ACTIVITIES CALENDAR: August 28 September 3

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1 Sunday, August 28 TIME: LOCATION: ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION: 10:30 AM Chapel Holy Eucharist Service 7:00 PM Polly s Pub Sunday Night Movie : Miracles from Heaven Based on real-life events, this intriguing drama recounts the story of young Annabel Beam, who suffers from an incurable digestive disorder. But when a string of miracles leads to her complete recovery, Annabel's family and doctors are mystified. PG 109 minutes Monday, August 29 9:00 AM Pool Water Aerobics with Comfort**Cancelled** 9:00 AM Aerobics Studio Bend and Stretch Carol 10:00 AM Aerobics Studio Strength Training with Shannon 11:00 AM Aerobics Studio Body Fit 1 with Shannon 11:15 AM Myers Hall Front Door Bookmobile is here- Pick-up a New Novel 1:30 PM Gage Sun Porch BG Purls: All stitchers welcome! 2:00 PM Aerobics Studio Yoga Flow with Shannon 2:30 PM Pool Water Volleyball 3:00 PM Polly s Pub Conversations and Refreshments 4:00 PM Middleton Dining Room Journey down Memory Lane with Nathan, listening to recorded music from years gone by. 7:00 PM Palm Court Bocce Tuesday, August 30 8:30 AM Pool Water Aerobics with Angela 9:30 AM Aerobics Studio Just Breathe, Cecilia Moore 10:00 AM Front Lobby Grocery Shopping: Harris Teeter 10:00 AM Aerobics Studio T ai Chi Chih with Johne 11:00 AM Morse Activity Room Holy Eucharist

2 Tuesday, August 30 11:00 AM Aerobics Studio Balance and Posture with Comfort **Cancelled** 1:00 PM Mappus Card Room Mah Jongg 1:30 PM Polly s Pub Great Courses, The Rise and Fall of the British Empire: Lecture 25: Ireland Divided 26: Cricket and the British Empire 2:00 PM Aerobics Studio Beginner Yoga with Barclay 3:15 PM Middleton Dining Room Trident Lecture Series: Three Plays by Shakespeare- King Lear: The Tragedy of Family. How sharper than a serpent s tooth it is to have a thankless child! This is a play about how children treat their elderly parents. It is also about how parents treat their children. Family relationships can be warm, often funny, and a real source of comfort and strength. They can also go horribly, horribly wrong! 7:00 PM Middleton Dining Rm. Poker- If you plan to play poker, please call Jamie Gough, at to reserve a seat. Wednesday, August 31 9:00 AM Pool Water Aerobics with Barclay 9:00 AM Aerobics Studio Bend and Stretch with Carol 9:00 AM Middleton Dining RM God s Gals Bible Study 'Good & Evil'. 10:00 AM Aerobics Studio Strength Training with Shannon 10:00 AM Miller Art Loft Flower Guild 11:00 AM Middleton Dining Rm Summer Bible Series, New Testament Background; The World into Which Jesus Came. Explore the political, religious and cultural dimensions of the New Testament world of Israel. 11:00 AM Aerobics Studio Body Fit I with Shannon

3 12:45 PM Mappus Card Room Duplicate Bridge- Last week s Bridge winners: NS: 1. Betsy Smith & Earl Virts, 2. Eleanor Levy & Fred Babb, 3. Maggie Gussenhoven & Lee Boatwright. EW: 1. Katie Kelsey & Caroline P. Danowitz2. Warren Watts & Gus Middleton 3. Tom & Billye Mann 3:00 PM Blackmer Hall Merchandise Kick-Off Event- Interested in items featuring the Bishop Gadsden brand/logo? Come see, touch, and try-on some of the items that will be available to order. 4:00 PM Best Friends Dog Park Doggie Social Hour 5:00 PM Put s Pub Piano and vocals with Ted McKee Thursday, September 1 8:30 AM Pool Water Aerobics with Angela 9:00 AM Aerobics Studio Chair yoga with Shannon 10:00 AM Aerobics Studio T ai Chi Chih with Johne 11:00 AM Aerobics Studio Balance and Posture Class with Comfort **Cancelled** 12:00 PM Chapel BG Community at Prayer 1:00 PM Mappus Card Room Canasta Group: Beginners welcome. 1:30 PM Miller Art Loft Art Class: Watercolor 2:30 PM Pool Water Volleyball 3:15 PM Middleton Dining Trident Lecture Series: Three Plays by Shakespeare- King Lear: What is a Man? Shakespeare expresses a consistently grim view of man throughout his tragedies. His most memorable passages are often efforts to describe the essence of the human. Hamlet describes him as having the potential of an angel, yet acting like a beast; Macbeth calls him a fretful actor full of sound and fury but ultimately without meaning or purpose; but Lear claims to have seen the thing itself.. 4:00 PM Polly s Pub Happy Hour 7:00 PM Middleton Dining Rm Poker- If you plan to play poker, please call Jamie Gough, at to reserve a seat.

