We live in a pretty amazing town. Within walking/biking distance to many of our houses is a jewel of a museum...the Davis Art Museum at Wellesley College. And yet, how often do any of us venture onto campus to get 30-60 minutes of culture? If you are like me, you get home, put your stuff down and are immediately sucked into domestic life - homework, dinner prep, tidying, laundry - those studies that show women doing more housework than men need to mention that every hour we spend doing it is an hour not doing something pleasurable and off the beaten track...things that keep the fabric of our community together and vibrant. So, I am going to invite you to do something off beat at the end of this month. Come with us to attend the opening of the new show at the Davis - Mar 30, 6-8 PM. If you email me at jdepeyster@yahoo.com, we will ask the Davis to add you to the mailing list. It's a cool show: El Anatsui is a top African Artist whose work making large works out of bottle caps employs 20 helpers and sells at Sotheby's for record prices. There is also the fun of free wine and cheese and a boho crowd of folks mingling in the galleries. (If you are really gung ho, here is a review of his work: http://moreintelligentlife.com/content/paula-weideger/hes-tops#)
I dont know how many of you have read "Bowling Alone." It is Robert Putnam's book on the collapse and revival of the American community (http://www.bowlingalone.com/). A major factor in the collapse of things like monday night bowling leagues and the garden clubs is the reduced time we all have now that women are in the workforce in significantly greater numbers (affluent women that is, middle and lower middle class women have always worked outside the home in great numbers!) I need to be truthful, I checked the book out of the library about 10 yrs ago and skimmed it. But it spoke to me, because I have had so many conversations with friends and strangers about not feeling as connected to my town and my neighbors as I feel my parents did back in the sixties and seventies.
It is our hope in creating the Wellesley Working Women's Network that we will take the good parts of the age old civic organizations - things like: friendship, community building, intellectual and cultural stimulation, and plain old fun - and create a group of working women who feel linked to Wellesley and the surrounding towns in a supported and committed fashion.
In that vein, I encourage you to come March 30th...more info to follow on where to meet up.
Cheers and have a great week at your job/office....
I dont know how many of you have read "Bowling Alone." It is Robert Putnam's book on the collapse and revival of the American community (http://www.bowlingalone.com/). A major factor in the collapse of things like monday night bowling leagues and the garden clubs is the reduced time we all have now that women are in the workforce in significantly greater numbers (affluent women that is, middle and lower middle class women have always worked outside the home in great numbers!) I need to be truthful, I checked the book out of the library about 10 yrs ago and skimmed it. But it spoke to me, because I have had so many conversations with friends and strangers about not feeling as connected to my town and my neighbors as I feel my parents did back in the sixties and seventies.
It is our hope in creating the Wellesley Working Women's Network that we will take the good parts of the age old civic organizations - things like: friendship, community building, intellectual and cultural stimulation, and plain old fun - and create a group of working women who feel linked to Wellesley and the surrounding towns in a supported and committed fashion.
In that vein, I encourage you to come March 30th...more info to follow on where to meet up.
Cheers and have a great week at your job/office....
