ΦΒΚ Alpha Association Events

You are invited to Alpha Association’s Annual Picnic

Saturday, August 20, 2022, 5 pm, at Observatory Park
(Meet near the Observatory at the corner of East Warren Avenue and
South Fillmore Street.)

The Association will provide tables, iced tea, and lemonade. Please bring a chair, your meal, plates and eating utensils, and any alcoholic beverages you may want. (Please note: Denver Parks prohibits glass containers.)

If you have questions, contact George Gramer, 303-945-1728

PBK members and guests had a tour and wine tasting at Balistreri Vineyards, which winemaker John Balistreri and his family started in 1998. Since then, they’ve built a strong community in Colorado and beyond that’s passionate about Natural Balistreri Wines. Most of the grapes they use are grown in Colorado, so they are an authentic Colorado winery.

The Alpha Association’s annual banquet was held at Maggiano’s Little Italy Restaurant in Englewood. Professor Thomas Zeiler from the University of Colorado Boulder spoke on “America through Baseball” — how the game has changed American history.

Book club participants discussed The Sirens of Mars: Searching for Life on Another World , by Sarah Stewart Johnson, which won the 2021 Phi Beta Kappa book award in science.

Jeffrey Franklin read from his book of poems, Where We Lay Down.

The Alpha Association held its annual meeting to elect officers for the 2021-22 year. After a buffet lunch, Colorado’s poet laureate, Bobby LeFebre, spoke.

Alpha members and their guests met at Observatory Park in Denver for a post-COVID celebration.

On April 8, Alpha member Ben Palen led a virtual demonstration about gar­den­ing — how to start seens in containers and small spaces, vegetatbles and flowers that do well in our area, caring for plants once they are established, and basics of companion plantings. YouTube videolink: https://youtu.be/tjhDEKzzYMc

Alpha Association members and their guests enjoyed a virtual happy hour, with members providing ingredients for cocktails and mocktails, which were then paired with appetizers.

Zoom discussion of the movie Late Night, starring Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling.