The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Northern Chautauqua (UUCNC), located at 222 Temple St., in Fredonia, holds a Sunday worship service at 11 a.m., both
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Jan 10, 2021
The 10th meeting of the Shakespeare Club’s 2020-2021 year was held on Dec. 17. Members elected officers for the Club’s upcoming year: Dr. Leanna McMahon, President; Mrs. Barbara Albert, Vice-President; Ms. Amy Near, Treasurer; Mrs. Karin Seager Cockram, Secretary. New officers begin their term at the June 2021 picnic.
The Club’s area of study this year is “Humor and Humorists.” President Mary Croxton presented her paper on Garrison Keillor, entitled “The Man on the Radio with Red Shoes,” which is summarized as follows:
Garrison Keillor is far more than a storyteller. He is also an American author, voice actor and radio personality. Most importantly for our purposes he is a humorist.
Dr. Leanna McMahon
The eighth virtual meeting of the Fredonia Shakespeare Club’s 2020-2021 year was held on Dec. 3, with fourteen members present. Secretary Gail Crowe read the minutes from Nov. 19, which were approved as written.
Mary Croxton introduced Dr. Leanna McMahon, who presented her paper on humorist David Sedaris:
David Raymond Sedaris was born near Binghamton, NY in 1956 to IBM engineer Lou Sedaris and his wife Sharon. Lou Sedaris was soon transferred to Raleigh, North Carolina. Sedaris grew up there along with his four sisters; Lisa, Gretchen, Amy, and Tiffany; and the baby of the family, his brother, Paul; all have been frequent subjects of his many humorous essays.