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The accounts of Wednesday Night Salons in chronological order appear below. The task of archiving them is on-going . As stated elsewhere, it was not until the early 90s that we began to keep weekly records of discussions, therefore, there are, unfortunately, major gaps in the earlier chronicles.
Most, but not all, accounts until 2014 were written by our late Scribe, Herb Bercovitz, and edited as required, by Diana, however a number of other Wednesday Nighters also contributed their note-keeping talents on occasions when Herb was absent. Once Herb was no longer up to the task, no-one volunteered to execute the task with such absolute fidelity. Then COVID invaded our weekly gathering and pushed us to ZOOM, where we remain, and since then, the entries for Wednesday Night consist only of the “Prologues”. Chatham House rules prevail!

Wednesday Night #1986
April 8, 2020, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1986

A poignant anniversary. Two years ago, on the night of April 8th, Chairman David left us for the Wednesday Night table i ...

Wednesday Night #1985 with Peter Berezin
April 1, 2020, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1985 with Peter Berezin

As Wednesday Night Zooms, we welcome back, Peter Berezin. The coronavirus COVID-19 continues to not only dominate the ne ...

Wednesday Night #1984
March 25, 2020, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1984

Wednesday Night 1984 – an ominous number, given our preoccupation with fake news, Trumpian dystopia and the COVID- ...

Wednesday Night #1983
March 18, 2020, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1983

The first virtual Wednesday Night – a highly successful experiment! Coronavirus COVID-19 is causing drastic change ...

Wednesday Night #1982
March 11, 2020, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1982

An evocative WN number – some will remember that Wednesday Nights began in the winter of 1982. For International W ...

Wednesday Night #1981
March 4, 2020, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1981

On 4 March 1933, FDR was inaugurated and in his inaugural address, he outlined his New Deal “To have our convictio ...

Wednesday Night #1980
February 26, 2020, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1980

Ash Wednesday – the beginning of Lenten penitence for many Christians following the excesses of Carnival/Mardi Gra ...

Wednesday Night #1979
February 19, 2020, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1979

I cannot remember a time when I felt so bereft of convictions on events and topics of import. Usually, I have quite stro ...

Wednesday Night #1978
February 12, 2020, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1978

No Best in Show (Siba wins at Westminster} in New Hampshire. Bernie Sanders tied with Mayor Pete in New Hampshire and th ...

Wednesday Night #1977
February 5, 2020, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1977

We are delighted that Kent Hovey-Smith will introduce a new guest -and topic- this Wednesday. Caitlin Bailey is the Exec ...