February
Annual Evening at the Williams Center
Saturday, February 21, 8pm
Lafayette College, 317 Hamilton St
Williams Center for the Arts
Native Intelligence/Innate Intelligence incorporates dance, Hawaiian chant & percussion, original compositions for cello, and multimedia scenic design to examine ancestry, home and belonging. Research for the work began by questioning the word native, an identity that has become politically charged and is frequently a weapon of colonization. Collaborators explored the origins of instinct, nature vs. nurture, which aspects of our identities are shaped by our environment, and how our ancestry impacts our personalities and identities.
Tickets are $30. A portion of each AAUW ticket goes towards local scholarships. Spouses and friends are welcome. Please reserve tickets by February 10.
Please send reservations by February 10 to: Rosemary Baker. Make checks payable to: AAUW Easton Branch
Order Form: Evening at the Williams Center February 21, 2026
Name_________________________________________________________________
Tickets for Native Intelligence/Innate Intelligence ____________ (qty) @ $30 each
Additional Donation for Scholarship Fund ___________
Total of check enclosed: ____________ (payable to AAUW Easton Branch)
Will you be attending Tapas prior to the performance?
January
Blue Zones Program Panel Discussion
Saturday, January 31 1 – 3 pm
Palmer Branch Library
1 Weller Place, Easton
Meeting (with refreshments). Blue Zones Project Lehigh Valley has a goal to help people live better, longer through community transformation programs that lower healthcare costs, improve productivity, and boost national recognition. We will discuss local initiatives as well as the 5 zones in the world: the Nicoya Peninsula region of Costa Rica; Ikaria, Greece; Okinawa, Japan; Loma Linda, California: and Sardinia, Italy.
December
A HOLIDAY CELEBRATION
You and your spouse/guest/friend are cordially invited
Sunday December 14, 1 – 4 PM
Home of Joan Kicska
We will enjoy a spread of fresh homemade bread and various provisions and condiments, crudités, and holiday desserts, including fruit and cheeses. Contributions will be appreciated (please, no red wine, but if you are too busy, please just come and bring your holiday spirit and smiling face.
Please RSVP to Lois Wildrick by December 10.
There will be a basket for contributions for the Scholarship Fund. Your support helps empower local students through educational opportunities.
November
Disparate Measures: The Intersectional Economics of Women in STEM Work
Wednesday, November 5, 4:15
Lafayette College, 317 Hamilton St, William E. Center for Economics and Business, room 109
Professors Mary Armstrong and Susan Averett will discuss insights about the complex topic from their book.
October
Make A Circle
Sunday, October 19, 5 pm
Book & Puppet Co. Bookstore & Gift Shop, 161 Northampton St.
Jan Schwartz will present the award-winning and crowd-pleasing film.
September
Welcome Back and Bundt Cake Social
Tuesday, September 16, 4:15
Lafayette College, Williams Center for the Arts, Room 108
Parking is free at the visitor parking deck behind Markle Hall
Accidental Anchorwoman: A Memoir of Chance, Choice, Change, and Connection. Melba Tolliver will discuss her life of 30 years on TV. Sandra Miller will present AAUW current policy concerns.
July
Summer Potluck
Sunday, 5 pm., July 20, 2025
Home of Carolyn and Roger Conners
Take this opportunity to join Easton Branch members for a summer picnic on the patio.
June
There are no branch meetings over the summer. Members will be participating in Let’s Read Math sessions.
Check back in August to see what is scheduled for September.
May
Congratulations to our scholarship recipients Julia Vargo, Karmella Imboden and Miara Jackson. We wish them good luck as they face new challenges in their continuing education. Two of our scholarship recipients were unable to attend the dessert.
Scholarship and Award Dessert
Wednesday, May 21, 7 pm
First Presbyterian Church
333 Spring Garden Street
Meet our Scholarship Recipients
Honor our Branch Awardees
Join us as we present scholarships to deserving young women and honor our branch members for their service to the branch.
Dessert is a choice of strawberry pie OR a fresh fruit dish along with coffee and tea. Cost is $12.00.
Please RSVP with your name(s) and check payable to Easton Branch AAUW by May 15th. Mail reservation and check to Becky Goldenberg, PO Box 1464,
Easton, PA 18042. Be sure to indicate choice of dessert.
April
Elections Are Coming
To find your polling place (polling places do change, even if you haven’t moved) https://www.pavoterservices.pa.gov/Pages/PollingPlaceInfo.aspx
To request a mail-in ballot or to vote early in person you may visit: Northampton County Office of Elections and Voter Registration
(610) 829-6260
669 Washington St
Easton, PA 18042
(Lower Level of County Courthouse/Government Center – across from Civil Division/Prothonotary office)
OR you may apply for a mail-in ballot online:
https://www.pavoterservices.pa.gov/OnlineAbsenteeApplication/#/OnlineMailInBegin
To check your registration status: https://www.pavoterservices.pa.gov/Pages/voterregistrationstatus.aspx
The county elections website is updated as petitions are made official, but it simply lists the candidates and their party affiliation. https://www.norcopa.gov/election-voting
The Morning Call is interviewing candidates and will publish a Voters Guide. There is a paywall, although the online subscription fee is low.
Lehigh Valley News is also posting interviews and has no paywall.
Lehigh Valley Live is covering contested races and did not ask for a subscription to view their election coverage.
March
Annual Evening at the Williams Center
Friday March 28, 8pm
Flamenco Vivo
Flamenco Vivo has commissioned Patricia Guerrero, internationally acclaimed flamenco dancer-choreographer and winner of the 2021 Spain National Dance Award, to create QUINTO ELEMENTO (Fifth Element), a new evening-length work set to an original score of live music by GRAMMY®-nominated composer Jose Luis de la Paz. QUINTO ELEMENTO explores ether, that which we do not see yet is ever-present, the essence that makes up the space around us. By drawing on her deep knowledge of traditional flamenco structure and daringly deconstructing its rules, Guerrero seeks to extract the essence of flamenco itself, its invisible fifth element, and make it tangible to audiences.
Tickets are $30. A portion of each AAUW ticket goes towards local scholarships. Spouses and friends are welcome. Please reserve tickets by March 15.
Please send reservations by March 15 to: Rosemary Baker. Make checks payable to: AAUW Easton Branch
Order Form: Evening at the Williams Center March 28, 2025
Name_________________________________________________________________
Tickets for Flamenco Vivo ____________ (qty) @ $30 each
Additional Donation for Scholarship Fund ___________
Total of check enclosed: ____________ (payable to AAUW Easton Branch)
Will you be attending Tapas prior to the performance?
February
Community One Read
Saturday, February 1, 1 pm
Palmer Library
The Genius of Judy:
How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of Us
by Rachelle Bergstein
Many of us had a childhood before Judy Blume’s books came along, but we are living in the world that she rewrote. This is a chance to talk about not only Judy Blume and her books, but also the attempts today to go backwards, by banning books like hers.
The link below will take you to a PBS News Hour interview with Judy Blume that aired in 2023 and is available now on YouTube. It lasts a little less than 8 minutes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q51jT_qam_I
This program is open to the community. Join us and add to the discussion.