4 Friday, September 2 9:00 AM Pool Water Aerobics with Comfort **Cancelled** 9:00 AM Aerobics Studio Yoga with Shannon 10:00 AM Meet in Blackmer Hall Bird and Nature Walk: Join the Charleston s Audubon for a walk, right here at BG! Mild winters and a large variety of habitats, make our area a premier birding destination 11:00 AM Aerobics Studio Body Fit I with Shannon 1:00 PM Mappus Card Room Party Bridge: Led by Jan Marrs ( ) Catherine Puckette ( ).Sign-up 1:30 PM Miller Art Loft Art Class: Open Studio 1:30 PM Polly s Pub Great Courses, The Rise and Fall of the British Empire: Lecture 27 - British India between the World Wars. Lecture 28 - World War II England Alone 3:30 PM Chapel Centering Prayer 7:00 PM Palm Court Bocce Saturday, September 3 9:30 AM Best Friends Dog Park Doggie Social Hour 10:00 AM Mappus Card Room Mah Jongg 1:00 PM Aerobics Room Open Ping-Pong Table, thru10 pm Sunday 2:00 PM Aerobics Room Diane Alteration will be here. 3:00 PM Polly s Pub Afternoon Tea: While sipping on your hot tea and enjoying a cucumber sandwich sit back and visually travel through the beautiful Butchart Gardens. This breathtaking video explores the many gardens and ponds located on the 55 acres in Northern Canada.

5 PLAN AHEAD: Wed. Sept 7 4:00PM Blackmer Hall Low Country Food Bank Presentation Wed. Sept 7 4:30PM Chapel Choir Practice Resumes Wed. Sept 7 7:30PM Regan Pavilion Vesper Service Fri. Sept 9 10:00AM Marketplace Cafe Newcomers News Sat. Sept 10 4:00PM Blackmer Hall LCYB Lil Red Ballet Thur. Sept 15 4:00PM Blackmer Hall Project Vote Fri Sept 16 4:00PM Blackmer Hall Four Top Notes, Piano Program Sat Sept 17 12:30PM Polly s Pub College Kick-Off Wed. Sept 28 10:00AM Blackmer Hall Resident Update Eliza s Attic Eliza s Attic is doing great and we have a need volunteers. Short hours and training provided. The Village Shop End of Season Clearance For more information please call Lorriane McDermott at or Cook at Thursday and Friday 1:00-3:30PM Eliza s Attic is OPEN Saturdays The attic is now again open on Saturday s from 10am to 12pm Come Shop! Hours: 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM Monday thru Friday Nicholas Evans, author of the Horse Whisperer, has written a book about a young boy, family secrets, our quest for love and identity. The young boy is fascinated with Westerns and the characters in those movies. THE BRAVE is an interesting story about how we deal with family secrets and loyalty to those we love. New Fiction. J. McTavish The Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola Would you be interested in participating in a faith-sharing experience based on The Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola? The group would be open to Christians both men and women and would possibly meet twice a month for one hour starting on Wednesday, September 14 th at 4:00 pm. Four or five people are needed to constitute a group. If interested please contact Ted Macdermott at

6 Please remember to return the cart back to its proper location when you are finished using it. Abigail Adams said it best: Learning is not attained by chance; it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence. Trident Tech will be offering a series of diverse and thought-provoking classes. Take a look at the schedule below and challenge yourself to try something new. The Films of Billy Wilder: The course will take a critical look at 4 of the best known films that Billy Wilder directed and in many cases, co-wrote. Each analysis will include examining elements of story, performance, production techniques and the historic significance of each respective film. During discussions, selected segments of the week's film will be shown and examined critically, both in terms of artistic as well as technical. Early registration Sept 13 Classes: Sept 20, 22, 27, 29, Oct.4, 6 From the Shores of Tripoli to the Halls of Bagdad: American Foreign Policy in the Middle East Morocco was the first foreign state to recognize the new United States of America in America s first foreign war was against the Barbary pirates of North Africa in Ever since the birth of our country the Middle East has been a focus of American interests, but never more so than in the second half of the 20 th century. Early registration Oct 18 Classes: Oct 25, Nov 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 Charleston Arts and Culture Enjoy learning from local Charleston artisans Vera Manigault and Denise Mungin as they teach a little Charleston culture and how to make festive arts to celebrate the Holidays. Vera Manigault, local sweetgrass basket maker, trademarked the Colorful Baskets. Denis Mungin of GIN Soap Company will show you how to make such festive arts as soap, wreaths, candles, ornaments and pillows Early registration Oct 25 Classes: Nov 1, 3, 8, 10, 15, 17 The History and Science of Aviation Meet Captain Skip Evans, a veteran Piedmont/USAirways pilot. Explore with him aviation from its beginnings to the global industry it is today. Get to know those courageous pioneers and their amazing flying machines as manned flight grew over the years. Learn about the Boeing 787 and what is next for the industry. Early registration Jan 10 Classes: Jan 17, 19, 24, 26, 31 Feb 2 Think ahead and be ready. If you do, weathering the storm will be easier. Building your hurricane evacuation kit is easy - start with a backpack and/or nylon "draw string" type bag and the following are a few items you should consider packing: Lightweight blanket A change of clothes Toiletries-Soap, toothbrush Pocket First Aid kit What s in your Kit? Several granola bars/water Flashlight w/batteries Matches and/or lighter Cash (paper and coins) Identification (in bag) Phone Numbers (in bag) Cell Phone and Charger Any required prescription "over the counter" meds Well, you get the idea. You can add other things, if you need them. Remember, though, that you will be travelling fast and light. Use the KISS formula: "Keep It Simple, S...!"