On Thursday, April 11, join your friends and neighbors in person or on zoom for the Council on Aging’s Local and Global Discussion Group. This week, the discussion will focus on some hyper local news, and one hyper local leader—possibly in both senses of the word hyper when applied to Joel Angiolillo. Does anyone know how he does all he
Read moreA little known (and marginally-cared about) fact is that the Owl’s absolute favorite class at Wellesley College was Oceanography which was taught by the incomparable Professor Harold Andrews. You never ever forget your amazing professors, and this was one. The class was taught at 8:30 am in one of the huge lecture halls of the Science Center — comfy chairs,
Read moreUPDATE 1/11: This program is POSTPONED due to unforeseen circumstances. On Thursday, January 11, the Local and Global Discussion Group of the Weston Council on Aging will welcome Dr. Alan Rice, who will lead an exploration of the Seabed 2030 Project, which aims to map the entire ocean floor by the end of the decade. The seas cover 70% of
Read moreOn November 9 from 1:15 to 2:30 pm, the Local and Global Discussion Group of the Weston Council on Aging will once again turn its collective attention from international topics to local ones. Organizer Susan Wagner calls it the “What’s the Local Buzz” session. Weston resident and mega volunteer Joel Angiolillo will lead the discussion. The meeting will be held
Read more. Today, September 14, the Local and Global Discussion Group of the Council on Aging will be discussing how to move forward on creating a local news source for the town of Weston. This is not the first or last time this will be discussed (the League of Women Voters also took up the topic earlier this year with yours
Read more. The Local and Global Discussion Group of the Weston Council on Aging will tackle the timely — and thorny — topic of war crimes at its next meeting on May 11 at 1:15 pm. Questions to be discussed include: The discussion will be led by Susan Wagner. The meeting will be in person, with an opportunity to take part via
Read more. Join the monthly COA Local and Global Discussion Group of the Weston Council on Aging on March 9 for an update on Ukraine a year after the Russian invasion. Professor Alexandra Vacroux, Executive Director of the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard, will return to the COA to talk about whether or not economic sanctions have
Read moreOn Thursday, December 8 at 1:15 pm, the Local and Global Discussion Group of the Weston Council on Aging will discuss the mid-term elections, which are widely viewed as a referendum on President Biden’s performance. Major topics are likely to be the economy, inflation, the cost of energy, abortion, and immigration, although there are likely to be others. All are
Read moreThe timely subject of changing demographics will be taken up at the November 10 meeting of the Local and Global Discussion Group of the Weston Council on Aging, The meeting is hybrid – participants may join either in person or via Zoom. It will be led by longtime group member Graham Atkin who has had an interesting travel life –
Read moreOh fine, I totally just “Daily Mail”ed the Council on Aging’s upcoming presentation but it got your attention, no? The ever-timely Local and Global Discussion Group is taking on one very large book for its October discussion and you had better start reading right.now. Here’s the actual factual listing from the COA: +++ Amidst all the current political turmoil –
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