** Guests, please plan to attend the Guest Orientation, which begins at 6:00 p.m. Check in with the Guest Orientation Coordinator upon arrival. **
PLEASE NOTE THAT OUR OPEN HOUSE EVENT THIS MONTH IS FREE TO ATTEND - THE GUEST FEE IS WAIVED!
Member Check-In: 6:15-6:30 PM
Call to Order + Welcome: 6:31-6:40 PM
Educational Program: 6:40-7:42 PM - Film Screening, "Do I Need This?"
Do I Need This? is a documentary about our complicated relationship with the stuff in our lives, the stuff from which happiness is truly made, and legacy.
This quirky, relatable, and profound award-winning film delicately interweaves the filmmaker’s complicated relationship to her family possessions during the late stages of her parents’ lives, together with a journey into the homes and minds of her fellow Americans - from a buddhist monk to a woman who hoards, and a colorful cast of characters in between. The film explores late-in-life decisions related to the stuff we accumulate over a lifetime, and how it impacts our loved ones once we are gone.
Do I Need This? will be broadcast on PBS stations nationally in mid 2023. The film features Randy Frost, co-author of 'Buried in Treasures' and Bea Johnson, author of Zero Waste Home.
Running time: 62 minutes. Watch the trailer here.
Break/Networking: 7:42-8:00 PM
Livestream Q + A with Film Producer, Kate Schermerhorn: 8:00-8:30 PM
Kate Schermerhorn is a filmmaker and photographer who has directed hundreds of videos, won 2 Tellies and 1 Emmy, been nominated for 1 more, lived in 4 countries, published 1 book of photographs about the things Americans do for fun, jumped out a plane 27 times, and is the mother of 2. She compares her work to a person dressed as a polyester Statue of Liberty, holding a sign spinner which is strategically pointed to say, ‘LOOK HERE!’ Of her work, The New Yorker says, “nothing seems wasted, nothing’s excessive” and the Evening Standard says “there’s a mesmerizing quality to (Kate’s) work”. Do I Need This? Is her third feature documentary.
Introductions + Business Meeting: 8:30-9:00 PM
We look forward to seeing you there!
