1. Humanist Salon____________________________
Saturday, March 21 - 6:30 p.m.
Woman's Club of Red Bank
164 Broad Street - Red Bank, NJ  07701
(across from R.B. Post Office)

Potluck/BYOB - Wine, cheese, & fruit.
And then, "How Can We Get President Obama to the
elimnate the elements of Bush's Faith-Based program
that are unconstitutional?"
(Suggested donation $5 - to pay for the room)

2. April Forum Topics__________________________
April 12 , 2009 - 10:30 a.m.
Red Bank Charter School
58 Oakland Street - Red Bank, NJ  07701

Topics:

a.  A discussion of the Gary Hart - Huffington Post article
that ran on February 25th...“Restore the Republic” 
The modern republican theorist, Quentin Skinner, has
put it this way: "performance of our public duties is
indispensable to the maintenance of our own liberty."
http://www.redbankhumanists.org/PDF/GaryHartCivics.pdf

b.  The Six Word Memoir - Yes, it can be done.

The concept of Six Word Stories apparently started, or at least gathered a great apocryphal origin, when someone bet Ernest Hemingway he couldn’t tell a story in such a short space. The response of the great man - “For sale: baby shoes. Never worn.” - still carries a real punch today, where in these times of Twittering and Flash fiction the six worders have made a real comeback. Check out this website for examples of six word stories. (when you're there, scroll to bottom of page to see hundreds more) http://www.smithmag.net/sixwords/

For our 2nd topic at the April Forum we invite you to explore the category of Six Word Memoirs. Write your own and bring it in to share. Yes, you can write more than one.

Examples:

Nothing funny about being a comedian.

Dead relationship haunts like a ghost.

One kiss was all it took.

Big time dreamer, long time procrastinator.

Independent, feminist, student; works at Target.

His "I love you" wasn't true.

Book reader, film watcher, picture taker,

Polish mother. catholic upbringing. tremendous guilt.

Even public restrooms rejected his poems.

Married three times. Enjoyed all three.

Want to leave, need to stay.

Two kids, two dogs, 5 husbands.

Tuesday night: review our Will...again.

My soulmate has whiskers and paws.

Cynical optimist: Never surprised, Always disappointed.

3. Impossible, brilliant _________________________
Erik Johansson, a young talented artist from Sweden, creates remarkable images by digitally modifying photographs that he takes himself. Here's a selection of his very impressive photo manipulations.
http://gargantuaandpantagruel.blogspot.com/2009/03/impossible-brilliant.html

4. Speaking of art_____________________________
RBH member Judy Martin is an accomplished painter! Check out some of her work in a new gallery on our website. You can also find her gallery link on our "Press Room" page.
http://www.redbankhumanists.org/JudyMartin.htm