* Monday, February 18

Executive Committee Meeting

Prior to tonight’s meeting the Club’s officers will meet to discuss matters of interest and importance to the Club. The meeting will be held at the Soho Photo Gallery at 6:00 p.m.

Guest Speaker—Mike Peters

Tonight’s guest photographer, Mike Peters, is a New Jersey based street photographer who shoots mostly in New York, Jersey,and California. Mike was a finalist in Popular Photography & Imaging’s first annual Photographer of the Year contest in 2005. The following quote is from his

website <mikepeters.com> “As an observer of the scene, I can only photograph what I see and respond to on an emotional level. In the moment, I don't have time to judge or think, only to react to the geometry of the frame and the feelings that compel me to make the exposure.” Mike also works at Montclair State University as a campus photographer. Tonight’s curtain raiser will be Club member, world traveler, and corresponding secretary, Natalie Manzino. Be on time so you don’t miss a thing.

* Saturday, February 23

Field Trip—Lower East Side

This area of Manhattan, is one of the oldest, most historic, and most rapidly changing areas of the Big Apple. Once characterized by tenements and pushcarts, the Lower East Side gained its flavor more than 200 years ago, as families squeezed into cramped buildings that filled lower Manhattan. Industrious immigrants became the Lower East Side’s first business owners. Selling their wares from potato sacks to thousands of local shoppers, successful business owners soon expanded their inventory and bought pushcarts—and eventually storefronts to make Orchard Street one of the busiest commercial districts in the world and the neighborhood a cultural mecca. We’ll meet at 11:00 a.m. at Yonah Schimmel’s Knishery, located at 137 East Houston Street between 1st and 2nd Avenues, have a nosh, and then start exploring. Leader: Susan Sigrist, 212-758-0036.

* Monday, February 25

Business Meeting

It’s been a while since our last business meeting way back in November of last year. The big business for tonight will be the Constitutional amendments which are up for approval. We’ll cap it all off with refreshments and a bit of socializing. Remember, according to our Constitution, you must attend at least 2 business meetings a year to retain a positive membership status. How many have you attended so far this year?

* Monday, March 3

Monthly Competition

Tonight’s competition is bound to be exciting. Will you be there to share the experience? Full rules are available at any meeting. Remember, print and slide entries must be submitted by 6:45 p.m. so that we may get under way with the competition promptly at 7:00 p.m. PDIs must be submitted a week prior to the competition. Tonight’s judge is slated to be Kay Kenny. Kay has shown her work and judged at PWCC several times in the past. She is an adjunct teacher of photography at both NYU and ICP. She lives and works right across the Hudson River in beautiful downtown Jersey City. Kay has been awarded fellowships from NJSCA on 3 separate occasions. Please join us for tonight’s competitions.

* Saturday, March 8

Field Trip—Orchid Show

Orchidaceae, also called the orchid family, is the largest family of flowering plants and contains some of the most beautiful, ornate, and intricate flowers of all the plant kingdom. And there’s no better place to see a wide selection of these little gems than at the annual orchid show at the New York Botanical Garden (in the Bronx). We will meet at 10:00 a.m. (so we can make the 10:25 a.m. train) at the Metro-North Info Booth in Grand Central Station. Tickets are $4.75 each way ($3.00 for seniors) if bought before boarding the train. Bring your close-up/ macro equipment but no tripods. Admission to the grounds is free on Saturdays before noon, however there is a $20.00 fee for the orchid show in the Haupt Conservatory. Be sure to dress appropriately for the occasion and the weather (it may be cold outside but it will be warm/hot indoors—dress in layers). Please sign up, don’t be late, call the leader if you can’t make it after all. Leaders: Jerry Harawitz, e-mail <jerryharawitz@earthlink.net> or phone 646-823-7223 and Janna Amelkin, e-mail <elliottarthur@juno.com> or phone 718-332-8184.

* Sunday-Sunday, March 9-16

Field Trip—Alaska’s Northern Lights

Eleven bold and heroic PWCCers will be off to brave the wilds and the weather of winter in Alaska. Our goal is to photograph the northern lights by night and the scenic, snow- and ice-covered landscapes by day, plus the dog races, the ice sculpture, the wildlife, and more in Fairbanks, Chena Hot Springs, and elsewhere.

* Monday, March 10

Theme Night—At the Water’s Edge

This is your chance to show us your interpretation of tonight’s theme—At the Water’s Edge. Your images should relate to this theme, in some way. (How difficult could that be, living on an island? Except for our Bronx members, perhaps; but there’s no lack of rivers, bays, and oceans there, either.) Slides, digital projections, or prints are fine. Competition rules are not in effect. Please limit your presentation to no more than 5 minutes.

* Saturday, March 15

Field Trip—Metropolitan Museum

The ‘Met’ has two exhibits that will be of interest to Club members and other photographers: Lee Friedlander: A Ramble in Olmsted Parks and Depth of Field: Modern Photography at the Metropolitan. Admnission to MMA is by donation ($20.00/15.00 seniors is suggested). We will meet at 11:00 a.m. in the lobby just inside the main entrance (5th Avenue and 82nd Street). Time and weather permitting, we will spend some time in Central Park after exploring the photo exhibits and having a bite to eat in the museum’s cafeteria. Please sign up, don’t be late, call the leader if you can’t make it after all. Leader: Rita Russo, 212-475-3875.

* Monday, March 17

Guest Speaker—Jean Linville

Tonight’s guest photographer, Jean Linville, is an artist/arts educator living in Briarcliff Manor, New York. She has explored the theme of trees through poetry, photography, sculpture, and book arts. She has recently completed her doctorate at the Union Insitute and University in the fields of fine arts and arts education. Her doctoral research, which included

her artistic exploration of trees, resulted in the design of a new paradigm for positive transformation. Several of our fellow Club members have taken classes with Jean and rave about her. Tonight’s curtain raiser will be Club member Evelyne Appel. And, don’t forget to wear something green!

* Sunday, March 23

Field Trip—Easter Parade

Grab your bonnet, you know, the one with all the frills upon it. and don’t forget your cameras and lenses—we’re going to the easter parade! We’ll meet at 11:00 a.m. at a secret (yet to be determined) location—this will be announced at meetings prior to the trip or contact the leader. Please sign up, don’t be late, call the leader if you can’t make it. Leader: Jerry Harawitz, phone 646-823-7223 or e-mail <jerryharawitz@earthlink.net>

* Monday, March 24

Photographic Auction

This is one of our most popular events of the year. The Club auctions off unused and unwanted equipment from our members, friends, and guests. As every year, we’ll have plenty to give away at ridiculously low prices. See the article Going, Going, Gone elsewhere in this issue of the Newsletter for all the details.

* Monday, March 31

Business Meeting

This is the business meeting at which we begin our election procedures for next year. (See the article Election Procedures elsewhere in this issue of the Newsletter for all the details.) There’s always plenty of excitement in the air, including some business held over from the previous meeting. We’ll cap it all off with refreshments and a bit of socializing. Remember, according to our Constitution, you must attend at least 2 business meetings a year to retain a positive membership status. How many have you attended so far?