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University
Series @ Iwan Ries—Tuesday,
April 1, 5:30-8:30
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FOOLS!
What's in a joke? What makes jokes
funny (or not)? Where do they come from and how are they made? On April
Fool's Day, Ted Cohen,
an expert in esthetic theory and professor of philosophy at the
University of Chicago, will address the Cigar Society on Jokes.
Along with actually telling some jokes, Dr. Cohen will touch on his
theories of conditional and asymmetrical jokes, the acceptance of
absurdity, and matters of taste, morality, and propriety. $30 includes
premium open bar, light hors d'oeuvre, and special cigars. We will be
meeting privately in the smoking lounge at Iwan Ries. RSVP to tuckey@post.com.
Salon
at the Mews—Tuesday, April 15, 5:30-8:30pm
Jeffrey Dean will be hosting the Cigar
Society at his apartment in Hyde Park. RSVP to tuckey@post.com
University
Series @ Iwan Ries—Tuesday,
April 29, 5:30-8:30
CUBA:
What's next?
Pulitzer-prize winning Chicago
journalist, novelist, and poet Achy Obejas
will join the Cigar Society on April 29 to smoke a cigar or two and lead
a discussion on the future of Cuba. Achy Obejas was born in Havana in
1956 and emigrated to the United States at the age of six. Since then
she has received the Studs Terkel Journalism Prize, several Peter
Lisagor journalism honors, two Lambda Literary awards, a National
Endowment for the Arts fellowship in poetry, and residencies at Yaddo,
Ragdale and the Virginia Center for the Arts. She is currently Sor Juana
Visiting Writer at DePaul University. $30 includes premium open bar,
light hors d'oeuvre, and special cigars. We will be meeting privately in
the Lounge at Iwan Ries. RSVP to tuckey@post.com.
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In 2008 the University Club Cigar Society
will be meeting privately two Tuesdays a month from 5:30 to 8:30 PM in the
new smoking lounge in the Iwan Ries Building, just around the corner from the University Club, at 19 South Wabash. Events in the University Series
include cocktails at 5:30pm, a lecture or reading starting at 6:00 sharp
for about thirty minutes, with discussion and more cocktails to follow. Smoking is permitted and encouraged at all times, and the topic of
conversation will wander. All
members of the University Club and Tower Club are invited, and guests of
members are always welcome. Reservations are required.
Jacket and tie recommended. If you are interested in becoming a
member of the University Club Cigar Society and want to be included in
our mailing list, write to the Secretary, Curtis Tuckey, at
tuckey@post.com.