Evening Circle

Discussion or a Speaker

in the Club Rooms

Fourth Tuesday of the Month, usually 5.00 pm to 7.15pm

Drinks are served from 5.00 pm; Meal served from 5.30pm;  Introduction to Topic 6.15pm

Members and guests welcome: Guests email lyceum.brisbane@bigpond.com  Members refer to Members Only Page  

2020

Portugal, venue of the IALC Cultural Visit, will be the theme for 2020

Tuesday, 28 January: Mother and Daughter Night – Daughters. daughters-in- law and friends welcome

Tuesday, 25 February: The Music of Portugal

Tuesday, 24 March: The History of Portugal – Talk and Discussion

Tuesday, 28 April: Food and Wine of Portugal – Discussion and sampling

Tuesday, 26 May: Tabu 2012 – Film Viewing and Discussion/A Cinema Experience

Recent 2019 Circles

November: Summer Dine Out Night at The Women’s College, UQ

October: Discussion led by the Theatre Circle with a ‘surprise’ performance. In 2021 the international Congress will be held in Morocco – this night’s food reflected this.

September: Discussion led by the Cinema Circle – a delicious fondue experience reminiscent of former times

August: Discussion led by the Thursday Book Circle

July: Debate – Clothes Maketh the Woman

June: Winter Dine In Night – Evening Dress please to reflect Early Meetings; RSVPs required

May: Discussion led by the Art Circle

April: Discussion led by the Poetry Circle with Italian food

March: Discussion led by the Travel Circle with Greek food

February: Discussion led by the Handicraft and Design Circle with French food

January: – Mother and Daughter Night

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Finland, venue of the IALC Cultural Days, was the theme for 2018 Circles.

November: Annual Summer Dine Out Night

October: History of Finland

September: Annual Overnight Trip to the Sunshine Coast and the hinterlandAugust: Finland and IALC Cultural Visit to Oulu, Finland

July: Discussion: Music Sibelius

June: Annual Winter Dine Out Night

May: Discussion: Marimekko and other Finnish Designers

April: Book Discussion – Year of the Hare by Arto Paasilinna – Ask for a hard copy from the conveners + ebook from the BCC Library

April: Lyceum members were invited to join the Finnish community for its May Day celebrations.

March: Film Viewing and Discussion: The Man without a Past

February: Getting to Know Each Other Discussion – Something About Me that No One Knows

Meetings in 2017

November: Annual Dinner for members, partners and guests at The hWomen’s College, UQ. Topic: The Lives of Paleolithic Cave People of France

October: Discussion – French Perfumes with a welcome glass of French champagne

September: Overnight Trip to the Numinbah Valley and Northern NSW, including the Margaret Olley Gallery & a Tweed River Cruise

August: Discussion – Members’ Experiences in France, including Brittany – the Club twinned with the Lyceum Club in Bretagne

July: Discussion  – Three Towns in the South of France as Seen Through the Eyes of Van Gogh

June: French Art and Icons – Annual Dining Night (formerly Dine In Night) This will be held  at The Women’s College, UQ

May: Book Discussion: All The Light You Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

March Film Discussion: Rosalie Blum

February: The annual informal discussion – A Memorable Meal that I have had

2016

November: Annual Dinner for members, partners and guests at The Women’s College, UQ. Topic: Art of The Netherlands: Vermeer to Van Gogh & Beyond.

October: continuing The Netherlands theme with a discussion of the book: The Last Painting of Sara de Vos by Dominic Smith.

August Discussion: The Hague and the Law

July Dine In Night  – IALC Congress, The Netherlands – its countryside and cities

June Discussion: Dutch Horticulture and Gardens, links to Dutch East India trade, the book Tulip Fever

May Book Discussion: The Girl with the Pearl Earring

March Film Discussion: The Suffragette

February 2016 3.00pm to 7.00/7.15pm “At Home”: a thank you everyone who helped make the recent AALC Conference such a success. Discussion topic “An Item on Your Bucket List”.

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2015

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