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| Want to participate? Membership in the Science Fiction Society of Northern New Jersey is always free of charge, and there are no dues, duties, or obligations to our members. All events are completely free and open to the general public thanks to our relationships with generous host locations. Just show up and have a good time. |
| August Events (event details listed in alphabetical order, full details on group page) Jokes On You This month's theme is Jokes On You. Sometimes you're aware you're the punchline of the joke and go along with it...then there's being the punchline of a joke you have no idea is about you. Smile.... you might be on candid camera
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| *To see full details about the events below, click on the meetup box to the right* |
| SFSNNJ Themes for 2017 January - Follow Up February - Changing Channels March - Big Man on Campus April - When Nature Calls May - Dress for Success June - Ghost in the Machine July - Life....After Life? August - Jokes On You September - Who You Be? The Mysterious Stranger October - That Old Black Magic November - Where There's Smoke There's Fire December - Friends and Lovers |
| For a month-at-a-glance calendar of all SFSNNJ events, click on the meetup icon below |
| SFSNNJ Face the Fiction Guests & Events 2016 January - New Year Meet & Greet Mahwah Bar & Grill Saturday, January 9, 2016, 6:30pm February - King of Games Day Fulton-Friendship Lodge #102 Park Ridge, NJ Saturday, February 20, 2016, 3:30pm March - Cary Grant Double Feature: Bringing Up Baby & Arsenic and Old Lace Hillsdale Library Saturday, March 12, 2016, 1:00pm April - Special Activity Documentary screening of American Native Mahwah Library Saturday, April 16, 2016, 2:00pm May - Take A Break June - Murder By Death & The Cheap Detective double feature Hillsdale Library Saturday, June 11, 2016, 1:00pm July - Dinner/MB&G Saturday, July 9, 2016 Mahwah Bar&Grill, 6:30pm *Special Activity - BarbeCon 2016* Wawayanda State Park 7/15/16 - 7/18/16, 12:00pm August - King of Games Day Saturday, August 13, 2016 Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, 3:00pm *Special Activity - AFI Hitchcock Awards* Oradell Library Wednesday, August 24, 2016, 7:00pm September - Masters of Science Fiction (DVD)/Open Readings Hillsdale Library Saturday, September 10, 2016 1:00pm-4:00pm October - Something Wicked This Way Comes Tuesday, October 18, 2016, 7pm Hillsdale Library November - ToyCon NJ Saturday, November 12 & Sunday November 13, 2016 11/12 -10:00am-5:00pm 11/13 - 9:00am-3:00pm P.A.L. Building, Parsippany NJ December - Holiday Dinner/Guest ML Brennan Saturday, December 10, 2016, 6:30pm Community Room at Brookdale Teaneck, NJ |
| SFSNNJ Upcoming Themes & Events |
| SFSNNJ Face the Fiction Events January - New Year Meet & Greet Dinner Mahwah Bar & Grill Saturday, January 14, 2017, 6:30pm February - King of Games Day Saturday, February 11, 2017, 3:00pm Fulton-Friendship Lodge Park Ridge, NJ March - Outlander TV series Viewing Hillsdale Library Tuesday, March 28, 2017, 7:00pm Hillsdale, NJ April - author Hunter Shea Brookdale Community Room Saturday, April 22, 2017, 6:30pm Teaneck, NJ May - No meeting June - Special Activity free screening Pee-Wee's Big Adventure (1985) Hillsdale Library Monday, June 26, 2017, 7:00pm Hillsdale, NJ July - Dinner Get Together Mahwah Bar & Grill Saturday, July 14, 2017, 6:30pm Mahwah, NJ August - Special Activity: Jack the Ripper A Lecture by Dr. Mark R. Vogel Oradell Library Monday, August 7, 2017, 7:00pm Oradell, NJ September - October - November - December - Holiday Dinner/Guest Speaker event |
| August Special Activity MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 2017 AT 7 P. M. Oradell Library 375 Kinderkamack Road, Oradell, NJ The Jack the Ripper Murders by Dr. Mark R. Vogel Psychologist Dr. Mark R. Vogel is presenting his lecture on the Jack the Ripper murders form a psychological point of view. Dr. Mark R. Vogel is a clinical psychologist with thirty years of experience. He previously worked in the state prison system where he performed psychological evaluations on hundreds of inmates. Currently he works for the New Jersey VA Hospital where he treats war veterans suffering from PTSD. His second novel, The Ripper’s Time was published in 2017. His first novel, Crestwood Lake, a horror mystery, was published last year. He also writes a food and wine column called Food For Thought. His website is markvogel.info. Jack the Ripper: A Mystery of Mysteries Jack the Ripper is one of the most infamous serial murder cases in the world. Set in the horrendous slums of eastern London in 1888, five women, possibly more, all impoverished prostitutes, were viciously slayed. Strangled, slashed, and often disemboweled, the heinous crimes rocked London to its core. The unknown assailant, like a phantom in the night, committed his grisly tasks and vanished without ever being caught. The identity of Jack the Ripper is by far the most beguiling aspect of the murders. But within this mystery are countless other mysteries. Was he a doctor? Why did he keep some of the victim’s organs? Are the famous Ripper letters authentic or a hoax? How was he able to commit the murders without being caught? Did he have an accomplice? Why did he stop killing? The entire story will be discussed via a PowerPoint presentation, with then and now photos, by Dr. Mark R. Vogel, a clinical psychologist who has studied the case, reviewed original police files, and visited the murder sites himself. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
