All posts in Wednesday Nights

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 #1810
November 9, 2016, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1810

This Wednesday  following U.S. Election Tuesday, we will welcome our good friend Helen Fotopulos and her guest, Marc Mi ...

Wednesday Night #1809
November 2, 2016, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1809

Just for a moment – or two – can we move away from the political melodrama to the south? Incredible as it ma ...

Wednesday Night #1808 with Dr. Mark Roper
October 26, 2016, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1808 with Dr. Mark Roper

We are at the cutting edge of the deterioration of the [healthcare] system P R O L O G U E We are very pleased that Dr. ...

Wednesday Night #1807
October 19, 2016, 1 Comment

With our thanks to Catherine Gillbert who made sure the WN tradition was unbroken! Together, we watched every minute of ...

Wednesday Night #1806
October 12, 2016, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1806

The first WN after Thanksgiving is always special and this was no exception, with Tony Deutsch back in his usual seat af ...

Wednesday Night #1805
October 4, 2016, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1805

Although lacking in the high drama and clash of personalities of the first Clinton-Trump debate, Tuesday’s debate betw ...

Kimon Valaskakis OWN R.I.P. 1941-2016
September 29, 2016, 5 Comments

29 September The Celebration of Kimon’s life was held this evening at Sauvé House. The reception rooms were fille ...

Wednesday Night #1804
September 28, 2016, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1804

We ae delighted to welcome a special guest from Pearson College UWC, Dan Hurley, Vice-President of Advancement & Ext ...

Wednesday Night #1803
September 21, 2016, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1803

The Bush-Clinton saga ends with Bush, Sr. saying he’ll vote for Hillary. Reminds me of when the dwarves and elves ...

Wednesday Night #1802
September 14, 2016, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1802

It is easy to draw a straight line from 9/11 to the rise of ISIS (by any name), turmoil in Iraq, Syria and generally thr ...