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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 #1990
May 6, 2020, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1990

There is so much conflicting and/or confusing news and opinion about coronavirus and Covid-19, its effects on the popula ...

Wednesday Night #1989
April 29, 2020, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1989

Tuesday, 28 April was the anniversary of the opening of Expo 67. The summer of ’67 will remain a glorious memory f ...

Wednesday Night #1988
April 22, 2020, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1988

Details of the tragic events in Nova Scotia continue to unfold. There are no words to convey the horror of the senseless ...

Wednesday Night #1987 with North Carolina State Senator Jeff Jackson
April 15, 2020, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1987 with North Carolina State Senator Jeff Jackson

We offer our deepest sympathy to Dominique Beauchamp and John Evdokias on the death of her father, Claude Beauchamp, on ...

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 ...