Happy?

February 20 - Humanity Beyond Humanity

March 19 - How to Know within Uncountable Perspectives

April 16 - Is it all in the Interpretation?

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Click here for more information.

 


Tampa Woodcarvers

MEETS: Friday, 1-3pm

The T.W.C.C. is a chapter of the Suncoast Wood Carvers Club in Seminole, Fl. The Tampa chapter was formed in March, 2008 to provide residents in the Tampa area a place to meet and carve one evening a week throughout the year. Their goal is to increase the awareness of wood whittling. You do not need experience, just come by for a visit and we’ll talk or bring your project and sit and whittle for awhile.

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Jack Simpson (wittlerjack@gmail.com


Women Authors Book Club

 

The Women Author Book Club is a group of readers who get together about every six weeks at the Carrollwood Cultural Center to discuss a contemporary or classic, fiction or nonfiction, piece of literature written by a woman. For more information, contact Debbie Doliner at doubled@tampabay.rr.com or call (813) 961-1262.

Meeting Times

January 9 - Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri AND
                   How to Breathe Underwater by Julie Orringer (both short-story collections)

February 20 - The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton

April 2 - Caleb’s Crossing by Geraldine Brooks

May 14 - Just Kids by Patti Smith

*June 23 - Clara and Mr. Tiffany by Susan Vreeland
(Saturday field trip to Winter Park: the Morse Museum (especially their Tiffany wing) and lunch discussion at local restaurant.)

August 20 - State of Wonder by Ann Patchett

October 1 - The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb by Melanie Benjamin

*November 5 - (Book Selection Night)

November 12 - To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf AND
                         Blue Nights by Joan Didion

All meetings will be at the Carrollwood Cultural Center at 7:30 PM, except for those starred dates (*) that will not meet at the Carrollwood Cultural Center. p>