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December Events - *All in-person meetings canceled thru the end of the year. You can log-in to meetup (click on box to the right) and leave a review, comment or start a discussion about this month's selections or join one of our zoom discussions* (event details listed in alphabetical order, full details on group page) Holiday Cheer! This month is all about finding holiday cheer and being thankful for the little things! Happy Holidays!
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*To see full details about the events below, click on the meetup box to the right* |
For a month-at-a-glance calendar of all SFSNNJ events, click on the meetup icon below |
SFSNNJ Upcoming Themes & Events |
SFSNNJ Face the Fiction Events & Guests 2019 February 17, 2019 - Gallery Talk: Memories of Les Paul with Jim Eigo 1:15pm, Mahwah Museum April 27, 2019 - Spring Fling Dinner Peppercorns Restaurant, Park Ridge, NJ 6pm August 19, 2019 - Author Talk w/ Martha Reid Paradis 7pm, Oradell Library September 9, 2019 - Bruce Springsteen and His Layered Lyrics, A Lecture by Professor Prudence Jones 7 pm, Oradell Public Library December 14, 2019 - Holiday Dinner/Guest Ted A. Bohus 6pm Brookdale Community Room, Teaneck, NJ |
SFSNNJ Themes for 2019 January - Music in Genre February - Won't You Be My Neighbor? March - Caribbean Dreams April - Scene of the Crime May - The Spice of Life: India June - Weird, Weird West July - Shiver Me Timbers! Pirates! August - Deep, Dark Magic September - Getting There is Half the Fun October - Hello Darkness My Old Friend November - Strange Politics December - Holiday Shenanigans |
SFSNNJ Themes for 2020 January - Lost & Found: The lost, the mysterious, the missing, the hiding....this month we take a look at Lost & Found. Abandoned colonies - think Roanoke - forgotten worlds, lost worlds and all of the mysteries they hold. February - China: From Ancient Imperial China to Modern Middle Kingdom: ancient, imperial China through today's modern middle kingdom. The grand, mysterious dynasties of China. March - Third Times A Charm!: third time's a charm! Freshman and sophomore efforts can lead to a great third. Some pretty awesome trilogies are to be found. We look at those #3 in a series offerings. April - Paranormal Physicians: we take a look at the doctors whose patients are missing something...a heartbeat. Even the undead and supernatural need a doctor. May - Eight (Limbs) is Enough!: we investigate stories featuring spiders, octopii, and other creatures with 8 limbs. June - The Myth-ing Link: Mythology in Genre Fiction: Greeks, Romans, Norse, old stuff, new stuff, the possibilities are all over the place. Myths in genre. July - Collecting A Debt: Gotta pay your bills...or face the consequences. Sometimes a good deal turns out to have hidden debts. Make sure you read the contract before you sign. August - Bizarre Invasions: Space Invasions! Nosy neighbor invasions! Invasions of the bizarre and weird! Preppers get ready! September - We're Taking On Water! S.O.S. Sinking ships, under water goings on - think finding a prehistoric 'thought to be extinct' creature wreaking havoc - under water labs, sunken ships... all things under water. October - Halloween All things creepy, crawly and Halloween November - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun! Girls having fun - whether it's good fun, bad fun - doesn't matter. Girls are owning fun. December - Holiday Fun |
**Due to continued health and safety issues, we will not meet in person thru the end of the year** We do have a few zoom discussions - Films to Come link can be found at our meetup site and on our sfsnnj mail We will reschedule missed topics to later dates in 2021. Until we are able to meet in-person again, you can log-in to our meetup group and leave a review, recommendation or comment about this month's selections. We can discuss on-line. |