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The Luncheon Society at 25

Posted on December 15, 2020 | Leave a comment

We hoped to spend 2020 celebrating the 25th anniversary of The Luncheon Society, but clearly this was not a celebratory year. In a year where we transitioned to “Zoom gatherings,” we thought we would reflect upon the great fun we have had over the past 25 years. So we will celebrate more in our 26th season, starting in January. Scroll down to review the past 25 seasons.

25 Seasons and Beyond.  Maybe you joined us for some of these gatherings. Maybe it was on the infamous Christopher Hitchens post- luncheon pub crawl. Maybe you heard Jane Goodall drop the F bomb. Or when Warren Christopher said there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, way back in 2003. Or the time Buzz Aldrin joked that he didn’t watch the moon landing on television because he was “clearly out of town.” Or the time when Paul Krugman asked Linda Ronstadt to “sing her question” as opposed to simply asking it. Or the time that a 90 year old former Mayor of San Francisco drank us all under the table.  Or the Roger Ebert gathering, 48 hours after the Academy Awards, which went long into the Santa Monica evening and the aspiring actors working as waiters slipped their headshots and screenplays under the dinner plates. Or Temple Grandin on how she thinks. Or when Ted Sorensen talked us through the Cuban Missile Crisis and how close we all came to Nuclear Armageddon. Or the master class in absolute courage with two members of The Little Rock Nine. Or maybe you heard Joyce Carol Oates simply read her brilliant work. Or maybe you came to enjoy the moment. Thank you.  The 26th season starts in January with Mike Dukakis, as always. Now that we are on Zoom, you can join us from anywhere. The Luncheon Society. We are Adult Drop-in Daycare.  25 years of The Luncheon Society gatherings  2020 Luncheon Society Season   https://bit.ly/3842kyW  2019 Luncheon Society Season https://bit.ly/2Kqlwiw  2018 Luncheon Society Season https://bit.ly/3gH58Gl   2017 Luncheon Society Season https://bit.ly/3mm7yeQ   2016 Luncheon Society Season https://bit.ly/2KqlPtG   2015 Luncheon Society Season https://bit.ly/386hsfw   2014 Luncheon Society Season https://bit.ly/34qkpXh   2013 Luncheon Society Season https://bit.ly/3qT1ayX   2012 Luncheon Society Season https://bit.ly/3nlYjN2   2011 Luncheon Society Season https://bit.ly/2WeMFas   2010 Luncheon Society Season https://bit.ly/2K0kUjE   2009 Luncheon Society Season https://bit.ly/3qSjecC   2008 Luncheon Society Season https://bit.ly/3gUW9S9   2007 Luncheon Society Season https://bit.ly/2ILviLB   2006 Luncheon Society Season  https://bit.ly/3gPTqsX  2005 Luncheon Society Season https://bit.ly/3qVDrxY   2004 Luncheon Society Season https://bit.ly/3oMt1yR   2003 Luncheon Society Season  https://bit.ly/2JTZSDo  1996 – 2002 Luncheon Society Season “The Salad Days”   https://bit.ly/2Wd7qnf

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