WHAT ’ S NEWS IN FOX CHAPEL AREA
FOX CHAPEL GARDEN CLUB PRESENTS GLITTER AND GLOW
Fox Chapel Garden Club will present its major fundraising event of the year — Glitter and Glow — on Dec . 6 at the Fox Chapel Golf Club from 7 to 9 p . m . The event will benefit area conservation groups and environmental education , including a scholarship for a graduating Fox Chapel High School student who submits an essay in the spring of his / her senior year .
Other beneficiaries of the group ’ s fundraising activities include Cooper- Siegel and Sharpsburg community library gardens , Fox Chapel Area School District ’ s elementary and high school gardens , St . Margaret Foundation ’ s “ Garden of Hope ,” Pittsburgh Botanic Garden , Fox Chapel Parks Commission and other related organizations .
The Fox Chapel Garden Club creates one-of-a-kind live plant and green works of art for your home or office .
The Glitter and Glow event includes a delicious light dinner buffet , cash bar , silent auction and significant raffled baskets . The evening is a ladies-only event where new and old friends and colleagues can shop , nibble , and bid on some exciting holiday splendor .
The cover charge of $ 35 includes your entrance fee and a delicious dinner and dessert buffet . Tickets can be ordered directly by mailing a check made out to Fox Chapel Garden Club , c / o Cris Scott , 125 Catalpa Ridge Road , Pittsburgh , PA 15238 . Questions can be directed to cris . scott125 @ gmail . com .
AAUW PRESENTS UPCOMING PROGRAM
On Tuesday , Nov . 14 , at 10 a . m ., the Fox Chapel Area Affiliate of the American Association of University Women ( AAUW ) will present “ The Humanities Go Digital : The Six Degrees of Francis Bacon Project ” at Fox Chapel Presbyterian Church .
How would Francis Bacon have connected to other philosophers in 1600 if the internet had been invented ? Who might William Shakespeare have “ friended ” on Facebook ? And what scientific revelations would Isaac Newton have shared with colleagues via tweets ? Unknowable . . . until now .
The Six Degrees of Francis Bacon Project teams the Carnegie Mellon and Georgetown University humanities departments to explore the “ what if ” of social media connections four centuries ago . This fascinating exercise recreates the early modern social network of prominent historical figures , uncovering personal relationships that allow us to see who would ’ ve known whom , and when — and even how — in early modern Britain .
Associate Professor of English Christopher Warren directs the EBA ( Bachelor of Arts in English ) Program at CMU . His research interests include digital humanities , law and literature , and the history of political thought . His first book , “ Literature and the Law of Nations ,” was published in 2015 by the Oxford University Press .
The public is welcome to attend this free AAUW-sponsored presentation .
AAUW advances equity for women and girls through advocacy , philanthropy , education , and research .
For more information , contact Lindsay Bond Totten , Publicity Coordinator , Fox Chapel Area Affiliate AAUW , at lbtotten @ comcast . net .
CAROL SKINGER SOLO ART SHOW FEATURED AT COOPER-SIEGEL COMMUNITY LIBRARY
Carol Skinger is best known for watercolor and gouache paintings bold in style , drawn from the imagination , of both abstract and recognizable places . Watercolor , gouache , ink and pastel are her primary mediums . Skinger resides in Fox Chapel and has lived in Pittsburgh for over 30 years . Originally from Vermont , she grew up in the Lake Champlain Islands and in Stowe at the foot of Mt . Mansfield .
During the six-month solo art show at Cooper-Siegel Community Library , running through November 8 , attendees can look for views from her imagination and for views of the area served by the library including Rustbelt Kayaking ( at Brilliant Railroad Bridge ), Aspinwall Riverfront Park ( Tom Otterness sculpture and slide ), Greenwood Cemetery in O ’ Hara ( a painting of a Civil War monument she came across there while looking for August Wilson ’ s gravesite ), two paintings of the striped spire of Grace Methodist Church on N . Canal Street , and soon-to-open Hitchhiker Brewing Co . ( former Fort Pitt Brewing Co .) in Sharpsburg as seen from Route 28 , and a
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