Monthly Archives: February 2012

Adam Chester – MONDAY! March 19th 2012

March Meeting

Adam Chester…

Adam Chester - S'Motheris the son of a very loving mom, who for almost 30 years has peppered his life with unsolicited advice, news updates, and opinions in the form of thousands of inappropriate, embarrassing, and utterly crazy letters.      He works as a professional composer and singer-songwriter who is employed as the official “surrogate Elton John.” (Adam sits in as Elton John, playing piano and singing while rehearsing his band for various appearances.)
S'Mother      S’Mother is a hilarious memoir based on this correspondence showing the pathological extremes maternal instincts can take. Why is a grown woman so frantic that her adult son screws on his windows to keep out killer bees? And are adult trick-or-treaters really that much of a threat? Adam saved his mom’s letters as proof this all happened and reproduces many of them in the book. And now, with time, perspective, and plenty of therapy, he acknowledges and accepts the comedy of it all and is proud to share his story with you, if for no other reason than to make you feel better about your own mother.
Based in Los Angeles, he is married and has two boys. His mom lives about 20 minutes away and still writes Adam at least four times a month.

Don’t Forget – This Meeting is on a MONDAY!
March 19th 2012

Edith Battles Nonfiction Article Contest
entries are due at the
April 16, 2012 SWM meeting

     See you on Monday, March 19, 2012 at our regular meeting place, the Palos Verdes Peninsula Library on Silver Spur Road just East of Hawthorne Blvd. and the mall.

(click here for directions and a map)

SWM on TV!SWM on TV!

February Meeting

Local Cable to tape SWM Members’ Panel
A producer for Torrance CitiCABLE would like to profile a small, representative group of SWM Members on their station. This would entail meeting with each of the Members, interviewing them, filming b-roll, and producing a five minute piece for each person that would air on CitiCABLE Channel 3 in March and April of 2012.
On February 14th they will come to film. They will be there from 5 pm to 6:45 pm.

     Schedule:
5:00 – 5:30 pm: Interview 2-3 club members (approximately 10 minutes each person)
5:30 – 6:30 pm: Film b-roll of members interacting and of the award presented to our Club.
6:30 – 6:45 pm: Film the first 10 minutes of the speaker (Members’ Panel).
(Click here for more information.)

 

 

TV Schedule & reading sign-ups on first come basis
Original Schedule sent by TV Producer:
5:00 – 5:30 pm: Interview 2-3 club members (approximately 10 minutes each person)
5:30 – 6:30 pm: Film b-roll of members interacting and of the award your group won
6:30 – 6:45 pm: Film the first 10 minutes of the speaker (Which we don’t have!)

Our Proposal:
(You still can share your suggestions !)
5:00 – 5:30 pm: Interview (approximately 10 minutes each person)
1. President
2. Program Chair
3. Newsletter Editor

During this time doors will be closed for noise control. Wait until 5:30 to come in and take your place very fast. No talking or socializing, out of respect for the Producer’s time. DO NOT BE LATE since doors might be closed to avoid interruptions.

5:30 – 6:30 pm: “Film b-roll of members interacting and of the award our group won”
Opening of the meeting, Ildy Lee acknowledges Maury Gamholz, our outgoing president and points out Glenn Willis, our next Contest Chair.
Presenting guests and new members (Make it brief)
Acceptance or interesting rejections (Make it brief)
Judy Sunderland explains who we are
Old business: Talk about the awards: Bernadette Shih
New business (only positive matters, guys! No complaints, conflicting or bickering.)
Reading by our members, 3 minutes or less, (not a second more!) – Presented by Richard Myer
So far signed-up (we still have 4 more spots!):
Dan, Glenn, Faith, Gwen, Richard, Ildy
5:30 – 5:45 – Since we don’t have a speaker, Producer is interested to come back to film him in March.

 

 

Betty Simmons Short Story Fiction Contest Winner will be Announced!
(At the February 14th Meeting!)

See you on Tuesday, Febuary 14, 2012 (Valentine’s Day) at our regular meeting place, the Palos Verdes Peninsula Library on Silver Spur Road just East of Hawthorne Blvd. and the mall.

 

(click here for directions and a map)