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Unless otherwise noted, meetings are held Fridays at 10 a.m. in Morrill Hall
at St. Mark's Church on Oenoke Ridge.

Directions to St. Mark's

Upcoming SMC Speakers 		Photo of St. Mark's Church
Feb. 3rd Speaker Photo Mr. Tyler Simpson will address the Senior Men's Club of New Canaan. His theme will be "From the Midwest to the MET." Tyler Simpson is a native of the small town of Sabetha, Kansas. He is an avid interpreter of musical drama, having performed in over 70 different productions of opera, musical theater, and classical concert repertoire. In May 2010, he received his Master of Music degree in Opera Performance from the Yale School of Music. In addition to speaking, Mr. Simpson will sing a few short selections.
Feb. 10th Speaker Photo Tucker B. Murphy, Executive Director, New Canaan Chamber of Commerce, will wiil be our speaker on Friday, February 10 at 10 AM at St. Mark's Church. She plans to speak on what the Chamber has become over the last year - where we are going, what the challenges have been, what they continue to be and where we have made progress. Tucker will specifically address the Market Demand Study, current downtown happenings and vacancy issues. She will be answering questions from the Chamber's perspective.
Feb. 17th Speaker Photo Charles McCain will address us. Mr. McCain is an accomplished scholar in the history of undersea warfare, especially the German U-Boat force. Mr. McCain is a native of Mobile, Alabama, and grew up in South Carolina. He is a graduate of Tulane University. Most of his working life was spent in the banking industry. Mr. McCain has written a novel, An Honorable German, from the point of view of a German naval officer. He will be discussing this book as well as the general subject of U-Boats.
Feb. 24th Speaker Photo Our speaker will be Marina J. Neary, who will give us a presentation on her novel, Martyrs & Traitors. Ms. Neary is a historical novelist specializing in Neo-Victorianism and Irish Nationalism. She grew up in Belarus in a family of professional musicians who raised her in the spirit of Western individualism. In 1992 her family came to the United States. Today Ms. Neary is an award-winning historical essayist, multilingual arts & entertainment journalist, playwright, poet and charity activist. Her literary voice, much like her spoken accent, is a mixture of European, British and North American.

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